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Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say

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cryptica ◴[14 Nov 15 01:32 UTC] No.10563894[source]▶
This soils the reputation of islam. I know some good people (muslims) who suffer from prejudice on a daily basis because of attacks like these.

Being a muslim in a foreign country is an increasingly difficult and isolating experience.

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imaginenore ◴[14 Nov 15 02:07 UTC] No.10564038[source]▶
Islam soils the reputation of islam. It has a massive problem of large percentages of Muslims supporting (or being okay with) violence and terrorism.

42% of young Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justified (35% overall).

http://www.pewresearch.org/files/old-assets/pdf/muslim-ameri...

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dang ◴[14 Nov 15 02:17 UTC] No.10564079[source]▶
> Islam soils the reputation of islam.

No slurs, please. We've already banned one account for turning this thread into a religious flamewar. Comments here need to stay factual.

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imaginenore ◴[14 Nov 15 02:30 UTC] No.10564143[source]▶
I did stay factual, I even provided a link.

If you're going to restrict speech, restrict all mentions of religion, not just the ones that contradict your preconceived notion.

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deciplex ◴[14 Nov 15 03:15 UTC] No.10564264[source]▶
Indeed. The moderation in this thread has been supremely disappointing. Your post contained no slurs, only an interpretation of data along with a link.
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davesque ◴[14 Nov 15 04:09 UTC] No.10564412[source]▶
No. What dang quoted was a slur.

Definition from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_eng...:

"An insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation"

Saying that "Islam soils the reputation of islam" is a slur by any reasonable interpretation. The link provided some information but the first sentence did nothing to that effect and was simply inflammatory.

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1. johncolanduoni ◴[14 Nov 15 06:32 UTC] No.10564737[source]▶
If that's you criterion for a piece of discourse unsuitable for HN, then that applies to pretty much anything negative you say on any topic, does it not? For example, the post about CMU's possible involvement with exploiting a weakness in Tor on unsuspecting users was itself a "slur" by Oxford's definition.