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Child rape, torture and murder cover-up...
ReplyDeleteNext week is the sixth anniversary of the Islamic child-rape and torture orgy and massacre in the school at Beslan. Yet for six years the mainstream media have covered up who was responsible, with all mention of Muslims being censored.
This is of particular concern because there is evidence that jihadists are planning similar attacks against American schools.
So it's time to set the record straight, not only about the identity of these sadistic murderous savages, but also about the Islamic ideology that approves of pedophilic attacks on children as a way of hitting their 'najis kafir' parents. (All non-Muslims are 'najis' - literally 'filth'.)
Of course every culture produces rapists and child molesters, but in non-Muslim societies these are usually isolated loners. In contrast, Muslim rapists and pedophiles are well-organised, and these predators often hunt their prey in rape-gangs in a tradition of razzia going back to the 'prophet'. The reason for this cultural difference is that pedophilia and rape are abhorrent in civilized societies, but are acceptable to Muslims because the perps are dutifully following Mohammed's example - and Mohammed is the 'Perfect Man': a pedophile, torturer, rapist and mass-murderer.
Child-rape, as well as being a permitted means of satisfying the jihadists' religiously repressed lusts, also degrades, violates and humiliates the hated 'najis kafir' children and their parents, thus asserting the supremacy of Islam and Muslims.
Of course not all Muslims do this sort of thing. However all Muslims (presumably including the 'peaceful' Ground Zero Sufis) revere Mohammed as their role model, and as such have no religious or moral doubts about ANY course of action that increases the power of Islam.
Could everyone please use their blogs, networks and forums to ensure that this horrendous Islamic attack is not airbrushed out of history by the MSM. Full details:
http://crombouke.blogspot.com/2010/01/beslan-child-rape-torture-enforced.html