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Charlie Hebdo memorial planned for Saturday
By adamg on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 11:13am
The French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough St., will hold an informal memorial from noon to 1:30 p.m.
This peaceful gathering is intended to celebrate the works of Charlie Hebdo journalists and cartoonists and honor the victims of Wednesday's shootings. We will provide coffee and a place to feel united in diversity.
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Hebdo, not Hebdon
short for hebdomadaire (weekly)
Fixed
Stupid typo.
The French Cultural Cener is a wonderful place.
For those of you who do not know it, the French Cultural Center (formerly, and still colloquially, referred to as The French Library) is a wonderful institution in our city. I encourage anyone who can to stop by this event, which despite its informal billing, will undoubtedly be conducted by the Center with its usual grace. The Center is an example of exactly the kind of civility and free exchange of ideas that these despicable cowards are trying and failing to kill. As a long time member of the Center, I would be honored to attend the event had I not had unalterable plans to be out of Boston this weekend. I am delighted that it is putting this event on.
targeting journalists, inciting backlash violence
I agree the violent radicalized terrorists are targeting journalists now. They also targeted a Jewish Kosher supermarket. To what end? I think the purpose of their attack is to polarize French and European society by inciting backlash violence on Muslims. Let's hope it doesn't work.
Did you hear that there are banners up on all Mosques in France
Proclaiming "Je Suis Charlie!"
No? Well that's because there aren't.
Hey, Islamic Society of Boston, where's your banner? Who's side are you on?
I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting for the Pope himself to apologize to me personally for John Salvi murdering my neighbor. Because all Catholics are responsible for and represented by their violent psychopathic extremists, right?
The Islamic communities in France issued near immediate statements that condemned extremism in no uncertain terms. You would know that if you listened to CBC One or BBC. Their leaders are also holding discussions and bolstering their ongoing anti-extremism initiatives.
Just because these things aren't "news" to the US news organizations, doesn't mean that they aren't happening.
Here's the link for the Islamic Society of Boston
Show me the statement that they've issued denouncing this muder please, somehow I'm missing it on their website,
http://isbcc.org/
They are responsible for France?
Okay.
*headdesk*
Meanwhile, why doesn't the Catholic Archdiocese in Boston have a statement memorializing the victims on the twentieth anniversary of a Catholic Extremist Atrocity?
At least THAT was local!
You should also put up a personal apology for CIA torture done in your name. You are responsible for everything YOUR government does, after all.
I could go on ...
Oh and just for kicks
Here is what their out-going Imam posted to Facebook yesterday. Not that you will actually take it into consideration.
https://www.facebook.com/suhaib.webb/posts/10152972159423080
Yeah, but...
... that's not on their web page. So it doesn't count.
Guessing that's a joke.
But just in case it isn't (or for those that think you make a good point), it took me 5 minutes between moxie's post and my own to find and post it and prior to that I didn't even KNOW their Imam's name or that he had a public Facebook page. I actually got there from his Twitter, which again I found without knowing his name before starting my search.
Five minutes (minus the time taken to type up the post), even though it wasn't on their website. So, that's no excuse (again, I'm pretty sure you're joking and I'm talking to others).
Should have added...
a snark tag.
I think most computer literate persons would know that any institution's Facebook page is more likely to have a timely comment on current events than than it's semi-permanent web home page. ;~}
You beat me to the punch on finding the Facebook post by a minute or so...
Like most organizations, they updated on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ISBCC.org
"The ISBCC stands with US Council of Muslim Organizations"
Here's their statement on their website denouncing extremists:
http://isbcc.org/where-we-stand/
Took me 2 minutes to find.
Sorry, not buying it
I google "boston muslim charlie hebdo" two days into this massacre, and come up with absolutely nothing pointing to local and timely denunciation of the murders and the murderers by our local institutionalized outlets Islam. Zero.
Kind of reminds me of how outspoken Bernie Law was in support of the all the children that his outfit destroyed.
But I'll go tomorrow, tomorrow to the memorial at the French Cultural Center. And for everyone local Iman I see, I'll donate $100 to the charity of your choice.
Please only attend
Please only attend the memorial if your primary purpose is to honor the victims of the attack. I am sure the people affected by this tragedy would appreciate a show of sympathy and unity (from anyone) and not a "count the Muslims in attendance" distraction. And I am fairly hopeful that some local followers of Islam will attend.
So
Because you suck at using the Internet, someone else is a bad guy?
Take some responsibility, you freeloader. Your failures are nobody else's fault.
But ... but ... but ...
You haven't given Moxic enough of a chance to tell you about how her sister's son's babysitter has a Muslim friend!
How can one possibly be a bigot if their sister's son's babysitter has a Muslim friend!
Who loves Christmas, even!
Ad hominem
Again, you attack the person. Better to say, "Well, maybe you better go armed with money, for maybe there will be Islamic Imams there."
I, personally, think it would be an excellent show that they have had enough of the AQ groups blowing up everything.
Or you could just continue to prattle on.
Not buying what?
the Facebook page is clearly timestamped.
The words boston muslim charlie hebdo brings up tons of news articles and is not helpful, which is typical with current events. News articles dominate the front pages. Especially today, with more attacks in France. Those are going to come up before quotes from various organizations, as they should.
however, there is this on the first page:
http://www.judaism-islam.com/muslim-reaction-to-the-charlie-hebdo-massacre/
where you find a quote from "Imam Suhaib Webb, Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, USA"
Again, took me a few minutes.
The ISBCC isn't a good example!
ISBCC's founder Abdulrahman Alamoudi is currently spending 23 years in prison for funding al Qaeda
Aafia Siddiqui, an al Qaeda member convicted of plotting attacks on New York City was also a member.
Tarek Mahenna, sentenced to 17 years in prison for planning to assault a Boston-area shopping mall with automatic weapons - member
Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a former trustee of the mosque, is a Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader and terrorist supporter who's banned from entering the United States.
O, and those two shit stains Tsarnaev brothers!
Actions speak louder than words.
Are you planning to apologize for lynchings and cross-burnings?
Or condemn them?
Because, by your own thinking, you otherwise believe the represent all Christians. Which side are you on?
CBC???
How wonderfully Canadian of you! I knew I had SOME influence on you....
Haters gotta hate
http://www.ibtimes.com/moderate-muslims-use-jesuischarlie-condemn-charli...
Faux Noose Meme
These things tend to be identified as easily as radio-tagged whales and radioactive tracers.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/46-examples-of-muslim-outrage-about-p...
First, it's 'whose'
Who's = who is. Whose is the possessive adjective.
Second, while standing with Charlie Hebdo with "Je Suis Charlie" is how some people have chosen to show their united front against the actions of these murders, it's not necessary.
I never once said I'm "Boston Strong" or bought a bumper sticker...does that mean I'm friends with the Tsarnaev brothers?
The Islamic Society of Boston isn't responsible for all Muslims...or even all Muslims in the Boston area. Whether they choose to hug Charlie Hebdo or not is up to them and a lack of doing so is not some signal of complicity with the actions of those murders. This sickening pervasive attitude of "if you're not with us, you're against us" or "my team versus their team" that invades every goddamn event in our lives these days is one of the most intellectually devoid and corrupting influences on our ability to get anything meaningful accomplished or speak intelligently about the problems in our world these days.
And third
French Muslims are more likely to say "Je suis Ahmed," referring to the Muslim policeman who bravely gave his life defending Charlie Hebdo's right in a free society to publish material offensive to his religion.
http://oumma.com/219529/suis-ahmed-lhommage-policier-execute-froidement-...
Powerful comment, the second pic on that link.
Yemen or Sudan claimed credit for the co-ordination of these attacks.
So, if you believe the Religion of Peace is against the recent attacks, then maybe they will help by attacking the AQAP, AQY, AQI, and all the other AQ branches that preach violent jihad.
Who knows, maybe they will see the light. Egyptian president made a statement last week to that effect, before the French attacks.
Virtually unnoticed by the mainstream press. Until now.
http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/30412425/Egyptian_Pr...
Also ...
The hero of the attack on the Kosher market.
I just checked
The Archdiocese of Boston's website and it's not there either!
Why
Did any of this individuals scream out in Latin while murdering innocent people?
Now you're blaming
Now you're blaming all Latin speaking people?
French lives matter
yup
Am happy that there is so
Am happy that there is so much Boston support for what's going on in Paris right now. The whole "Well, did Muslims Reject This" line is tiresome. Un de mes cousins is a policeman in what we like to call "Kalichnikov-93." (// to Roxbury / Mattapan / DOT).
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/france-unites-behind-muslim-policeman-...
Just a quick note from your friendly neighborhood censor
Yes, indeedy, I am not posting anon notes about how horrible a particular religion is. There are plenty of other places for you to commiserate with like-minded angry people, and I'm sure you know how to find them, but just in case, there's this thing called Google I hear all the kids swear by.