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Wilms

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8. I always see clothing referenced in news stories.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 03:01 PM
Feb 2016
"A man wearing pants, robbed a bank this morning". "Woman wearing dress suspected of kidnapping.

And so on.
Why does the hijab matter? Fearless Feb 2016 #1
you are correct, they should have just stated "fundie asshole takes little girls life" snooper2 Feb 2016 #3
Wtf? Fearless Feb 2016 #4
and it isn't very DEMOCRATIC to scream Allahu Akbar while holding a severed childs head snooper2 Feb 2016 #10
Dreadful tragedy, and dreadful responses here. Hortensis Feb 2016 #19
i share your feelings on this - notice the comments are not on the poor child or the family MariaThinks Feb 2016 #27
If she had been wearing a large crucifix, Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #6
The presumption of relevance is unsupported. LanternWaste Feb 2016 #11
Shouldn't the story simply report all the facts Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #15
If any bigot was suggesting this was intrinsic Hortensis Feb 2016 #20
And I wouldn't blame you for that, either. kentauros Feb 2016 #39
Yes, almost all child murderers are mentally "ill" Hortensis Feb 2016 #41
I don't buy this story Egnever Feb 2016 #7
Right melman Feb 2016 #9
I stand corrected Egnever Feb 2016 #40
And the envelope please!!! LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #32
The BBC isn't known for making things up. hifiguy Feb 2016 #38
"Masked gunman robs bank" Matrosov Feb 2016 #37
What is the difference between being a fundamentalist and being crazy? Oneironaut Feb 2016 #2
Fundamentalist is one of many paths to crazy actions. PufPuf23 Feb 2016 #23
your last point is right on target. There is something religious at play and this happens MariaThinks Feb 2016 #28
The hijab doesn't matter in the big picture virgogal Feb 2016 #5
I always see clothing referenced in news stories. Wilms Feb 2016 #8
He was last seen wearing a black jacket, a black shirt, black pants and black shoes. snooper2 Feb 2016 #13
How dare they mention the "Santa Claus jacket". Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #16
Please continue. Wilms Feb 2016 #17
i think what the killer was yelling might be relevant to what was on her mind MariaThinks Feb 2016 #29
And the big story is she wore a head scarf? bhikkhu Feb 2016 #12
A guy in camo outfit takes out movie theater. Atman Feb 2016 #14
The hijab doesn't bother me, but this does. B2G Feb 2016 #18
Sadly that phrase will be associated with death for a long time Marrah_G Feb 2016 #22
Mental illness is a terrible, terrible thing. Marrah_G Feb 2016 #21
Stigmatization is a terrible terrible thing. HuckleB Feb 2016 #31
That or just regular old religion... TipTok Feb 2016 #36
It's telling romanic Feb 2016 #24
.+10 840high Feb 2016 #25
how fucking horrible JI7 Feb 2016 #26
Let her rot in prison in Siberia. Rex Feb 2016 #30
Any other international crime news you wish to share w/ us today? Scurrilous Feb 2016 #33
This story is on the front page of many news sites. Bonx Feb 2016 #34
Some of the very best DUers share international news here. Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #35
Here's the results of the alert... progressoid Feb 2016 #42
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