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RealCDN
Funny.
dcog9065
There’s so much wrong with this. First, why are they all covering their faces? Does not inspire public safety..
Second, they are literally holding up posters advertising the protest, at the protest.
They also made the “it is the capital of Palestine” in deliberately low contrast and thin text, almost as if trying to hide the message, why..?
Fourthly, why would they need to pray during this protest? Making it about religion basically makes this protest invalid in my eyes as shoving your religion out into everyone’s face in public is too much
Strangerland
I see two covered faces, two uncovered faces, and one that cannot tell.
BeerDeliveryGuy
Maybe it's just one of the 5 prayer times of the day.
Jerusalem and to whom it belongs has been a religious issue since the days of King David.
hakuba
Muslims pray at the same times each day regardless of where they are. Also, I have seen plenty of Christians pray at rally's and public meetings.
I don't really have strong feelings on this subject but the rest of your post seems to be full of unnecessary negative comments.
These people aren't trying to cause a problem they are trying to make a point.
JeffLee
Six Muslims, 2 cops, a plainclothes officer and a lot of physical barriers. The Japanese tend not to take chances when it comes to this kind of thing.
pacint
They are doing nothing illegal and no harm.
mph1212.
Marrying kids of at onset of puberty was common for many millennia, the 16-18age is a rather new invention. In Victorian times you could still hire kids as young as age 10(possible younger for sex.
Tumilber
Everyone of the protester now have a file with picture.
Thanks to the National Police Agency, "Anti-social task force"
clamenza
pacint - until relatively recently, people kept slaves. Does that make it ok to do in 2017?
Didn't really think that through, did you?
clamenza
Simple. Like the mass public prayers carried out in the streets of the UK, it is a act of intimidation. Nothing more, nothing less.
Jimizo
I don’t like any displays of religion in public whatsoever but there is nothing under Japanese law which bans this ( as far as I know ), and I don’t see how it invalidates the protest. Please explain how it invalidates it.
Peacful protests. A democratic right.
albaleo
Right. I hate when that happens.
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/media/5609055/praying.jpg
BeerDeliveryGuy
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.
-Matthew 6:5
clamenza
albaleo - 40 pensioners as opposed to the tens of thousands last year in Birmingham.
You're not even in the same ballpark