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Coming To America? Somalia, Brunei Ban Christmas To Avoid Damage To Muslim Faith

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The governments of both Somalia and Brunei have prohibited public festivities celebrating Christmas saying that they could damage the Muslim faith. Of course, as we saw yesterday, this kind of suppressive, micro-aggression is already here in America (at Cornell University) but while Mistletoe and crosses are banned here, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has banned "hats or clothes that resemble Santa Claus," fearing they could "provoke al-Shabab to carry out attacks."

 

As Al Jazeera reports, Somalia has issued a ban on Christmas celebrations in the Muslim-majority country after the Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei announced a similar prohibition earlier this month with the threat of five years in jail.

 Sheikh Mohamed Khayrow, director general of Somalia's religious affairs ministry, said on Tuesday that Christmas and New Year celebrations threatened the country's Muslim faith.

 

"There should be no activity at all," he told reporters, adding security forces had been ordered to break up any such festivities.

 

"All events related to Christmas and New Year celebrations are contrary to Islamic culture, which could damage the faith of the Muslim community."

 

Sheikh Nur Barud Gurhan, of the Supreme Religious Council of Somalia, also warned against celebrations, saying they could provoke al-Shabab "to carry out attacks".

 

Last year, the armed group launched a Christmas Day attack on the African Union's heavily fortified headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, killing three AU soldiers and a civilian.

 

Somalia, which issued a similar ban in 2013, follows the Islamic calendar that does not recognise January 1 as the beginning of the year.

 

There are almost no Christians left living in the country, although a bombed-out Italian-built Catholic cathedral remains a city landmark Mogadishu.

 

Foreign diplomats, aid workers, and soldiers living in the AU compound are permitted to mark the day privately.

Similarly, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has also banned public celebrations of Christmas.

Religious leaders in the oil-rich sultanate warned the ban on Christmas would be strictly enforced, with violators facing up to five years in jail.

 

"Using religious symbols like crosses, lighting candles, putting up Christmas trees, singing religious songs, sending Christmas greetings ... are against Islamic faith," imams said in sermons published in the local press.

 

The government warned last year that Muslims would be committing an offence if they so much as wore "hats or clothes that resemble Santa Claus".

 

Christians represent about nine percent of Brunei's 430,000 population.

 

Businesses have been warned to take decorations down and authorities have stepped up spot checks across the capital. Hotels popular among Western tourists that once boasted dazzling lights and giant Christmas trees are now barren of festive decor.

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No, this is not from The Onion.

We presume therefore that any of this would be unacceptable?

Just checking.

 

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Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:42 | 6960977 Cognitive Dissonance
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The original PC meme.....pandering to the shocked sensibilities of the religious.

I have no problem with people believing what they wish to believe. I have a major problem when I am asked/told to stop what I am doing/thinking/saying because it is in conflict with their beliefs.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:44 | 6960989 847328_3527
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My favorite Jingle Bells song..in honor of those sensitive ones:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW6Ti_47aLw

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:49 | 6961001 boattrash
Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:58 | 6961029 beemasters
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Does this mean the ban is also be imposed in the Beverly Hills Hotel too?

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:00 | 6961032 insanelysane
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is on board.  http://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/hotel-homeless-told-to-chuck-fa...

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:54 | 6961171 Stainless Steel Rat
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Shhhhh!!!  Quiet with the Christmas stuff... Mohammed is very delicate!

Also, did you see the shitstorm of comments on the link from the post above? LOL!!!

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:06 | 6961235 knukles
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Banning Christmas damages my faith.  I don't have any qualms about them celebrating their shit.....
I'm offended and traumatized, it's macro-aggression.
Fuck them

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:41 | 6961332 Implied Violins
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It seems to me that ALL religions are being attacked, everywhere. Islam is being made into the new face of terrorism; Judaism/Zionism is currently reviled almost everywhere; Christianity is being demonized (literally!) by the actions of the Catholic church...seems like a plan to divide and conquer to me...or another goal of globalization?

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 20:56 | 6961848 God
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You christian are some real sick cunts!

--GOD

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 21:09 | 6961880 boattrash
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That really means a lot, coming from You. You do have a cordial invitation to go Fuck Yourself this Christmas.

Sincerely,

Boattrash

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 09:22 | 6962718 God
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Trust me, you don't want to goround with GOD in FIGHTCLUB! You will be picking broken glass out of your skull for months to come!

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 10:33 | 6962816 boattrash
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Ya sound more like Elmer Fudd.  "Be vewy afwaid".

I've cut/picked out glass, wood, steel, and bone fragments before, held my friend while he bled out, and repacked peoples guts before, and no, I'm not a veteran.

You won't be my first serial downvoter...

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:34 | 6963542 God
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Come visit me someday I'll introduce you to real pain. Sounds like you need an education.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 23:55 | 6964320 boattrash
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Where are ya bitch?

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:28 | 6961286 o r c k
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Christmas could FORCE them into violence !! That's all I need to hear. These are mind-damaged human scum, bullies, murderers, blood perverts and morons. We need many more of them in the USA. Many I say. Many like Sweden many. Many millions. Soon Mr. President. Hurry Barry.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:05 | 6961045 Normalcy Bias
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That's one talented lady. I think I love her.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:31 | 6961305 o r c k
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See Santa  Sack Santa

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:18 | 6961080 yogibear
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Wait until they force Islamic law on you. Convert or you die.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 21:00 | 6961857 StychoKiller
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[quote]

The governments of both Somalia and Brunei have prohibited public festivities celebrating Christmas saying that they could damage the Muslim faith. [/quote]

How does it never occur to these Asshats that maybe, just maybe, their Muslim faith needs to get shook up (good and hard!)??

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 01:19 | 6962347 The Merovingian
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Indeed. I think it is way past time that they are all presented with a nice and greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray, and topped off with a Christmas card depicting Muhammad dressed up as Santa. That should quite things down.

Please oh please Santa ... I've been really good this year and that is my only wish ....

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 21:52 | 6961963 MrNosey
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The professionally outraged are foaming at the mouth, but they will all tow the line when the reaper comes knocking at their door with a curved sword ....if you get my drift!

http://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2015/12/the-fix-is-in-franc...

 


Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:41 | 6960980 FlipFlop
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Is it possible not to become racist?

I guess muslims will get better with zyklon-B?

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:46 | 6960992 Handful of Dust
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Wait till Barry imports another 300,000 of them.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:52 | 6961185 Miles Ahead
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If the Muslims get sprayed with Zyklon-B, it will (or should) kill all the lice from hair and body therefore preventing the spread of Typhus.  Actually, the hair should be shorn completely first. 

Much as was the practice during WWII in the German Labor Concentration Camps. 

It's not a killing agent - unless you're a louse.  It's not death gas. It's a pesticide.  You people are so stupid.  Some of you.  The Germans got showered with it. The Poles did.  And also the Germans were smart enough to know they had to even allocate some for the Jewish prisoners.

We had DDT.  We of course wouldn't share that with the Germans, although we did use DDT once we got into Sicily or Italy if memory serves me.  But I digress.

When the German-despising Soviets developed the fable of the gas chambers they had to come up with something as there was nothing really to point to; hence the Zyklon-B.  The UK and US went with it after it demonstrated it had legs with an ignorant home audience.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:54 | 6961191 Miles Ahead
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By the way flip-flop ape, "Muslim" is not a race.  Read a book for a change.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:01 | 6961219 FlipFlop
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You american? Yes, civilized :)

I was in silicon valley recently, America, the land of elephants :) must be food but it really seems to influence also thinking :D

Americans are really pretty much on the same level with muslims...is it a race?

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:17 | 6961264 Miles Ahead
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whooosh!!!  right over my head pardner.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:42 | 6960982 joego1
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Good put a firewall around them and let them eat Islam.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:53 | 6961014 GeezerGeek
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Who could have guessed that Mohammedans were such snowflakes? They're afraid that Santa Claus is capable of destroying their faith?
On second thought, the American obsession with Santa Claus and all the consumerism associated with him has rendered much of the Christian population in the USA rather, well, irreligious. Or maybe faux religious.
Damn, Somalia and Brunei were right after all: materialism corrupts, and absolute materialism corrupts absolutely.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:12 | 6961062 TurnwiseWiddershins
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Lots of people are getting away from the materialism though.

Lots of people aren't of course, that is true too.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:59 | 6961211 Miles Ahead
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Yes, but FED induced conversions cannot be credited as self imposed reformation.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:45 | 6960991 Falconsixone
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I take the one in pink you take the one what stinks.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:49 | 6961000 Ralph Spoilsport
Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:49 | 6961002 Grandad Grumps
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My guess is that the people of Somalia and Brunai are more accepting than their so called leadership.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:49 | 6961003 kaa1016
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Somalia and Brunei? Who gives a shit? 

 

Merry Christmas to all...........

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:52 | 6961011 Buster Cherry
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Somalia is the niggertown of Africa.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:05 | 6961043 FlipFlop
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Somalians are really the worst of any kind...the least hoped anywhere.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 15:58 | 6961027 opaopaopa
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british scientists discover that islam is much closer to judaism than previously believed

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:09 | 6961057 justdues
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Yes they both sexually assault and mutilate the penis,s of their own new born babies and one of these disgusting cults actually gets the "holy men" who perform this vile ritual to suck the bleeding penis of the screaming child if you can believe that. I know , unbelievable , inconcievable level of WTFness but apparently true.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 22:13 | 6962008 besnook
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if you don't like sucking on baby boy dick then you are antisemitic.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:02 | 6961038 insanelysane
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Merry Christmas!  This song was ahead of its time or maybe things haven't changed at all. ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFUgRRYmLvk

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:15 | 6961040 hongdo
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Screw em.  They are jealous because their holidays are no fun.

edit afterthought: and ours are not much fun anymore either.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:32 | 6961124 McMolotov
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That's why we have booze.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:04 | 6961042 Jason T
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white people will be just 10% of global population by 2060... 

these highly populated cultures are our childrens future.  just something to think about regardless of your race/culture today/  

the western culture way of life is dying off ..naturally..not having kids.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:08 | 6961054 Normalcy Bias
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You're an optimist. Mankind will likely have done himself in long before then.

Merry Christmas!

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:07 | 6961050 TheFutureIsThePast
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I'm confused why anyone should care. Their government, their laws, none of our business.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:02 | 6961222 Miles Ahead
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Idle minds... I'm guessing those two countries have a combined population of 0% of the world, +- some margin of error.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:07 | 6961053 Joebloinvestor
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So what happens to the prisoners who celebrate Xmas?

What birthdays are next?

 

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:09 | 6961056 TurnwiseWiddershins
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Since we're not allowed to offend non-Christians, non-Whites, and non-Males (cisgendered of course), the government might as well ban Christmas.

But then what would the retail sector replace it with?  KwanzChanuka of course!  I should've gotten into marketing.

 

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:13 | 6961067 hongdo
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Yeah it's funny.  No Christmas decorations or music allowed but we are still supposed to shop.  Why?

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:26 | 6961103 TheFutureIsThePast
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You're still supposed to shop because money is the real god of this planet, consumerism is its religion.

The bankers could care less what you believe in just as long as you keep spending your debt dollars and keep the system going.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:29 | 6961116 Never One Roach
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I visited my cousin in Houston. The Galleria mall had almost zero decorations this year. Pretty depressing. The few stores that did the traditioanl American Santa Christas stuff---trees, etc-- like Nordstroms, Ralph Lauren, etc were packed.

 

I guess they hope al those Muslims will replace Americans and Mexicans who both enjoy this holiday. I won't visit there again for a long time. Too "international" for me. It's more along the lines of Barry's tastes I expect.

 

 

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:06 | 6961237 Miles Ahead
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Careful... that cousin-cousin stuff has serious side effects... check out the English and royalty elsewhere... better stay home and shop at Lenox Mall as before...

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:12 | 6961066 Make_Mine_A_Double
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The numbers are coming in and B&M retail is getting the donkey punch.

One of the reasons is the PC bullshit where they bow to the fucktards who want to turn Christmas into some multi faith panderthon - they are cutting their own throats by putting thier customers out of the mindset to shop for Christmas.

And that's fine - they can all go down the fucking tiolet and cede the entire market to Amazon and the other etailers.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:27 | 6961109 XitSam
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Any religion that would be damaged by someone celebrating Christmas, is a pretty weak religion.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 19:17 | 6961574 besnook
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like new york jews who scowl at you and swear and insult you when you wish them a merry christmas. god, that was great fun. thank god for thin skin.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:31 | 6961122 Quus Ant
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I wish authoritarians everywhere a very Merry Christmas and a NewBorne Year!

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:51 | 6961174 atthelake
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The Jews and Muslims seem to be the only important people on the planet. So important, we're not allowed to offend them with Christmas. They, however, seem to be allowed to offend us with their wars and murders all over the planet.

I never would have believed Muslims would achieve this much power and the only reasons I see are (1) the UN is owned by oil money which is owned by Muslims and (2) POTUS is a Muslim. (3) tptb may see this as a way to depopulate and control.

It's all a very dangerous situation and will, most likely, lead to WWIII. 

And it's all because of lobby money and American apathy

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:14 | 6961255 Miles Ahead
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Jesus... (pardon the pun).  POTUS is hardly a Muslim.  Grab the rope please.  And America is hardly apathetic.  Further, Russia, Venezuela, Mexico, the US... Muslims own all the oil?  I bet you can't work Israel into this UN ownership narrative thing.  Because it would sound even more stupid.

Now for the killer... the Jews and the Muslims have wars that offend Christians...  I mean, wow.  And you got 4 upvotes.  SMH... I won't mar your record... it's amazing to watch.

Merry XMas

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 18:22 | 6961439 atthelake
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Obama bowed to the Saudi king, twice. It's on YouTube.

Obama has been rude to several Israeli leaders and put Israel on a back burner to a point Jewish senators are nervous about it. Notice they've changed from American lapel pins to Israeli pins.

Why do you think half the western world is overrun with Muslims and every government is ok with it?

Americans are, all, armchair patriots.

OBAMA IS A MUSLIM.

Merry Christmas.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 16:57 | 6961200 Smegley Wanxalot
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I will still shit on a koran no matter what these somali and brunei fucks say.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:04 | 6961229 NoWayJose
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When in Rome, do as the Muslims do - or be arrested for cultural insensitivity!

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:11 | 6961248 NoWayJose
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After the Muslims take over the US, they could end up being more tolerant of Christians than our current leaders!

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:12 | 6961250 BustainMovealota
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Good for ya'll,,, now stay the fuck in your shithole country.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:14 | 6961254 83_vf_1100_c
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  Welcome to a Theocracy, Muslim style. I would rather live under Stalin or Hitler than a mullah.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 17:52 | 6961362 ZangotheMagnificent1
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Islam proposes a theocratic state with religious supramacy, which is precisely why they should not be migrating to the US, appropriate for their country, perhaps.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 18:12 | 6961419 Racer
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Xmas is a commercial occasion to get people fooled into buying lots of tat that they can't afford and don't need. And buy so much food to gorge on that a lot of it is thrown out and wasted.

It is an ordinary day... a Friday, this year, just like any other Friday. No presents to buy, no decorations, a fantastic quiet day because everyone is in stuffing their faces and pretending to like the cheap plastic trinkets they are given.

But if I want to not go along with it, then that should be mine and my family's choice. Not some crazed  moronic religious nutters to dictate that to us that that should be the case.

 

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 19:15 | 6961565 besnook
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there they go equating christmas with some religious celebration. santa is real!

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 21:55 | 6961969 rich1657
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I think we can take Brunei - let's foment regime change and steal their oil.

Thu, 12/24/2015 - 23:06 | 6962098 fishwharf
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Good for them.  I can't stand Christmas.  I once met a woman who travels to an Islamic country every December to get away from Christmas.  I don't travel anymore, but Brunei is an interesting place, and unlike Somalia, very safe if you're respectful of the local customs.

http://www.bruneitourism.travel/

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 02:44 | 6962433 YouThePeople
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I just checked 'Google Santa Tracker'. He's over the midwest. Go Santa Go!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 07:20 | 6969691 modest_proposal
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So... which part of 'official state religion' was unclear in discussing Somaila and Brunei? and which part of 'no established religion' was unclear about the US? And Cornell as a private institution catering to the delicate sensibilities of their PC millenialist student population? "I am Tyler's overdeveloped sense of artificial outrage"

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