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Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« on: June 06, 2017, 08:37:37 pm »
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Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad

Fatima Hussein and Justin L. Mack , IndyStar Published 2:04 p.m. ET June 5, 2017 | Updated 1 minute ago

An anti-Muslim billboard disparaging the Prophet Muhammad that can be seen from the southbound lanes of I-465 on the east side is drawing concern from local Muslims.

Now, Islamic leaders in Indianapolis are challenging those responsible for what they say are offensive and untrue statements to stand by their words, shed their anonymity and explain their motivations.

"It is a horrible billboard. I'm outraged by it, but saddened at the same time ...  and I would like to know who is behind it," said Rima Shahid, executive director of the Muslim Alliance of Indiana. "It seems very cowardly to me. If you have some kind of stance, you should want to stand up next to your statement. I didn't think there was any room for hate in our city. This billboard tells me otherwise.

"This kind of rhetoric just furthers division in our state and makes a neighbor question a neighbor, just like I am today."

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Shahid said the billboard, which she saw on southbound I-465 near the Washington Street exit, was brought to her attention Friday by an anonymous tipster.

The all black billboard has a headline of "The Perfect Man." Underneath are six bullet points to describe that man. These points include "married a 6-year-old," "slave owner & dealer" and "13 wives, 11 at one time."

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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2017, 08:40:50 pm »
The billboard also sits within the jurisdiction of Congressman Andre Carson, who is one of two Muslims serving in Congress.


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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2017, 08:44:30 pm »
Boo frickin' hoo.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2017, 08:44:40 pm »
This is bigotry, pure and simple.   How would Christians react to a billboard slandering the Prince of Peace?   
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2017, 08:46:06 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on June 06, 2017, 08:44:40 pm
This is bigotry, pure and simple.   How would Christians react to a billboard slandering the Prince of Peace?

Wouldn't do a damn thing.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2017, 08:47:20 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on June 06, 2017, 08:44:40 pm
This is bigotry, pure and simple.   How would Christians react to a billboard slandering the Prince of Peace?

I say 'Suck it up, buttercup'.  If your faith is so weak that a billboard gets you upset, maybe you should re-examine your faith.

Christians get bashed all the time, (Sharon Silverman, anyone?),  so what? 
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2017, 08:48:00 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on June 06, 2017, 08:44:40 pm
This is bigotry, pure and simple.   How would Christians react to a billboard slandering the Prince of Peace?

The difference is pretty obvious.

To insult Jesus you have to lie.

To 'insult' Mohammed you just have to tell the truth.....
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2017, 08:48:45 pm »
Quote from: musiclady on June 06, 2017, 08:48:00 pm
The difference is pretty obvious.

To insult Jesus you have to lie.

To 'insult' Mohammed you just have to tell the truth.....

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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2017, 08:48:50 pm »
So, if it's wrong, then let's see the evidence against it.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2017, 08:50:53 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on June 06, 2017, 08:44:40 pm
This is bigotry, pure and simple.   How would Christians react to a billboard slandering the Prince of Peace?

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How is it slander?   He did all of those things.

My Lord, Jesus,  didn't do any of those things.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2017, 08:52:13 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on June 06, 2017, 08:47:20 pm
I say 'Suck it up, buttercup'.  If your faith is so weak that a billboard gets you upset, maybe you should re-examine your faith.

Christians get bashed all the time, (Sharon Silverman, anyone?),  so what?

@dfwgator
They aren't upset because its slander or a lie, they are upset because its the truth.   If you go to Afghanistan they'll use those very things to justify their own actions.   "My prophet did it so it must be good"
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« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2017, 09:07:15 pm »
JayZ is over at DU looking for some talking points.   He'll be back shortly with "evidence"  to show us how Christian's react badly.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2017, 09:09:28 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on June 06, 2017, 08:44:40 pm
This is bigotry, pure and simple.   How would Christians react to a billboard slandering the Prince of Peace?

slander
http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx/Default.aspx?selected=1969
n. oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another, which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed...

What part of the billboard did you think was slander?
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2017, 09:10:07 pm »
Quote from: musiclady on June 06, 2017, 08:48:00 pm
The difference is pretty obvious.

To insult Jesus you have to lie.

To 'insult' Mohammed you just have to tell the truth.....

Well said.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2017, 09:10:10 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on June 06, 2017, 08:52:13 pm
@dfwgator
They aren't upset because its slander or a lie, they are upset because its the truth.   If you go to Afghanistan they'll use those very things to justify their own actions.   "My prophet did it so it must be good"

But that's not what they're saying:

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Indiana representative Andre Carson said he believes the billboard is untrue and that the billboard's author takes Islamic text and history out of context "just like Al-Qaeda, ISIS and the Klan do to religious texts to justify their bigotry."

They're saying it's not true.  I would like to hear their argument about how it isn't true.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #15 on: June 06, 2017, 09:11:36 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 06, 2017, 09:07:15 pm
JayZ is over at DU looking for some talking points.   He'll be back shortly with "evidence"  to show us how Christian's react badly.

I, for one, welcome anyone to go get "talking points" and "evidence" from DU or anywhere else, if it provides truth.  If these are false claims on the billboard, I want to be educated about that fact, don't you?
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« Reply #16 on: June 06, 2017, 09:15:32 pm »
Quote from: Suppressed on June 06, 2017, 09:11:36 pm
I, for one, welcome anyone to go get "talking points" and "evidence" from DU or anywhere else, if it provides truth.  If these are false claims on the billboard, I want to be educated about that fact, don't you?

He is an an erudite scholar in liberalisms.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2017, 09:15:32 pm »
The truth hurts sometimes.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #18 on: June 06, 2017, 09:18:23 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on June 06, 2017, 09:15:32 pm
The truth hurts sometimes.

Yes, it does.  And it's bothersome that many people are afraid to seek it without worrying what it might reveal.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #19 on: June 06, 2017, 09:43:06 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on June 06, 2017, 08:44:40 pm
This is bigotry, pure and simple.   How would Christians react to a billboard slandering the Prince of Peace?   

With disappointment as well; but they'd be forced to suck it up and would be excoriated for complaining about it.  Double standards are double standards. 
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #20 on: June 06, 2017, 09:45:05 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on June 06, 2017, 08:44:40 pm
This is bigotry, pure and simple.   How would Christians react to a billboard slandering the Prince of Peace?

It's not slander (or libel) if it's accurate.  Which it is.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #21 on: June 06, 2017, 09:45:56 pm »
Quote from: musiclady on June 06, 2017, 08:48:00 pm
The difference is pretty obvious.

To insult Jesus you have to lie.

To 'insult' Mohammed you just have to tell the truth.....

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« Reply #22 on: June 06, 2017, 09:50:49 pm »
Muslims should and need to be ridiculed more often for what is done in the name of Allah and their acceptance of it.  Muslim shaming. They need a wake-up call.  And it ain't a call to prayer.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #23 on: June 06, 2017, 09:55:29 pm »
Within article:
"It's just a group of cowards who are not even ready to put their name behind it," Shahid said as she expressed the pain she felt to see this billboard in the midst of Ramadan. "It is very hard ... and I would like to find the people who are behind this and talk to the them about who came up with these, and it seems appropriate to use this term, alternative facts.

I checked the web and cannot find a quote from this same woman concerning the condemnation of the killings in London during Ramadan either.

Which is worse:  Telling the truth on a 'Reiligion' that promotes violence, or actually performing violence.

Until there are billboards set up by those Muslims to condemn that violence by other Muslims, there is no way this billboard should come down.
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Re: Indy Muslims call out creators of local billboard that insults Prophet Muhammad
« Reply #24 on: June 06, 2017, 09:57:24 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on June 06, 2017, 08:44:40 pm
This is bigotry, pure and simple.   How would Christians react to a billboard slandering the Prince of Peace?

Did the left leap to Christians' defense when some a-hole dropped a crucifix in a jar of his own urine and called it "art"?

No, they defended it as 'free speech'.

At least this billboard tells defensible truths.
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