Daily News Thread 5/25

Salman Abedi's Muslim peers warned cops about Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi 5 years ago

Police were tipped off by members of the Muslim community that Salman Abedi was a dangerous extremist.
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/worried-friends-called-anti-terror-10492183

Housing Secretary Ben Carson calls poverty a 'state of mind'

US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson has sparked outrage after describing poverty as a "state of mind".
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40048192

Blowback? Manchester bomber linked to terrorist group which UK allegedly backed

Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi and his father, Ramadan, had long-standing links to a violent jihadist group which may have had British backing for the 2011 Libyan war and a 1996 attempt to kill then-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
rt.com/uk/389694-libya-abedi-lifg-cameron/

Manchester attack: Trump condemns media leaks

US President Donald Trump has said leaks of the investigation into the Manchester Arena attack to the US media are "deeply troubling".
bbc.com/news/uk-40048565

In first under Trump, U.S. warship challenges Beijing's claims in South China Sea

A U.S. Navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway since U.S. President Donald Trump took office.
reuters.com/article/us-usa-southchinasea-navy-idUSKBN18K353

China warns Tokyo to ‘act cautiously’ amid reports of US-Japan missile defense collaboration

China has urged Japan to "act cautiously" after defense industry sources in Tokyo said US and Japanese companies are collaborating on new missile defense radars. It comes as Tokyo reportedly prepares a defense strategy against potential North Korean attacks.
rt.com/news/389700-china-japan-missile-defense/

Iran says it built 3rd underground ballistic missile factory, vows to increase capabilities

Iran has built its third underground ballistic missile production factory, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards airspace division said, adding that the Islamic Republic will continue to “forcefully” develop its missile capabilities.
rt.com/news/389689-iran-ballistic-missiles-trump/

Philippines deploys top commandoes, attack helicopters to retake city from Islamist rebels

The Philippines deployed attack helicopters and special forces to drive out Islamic State-linked rebels holed up in a besieged southern city on Thursday, as efforts to take back control met heavy resistance.
reuters.com/article/us-philippines-militants-idUSKBN18L0CS

US Republican Greg Gianforte charged over Guardian reporter 'body slam'

The Republican candidate in a special congressional election in Montana, Greg Gianforte, has been charged with misdemeanour for assaulting a British reporter.
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40041141

Other urls found in this thread:

ibtimes.co.uk/kim-dotcom-open-letter-seth-richs-family-regarding-hacking-claims-1623361
theintercept.com/2017/05/24/dea-lied-to-congress-about-deadly-raid-that-killed-four-hondurans-government-report-says/
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/05/yet-another-video-shows-u-s-funded-white-helmets-assisting-public-executions-rebel-held-syria.html
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/05/debt-relief-or-a-fourth-financial-assistance-program-for-greece.html
thenation.com/article/happens-country-many-workers-migrate/
wsws.org/en/articles/2017/05/25/fort-m25.html
aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/army-lost-track-1bn-worth-arms-170524145405542.html
twitter.com/NSFWRedditVideo

OP/ED

Kim Dotcom: An open letter to Seth Rich's family regarding hacking claims

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is currently embroiled in a row over claims he might have hacked into the email of murdered Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich.
ibtimes.co.uk/kim-dotcom-open-letter-seth-richs-family-regarding-hacking-claims-1623361

DEA LIED TO CONGRESS ABOUT DEADLY RAID THAT KILLED FOUR HONDURANS, GOVERNMENT REPORT SAYS

THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION repeatedly lied to Congress about fatal shooting incidents in Honduras, including the killing of four civilians during a DEA-led operation, according to a devastating 424-page report released today by the inspectors general for the State and Justice departments.
theintercept.com/2017/05/24/dea-lied-to-congress-about-deadly-raid-that-killed-four-hondurans-government-report-says/

Yet Another Video Shows U.S.-Funded White Helmets Assisting Public Executions in Rebel-Held Syria

Why reporting by and about the State Department funded White Helmets needs to be taken with a fistful of salt.
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/05/yet-another-video-shows-u-s-funded-white-helmets-assisting-public-executions-rebel-held-syria.html

Debt Relief or a Fourth Financial Assistance Program for Greece?

Greece continues to be broken on the rack of austerity. How far might the IMF's insistence on reducing the pain level actually get?
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/05/debt-relief-or-a-fourth-financial-assistance-program-for-greece.html

What Happens to a Country When So Many of Its Workers Migrate?

About a third of Nepal’s GDP comes from remittances sent back from overseas.
thenation.com/article/happens-country-many-workers-migrate/

Half of US Fortune 500 companies pay next to nothing in state taxes

A new report documents that among the Fortune 500 companies which were profitable in 2014, the average effective tax rate levied by all 50 states was only three percent.
wsws.org/en/articles/2017/05/25/fort-m25.html

Also reposting a story I feel was underrated when posted in yesterday's thread.

US army 'lost track of $1bn worth of arms'

Amnesty International urges the US and other countries to stop arms transfers that could fuel atrocities.
aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/army-lost-track-1bn-worth-arms-170524145405542.html

Thanks for posting this is my favourite place to get news from.

hmmm

>aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/army-lost-track-1bn-worth-arms-170524145405542.html
REALLY makes you think

9/11 tier karma tbh

oh and Milo is having a little Pedo meetup so I'll try to post updates on any happenings

holy shit is this real

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not exactly but I like sharing this one over the original

Can someone give me a rundown on Sharia Law and why right wing are so mad about it "invading the west"? I know literally nothing about muslims.

this has to be a chapo thing

Sharia law is juriprudence according to Quran. So women must be covered up, thieves have their hands cut off, kafirs must pay jizya and atheists and gays thrown off buildings.

Sharia Law just means law governed by Islam. This can range from beheading gays to banning alcohol to some minor dress code for men and women. It's literally all up to interoperation but right-wingers use it as a short hand for scary brown people who hate democracy.
Also note that no one is actually trying to advocate for that sort of thing in America, republicans just want an excuse to make Islam illegal.

Kind of. You guys know how if you ask a hundred jews to tell you what "zionism" means, every single one will have a different answer? Unfortunately that's what it's like with muslims and sharia. So you'll get the extreme versions that is talking about and also the people who just think sharia means stuff related to day to dat worship and inheritance laws or whatever. The unfortunate result is that most muslims will say "yeah I'm down for sharia" but it will mean a different thing every time, and right wing media will always report it like they supported

That's why you look how it's implemented in the real world, instead of asking what people feel right. That's why you routinely hear of people getting stoned to death in countries governed by sharia law.

Reals > feels

Not even every muslim country implements sharia the same way or has the same definition of it

Well, whoop-dee-shit. Do they want a cookie?

The point is that polling muslim americans who tell you they're down with sharia and then saying that means they want what's in the KSA is retarded

I thought you weren't down with the feels. I'm sorry if you're too emotional to discuss facts

Wanting religion to be the law of the land is already a point of failure on their part. What flavour of dogshit they want to peddle is not a concern to me.


#NotAllShariaLaws

Well what about the muslim code where they're aloud to lie about their religious beliefs if it benefits them?


What about that Holla Forums infografix I see all the time that say something like "50% of all british muslis want to kill all gays" or something along those lines?

I'm not trying to argue for any of this btw. It's just that I've only ever heard the right-wing arguments.

Secularism is a religion as well 2bh. But it's still way, way, way better than others.

I'm explicitly discussing people who define "sharia law" to be deliberating over civil matters on a local level like small issues of inheritance. Did you even read what I wrote before getting emotional?

You mean the thing that only exists within the smaller sect of Islam, Shia, and is only allowed when your life is on the line?

Same poll had a third of indonesians answering "i'm not sure what that is" to "how do you feel about sunnis". I'm not saying the polls are definitely all bullshit but there's definitely something up with that shit. With that said, most Muslim countries in the world have extreme laws and religious presence and I don't doubt it needs to be addressed.

Now that's kind of a stretch. How is secularism a religion?

Secularism is a meme, there is nothing wrong with treading upon religious institutions.

Everyone with half a brain is against Sharia law unless you are a Muzzi or completely ignorant about Sharia law. Nothing to do with "right wing". Buddhist monks that are have communities more "socialist" than the most lefitst idiots in Europe are getting slaughtered by real Muslims trying to enforce Sharia law, just as much as children that can't even comprehend what left or right is. Everyone of them has a god damn good reason to oppose Sharia law.

Contrary to retarded dumbfounded leftist and lying Muslims claims like this faggot there is no range how to practice Sharia. Its written in extra book/verses whatever you want to call them and unchangable and mostly not up to interpretation and those few parts that are interepreteable have also unchangable annotations to clear them up.

Deceptive Muslim often use English translation to deceive their to be conquered victims, ommit the full context and the existence of these annotations and try to sell you blatant lies how to inteprete their holy words as something acceptable or even honorable in Western society. This kind of deception and lying about their own holy book is acceptable in every branch Shia, Sunni it doesnt matter. There really isn't any room at all beyond either practicing it or not.

On top of that comes that its not just some vague guidelines like respect your parents. They are clear rules how do act or resolve very specific situations and most of it is barbaric and medieval bullshit, that contradicts how law and rights functions in any civilized country after millenia of cultivating fair systems.

The real problem here is that real Muslims are supposed to either follow them before any other law or attempt to enforce them by any means. Which makes "real Muslims" incompatible to Western society and modern Christian values unless Muslims reform and openly refuse this bullshit. But they don't. They cry victim card and docile neighbour while sharpening their sword or nowadays their bombs and guns.

Yes he means the thing that has simply different names and exist in every single major branch of Islam and has never been limited to just your life being on the line, that is literally part of their lies.

Totally, it's all muslim conspiracies all the way down

Read John Milbank

What? Everyone knows it's a shia thing. Am I being trolled?

Fuck off and search the catalog for the daily sperg out thread

Almost the entire history of Islam is just Muslim scholars arguing about how to interpret the Quran. Saying that there is no range in how to practice Sharia is ahistorical and undialectical as fuck. Or do you really believe that the Caliphate from 500 years ago had the same attitudes and interpretations of law that modern muslims do?

Is that what all that invading, forceful conversions and genocide were about?

Abdullah b. Mas’ud raḍyAllāhu 'anhu reported: The Prophet said, “Truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Paradise. A man will keep speaking the truth and striving to speak the truth until he will be recorded with Allāh as a siddeeq (speaker of the truth). Lying leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to Hell fire. A man will keep telling lies and striving to tell lies until he is recorded with Allāh as a liar.”

I'm sure your browsing of "islam-is-the-devil.net" and the latest meme on Holla Forums taught you better though

s-sorry Holla Forums

Yes or no, do you think all muslim civilizations interpreted sharia the same way? If the answer is no, then there is a range. Reals > feels, sorry

nah its okay tards/pol were gonna sperg about something anyway and todays roll of the dice is islam

It's okay. There are some here, right now, that think that Islamic dogma is compatible with leftism. They are wrong.

Don't worry about it. Anyone who approaches any topic with the idea that ideologies spring fully formed and acted upon from the void without any materialist basis are liberals. Those people were going to be liberal no matter what the topic at hand was

Islam IS feels, hth

Idk how people are falling for this obvious trolling. He even has the flag up and everything.

Yeah no shit, we're talking about the expression of human behavior and societal rules though

Its a slow day on Holla Forums

nothin better to do i guess

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Counterpoint: Islam is the light and Mohammed (PBUH) is Allah's prophet.

So they just threw weapons at militants and didn't even bother to keep track of it or they threw weapons at militants and didn't want it tracked by others?

where does Der Spiegel rank as a news site?

top fucking kek

Like the Time magazine of Germany, but people still read it.

Very neoliberal, but some good reporting.

This post explains so much about Leftist Muslim apologists.

Yeah but is there really that much difference if one country dangles homosexuals from cranes instead of throwing them off buildings?

Holla Forums BTFO

lmao, the absolute state of modern Britain

That's not true, the Republicans are all for Sharia Law Except You Say Jesus Instead Of Allah

I mean if that was the difference then no, it wouldn't be much of one

yeah, what a cuck asking questions like that

IIRC what is happening is that in some marriage and other contracts, they base certain clauses on Islamic law tenants. Those are then enforced in court not because it's a sharia court, but because it's a private contract. It's a whole lot of noise over nothing - the contracts still have to respect fundamental and other legally protected rights of the participants.

Because, you know, freedom of contract is only a foundation of the Free West when we do it.