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AP apologizes for Allu Akbar

https://twitter.com/ap/status/854716457392975874
floppy brunch black woman
  04/19/17
And then their next tweet was: https://twitter.com/AP/sta...
Maniacal church
  04/19/17
FUCKING LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
bateful church building
  04/19/17
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Dead Chocolate Nibblets Whorehouse
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mauve know-it-all blood rage fat ankles
  04/19/17
lol
walnut travel guidebook
  04/19/17
Has to just be a troll job.
Carnelian Excitant Public Bath
  04/19/17
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shaky razzmatazz school cafeteria
  04/19/17
fuck
Swashbuckling free-loading corn cake
  04/19/17
"in arabic" lol
Electric vengeful stage
  04/19/17
fucking lol my god
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  04/19/17
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Passionate National Security Agency Main People
  04/19/17
God damnit
purple impertinent location
  04/19/17
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lilac regret masturbator
  04/19/17
I agree this is kind of funny, but is there really a big dif...
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
wow
bateful church building
  04/19/17
What? I'm serious. A lot of Are Country proles probably do...
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
100% of are country proles know what "allu akbar" ...
boyish medicated shitlib
  04/19/17
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Chartreuse cracking theater
  04/19/17
I'm skeptical. I think the AP should have just quoted him (...
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
you can be skeptical all you want, but you're an over educat...
boyish medicated shitlib
  04/19/17
"but you're an over educated bourgeois idiot living in ...
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
there's a reason why AP did this. it's because they are tryi...
bateful church building
  04/19/17
Maybe so, but that doesn't mean they are good or successful ...
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
This is exactly right
Bearded stirring institution scourge upon the earth
  04/19/17
I think you guys may be overestimating familiarity with Musl...
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
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Dead Chocolate Nibblets Whorehouse
  04/19/17
it's just the one phrase, and it's used all the time in movi...
boyish medicated shitlib
  04/19/17
True, but who is going to have a different perception based ...
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
some disingenuous libs will. http://www.xoxohth.com/thr...
bateful church building
  04/19/17
I'm not sure what the link is supposed to show.
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
that "allahu Akbar" is undeniably a specific prop...
bateful church building
  04/19/17
I supposed, hypothetically, someone might suggest that this ...
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
"Motherfucker" and "big jerk" roughly me...
Bearded stirring institution scourge upon the earth
  04/19/17
Possible, but seems pretty minor to me, given that Arabic is...
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
...
dull wonderful national tank
  04/19/17
No
lilac regret masturbator
  04/19/17
So...you agree there's not much of a difference in the publi...
cerebral canary dopamine
  04/19/17
jfc
snowy painfully honest round eye
  04/19/17
AP: sorry not sorry
Pearly Den
  04/19/17
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Dead Chocolate Nibblets Whorehouse
  04/28/17
ahahah
Yellow razzle-dazzle therapy point
  04/19/17
i thought that it meant "our god is greater" w...
Fuchsia Adventurous Depressive
  04/19/17
The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit is great
bateful church building
  04/19/17
lol. "all Gods are equally great!" *slaught...
Fuchsia Adventurous Depressive
  04/19/17
"witnesses report a shouted declaration of theism"
Contagious erotic trump supporter feces
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Fuchsia Adventurous Depressive
  04/19/17
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Rambunctious Irradiated Spot
  04/19/17
"greater" is not a bad translation and is often us...
sable appetizing base
  04/19/17
so "Allahu" is a proper name and doesn't work in e...
Electric vengeful stage
  04/19/17
literally allah means "the god." some arabic spea...
sable appetizing base
  04/19/17
i mean this line The form Allahu is the nominative of Allah...
Electric vengeful stage
  04/19/17
i agree completely. the fact that a few arabic christians us...
sable appetizing base
  04/19/17
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Fiercely-loyal Stead Dysfunction
  04/19/17
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Electric vengeful stage
  04/19/17
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/newspaper-decline-continues-we...
Diverse stage
  04/19/17
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Overrated alcoholic locus
  04/19/17
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walnut travel guidebook
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French Sanctuary
  04/19/17
The funny thing about that is that tons of illegal immigrant...
Stimulating multi-billionaire affirmative action
  04/19/17
the condescending, arrogant left thinks people are retarded
boyish medicated shitlib
  04/19/17
AP: "Sorry.... NOT Sorry" They can't admit that...
Bearded stirring institution scourge upon the earth
  04/19/17
...
Fiercely-loyal Stead Dysfunction
  04/19/17
we're just trying to help our readers understand what this t...
bateful church building
  04/19/17
The Samurai charged, with their battle cry, "Ten thousa...
Red boltzmann wrinkle
  04/19/17


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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:05 PM
Author: floppy brunch black woman

https://twitter.com/ap/status/854716457392975874

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33109969)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:09 PM
Author: Maniacal church

And then their next tweet was:

https://twitter.com/AP/status/854716504604127233

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110014)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:11 PM
Author: bateful church building

FUCKING LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110031)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:11 PM
Author: Dead Chocolate Nibblets Whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110036)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:55 PM
Author: mauve know-it-all blood rage fat ankles



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110383)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:15 PM
Author: walnut travel guidebook

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110582)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:12 PM
Author: Carnelian Excitant Public Bath

Has to just be a troll job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110040)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:12 PM
Author: shaky razzmatazz school cafeteria



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110044)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:12 PM
Author: Swashbuckling free-loading corn cake

fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110046)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:32 PM
Author: Electric vengeful stage

"in arabic" lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110191)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:36 PM
Author: flickering khaki coldplay fan cuckoldry

fucking lol my god

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110214)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:40 PM
Author: Passionate National Security Agency Main People



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110251)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:42 PM
Author: purple impertinent location

God damnit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110266)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:58 PM
Author: lilac regret masturbator



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110409)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:00 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

I agree this is kind of funny, but is there really a big difference in the public consciousness between "Allahu akbar" and "'God is great' in Arabic?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110434)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:01 PM
Author: bateful church building

wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110438)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:03 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

What? I'm serious. A lot of Are Country proles probably don't know WTF "Allahu Akbar" is, but they know what Arabic is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110452)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:06 PM
Author: boyish medicated shitlib

100% of are country proles know what "allu akbar" is. if anything, they don't know that it translates to "god is great". just that it's a terrorist battlecry.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110497)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:07 PM
Author: Chartreuse cracking theater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110507)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:08 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

I'm skeptical. I think the AP should have just quoted him (provide a translation in addition maybe), but I'm not convinced the second tweet makes the incident seem less terroristic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110521)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:11 PM
Author: boyish medicated shitlib

you can be skeptical all you want, but you're an over educated bourgeois idiot living in a bourg-lib bubble. i'm around proles all day and literally live next to a trailer park. they're dumb but not in the ways libs think they are.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110549)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:13 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

"but you're an over educated bourgeois idiot living in a bourg-lib bubble"

But at least I've got xoxo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110572)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:12 PM
Author: bateful church building

there's a reason why AP did this. it's because they are trying to downplay the terrorism aspect

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110560)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:15 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

Maybe so, but that doesn't mean they are good or successful at it.

I mean, obviously the first tweet is bullshit. The second tweet might be trying to put a PC spin on things, but I just don't think there are too many people whose opinions/perceptions will be different based on a direct quote or "he said God is great in Arabic."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110586)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:09 PM
Author: Bearded stirring institution scourge upon the earth

This is exactly right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110533)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:10 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

I think you guys may be overestimating familiarity with Muslim/Arabic sayings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110544)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:11 PM
Author: Dead Chocolate Nibblets Whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110552)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:13 PM
Author: boyish medicated shitlib

it's just the one phrase, and it's used all the time in movies/tv/etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110566)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:16 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

True, but who is going to have a different perception based on "God is Great in Arabic?" Not many, I think.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110595)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:18 PM
Author: bateful church building

some disingenuous libs will.

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&mc=55&forum_id=2#33110301

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110615)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:19 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

I'm not sure what the link is supposed to show.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110633)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:21 PM
Author: bateful church building

that "allahu Akbar" is undeniably a specific proper name for the god whose book is the quran and whose prophet is mohammad. its used as a rallying cry of all other Muslim terrorists throughout history.

Disingenuous libs and other naïve fucks will say "God is great" may be referring to a Christian god and that we may never know the shooter's true motives

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110652)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:24 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

I supposed, hypothetically, someone might suggest that this Muslim guy was referring to some God other than the God of Islam, but they could just as easily say that if the quote were "Allahu Akbar." But nobody actually has said that and I doubt anyone will.

Aside from that, the God of Islam is the God of Christianity and the God of Judaism, even if they different practitioners obviously disagree about what role God and his various followers/prophets/incarnations/etc. played or didn't play.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110675)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:24 PM
Author: Bearded stirring institution scourge upon the earth

"Motherfucker" and "big jerk" roughly mean the same thing, but the reaction from a reader is different.

If I told my secretary, that guy in Fresno yelled "Allahu Akbar" while shooting people she would have a different reaction then if I told her he shouted "God is great" in Arabic. That is just the way it is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110674)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:26 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

Possible, but seems pretty minor to me, given that Arabic is as associated with Muslims and Muslim terrorists at least as much as the phrase Allahu Akbar is.

No dispute that the initial tweet was bullshit and the correction is self-serving, but I just doubt that the effect is much different.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110689)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:09 PM
Author: dull wonderful national tank



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110539)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:03 PM
Author: lilac regret masturbator

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110448)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:09 PM
Author: cerebral canary dopamine

So...you agree there's not much of a difference in the public eye?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110531)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:10 PM
Author: snowy painfully honest round eye

jfc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110546)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:11 PM
Author: Pearly Den

AP: sorry not sorry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110548)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 1:40 PM
Author: Dead Chocolate Nibblets Whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33185053)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:12 PM
Author: Yellow razzle-dazzle therapy point

ahahah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110042)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:13 PM
Author: Fuchsia Adventurous Depressive

i thought that it meant "our god is greater"

what's the real translation?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110049)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:14 PM
Author: bateful church building

The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit is great

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110056)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:16 PM
Author: Fuchsia Adventurous Depressive

lol.

"all Gods are equally great!"

*slaughters infidels*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110072)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:20 PM
Author: Contagious erotic trump supporter feces

"witnesses report a shouted declaration of theism"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110103)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:05 PM
Author: Fuchsia Adventurous Depressive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110478)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 8:57 PM
Author: Rambunctious Irradiated Spot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33114298)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:29 PM
Author: sable appetizing base

"greater" is not a bad translation and is often used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takbir

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110167)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:36 PM
Author: Electric vengeful stage

so "Allahu" is a proper name and doesn't work in english?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110219)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:40 PM
Author: sable appetizing base

literally allah means "the god." some arabic speaking christians use the word to refer to god, but the overwhelming usage for over 1,000 years has been the Islamic concept of god and hence the god whose prophet is Mohammad, which would not include Christianity or Judaism.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110249)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:41 PM
Author: Electric vengeful stage

i mean this line

The form Allahu is the nominative of Allah, meaning "God". In the context of Islam, it is the proper name of God.[4][5]

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110259)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:47 PM
Author: sable appetizing base

i agree completely. the fact that a few arabic christians use the word more generically does not negate the fact that the usage in allahu akbar is undeniably a specific proper name for the god whose book is the quran and whose prophet is mohammad.

our verdict: AP is lying to the public.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110301)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:48 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Stead Dysfunction



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110305)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:56 PM
Author: Electric vengeful stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110398)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 12:38 PM
Author: Diverse stage

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/newspaper-decline-continues-weigh-ap-130112067.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110231)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:00 PM
Author: Overrated alcoholic locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110429)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:16 PM
Author: walnut travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110591)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:01 PM
Author: French Sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110441)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:24 PM
Author: Stimulating multi-billionaire affirmative action

The funny thing about that is that tons of illegal immigrants have documents, they just might be expired or stolen or fraudulent or issued in California.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110672)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:02 PM
Author: boyish medicated shitlib

the condescending, arrogant left thinks people are retarded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110444)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:12 PM
Author: Bearded stirring institution scourge upon the earth

AP: "Sorry.... NOT Sorry"

They can't admit that their first tweet was pathetic so they "fix" it by just adding "in Arabic." As if the first tweet was fine, the only issue is that they went through the trouble to translate what he actually said for their stupid readers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110555)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:13 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Stead Dysfunction



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110563)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 1:13 PM
Author: bateful church building

we're just trying to help our readers understand what this troubled man who committed a random act of violence was saying!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33110569)



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Date: April 19th, 2017 9:10 PM
Author: Red boltzmann wrinkle

The Samurai charged, with their battle cry, "Ten thousand years!", in Japanese.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3588922&forum_id=2#33114433)