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Old 04-16-2007, 03:41 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by fotze View Post
I think the key in that is the extremist group, much like Billy Phelps or whatver his first name is.
That was a Hindu group. There's also a Muslim group protesting Valentine's day.

Nearly two dozen black-veiled Muslim women stormed gift and stationery shops Friday in Kashmir, India, burning Valentine's Day cards and posters to protest a holiday they say imposes Western values on Muslim youth.

No one was hurt in the half-dozen or so incidents, and police cordoned off the area to prevent the women from marching through Srinagar's main shopping district to continue their ransacking.

The women were from the Kashmiri Islamic group Dukhtaran-e-Millat, or Daughters of the Community, Kashmir's only women's separatist group, whose members are also known for their fiercely conservative social views.

"We will not let anyone sell these cards or celebrate Valentine's Day," said Asiya Andrabi, the group's leader, as she held a burning poster in her hand. "These Western gimmicks are corrupting our kids and taking them away from their roots."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...928.shtml?s=lh

The good news, of course, is that Muslim and Hindu extremists in India have come to agree on one topic at least, something to celebrate amid the flames.

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