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Gene Simmons calls Muslims 'vile'
Ashley Baylen
Published: 18.05.13, 08:25
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1. Dear Gene:you should be more careful when speaking the truth
tom ,   tel aviv   (05.18.13)
if you want to continue selling your music :-). Yes "extremist" is always a nice touch, but hey: (wink-wink) we know better and we're saying :"Thanks for speaking up"! Anyone and I mean anyone, that is a world-wide, recognizable face should join in, since I am convinced that the vast majority of people think and KNOW exactly that what Mr.Simmons just made loud&clear. Rock ON!
2. The truth always hurts!
tiki ,   belgium   (05.18.13)
Mr. Simmons hit the nail on the head & sealed it with a KISS! According Victoria Soliman,chairman of Islamic Council: "Mixing the entertainment world with the political & religious world is a minefield". I'm sure the honorable chairman therefor has strong objection to the Boycott, Divestment & Sanction movement, who made it their profession.
3. So what?
Rachel   (05.18.13)
He's just telling the truth,and everyone knows it too. Most people in America and the West are just afraid to say it though lest the Muslims come and threaten to murder them and their families. I just hope Mr.Gene has plenty of security for him and his family he's going to need it for quite some time now.
4. But they, the good Muslim activists and their supporters
Barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (05.18.13)
can say anything they want about Jews, Christians, etc., right ? What is it about the Muslims lately? They are behaving as if they are the chosen people. The least the good Muslims could do, is to agree that extremists have no place in society and civilization.
5. Maybe Islam teaches the opposite of what they practice
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6. #4:Come again Barbara: "the good" WHAT??!
tom ,   tel aviv   (05.18.13)
7. Gene Simmons
aaheart ,   medford USA   (05.18.13)
We was inaccurate, incorrect, and sneeringly false...another target for BDS.
8. Gene Simmons is in an minority because his bigotry has...
Persian CAT   (05.18.13)
attracted the comments of a handful of fellow bigots on this site. And THAT is good news.
9. 'Offensive, inaccurate comments'
Greg ,   Goodyear USA   (05.18.13)
It sounds as though their hearing is "offensive and inaccurate." Stand up against that which isn't right. They denounce what he said about extremism as thought "they" were being called such. All this will get them is the extreme in power...then whom will they complain about.
10. OK for Jews to be racist, but no one else. No consequences.
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (05.18.13)
11. Hungry's Jacks in Australia now enforces Sharia
John Phee ,   SydneyAUSTRALIA   (05.19.13)
He is largely correct. Islam is intolerant. Recently Hungry Jacks started serving ONLY Halal food. Halal is part of Sharia Law & if you don't like it too bad go elsewhere. Halal is not an alternative it has totally replaced the normal food.
12. #10Silly Steve
Howard ,   Seattle USA   (05.19.13)
I always see you apllauding entertainers and celebs who boycott and villify Israel on this sitel.You are nothing but a bloody hypacrite.
13. great video on radical Islam
Tom ,   Tel Aviv   (05.19.13)
The video by Rabbi David Bar-Hayim on the Boston bombings is a must see!
14. Cracker a-- Jew(no pun),,,, Israeli
YeahIsaidit ,   Doen'tmatteralabama   (05.19.13)
Former frontman????? for sattanic devil worshiping Kiss band calling Muslims "vile", so typical of the invented people,,,,,, the Israelis,,,, mind your manners,,,, yeah I daid it
15. Politically very incorrect . . .
nibor ,   israel   (05.19.13)
But a breath of fresh air, a pop star who is not only not anti-Israel, but maybe even pushing back. It's a war of words out there too, and maybe we should get one or two rants out there too.
16. #14????
Moose Zoobree ,   NY NY   (05.19.13)
Seems like you have been intimate with a variety of barnyard animals. Kiss.."Devil Worshippers"...Not by a long shot. Tasteless, talentless, and overly lauded, perhaps...but not Devil Worshippers.
17. Ben Assi
koose E Mack ,   NY NY   (05.19.13)
Your racism is sufficient for all races and religion. Your hate is eating you up. Hopefully, it will make you disappear!
18. #12, False. Helen Thomas fired for criticizing Israel.
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (05.19.13)
"When asked for comments on Israel, she replied: "Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine." and "Remember, these people are occupied and it's their land. It's not German, it's not Poland..." When asked where Israeli Jews should go, she replied they could "go home" to Poland or Germany or "America and everywhere else. Why push people out of there who have lived there for centuries?" She also mentioned she was of "Arab background.""
19. Re #10
Andrew Brehm ,   Berlin   (05.19.13)
Racism? Which race was he referring to? Are Muslims a "race"?
20. women have rights in Australia against islam
Lemmings Hotline ,   sd usa   (05.19.13)
look everywhere else and they dont.
21. ... he is soooo right!
Uz Stammberger ,   Weiler, Germany   (05.20.13)
Well, to a real heavy metal maniac, KISS are posers, BUT Gene is completely right!
22. #8 Spend 16 minutes of you life watching
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (05.20.13)
....Fitna, Cat Care to explain why you think Simmons got it wrong regarding Islamists? (...good luck with that one)
23. Islam is not a race.
CSB ,   USA   (05.20.13)
The islamic imams on MEMRI and on TV globally and on the net daily use the worst, most vile expressions and directions to go kill Jews and Christians. Gene is precisely on the mark.
24. Gene Simmons and Kiss
Dov Blumenkrantz ,   Modiin, Israel   (05.20.13)
Gene, you came to Israel on a personal visit. When are you going to bring KISS to perform here? You have so many fans here! We would be thrilled to host you!
25. The Truth:
Brandur ,   Faroe Islands   (05.21.13)
This comments about islam is nothing but the truth!
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