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From: sunil@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Sunil Trivedi)
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Subject: Re: Terrorism and TWA 847
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Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 05:45:12 EDT
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From: tw8023@pyuxii.UUCP (T Wheeler) Message-ID: <146@pyuxii.UUCP>
> ...					Study the Koran.  Tell them
> that if they don't toe the line, we will spray the entire country
> with pig's excrement, blood, and parts. ...
> ...					You can't make it to heaven
> tainted with pig's anything.  This method has been used before to
> nullify the fanatisism of some of the Moslem groups.  The British
> used it in India and in North Africa (WWII).  As long as the Moslem
> fanatic believes he will not be allowed into paradise because he
> is tainted with swine, his fervor vanishes.  This method precludes
> the killing of innocent people plus, the problem for the truly
> religious can be cleaned. ... 
> This all may sound tounge-in-cheek, but it has worked in the past.

Has anyone heard of this being used on the Muslim populations in
India or North Africa?  Was anything similar ever used on the
Hindus to control them whenever (if ever) they became 'rowdy'?

					      Sunil Trivedi
					    sunil@ut-ngp.ARPA
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