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An Army veteran, a recent college graduate and a student who once won a poetry contest by condemning prejudice stirred up by the Sept. 11 attacks intervened as a man screamed anti-Muslim insults at two women in Portland, Ore., on Friday.
[...] Two of the men — Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, and Rick Best, 53 — died in the attack, which occurred on a commuter train. The third, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, was treated on Saturday for injuries that the police said were serious but not life-threatening.
Jeremy Christian, 35, of North Portland, Ore., was charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the attack and could face additional charges when he is arraigned on Tuesday. Mr. Christian, who the authorities said had a history of making extremist statements on social media, was ranting at, and talking disparagingly about, the two women, one of whom was wearing a hijab.
Source: The New York Times
President Donald Trump has released his first official statement on the attack in Portland, Oregon, more than 48 hours after the two victims died.
"The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable," Mr Trump tweeted. "The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them."
Source: The Independent
Portland law enforcement leaders were tightlipped Saturday about the investigation into Friday's attacks that killed two men on a light rail train but a federal official did say it was too early to label the incident a hate crime.
[...] Loren Cannon, special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office, [...]
"It's too early to say whether last night's violence was an act of domestic terrorism or a federal hate crime," he said. "However, in the coming days, the FBI, PPB and the prosecutors will work together to share information, leverage resources and make determinations about future criminal charges."
[...] Leaders of the Muslim community said they were thankful for the men who gave their lives to save the girls from harm. They have raised $50,000 toward a goal of $60,000 to help support the victims and their families.
Source: The Oregonian
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @10:22PM (1 child)
Runaway, guess what? You are wrong! Wrong again! Still wrong! You know nothing whereof you speak! Let me help a little. You know that American Marine corps slogan? Yeah, that one! What was it? Right! Semper Fi. What language is that? Ok, it is Latin, and shortened at that.
The full phrase should be "semper fidelis". "Fidelity" means faith, allegience, things like that. So an "infidel" is someone who has broken trust, someone of "bad faith". Now "infidels" in Islam refers to those who convert to Islam, but then either reject it, or attempt to mess with the faith out of base motives. Christians, and even atheists, are not infidels, since they never pretended to convert, well at least all Christians other than Southern Baptist and Pentecostals and Dominionists and the Branch Dravidians and . . . ok, never pretended to owe faith to Islam. So not infidels, no mandated killing in the Koran. You are wrong. Sometimes, I think you are stupid wrong, on purpose.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday May 30 2017, @10:36PM
Even if you are correct, you are merely making the case that Islam is a totalitarian system. You don't get to choose anything. Everything is already decided for you, and you are expected to conform - or die.
But, back to the word "infidel". We use infidel, Muslims use kafir. It means "unbeliever". That is, if you don't believe in Allah, you are a kafir, or an infidel. Unbelievers must die.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/kafir [dictionary.com]
Kafir
[kaf-er, key-fer, kah-]
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noun, plural Kafirs (especially collectively) Kafir.
1.
Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
2.
(lowercase) Islam. an infidel or unbeliever.
3.
Kaffir (def 1).
4.
(lowercase). Also, kaffir. Also called kafir corn. a grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor caffrorum, having stout, short-jointed, leafy stalks, introduced into the U.S. from southern Africa.
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