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Images not words Most disturbs Islamists

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Submitted by Edmond (Australia), Jan 15, 2015 at 16:09

That is not in the least surprising.

It is a well established fact that, in the Arab world (source of the vast majority of Jihadism), 70% and more of the population is either completely illiterate, semi-literate or with a complete absence of critical literacy.

Of the remaining lot, one could conclude that significant numbers would either be opposed to them or moderate, would not react violently, or not react at all to written attacks on Islam.

Consequently, with very low exposure, the printed word will neither be particularly worrisome to Islamists nor would it attract much of their interest.

Moreover, one would think that perhaps the majority of them fall within the 70% group mentioned above. Consequently they would have minimal knowledge of, or exposure to printed material.

So how could it possibly disturb them ? They have much bigger fish to fry.

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Freedom of speech and skunks [155 words]dhimmi no moreMay 4, 2015 06:37223170
3ISLAM = ISLAMISM; See the Photographs of Mohammad by ISIS [664 words]
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Pen [22 words]AlbertE.Jan 20, 2015 13:46220521
Molly [48 words]
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5Tariq Ramadan must be reading a different Qur'an correspondants [294 words]dhimmi no moreJan 19, 2015 12:13220471
1images communicate to people of all languages and are more insidious [143 words]mythJan 19, 2015 04:18220464
3We kuffar need to complain to youtube and facebook about jihadist web sites and get their accounts cancelled [170 words]dhimmi no moreJan 17, 2015 12:11220444
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3Anti-Islamism Dart Boards [47 words]LudvikusJan 16, 2015 08:45220413
1Crimes They Love And Hate Tell The Story [100 words]DaveJan 15, 2015 22:36220406
Images not words Most disturbs Islamists [143 words]EdmondJan 15, 2015 16:09220395
Whoever made the poster might be in the West [83 words]Anon.Jan 15, 2015 15:03220392
Poster [51 words]AlbertE.Feb 17, 2015 10:45220392

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