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RussBLib

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5. I'm sure some theological reason for the incident will be searched for

Reply to onager (Original post)

Sat Sep 12, 2015, 01:03 PM

Sep 2015

...and probably found, as in your OP: It was Allah expressing his discontent of the "Vegas-ization" of the holy site.

Fundy Christians, like Pat Robertson, will probably credit God with punishing those followers of that bloodthirsty religion over there.

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