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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks on April 06, 2009, 11:24:18 PM
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Son of Tamil Terrorist Leader Injured
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/ltte-leaders-son-charles-anthony-injured
(thanks Christian Zionist for sending me the link)
:dance: :dance:
Granted--it is a minor injury (if you want to believe the Tamil version of Al-Manar), but at least it's something. Let us now pray that his father, the Tamil Hitler Velupillai Prabakaran, yimach schmo vezichro (founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, one of the most ferocious jihadist groups in history) would soon get his due courtesy of a SLAF napalm bomb. This devil is in the "elite" league of the likes of Yasser Arafat, Hashim Thaci, and Sheik Nasrallah (yimach schmam) in terms of the numbers of innocent people he has butchered and worldwide influence.
The Liberation Tigers are the Muslim Nazi butchers that taught the PLO and Hamas the modern art of shahidism; they originated the modern Islamic concept of the suicide bomb.
LTTE leader's Son Charles Anthony injured
by Sri Lanka Army news
April 1, 2009 at 12:13 am
Pro-LTTE media says 23 year old Charles Anthony's injuries are not life threatening. He has been wounded on his shoulder and fore arm. He is now receiving treatment at the clinic run by the LTTE medical unit at Valainjarmadam.(lankaenews).
LTTE TIGER supremo, Velupille PIRABHAHARAN’s son, CHARLES ANTHONY PIRABHAHARAN (24) alias DHANASEKARAN in the LTTE outfit has been confirmed injured during the most recent offensives in PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, according to Military Intelligence and other technical sources.
CHARLES ANTHONY, in charge of LTTE’s manufacturing unit of Weapons and Explosives (IED) was born in TAMIL NADU on 18th April 1985 and trained as an expert for manufacture of explosives cum technician for aircraft engineering in the organization. He was instrumental in producing at least two kinds of powerful LTTE bombs, known as “RAGAVAN I, II, III” and “SAMADANA SHELL”. He was also associated with the production of bombs for use in LTTE aircraft.
CHARLES ANTHONY was also the brainchild behind LTTE aerial attacks on KATUNAYAKE Sri Lanka Air Force base on 26th March 2007. On 29th April 2007 he was also responsible for sending an LTTE aircraft targeting KOLONNAWA oil storage and MUTHURAJAWELA gas storage complex. He engineered the abortive attack on PALALY air base in Jaffna on 24th April 2007.
He received his name after Tiger leader’s Trincomallee confidante, CHARLES ANTHONY died during a gun battle with Army troops in MEESALAI in 1983. PIRABHAHARAN’s son born, just two years after his death, was named accordingly as a token of respect in his memory.
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they aren't muslims. You know this. It has been demonstrated to you continuously.
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Don't you have some posts to make at The American Conservative?
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they aren't muslims. You know this. It has been demonstrated to you continuously.
This is true. They are mostly Hindu. I have met a few Catholic Tamils.
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You're welcome C.F.
This satanic sewer pig Tamil hitler Velupillai Prabakaran is responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people and there is no peace in that region as long as this beast is alive.
Look at these little boys and girls forcibly abducted by the LTTE.
http://208.109.150.200/Photo_Thumbnails.html
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This war is almost over. They just have one beachhead to defend and will probably be finished by the end of June.
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They are mostly Hindu. I have met a few Catholic Tamils.
Nope, the Tamil "Christians" are Muzzies-in-spirit just like the Arab and Albanian Christians. They care about their race/culture first and foremost and are ferociously anti-Semitic.
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They are mostly Hindu. I have met a few Catholic Tamils.
Nope, the Tamil "Christians" are Muzzies-in-spirit just like the Arab and Albanian Christians. They care about their race/culture first and foremost and are ferociously anti-Semitic.
No, They are Anti-Muslim and Anti-West.
They expelled muslims from there lands.
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Where do you get that from?
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Don't you have some posts to make at The American Conservative?
lol. here we go again.
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Where do you get that from?
in 1990 they expelled about 75,000 muslims. Educate yourself on the topic before you make the same, ignorant threads over and over
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Saddam Hussein persecuted millions of Shiites. Does that mean he was anti-Muslim too, or that he was being a very good Muslim by brutally murdering anybody who disagreed with him?
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Saddam Hussein persecuted millions of Shiites. Does that mean he was anti-Muslim too, or that he was being a very good Muslim by brutally murdering anybody who disagreed with him?
apples/oranges. The tigers expelled those muslims simply because they were muslims.
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Saddam Hussein persecuted millions of Shiites. Does that mean he was anti-Muslim too, or that he was being a very good Muslim by brutally murdering anybody who disagreed with him?
What a comparison. Saddam was a Sunni Muslim who hated Shiites. How do you compare that to the Tamils who hate Muslims period?
Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Muslims_from_the_Northern_province_by_LTTE
Edit: Here's another link for you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kattankudi_mosque_massacre
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Don't you two have anything productive to add to this forum? So, the Tigers--the group that invented the modern concept of shahidism and taught it to the PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah, is allies with the KLA, and that calls its war a "jihad" and an "intifada"--aren't Muslim? If the LTTE isn't Islamic, then neither is Hezbollah. The leftist petrodollar media does not deny that Tamil Muslims exist--they just deny that the LTTE is Muslim, in the same way that the KLA, PLO, etc. are always described as "nationalist separatist groups" (a term you have used, t_h_j) but never Islamic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Muslim
The "expulsion" was a result of an internecine feud between the LTTE and the SLMC (the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress, or SL's "moderate" Muslim political party). It was no different between the civil war between Hamas and Fatah.
How much evidence do you want that world Muslims support their brothers in jihad in the LTTE?
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=23&id=30-- Malaysian Muslims Support "Eelam" Struggle
http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990424/ige24094.html-- Tamils Enthusiastically Cheer on KLA and NATO Bombing Campaign Against Serbia
http://senthil-jihad.blogspot.com/ and http://www.tamilnet.tv/index.php/suicide-bomber-in-idp-camp?blog=1 --Tamils Calling Their War a "Jihad" and Calling Sinhalese "Infidels" (warning, some strong language)
http://sangam.org/taraki/articles/2006/07-15_Eelam_Intifada.php?uid=1842 --Tamils Calling Their War an "Intifada"
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Don't you two have anything productive to add to this forum? So, the Tigers--the group that invented the modern concept of shahidism and taught it to the PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah, is allies with the KLA, and that calls its war a "jihad" and an "intifada"--aren't Muslim? If the LTTE isn't Islamic, then neither is Hezbollah. The leftist petrodollar media does not deny that Tamil Muslims exist--they just deny that the LTTE is Muslim, in the same way that the KLA, PLO, etc. are always described as "nationalist separatist groups" (a term you have used, t_h_j) but never Islamic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Muslim
The "expulsion" was a result of an internecine feud between the LTTE and the SLMC (the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress, or SL's "moderate" Muslim political party). It was no different between the civil war between Hamas and Fatah.
How much evidence do you want that world Muslims support their brothers in jihad in the LTTE?
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=23&id=30-- Malaysian Muslims Support "Eelam" Struggle
http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990424/ige24094.html-- Tamils Enthusiastically Cheer on KLA and NATO Bombing Campaign Against Serbia
http://senthil-jihad.blogspot.com/ and http://www.tamilnet.tv/index.php/suicide-bomber-in-idp-camp?blog=1 --Tamils Calling Their War a "Jihad" and Calling Sinhalese "Infidels" (warning, some strong language)
http://sangam.org/taraki/articles/2006/07-15_Eelam_Intifada.php?uid=1842 --Tamils Calling Their War an "Intifada"
and the PLO supported the ETA, the IRA, RAF, etc. Does that make them all muslims too?
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Don't you two have anything productive to add to this forum? So, the Tigers--the group that invented the modern concept of shahidism and taught it to the PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah, is allies with the KLA, and that calls its war a "jihad" and an "intifada"--aren't Muslim? If the LTTE isn't Islamic, then neither is Hezbollah. The leftist petrodollar media does not deny that Tamil Muslims exist--they just deny that the LTTE is Muslim, in the same way that the KLA, PLO, etc. are always described as "nationalist separatist groups" (a term you have used, t_h_j) but never Islamic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Muslim
The "expulsion" was a result of an internecine feud between the LTTE and the SLMC (the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress, or SL's "moderate" Muslim political party). It was no different between the civil war between Hamas and Fatah.
How much evidence do you want that world Muslims support their brothers in jihad in the LTTE?
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=23&id=30-- Malaysian Muslims Support "Eelam" Struggle
http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990424/ige24094.html-- Tamils Enthusiastically Cheer on KLA and NATO Bombing Campaign Against Serbia
http://senthil-jihad.blogspot.com/ and http://www.tamilnet.tv/index.php/suicide-bomber-in-idp-camp?blog=1 --Tamils Calling Their War a "Jihad" and Calling Sinhalese "Infidels" (warning, some strong language)
http://sangam.org/taraki/articles/2006/07-15_Eelam_Intifada.php?uid=1842 --Tamils Calling Their War an "Intifada"
I hope you're being obtuse on purpose because you show a terrible lack of logic. If you can't figure out the Tamil Tigers are anything but Muslim there is nothing left to say here. Let's move on.
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Whatever, ACL.
If you think your bizarre defenses of people like Ginsburg don't factor into an assessment of your character, you would be quite wrong.
And t_h_j--if you aren't Hidden Author (and perhaps you aren't), you are sure trying your hardest to impersonate him.
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I can tell by your writing style you are CF. You're the only one in this forum that engages in this kind of behavior.
And no offense, I doubt the Serbs need Mexican help. It's a little odd to see a Mexican with that user name.
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I can tell by your writing style you are CF. You're the only one in this forum that engages in this kind of behavior.
And no offense, I doubt the Serbs need Mexican help. It's a little odd to see a Mexican with that user name.
Nadav, Serb Avenger is indeed C.F. So regardless of whether or not these Tamils are Muslims, it's not nice to make fun of his ancestry. Argue with facts instead.
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Lisa, Nadav is the Guzofsky forum member A Clockwork Orange. That's why he talks and acts like this.
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I can tell by your writing style you are CF. You're the only one in this forum that engages in this kind of behavior.
And no offense, I doubt the Serbs need Mexican help. It's a little odd to see a Mexican with that user name.
Nadav, Serb Avenger is indeed C.F. So regardless of whether or not these Tamils are Muslims, it's not nice to make fun of his ancestry. Argue with facts instead.
I'm not making fun of anyone, let alone someone's ancestry.
I do however find it quite odd that someone who has the user name called SerbAvenger is actually a Mexican and not a Serb.
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I do however find it quite odd that someone who has the user name called SerbAvenger is actually a Mexican and not a Serb.
It's funny that, for calling us the "racist goyim", it's dreck like you that always make the racial attacks, not us. But it's hardly surprising. You might even have originally been one of Tina Greco's contacts from VNN like your friends Andrew Newman and Kelly Scott. It wouldn't surprise me in the least.
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Whatever, ACL.
If you think your bizarre defenses of people like Ginsburg don't factor into an assessment of your character, you would be quite wrong.
And t_h_j--if you aren't Hidden Author (and perhaps you aren't), you are sure trying your hardest to impersonate him.
so you can't respond then
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What's the deal? I didn't call you Hidden Author again. The mods have told me your IPs are very different. But you sure seem to be trying hard to copy him.
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What's the deal? I didn't call you Hidden Author again. The mods have told me your IPs are very different. But you sure seem to be trying hard to copy him.
you can't respond even when proven wrong
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Fine, you're not Hidden Author, you're just emulating him, you win. Woohoo.
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C.F./Serb Avenger is a good person and I don't think it was right of you Nadav to give a low blow to him like that. C.F. deserves to be respected because he's righteous even if you don't agree with everything he says.
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All confusions arise because Muslamics are the common renegades against everybody else.
So wherever muslamics are not really at the center but are assumed as being at the center and if then the relative distances from them are drawn as real distances from them and then superimposed on the multi-pointed polygon cornered by various forces, then such confusions are bound to occur.
Ltte in reality are EuroCommunist Fascist Terrorists but they also seem to have been teachers of some Muslamic Terrorists, simply because Muslamics were afraid of them.
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Nadav, C.F/Serb Avenger has a good heart, even if you don't agree with everything he posts. So it's really not right for you to make snide comments about his Mexican ancestry.
Also, what does having Mexican ancestry have to do with supporting the Serbs? Why shouldn't he support the Serbs? Chaim does, and he's an American Jew of Polish/Egyptian ancestry. And so do most of the other members here. The heroic Serbs sided with America in both World Wars. I certainly support them, and I'm a Jew of Iranian ancestry.
So despite your denial, you were attacking Serb Avenger's ancestry.
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Nadav, C.F/Serb Avenger has a good heart, even if you don't agree with everything he posts. So it's really not right for you to make snide comments about his Mexican ancestry.
Also, what does having Mexican ancestry have to do with supporting the Serbs? Why shouldn't he support the Serbs? Chaim does, and he's an American Jew of Polish/Egyptian ancestry. And so do most of the other members here. The heroic Serbs sided with America in both World Wars. I certainly support them, and I'm a Jew of Iranian ancestry.
So despite your denial, you were attacking Serb Avenger's ancestry.
Lisa, I didn't join this forum to argue with you or anyone else for that matter. I appreciate your views but there really is no need to repeat them. I understood what you wanted to say the first time. I have said let's move on, so please let's do just that.
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Well Nadav, you wanted to know why someone of Mexican ancestry would support the Serbs. I tried to answer your question.
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Syyuge, most Muslims are Marxist-leaning (with the exception of the Saudis and Kuwaitis, because they are so filthy-rich). The LTTE is not simply a Marxist movement because they believe in and practice "martyrdom" in the Islamic sense and view their war not as a liberation struggle, but a holy jihad. It is true that the majority of Tamils are not Sunni or Shiite Muslims (although there are many Tamil Sunnis)--their religion is something of a blend of Hinduism and Islam--but they are certainly not Hindus and they are extremely similar in their practice to more orthodox Muslims. On this basis it is very accurate to call them an Islamic terror group.
There are also "Christian" Tamils who act like "Christian" Arabs or Albanians--i.e. they support the Muslim Nazis in everything and hate both Jews and Western Christians. They do not carry out suicide bombings, but they do support those who do.
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Syyuge, most Muslims are Marxist-leaning (with the exception of the Saudis and Kuwaitis, because they are so filthy-rich). The LTTE is not simply a Marxist movement because they believe in and practice "martyrdom" in the Islamic sense and view their war not as a liberation struggle, but a holy jihad. It is true that the majority of Tamils are not Sunni or Shiite Muslims (although there are many Tamil Sunnis)--their religion is something of a blend of Hinduism and Islam--but they are certainly not Hindus and they are extremely similar in their practice to more orthodox Muslims. On this basis it is very accurate to call them an Islamic terror group.
There are also "Christian" Tamils who act like "Christian" Arabs or Albanians--i.e. they support the Muslim Nazis in everything and hate both Jews and Western Christians. They do not carry out suicide bombings, but they do support those who do.
???
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Quick t_h_j! Name three things that you contribute to the JTF movement!
(And denying that Obama is a Muslim or that Pat Buchanan is an anti-Semite doesn't count.) ;D
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Saying that someone of Mexican descent can't support the Serbs is like saying someone who's not Jewish can't support Jewish causes.
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Saying that someone of Mexican descent can't support the Serbs is like saying someone who's not Jewish can't support Jewish causes.
Yeah that's like saying a Croat can't support the Serbs either :laugh:
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Quick t_h_j! Name three things that you contribute to the JTF movement!
(And denying that Obama is a Muslim or that Pat Buchanan is an anti-Semite doesn't count.) ;D
what do you contribute besides attempting to be witty by using some kind of homosexual pun with someone's name? Ah I remember now, useless celebrity threads.
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Saying that someone of Mexican descent can't support the Serbs is like saying someone who's not Jewish can't support Jewish causes.
Yeah that's like saying a Croat can't support the Serbs either :laugh:
Great point ;D
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CF do you accuse ALL tamils (90% of them live outside srilanka, mostly in Inia) of being muslim like, or just the LTTE ?
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THEY ARE NOT MUSLIMS, THEY HATE THEM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTTE_anti-Muslim_pogrom_of_1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTTE#Anti-Muslim_campaigns_of_1990
Anti-Muslim campaigns of 1990
Main article: LTTE anti-Muslim pogrom of 1990
During the summer of 1990, the LTTE killed over 370 Muslims in the North and East of Sri Lanka in 11 mass killings[151] Numerous mosques were attacked, and dozens of pilgrims from the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were killed. The number of Muslims killed in individual attacks, rather than massacres and high-profile murders, remains unknown.
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THEY ARE NOT MUSLIMS, THEY HATE THEM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTTE_anti-Muslim_pogrom_of_1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTTE#Anti-Muslim_campaigns_of_1990
Anti-Muslim campaigns of 1990
Main article: LTTE anti-Muslim pogrom of 1990
During the summer of 1990, the LTTE killed over 370 Muslims in the North and East of Sri Lanka in 11 mass killings[151] Numerous mosques were attacked, and dozens of pilgrims from the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were killed. The number of Muslims killed in individual attacks, rather than massacres and high-profile murders, remains unknown.
I am not able to blaim them for this.
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THEY ARE NOT MUSLIMS, THEY HATE THEM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTTE_anti-Muslim_pogrom_of_1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTTE#Anti-Muslim_campaigns_of_1990
Anti-Muslim campaigns of 1990
Main article: LTTE anti-Muslim pogrom of 1990
During the summer of 1990, the LTTE killed over 370 Muslims in the North and East of Sri Lanka in 11 mass killings[151] Numerous mosques were attacked, and dozens of pilgrims from the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were killed. The number of Muslims killed in individual attacks, rather than massacres and high-profile murders, remains unknown.
Get it through your head. This does not mean that the LTTE is anti-Muslim--far from it. It just means that the Tamil Tigers handled a POWER STRUGGLE that they had with a RIVAL Muslim group (the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress) in typical Islamic fashion. By your reasoning, Saddam Hussein was anti-Muslim because he persecuted the Shiite majority of Iraq and Hamas is anti-Muslim because of their raging civil war with Fatah a couple years back. End of story.
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THEY ARE NOT MUSLIMS, THEY HATE THEM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTTE_anti-Muslim_pogrom_of_1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTTE#Anti-Muslim_campaigns_of_1990
Anti-Muslim campaigns of 1990
Main article: LTTE anti-Muslim pogrom of 1990
During the summer of 1990, the LTTE killed over 370 Muslims in the North and East of Sri Lanka in 11 mass killings[151] Numerous mosques were attacked, and dozens of pilgrims from the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were killed. The number of Muslims killed in individual attacks, rather than massacres and high-profile murders, remains unknown.
Get it through your head. This does not mean that the LTTE is anti-Muslim--far from it. It just means that the Tamil Tigers handled a POWER STRUGGLE that they had with a RIVAL Muslim group (the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress) in typical Islamic fashion. By your reasoning, Saddam Hussein was anti-Muslim because he persecuted the Shiite majority of Iraq and Hamas is anti-Muslim because of their raging civil war with Fatah a couple years back. End of story.
Oh you logic overwhelms me... The fact LTTE singled out the muslims, and killed them, doesn't mean they're anti Isalmic.
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Oh you logic overwhelms me... The fact LTTE singled out the muslims, and killed them, doesn't mean they're anti Isalmic.
It sounds almost like you feel sorry for the Muslims who were killed here by their fellow Muslims. Is that what you are stating?
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Saddam Hussein persecuted millions of Shiites. Does that mean he was anti-Muslim too, or that he was being a very good Muslim by brutally murdering anybody who disagreed with him?
What a comparison. Saddam was a Sunni Muslim who hated Shiites. How do you compare that to the Tamils who hate Muslims period?
Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Muslims_from_the_Northern_province_by_LTTE
Edit: Here's another link for you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kattankudi_mosque_massacre
As early as the mid-1970s, LTTE rebels were widely known to have trained members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Southern Lebanon, where concepts of suicide bombings, taxation, and war memorials were imparted to PFLP fighters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam#cite_note-westminsterjournal.com-96
s late as 1998, the Tigers clearly stated:
... the LTTE has resolved to work in solidarity with the world national liberation movements, socialist states, and international working class parties. We uphold an anti-imperialist policy and therefore we pledge our militant solidarity against western imperialism, neo-colonialists, Zionism, racism and other forces of reaction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam#cite_note-westminsterjournal.com-96
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Let us pray that Mr. Prabakaran will soon get his wish and become a martyr for Eelam, getting a one-way ticket southbound on the Allah Express.
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Let us pray that Mr. Prabakaran will soon get his wish and become a martyr for Eelam, getting a one-way ticket southbound on the Allah Express.
Amen.
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Saddam Hussein persecuted millions of Shiites. Does that mean he was anti-Muslim too, or that he was being a very good Muslim by brutally murdering anybody who disagreed with him?
What a comparison. Saddam was a Sunni Muslim who hated Shiites. How do you compare that to the Tamils who hate Muslims period?
Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Muslims_from_the_Northern_province_by_LTTE
Edit: Here's another link for you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kattankudi_mosque_massacre
As early as the mid-1970s, LTTE rebels were widely known to have trained members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Southern Lebanon, where concepts of suicide bombings, taxation, and war memorials were imparted to PFLP fighters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam#cite_note-westminsterjournal.com-96
s late as 1998, the Tigers clearly stated:
... the LTTE has resolved to work in solidarity with the world national liberation movements, socialist states, and international working class parties. We uphold an anti-imperialist policy and therefore we pledge our militant solidarity against western imperialism, neo-colonialists, Zionism, racism and other forces of reaction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam#cite_note-westminsterjournal.com-96
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamils
Tamil people
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தமிழர்
Tamils
Thiruvalluvar • Srinivasa Ramanujan • M.I.A.
Viswanathan Anand • Rajaraja Chola • Abdul Kalam
A. R. Rahman • C. N. Annadurai • M. S. Subbulakshmi
Total population
77,000,000 [1]
Regions with significant populations
India 60,793,814 (2001)[2]
Sri Lanka 3,092,676 (2001)[3]
Malaysia 2,100,000 (2007)[4]
Canada 200,000 (2007)[5]
Singapore 111,000 (1993)[4]
Languages
Tamil
Religion
Predominantly Hinduism with Christian, Muslim, and Jain minorities. Also Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism, and Secularism minorities.
Related ethnic groups
Dravidians · Telugus · Kannadigas · Malayalis · Giraavarus[6] · Sinhalese[7]
Tamil people (also called Tamils) (Tamil: தமிழர், tamiḻar [?]), are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, a state in India, and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. They speak Tamil (தமிழ்), with a recorded history going back two millennia.[8] Emigrant communities are found across the world. The Tamils are mostly Hindus with sizable Christian and Muslim populations. Tamil Jains form a small minority. Atheist, rationalist, and humanist philosophies are also adhered by sizable minorities.
Tamil was the first Indian language to be given classical status. The art and architecture of the Tamil people encompass some of the notable contributions of India and South-East Asia to the art world. The music, the temple architecture and the stylised sculptures favoured by the Tamil people in their ancient nation are still being learnt and practiced. The classical language of Tamil has the oldest extant literature amongst other Dravidian languages.[9] Tamils have been referred to as the last surviving classical civilisation on Earth.[10] The Pallava script, a variant of Southern Brahmi used by the Tamil Pallava dynasty, was the basis of several of the writing systems of Southeast Asia, including the Burmese, Khmer, Thai, Lao and Javanese scripts.[
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Sri Lankan Tamil people
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For other uses, see Sri Lanka Tamils.
Sri Lankan Tamils
ஈழத் தமிழர்
(left to right): Jaffna royal family • Yogaswami • M.I.A
Total population
3,000,000 (estimated)
Regions with significant populations
Sri Lanka 1,871,535 (1981)[1]
Other significant populations:
Canada ~200,000 (2007)[2]
United Kingdom ~120,000 (2007)[3]
India ~100,000 (2005)[4]
Germany ~60,000 (2008)[5]
France ~50,000 (2008)[6]
Switzerland ~35,000 (2007)[7]
Malaysia ~24,436 (1970)[8]
Netherlands ~20,000 (2008)[9]
Norway ~10,000 (2000)[10]
Denmark ~9,000 (2003)[11]
Languages
Tamil, Sinhala
Religion
Predominantly Hinduism of Saivite sect with a Christian and Roman Catholic minority
Related ethnic groups
Indian Tamils · Portuguese Burghers · Sinhalese · Veddas · Giraavarus
Sri Lankan Tamil people (Tamil: ஈழத் தமிழர், īḻat tamiḻar [?]), or Ceylon Tamils, are an ethnic group native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka who predominantly speak Tamil. According to anthropological evidence, Sri Lankan Tamils have lived on the island since the 2nd century BCE[citation needed]. Most modern Sri Lankan Tamils descend from the Jaffna Kingdom, a former kingdom in the north of the island and Vannimai chieftaincies from the east. They constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern Province, and are in the minority throughout the rest of the country.
Sri Lankan Tamils are culturally and linguistically distinct from the other two Tamil-speaking minorities in Sri Lanka, the Indian Tamils and the Moors. Genetic studies indicate that they are closely related to the majority Sinhalese people. The Sri Lankan Tamils are mostly Hindus with a significant Christian population. Sri Lankan Tamil literature on topics including religion and the sciences flourished during the medieval period in the court of the Jaffna Kingdom. Since the 1980s, it is distinguished by an emphasis on themes relating to the Sri Lankan Civil War. Sri Lankan Tamil dialects are noted for their archaism and retention of words not in everyday use in the Tamil Nadu state in India.
Since Sri Lanka gained independence from Britain in 1948, relations between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil communities have been strained. Rising ethnic and political tensions, along with ethnic riots and pogroms in 1958, 1977, 1981 and 1983, led to the formation and strengthening of militant groups advocating independence for Tamils. The ensuing Sri Lankan Civil War has resulted in the deaths of more than 70,000 people and the forced disappearance of thousands of others.
Sri Lankan Tamils have historically migrated to find work, notably during the British colonial period. Since the beginning of the civil war in 1983, more than 800,000 Tamils have been displaced within Sri Lanka, and many have left the country for destinations such as India, Canada, and Europe.
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The 69 citation is from the Library of Congress.
Religion
See also: Hinduism in Sri Lanka, Christianity in Sri Lanka, and Village deities of Tamils of Sri Lanka
Our Lady of St. Anne's Church, originally built during the Portuguese colonial period, is an important landmark in Vankalai, a Tamil village in the Mannar district.In 1981, about eighty percent of Sri Lankan Tamils were Hindus who followed the Shaiva sect.[69] The rest were mostly Roman Catholics who converted after the Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna Kingdom and coastal Sri Lanka. There is also a small minority of Protestants due to missionary efforts in the 18th century by organizations such as the American Ceylon Mission.[70] Most Tamils who inhabit the Western Province are Roman Catholics, while those of the Northern and Eastern Provinces are mainly Hindu.[71] Pentecostal and other churches, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, are active among the internally displaced and refugee populations.[72]
The Hindu elite follow the religious ideology of Shaiva Siddhanta (Shaiva school) while masses practice folk Hinduism, upholding their faith in local village deities not found in formal Hindu scriptures. The place of worship depends on the object of worship and how it is housed. It could be a proper Hindu temple known as a Koyil, constructed according to the Agamic scripts (a set of scriptures regulating the temple cult). More often, however, the temple is not completed in accordance with Agamic scriptures but consists of the barest essential structure housing a local deity.[71] These temples observe daily Puja (prayers) hours and are attended by locals. Both types of temples have a resident ritualist or priest known as a Kurukkal. A Kurukkal may belong to the Iyer community or be someone from a prominent local lineage.[71] Other places of worship do not have icons for their deities. The sanctum could house a trident (culam), a stone, or a large tree. Temples of this type are common in the Northern and Eastern Provinces; a typical village has up to 150 such structures. The offering would be done by an elder of the family who owns the site. A coconut oil lamp would be lit on Fridays, and a special rice dish known as pongal would be cooked either on a day considered auspicious by the family or on the Thai Pongal day, and possibly on Tamil New Year Day.
There are seven worshipped deities: Ayyanar, Annamar, Vairavar, Kali, Pillaiyar, Murukan, or Pattini. Villages have more Pillaiyar temples, which are patronized by local farmers.[71] Tamil Roman Catholics, along with members of other faiths, worship at the Madhu church.[73] Hindus have several temples with historic importance such as those at Ketheeswaram, Koneswaram, Naguleswaram, Munneswaram, and Nallur Kandaswamy.[74] Kataragama temple and Adams Peak are attended by all religious communities.
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SavetheWest, Wikipedia is just about the last source you should ever go to on a matter involving terrorism, Muslim Nazis, or Jews. Just look at their entry on Chaim Ben Pesach and JTF. It is a ridiculously pro-Muslim, anti-Israel Bolshevist, petrodollar dreck website.
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They are mostly Hindu. I have met a few Catholic Tamils.
Nope, the Tamil "Christians" are Muzzies-in-spirit just like the Arab and Albanian Christians. They care about their race/culture first and foremost and are ferociously anti-Semitic.
This is correct. Most Arab, Albanian and Tamil Christians would rather promote their race or culture first, rather than Christianity. HaShem/Religion comes #1 in life, not race/culture.
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SavetheWest, Wikipedia is just about the last source you should ever go to on a matter involving terrorism, Muslim Nazis, or Jews. Just look at their entry on Chaim Ben Pesach and JTF. It is a ridiculously pro-Muslim, anti-Israel Bolshevist, petrodollar dreck website.
Generally yes but I was using the same source White Israelite was and people were quoting his link in the various Tamil threads. Wikipedia has some hideous articles (I mentioned the Shayes Rebellion in another thread as to the bias) but they do have some backed by legitimate sources. The Library of Congress is a pretty reliable source if there ever was any.
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SavetheWest, everybody also denies that the PLO is an Islamic organization: they call it an "ethnonationalist" organization or a people's liberation struggle. Same with the KLA. I'm talking about some very reputable sources here too. Sometimes you just have to ignore them (they're all a bunch of Bolshevik dreck anyway) and go with what is obvious. If it looks like a duck, smells like a duck, and walks like a duck...
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SavetheWest, everybody also denies that the PLO is an Islamic organization: they call it an "ethnonationalist" organization or a people's liberation struggle. Same with the KLA. I'm talking about some very reputable sources here too. Sometimes you just have to ignore them (they're all a bunch of Bolshevik dreck anyway) and go with what is obvious. If it looks like a duck, smells like a duck, and walks like a duck...
The difference is that those groups are from Muslim countries and Sri Lanka and the Tamils are not Muslim. They are friends with the Muslims like Hugo Chavez or ETA are friends with Muslims but they themselves aren't Muslims. It's a technical distinction but it is absolutely not true that the Tamil Tigers are a Muslim organization. The PLO has leaders with Muslim names, the KLA has people with Muslim names but the Tamils never have names like Abdul, Asher or Mohammed. They have Indian names. Every Muslim group and nearly every member of a Muslim terrorist group from the Phillipines to Chechnya to Morrocco have Muslims names. There are no Muslim names among the Tamil Tigers with perhaps an exception here or there.
The media is trying to create sympathy for the civilians but they never mention mosques, a Muslim wedding being attacked or a war against Islam. During Chechnya, Bosnia and Kosovo they mention the plight of imams and veiled Muslim women in every single article, yet there is hardly a story about the "Muslim victims." I watch Indian TV five days a week and not one Tamil womean has a veil when they film the people. Not one man has a long, Islamic beard like the Uighars, or Nigerians or any other Muslim group has. I'm on board that they are enemies of humanity, Isarel and the West but the Tamils themselves are not Muslims and never have been. There are smll Muslims populations like in many nations but that doesn not make the entire society Muslims. If you're saying they act like Muslims, I would agree. Many other groups like the Peruvian Shining Path acted like Muslims. The Shining Path killed children, beheaded people and forbade alcohol but they clearly were not Muslims. FARC has also beheaded people and narco terrorists have set off bombs in Columbia, killing civilians. Tim Mcveigh acted like a Muslim when he blew up a federal building. I will bet you that the Singhalese themselves would not say that the Tamils are Muslims. They obviously hate the enemy but they know who the enemy is.