Freedom of Speech: Islam Goes Apeshit over Charlie Hebdo Muhammad Cartoons Repub, Quran Eating, and Successful Critical Analysis

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Thu Aug 18 21:13:38 PDT 2022


Islam's Internal Credibility Problem
Many sects, each claiming true, murdering each other for it.
Most other religions gave up their internal battles ages ago,
nor really had much text raising external conflict either.


Many Casualties After Bombing Targets Taliban Mosque In Kabul

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/17/middleeast/kabul-mosque-explosion-afghanistan-intl/index.html

On Wednesday a large blast ripped through a centrally located mosque
during evening prayers in the Afghan capital of Kabul, with a huge
casualty count feared. One or more suicide bombers were reportedly
behind the attack.

Within the initial hours following the explosion, at least 10 have
been reported dead, including a prominent cleric, according to
regional reports. While there was no immediate claim of responsibility
for the attack, ISIS-K has recently stepped up bombings against
Taliban targets over the summer, and now reaching a year after the
final US military exit from the war-torn country.

    A huge explosion has struck a mosque in #Kabul's PD17 during
evening prayers. As many as 35 people may have been wounded or
martyred. #KABULBLAST #Afghanistan #Taliban pic.twitter.com/CzAVA9D7Gu
    — Wali Khan (@WaliKhan_TK) August 17, 2022

CNN cited a top health official for Afghanistan who said, "Following
today’s explosion, we admitted 27 patients to our Surgical Centre for
War Victims in Kabul, including five minors, one of them a
seven-year-old boy." The official noted that "Two patients arrived
dead, one died in the emergency room."

Underscoring the growing seriousness and frequency of ISIS-K terror
attacks, the official described multiple mass casualty events this
month alone:

    "In the month of August alone, we managed six mass casualties in
our hospital, with a total of almost 80 patients. Throughout the year,
we have continued to receive gunshot injuries, shrapnel injuries,
stabbing injuries, and victims of mine and IED explosions on a daily
basis. The country is suffering the consequences of a very long
conflict that has undermined its future."

With emergency crews and police still on the scene, Taliban’s deputy
spokesman Bilal Karimi vowed vengeance for the attack. "The murderers
of civilians and perpetrators of similar crimes will soon be caught
and punished for their actions, God willing," he said in a statement.

ABC News reports of some of the details which emerged late in the day:

    According to the eyewitness, a resident of the city's Kher Khanna
neighborhood where the Siddiquiya Mosque was targeted, the explosion
was carried out by a suicide bomber. The slain cleric was Mullah Amir
Mohammad Kabuli, the eyewitness said, speaking on condition of
anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

    He added that more than 30 other people were wounded. The Italian
Emergency hospital in Kabul said that at least 27 wounded civilians,
including five children, were brought there from the site of the bomb
blast.

The casualty count is expected to mount, given a police spokesman said
of the blast's high casualties, "the numbers are not clear yet."


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