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		<title>By: poetreearborist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a narrow assessment coming from an uninformed, Harvard educated person. The Azeri people did not get the religion of Islam right. Not that Iran did, for sure. Azerbaijan may not legally be a Muslim country but the women of the country are oppressed by a male dominated culture. Talk to a girl from a village and let her educate you about the lack of women&#039;s rights she has to live with every day. And then you can shed your ignorance. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a narrow assessment coming from an uninformed, Harvard educated person. The Azeri people did not get the religion of Islam right. Not that Iran did, for sure. Azerbaijan may not legally be a Muslim country but the women of the country are oppressed by a male dominated culture. Talk to a girl from a village and let her educate you about the lack of women&#039;s rights she has to live with every day. And then you can shed your ignorance. </p>
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		<title>By: fbc</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As soon as current strongman Alive goes away, the Islam will take over. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As soon as current strongman Alive goes away, the Islam will take over. </p>
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		<title>By: FI264</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a very insightful article with the clear articulation of most important points to be retained by those who discover this part of the world. Small comment for those who try to misleadingly explain the religious tolerance reigning in Azerbaijan with 70 years of State atheism imposed by Bolsheviks. Azerbaijan was a country of tolerant people for centuries , long before the Bolsheviks occupied Azerbaijan in 1920 and brought down the first ever parliamentarian Republic in the Muslim East. Under the Russian Empire when Jews were forbidden to buy lands, it was the Muslim community of Baku that bought a terrain for Baku Jews in order they could build a Synagogue and worship in dignity their religion. It was also an Azerbaijani Muslim philanthropist who financed on those days the construction of a Protestant church in Baku.       ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&rsquo;s a very insightful article with the clear articulation of most important points to be retained by those who discover this part of the world. Small comment for those who try to misleadingly explain the religious tolerance reigning in Azerbaijan with 70 years of State atheism imposed by Bolsheviks. Azerbaijan was a country of tolerant people for centuries , long before the Bolsheviks occupied Azerbaijan in 1920 and brought down the first ever parliamentarian Republic in the Muslim East. Under the Russian Empire when Jews were forbidden to buy lands, it was the Muslim community of Baku that bought a terrain for Baku Jews in order they could build a Synagogue and worship in dignity their religion. It was also an Azerbaijani Muslim philanthropist who financed on those days the construction of a Protestant church in Baku.       </p>
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		<title>By: Anthony</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Objectivefactsmatter 
 
How do you read my blaming Jews? I blame effective, productive liberals, who are usually white or Jewish, it doesn&#039;t matter, I don&#039;t make these things up. I&#039;ve always said its your own kind often do the most harm to you, I call them traitors and useful idiots. Minorities are also inculcated in a &quot;plantation&quot; mentality wrapped in healthy wads of victimization conditioning and hate white America ideology, even if they&#039;ve never been treated as anything but a protected, celebrated class, of just stepped foot in the country. They are here with the baggage liberals have spread far and wide, coast to coast, and to all four corners of the globe. 
 
America is doomed. 
 
But I see most modern liberals as out to get us, meaning traditional thinking Americans like myself, whose culture is evaporating before our eyes as I see myself the only white guy almost everywhere I look in my daily travels. 
 
Diversity and multiculturalism is out of control, not the case in Azerbaijan id be willing to wager. Without a culture defining majority, you see what America has now become. 
 
As for Moslems, you&#039;re right. They are the shock troops used by the above mentioned tools of whoever is in control behind the curtain. I consider THEM, not Jews of course, &quot;alien&quot;  to Western Civilization. But you surely have not failed to notice that Western Civilization is becoming &quot;alien&quot; to Western Civilization thanks to socialist thinking and subversion. 
 
P.S. I wish knew how you possibly could misread me as blaming Jews for anything other than being in a terrible bind surrounded and isolated and lets not forget almost universally despised for I don&#039;t know what.   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Objectivefactsmatter </p>
<p>How do you read my blaming Jews? I blame effective, productive liberals, who are usually white or Jewish, it doesn&#039;t matter, I don&#039;t make these things up. I&#039;ve always said its your own kind often do the most harm to you, I call them traitors and useful idiots. Minorities are also inculcated in a &quot;plantation&quot; mentality wrapped in healthy wads of victimization conditioning and hate white America ideology, even if they&#039;ve never been treated as anything but a protected, celebrated class, of just stepped foot in the country. They are here with the baggage liberals have spread far and wide, coast to coast, and to all four corners of the globe. </p>
<p>America is doomed. </p>
<p>But I see most modern liberals as out to get us, meaning traditional thinking Americans like myself, whose culture is evaporating before our eyes as I see myself the only white guy almost everywhere I look in my daily travels. </p>
<p>Diversity and multiculturalism is out of control, not the case in Azerbaijan id be willing to wager. Without a culture defining majority, you see what America has now become. </p>
<p>As for Moslems, you&#039;re right. They are the shock troops used by the above mentioned tools of whoever is in control behind the curtain. I consider THEM, not Jews of course, &quot;alien&quot;  to Western Civilization. But you surely have not failed to notice that Western Civilization is becoming &quot;alien&quot; to Western Civilization thanks to socialist thinking and subversion. </p>
<p>P.S. I wish knew how you possibly could misread me as blaming Jews for anything other than being in a terrible bind surrounded and isolated and lets not forget almost universally despised for I don&#039;t know what.   </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;We should close ranks and let the Islamic world be Islamic and leave them and the rest of the world alone. But we can&#039;t because the whole world is here in huge numbers.&quot; 
 
 
Not quite that simple. Being Islamic means plotting for the death of the West. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;We should close ranks and let the Islamic world be Islamic and leave them and the rest of the world alone. But we can&#039;t because the whole world is here in huge numbers.&quot; </p>
<p>Not quite that simple. Being Islamic means plotting for the death of the West. </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;But the West is all about fake notions and magic propositions and unprincipled exceptions. That is the fruit of perverted Christianity, and misguided utopian dreamers, that is liberals and their socialist counterparts.&quot; 
 
No sane people left I guess? The West is &quot;all about&quot; making you confused. Those things you cite above threaten Western culture and certainly its ability to reach political consensus on anything at a federal level. That doesn&#039;t mean there are not plenty of intelligent, well-informed people who get it. We need to reestablish rule of law and respect for the constitution. Then we can restore sanity to our education standards, build political consensus and take our place as the beacon of freedom and success throughout the globe. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;But the West is all about fake notions and magic propositions and unprincipled exceptions. That is the fruit of perverted Christianity, and misguided utopian dreamers, that is liberals and their socialist counterparts.&quot; </p>
<p>No sane people left I guess? The West is &quot;all about&quot; making you confused. Those things you cite above threaten Western culture and certainly its ability to reach political consensus on anything at a federal level. That doesn&#039;t mean there are not plenty of intelligent, well-informed people who get it. We need to reestablish rule of law and respect for the constitution. Then we can restore sanity to our education standards, build political consensus and take our place as the beacon of freedom and success throughout the globe. </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading your ideas makes one think you consider Jews alien to Western culture, yet pretty much all the other immigrants who in fact form the 5th columns and are out to destroy it are the ones we need to be concerned about. The Jews are their explicit target. Divide and conquer. First comes Saturday, then comes Sunday. 
 
It was the ideas of Darwin that inspired the ideas of the modern collectivists today. They are the ones destroying Western power and culture, and empowering the still weak Islamic imperialist nations to help them do it. 
 
And you blame the Jews. That is just evil and ignorant. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading your ideas makes one think you consider Jews alien to Western culture, yet pretty much all the other immigrants who in fact form the 5th columns and are out to destroy it are the ones we need to be concerned about. The Jews are their explicit target. Divide and conquer. First comes Saturday, then comes Sunday. </p>
<p>It was the ideas of Darwin that inspired the ideas of the modern collectivists today. They are the ones destroying Western power and culture, and empowering the still weak Islamic imperialist nations to help them do it. </p>
<p>And you blame the Jews. That is just evil and ignorant. </p>
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		<title>By: Linen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jacobs, you are only who is giving the right picture! With no problem on it&#039;s borders with Armenia, this country could be much better and could fight corruption and move to democracy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jacobs, you are only who is giving the right picture! With no problem on it&#8217;s borders with Armenia, this country could be much better and could fight corruption and move to democracy.</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph Klein</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Klein]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree 100% ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree 100% </p>
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		<title>By: Joseph Klein</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Klein]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Armenia has occupied territory inside of Azerbaijan with Iran&#039;s backing. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Armenia has occupied territory inside of Azerbaijan with Iran&#039;s backing. </p>
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		<title>By: Tan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Azerbaijan&#039;s secularization doesn&#039;t necessarily mean that Christian persecution will end there. It was the same for the secularization of Turkey after the Ottoman Empire. Remember the Armenian Genocide? That happened under &quot;the Young Turks&quot; who supposedly were secular, yet slaughtered many Christians (I think it was between 1 or 2 million Armenian Christians). Even after that, during the 21st century (probably between 2004 to 2009), there was some Christian persecution in Turkey, and I don&#039;t recall anything being done by the Turkish government to stop the radical Muslims from persecuting or killing them, but I could be wrong. Other than that, I&#039;m a little skeptical about Azerbaijan&#039;s situation. If you go to the CSSR&#039;s website (which studies countries that are former Soviet Socialist Republics) regarding Azerbaijan, you will see on one of their videos that they&#039;ve invited the OIC Youth Forum to reform the country. Now of course, there are many other kinds of people that are part of the reform, OIC Youth Forum is a red flag. They are part of the OIC organization that&#039;s trying to criminalize criticism of Islam worldwide. So, we&#039;ll see just how reformed Azerbaijan is domestically.   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Azerbaijan&#039;s secularization doesn&#039;t necessarily mean that Christian persecution will end there. It was the same for the secularization of Turkey after the Ottoman Empire. Remember the Armenian Genocide? That happened under &quot;the Young Turks&quot; who supposedly were secular, yet slaughtered many Christians (I think it was between 1 or 2 million Armenian Christians). Even after that, during the 21st century (probably between 2004 to 2009), there was some Christian persecution in Turkey, and I don&#039;t recall anything being done by the Turkish government to stop the radical Muslims from persecuting or killing them, but I could be wrong. Other than that, I&#039;m a little skeptical about Azerbaijan&#039;s situation. If you go to the CSSR&#039;s website (which studies countries that are former Soviet Socialist Republics) regarding Azerbaijan, you will see on one of their videos that they&#039;ve invited the OIC Youth Forum to reform the country. Now of course, there are many other kinds of people that are part of the reform, OIC Youth Forum is a red flag. They are part of the OIC organization that&#039;s trying to criminalize criticism of Islam worldwide. So, we&#039;ll see just how reformed Azerbaijan is domestically.   </p>
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		<title>By: macedonian</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not Ataturk influence,but the rare positive influence of the ateism of USSR, since tge central asian former republics are just the same:)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is not Ataturk influence,but the rare positive influence of the ateism of USSR, since tge central asian former republics are just the same:)</p>
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		<title>By: Jackobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin you are not right. Azerbaijan is a state which had own model of Islam for ages. Known as center for Hurufism, Sufism, etc. praised medieval poet Nasimi for his different views - This country have been always different model. And seems more secular, than praised Turkey. Soviet Union of course played its role, which only based on what Azerbaijanis had in culture for many many years. Islamism takes steps in this country now mostly because of occupied territories (by Armenia), which ordinary people to return and unite under religious flag. Any flag in this case could unite if 1 mln. refugees will see as a tool to go back to their homeland.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kevin you are not right. Azerbaijan is a state which had own model of Islam for ages. Known as center for Hurufism, Sufism, etc. praised medieval poet Nasimi for his different views &#8211; This country have been always different model. And seems more secular, than praised Turkey. Soviet Union of course played its role, which only based on what Azerbaijanis had in culture for many many years. Islamism takes steps in this country now mostly because of occupied territories (by Armenia), which ordinary people to return and unite under religious flag. Any flag in this case could unite if 1 mln. refugees will see as a tool to go back to their homeland.</p>
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		<title>By: Raymond in DC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raymond in DC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in Iran in 1976, I was told by one of the locals that the two communities that took most advantage of the economic opportunities of that moderate era were the Bahais and the Jews - two communities historically disadvantaged. After the Islamic Revolution, the two communities most targeted were (you guessed it) the Bahais and the Jews. Treatment of the Bahais was (and remains) especially harsh, because they&#039;re deemed apostates from &quot;true&quot; Islam. The Jews remain the &quot;People of the Book&quot;, but still barely tolerated, and always suspected of &quot;Zionist&quot; tendencies. The official &quot;Jewish representative&quot; in the Majlis is hardly free to speak his mind on behalf of his community, and is expected to criticize Israel as the occasion requires. 
 
There were close to 100,000 Jews in Iran back in the 1970s; today the number is closer to 20,000. Most who left ended up in Israel and the US (there are major communities in New York and California). 
 
And where did the Bahai establish their world headquarters? In Haifa. The Temple and its Gardens draw many visitors in Israel. Yet another reason the Bahai in Azerbaijan see value in connecting to Israel. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I was in Iran in 1976, I was told by one of the locals that the two communities that took most advantage of the economic opportunities of that moderate era were the Bahais and the Jews &#8211; two communities historically disadvantaged. After the Islamic Revolution, the two communities most targeted were (you guessed it) the Bahais and the Jews. Treatment of the Bahais was (and remains) especially harsh, because they&#039;re deemed apostates from &quot;true&quot; Islam. The Jews remain the &quot;People of the Book&quot;, but still barely tolerated, and always suspected of &quot;Zionist&quot; tendencies. The official &quot;Jewish representative&quot; in the Majlis is hardly free to speak his mind on behalf of his community, and is expected to criticize Israel as the occasion requires. </p>
<p>There were close to 100,000 Jews in Iran back in the 1970s; today the number is closer to 20,000. Most who left ended up in Israel and the US (there are major communities in New York and California). </p>
<p>And where did the Bahai establish their world headquarters? In Haifa. The Temple and its Gardens draw many visitors in Israel. Yet another reason the Bahai in Azerbaijan see value in connecting to Israel. </p>
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		<title>By: Kevin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Azerbaizan is another common post soviet distatorship. Run by the same people ex communists. Lets not forget the horror of forces secularism forced on the azerbaizani people by the soviet russia for well nigh 60 years. Secular totalitarian regime.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Azerbaizan is another common post soviet distatorship. Run by the same people ex communists. Lets not forget the horror of forces secularism forced on the azerbaizani people by the soviet russia for well nigh 60 years. Secular totalitarian regime.  </p>
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		<title>By: David M</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David M]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I speak both Azeri and Farsi and aware of developments in Iran and Azerbaijan. There is nothing good to say about Iran (and turkey is on the way to become like Iran) as a corrupt, repressive, backward and terrorist state. Azerbaijan is a secular state (that is why Iran is plotting against it)  with friendly relations to Israel and the West but is very, very corrupt (with no transparency), no freedom of speech, press, assembly and manipulated elections. The government beats, tortures and even kills the secular opposition but is afraid of the Islamists who want a regime in Azerbaijan like Iran. I&#039;m for an Azerbaijan (I&#039;m neither a citizen of Azerbaijan nor reside there) which is hard on Islamists with no mercy and I&#039;m for an Azerbaijan free from repression and corruption. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I speak both Azeri and Farsi and aware of developments in Iran and Azerbaijan. There is nothing good to say about Iran (and turkey is on the way to become like Iran) as a corrupt, repressive, backward and terrorist state. Azerbaijan is a secular state (that is why Iran is plotting against it)  with friendly relations to Israel and the West but is very, very corrupt (with no transparency), no freedom of speech, press, assembly and manipulated elections. The government beats, tortures and even kills the secular opposition but is afraid of the Islamists who want a regime in Azerbaijan like Iran. I&#039;m for an Azerbaijan (I&#039;m neither a citizen of Azerbaijan nor reside there) which is hard on Islamists with no mercy and I&#039;m for an Azerbaijan free from repression and corruption. </p>
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		<title>By: Arius</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arius]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Azerbaijan commits mass murder of Armenians in Baku in the 1990&#039;s but if Azerbaijan looks a little secular then it&#039;s OK with the West. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Azerbaijan commits mass murder of Armenians in Baku in the 1990&#039;s but if Azerbaijan looks a little secular then it&#039;s OK with the West. </p>
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		<title>By: Anthony</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well since its such a nice place, we should all pack up and move there. After all , America is turning extreme in the  opposite direction. We are busy tearing down Christian traditions and cture like banning Christmas trees from public spaces, and referring to &quot;B.C.&quot;As &quot; B.C.E.&quot; as this author did.  
 
We don&#039;t want to offend. We just want to get along like those chummy Jews, Christians and Moslems all do in Baku. But in reality, people that different don&#039;t long sustain harmony which is why living in a multi religious, ethnic and cultural soup always will cause far more misery and artificial fakery among the citizenry leading to a strained society anywhere in the world.  
 
But the West is all about fake notions and magic propositions and unprincipled exceptions. That is the fruit of perverted Christianity, and misguided utopian dreamers, that  is liberals and their socialist counterparts.  
 
We should close ranks and let the Islamic world be Islamic and leave them and the rest of the world alone. But we can&#039;t because the whole world is here in huge numbers.  
 
What a tangled web that will see our country in another great civil war in due time. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well since its such a nice place, we should all pack up and move there. After all , America is turning extreme in the  opposite direction. We are busy tearing down Christian traditions and cture like banning Christmas trees from public spaces, and referring to &#8220;B.C.&#8221;As &#8221; B.C.E.&#8221; as this author did. </p>
<p>We don&#8217;t want to offend. We just want to get along like those chummy Jews, Christians and Moslems all do in Baku. But in reality, people that different don&#8217;t long sustain harmony which is why living in a multi religious, ethnic and cultural soup always will cause far more misery and artificial fakery among the citizenry leading to a strained society anywhere in the world. </p>
<p>But the West is all about fake notions and magic propositions and unprincipled exceptions. That is the fruit of perverted Christianity, and misguided utopian dreamers, that  is liberals and their socialist counterparts. </p>
<p>We should close ranks and let the Islamic world be Islamic and leave them and the rest of the world alone. But we can&#8217;t because the whole world is here in huge numbers. </p>
<p>What a tangled web that will see our country in another great civil war in due time. </p>
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		<title>By: Chezwick</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2012/joseph-klein/azerbaijan-gets-islam-and-politics-right/comment-page-1/#comment-4013310</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chezwick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Azerbaijani ambassador to the United States Elin Suleymanov:  
 
&#8220;It is not a question of the presence of Islam or its absence,&#8221;  
 
On the contrary, that&#039;s EXACTLY what it is. And the fact that the Azeri Ambassador has to dance around the subject just shows how tenuous the secular experiment in Azerbaijan really is. 
 
Nevertheless, one can only wish the Azeris well. 
 
Meanwhile, two interesting side notes... 
 
1) Iran has supported Christian Armenia in its on-going conflict with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. That support is realpolitic in action and the Armenians best be forewarned, should the Azerbaijani government ever Islamize, Iran will switch sides overnight. 
 
2) Azerbaijan secretly agreed to allow the Israelis access to its territory in order to strike Iran&#039;s nuclear facilities, but the Obama Admin. caught wind of it, went public, and the Azeris reconsidered under duress 
 
What a world!. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Azerbaijani ambassador to the United States Elin Suleymanov:  </p>
<p>&ldquo;It is not a question of the presence of Islam or its absence,&rdquo;  </p>
<p>On the contrary, that&#039;s EXACTLY what it is. And the fact that the Azeri Ambassador has to dance around the subject just shows how tenuous the secular experiment in Azerbaijan really is. </p>
<p>Nevertheless, one can only wish the Azeris well. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, two interesting side notes&#8230; </p>
<p>1) Iran has supported Christian Armenia in its on-going conflict with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. That support is realpolitic in action and the Armenians best be forewarned, should the Azerbaijani government ever Islamize, Iran will switch sides overnight. </p>
<p>2) Azerbaijan secretly agreed to allow the Israelis access to its territory in order to strike Iran&#039;s nuclear facilities, but the Obama Admin. caught wind of it, went public, and the Azeris reconsidered under duress </p>
<p>What a world!. </p>
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		<title>By: Larry</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like the Azeris borrowed a lot of that Constitution straight from Ataturk. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like the Azeris borrowed a lot of that Constitution straight from Ataturk. </p>
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