Islamic Conversion Forced on Fox Journalist's for Freedom!, page 1
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Topic started on 27-8-2006 @ 08:07 PM by the_sentinal
After a coerced conversion to Islam, and a two week long ordeal for the missing journalist's, the kidnapping of the reporter and cameraman have come to an end, with the release of the two, much to the relief of family members who made plea's for their safe release days earlier.



english.ohmynews.com

Two Fox News journalists kidnapped in Gaza City were freed after nearly two weeks in captivity.

American reporter Steve Centanni, 60, and cameraman Olaf Wiig, 35, were released at Gaza City's Beach Hotel Sunday, where they were rushed upstairs before appearing later at the hotel with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and Wiig's wife, former BBC presenter Anita McNaught, who had made several public appeals for the pair's release, including to Prime Minister Haniyeh himself in person.

A video released earlier showed the two making various pronouncement including an apparent statement of conversion by Centanni to Islam. He explained after his release that he felt coerced into making the statements, as his captors wielded firearms.

A previously unknown group calling itself the "Holy Jihad Brigades" had claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, but senior Palestinian security officials said the name was merely a front for local militants whose identities were known to Palestinian authorities. The group had demanded the release of unspecified Muslim prisoners within 72 hours, a demand the U.S. officially rejected. The deadline passed before news of the release became available.



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After a tense two week period the kidnapping ends in a forced conversion to Islam, just what the kidnappers accomplished through this flamboyant incident remains to be seen. The question of how the opponents of radical Islam will use this incident also is up in the air, those who claim Isalm is a peaceful religion have a tougher defence of their position after this.





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[edit on 27-8-2006 by UM_Gazz]

[edit on 27-8-2006 by DontTreadOnMe]


reply posted on 27-8-2006 @ 08:39 PM by Jamuhn
Originally posted by djohnsto77
I don't think they really converted, they just agreed with whatever the guys that had the guns said.

Anyway, certainly not a hallmark of a peaceful religion.


Neither is the Lord's Resistance Army, but then again, people should be able to differentiate between crazy fringe groups and the main body of religion. By the way, Islam means "submission" not "peace." Muslims don't turn the other cheek when oppressed, they fight against injustice. And as noble as that may sound, it's easy to see how fringe groups can get confused and go to the extreme. It happens with all religions...christianity, jewish, hindus, etc.
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