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The thing you are mentioning is a once a year Muslim parade in NYC on 41st Street. It is not every Friday. Now you know I am no fan of Islam but I am also no fan of alarmism. Here is more about it:

//www.muslimdayparade.com/

Parades by their nature disruptive. Here is a far more problematic one. Bicycle rider group Critical Mass holds a monthly event in many cities. They deliberately want to disrupt traffic. I find them more obnoxious than once a yer parade

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflicts_involving_C...

Where I live people put up "Nativity Scenes" all over their lawns. I see it every year and no one has a problem with it. The only objection I would imagine is to public funding of it. Which is fair because I should not pay to fund any religion. We got to focus on real problems not imaginary ones. Having said that I think it is a bad idea to go beyond "once a year" parade. That should be approved by the city and pre-planned as to have minimal disruptive affect on people. 

Lots of "way out" "cool Dude" comments here

Obviously they have read the article and comments and comprehend what the subject is about! 

AO, it's going to take time and effort to change mindsets of Iranians. Especially those who come to serve their own egos writing multiple posts after posts of nonsense, trying to get attention for themselves rather than address the points people have patiently made. But thanks for trying!  

Let's Use Pillows

... or maybe we could tickle the sheep.

Then when they open their mouths to laugh, we can pour an overdose of sleeping pills down their throats! 

This is an email I received today:

This is an email my Christian old (98 years) lady forward to me today including lots of photos.

"A Christian Nation cannot put up a Christmas scene of the baby Jesus in a public place, but the Muslims can stop normal traffic every Friday afternoon by worshiping in the streets.... Something is happening in America that is  reminiscent of what is happening in Europe . This is Political Correctness gone crazy...    

claiming America for Allah.  
If we don't wake up soon, we are going to "politically correct"
ourselves right out of our own country! "

"It's not about what we believe. It's more about how we behave and influence." Comments

It's nicer to talk about love than anger.

//www.radiojavan.com/videos/video/ahmad-saeedi-emad-talebzadeh-zendegiro-ba-to-mikham

"It's not about what we believe. It's more about how we behave and influence." Comments

It's too scary to see bloods. Isn't it?

Are you suggesting we all become vegetarians?  For example, why do we love dogs, but eat chickens?  There are some Muslim vegetarians too.  Are you supporting hanging in public since they don’t produce any bloods?  Really, what's the point of such an effort to create a blog?  All you could post was: Muslims are bad, but other religions are not too bad.  

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"It's not about what we believe. It's more about how we behave and influence." Comments

To all you

who think humans are savages take a look at how snakes eat. Now that is the real stuff. Not mention spiders. I do not have to mention it is so vile. Most people in the East or West are not mean or cruel; just hungry!

The big meat processing centers in USA want to maximize their profits. That is the only reason they use the approaches they do. While mean people exist 99% of what you see is done because of profit or tradition; not malice.

To JahanKhalili. At lease be

To JahanKhalili. At lease be more gentel when they do the killing and do not display the meat in public.  

How about this one

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=e96CT2krMgU&feature=player_embedded

Are these Muslims...?

Or..

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbjRU6_Zj0U&feature=related

Or

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gAU2ex2LvM&feature=related

We F....ing cruel human beings, we do anything and everything to get ahead, to survive, to destroy our enemy.

You and I are no better than those Hajis and the rest of the world.

We are as capabale of doing those things as others. We just need

opportunity.

If Meat is Wasted

... that's of course very bad and retarded, too.

But simply protesting against cutting sheeps' throats is ridiculous.

What do think they do in slaughterhouses here in America, kill the animals with pillows?

Yeah

Maybe they should kill the sheep by gasing them, instead of injuring them.

You guys are so far from the realities of ordinary people's lives, if you think inflicting pain on sheep in the biggest problem people in Iran have. 

The door of the Mosque opens in Isfahan

The Mullahs are blinded by the light.

Slowly a man walks in, armed with a shirt proudly carrying the holy Swastika, below and above the shirt is labeled "PERSIAN POWER". Boots touching the ground, combat gear, armed with a Persian Mauser in his sack, a blade to his side, the warrior walks with a grin on his face. The Mullahs, women and children seemed bewildered.

Then... he takes out his stabbing blade :)

To JahanKalili. I have no

To JahanKalili. I have no problem with people to eat meat. My problem is the inhumane way of killing them.

And here is

More on how wonderful the cult of islam is:
//www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15688354
And muslims learned stoning and killing from the jews, christians, hindus, etc, so say our liberal friends. 
allah-o-akbar to muslims and liberals.

JK - I'm not saying that people shouldn't eat meat

I am a vegan myself.  But I do not impose my moral code upon others.  What I am saying is that this practice in Hajj is unncessary and should be reformed.  It can be replaced with at least an option for charitable donation.  

You actually bring up a good point here.  How much of the sacrificial meat was sent to the Muslim people of Darfur this year, or the past decade or so when it was so deparately needed?  or to Somalia (also Muslim), where it is needed?  Both areas are a stone's throw from Mecca.  

The answer is none.  Most (if not all) of this meat is wasted.   

PS- Gandhi was a vegan, and respected living things, because he was a Hindu, not because he was privileged.   

Gandhi Said it Best...

... but it seems like the guy came from a comfortable background, too.

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi#Early_life_and_background

Show me an example of someone who had no choice but to eat animals or starve, promoting vegetarianism.

Show me an example of someone from Darfur worrying about animal rights. 

Fesenjoon - I have something coming up on Lady Bakhtiar

stay tuned. :-))

AO

I know Khanom Bakhtiar. She tries to whitewash a faith that even she does not obey the Sharia tenants of. She wears no Hijab, and has a western lifestyle.

rather, I was looking for the brave woman to rise from inside Iran, not outside.

People like Nasrin Sotoudeh have balls of titanium. I expect to see more people like her. Not the likes of bakhtiar who defend Islam while living in the comfort of the west. 

VPK jan

Drink all you can and be merry and healthy and happy...

Thanks my friend. we have been at luggerheads(minor) in the past, But i do appreciate your comments and most of the time i do agree with the realistic analysis thatyou put forward. The amazing thing is that sometimes some of the things i read in your comments are the same exact things my i hear from my dad during our conversations and talks!!!

 There are a few people here that can analyze thing in a very practical way... And your name is definitely on that list.

DM Jan

I'll drink to that but not bud :-)

One more thing: you are added to the "never banned list" of my blog posters.

vpk jan

Just take it for what is worth:))

Fesenjoon

We have had our differences before But I like to welcome you back. One promise: neither you or AO will ever be banned from my blogs if JJ goes on with his promise. Welcome back my friend to the show that never ends.

DM Jan

Commercially speaking...

Perhaps This PHd girl needs to be featured on a commercial... to be aired During the superbowl, a 30 second piece just to drive home the message...that this what fanaticism can do to you.

 This is Your Brain... This is your brain "washed" and "infused" with Crap. 

Drink Lite! Drink Bud lite!

This message has been brought to you and paid for by Your local House of worship! 

Very good point koorosh

I am not rich today, and even when I was dirt poor, I felt the same way about animals.

Great quote by Gandhi.  

Fesenjoon - you will be waiting for a long time buddy

this is what one Iranian woman--even outside of Iran-- is up to:

//www.sublimequran.org/

Laleh Bakhtiar, PhD has spent her precious time justifying the verse in the Quran that requires "misbehaving" women to be beatn into submission by saying that it really doesn't mean "beat," it means "go away."  What a load of crap.  Muslim scholars even think she's a nut for saying this.  Here's the result of her valuable work:

Reverts 4:34 and “to beat” back to its original interpretation meaning “to go away”

And you've seen some of Iranian women on this site--the poetic ones who beat themselves for Palestine day in and day out, like the multiple username user below on this thread.  You should see what she writes under her other username(s)-some of which have been blocked.   

AO

I think the poor woman did receive death threats. As expected (of course) from mainstream muslims. She was very brave indeed. Im waiting for the Iranian version to show up somewhere.

JahanKhalili

Generally speaking I enjoy your posts as they remind me of those by Sargord Pirouz [spelling?] in content and also 'tone.'  :-)

Koorosh jaan

Well said, I always look forward to your comments with regards to this issue.    :)

To JahanKhalili. One does

To JahanKhalili. One does not need to be rich in order to be humane and sensitive toward animals. Ghandi said it best. One can judge a culture based on how it treats its animal.