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Look at this creepy scene of jihadi role playing. This Islamic obsession with all things martial is so alien to the Judeo-Christian tradition, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n

Photograph by Ed Kashi, National Geographic<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
Which is why it\u2019s so interesting that these are really Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem, caught while celebrating Easter<\/em>.<\/p>\n
When a Christian swings a sword at party, it\u2019s just innocent fun, at most an assertion of healthy pride in tradition.\u00a0 When a Muslim does it, to the contrary, it\u2019s practice for killing infidels.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Look at this creepy scene of jihadi role playing. This Islamic obsession with all things martial is so alien to the Judeo-Christian tradition, don\u2019t you think? Photograph by Ed Kashi, National Geographic Which is why it\u2019s so interesting that these are really Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem, caught while celebrating Easter. When a Christian swings a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legos"],"yoast_head":"\nThe semiotics of swords - Akram's Razor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Look at this creepy scene of jihadi role playing. 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