This morning have been attacks at the Brussels Airport and a Subway station.
Media reporting about 13 deaths and lots of injured people.

My thoughts to all who have been affected,families and friends.

Very sad news.

Indeed, very sad news - but it was expected by experts that such terrible things like Paris 2015 will now happen more often ....

Prayers to all affected

Just waking up to this news - deep sadness and sympathy. I was in Brussels last spring, a beautiful city. This should never happen anywhere, has to stop.

Where is Winston Churchill when you need him?

My god-daughter's husband works in Brussels - hoping he is OK.

Love and light to all in Brussels as well as to all those who are working to put an end to these attacks.

Peace,
Mr DJA

Horrible news. Not much more to say.

of course all my sympathy to our Belgian friends.
Be brave.

I will censor myself here and not say what I think about islam or islamists and instead send my condolences to the Belgian people and those affected by these atrocities.

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Stoneage
I will censor myself here and not say what I think about islam or islamists and instead send my condolences to the Belgian people and those affected by these atrocities.

Same here, Stoneage. The anger in me is growing. But my heart goes out to all those who have been affected by this act of brutal terrorism.

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Green Lady
My god-daughter's husband works in Brussels - hoping he is OK.

He is. Facebook has its uses.

Brussels is a lovely city. Sympathies and solidarity with its citizens and all affected by this outrage.

It is terrible news. I hope people will blame the real powers (and money) that are behind this and not all the majority of innocent moslims who have nothing to do with this and more often than not are victims themselves of these acts of terrorism. Blaming them for this, which unfortunately is increasingly happening in Europe, would be like blaming all catholics for terrorist acts by the IRA.
I am afraid, however, that as long as too many countries are involved in the mess in the middle-east, this will not stop, and mutual hate will grow more and more, which - as history teaches us - will lead to even more horrors. These are scary times indeed.

I can't even imagine what the victims or their families in Brussels are going through. I'll be praying for them



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of course all my sympathy to our Belgian friends.
Be brave.

My prayers for all the innocent victims and our Belgian friends in Brussels.

Blaming islam and religion is not the same as blaming muslims. It's a logical fallacy to state that.

You can blame their interpretation of islam, shared by a microscopical part of the Muslims.

All the best vibes possible to Brussels and the people there.

This is F'ed Up!
Why Brussels?
F this cowards that bomb innocent people!

Looks like it's heading up my way all the best for the people in Brussels and Belgium

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You can blame their interpretation of islam, shared by a microscopical part of the Muslims.

I wish it was easy as that, Dandy. But it isn't. Islam isn't a reformed religion like christianity. It still has some very harmful elements in it. I would for one blame islam. I'm no the only one.
Even Napoleon Bonaparte and Churchill was very critical about islam. And people like Richard Dawkins today. And rightfully so. I would even say that today it's even more important to combat the evil of islam.

It's a very bad situation for europe.

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Green Lady
He is. Facebook has its uses.

I'm glad, Green Lady.

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mr_dja
Love and light to all in Brussels

What he said

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NICOS
Looks like it's heading up my way all the best for the people in Brussels and Belgium

Unfortunately, I'm afraid it's coming EVERYONE's way, eventually. Sad times. Brussels & Belgium are hurting more than the rest of us today. Others will be bearing the weight of the next attack, when it comes. It scares me to think that, before this comes to an end, no one and no where will remain untouched or unaffected.

Peace,
Mr DJA

Well people, what we invariably have to look forward to over the next months/years is probably lots more of the same. There are some deranged individuals who cannot adjust to life in a reasonably democratic, liberal, and tolerant hemisphere such as Europe and Scandinavia. Mostly through their own failings they have become marginalised, and this is the means by which they vent their frustration.

Sad to say, it's just one more incident in what will be a long string of them before all this jihadi nonsense is played out, 9/11 in NYC, 7/7 in London, the Bataclan gig in Paris, and so on.

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

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You can blame their interpretation of islam, shared by a microscopical part of the Muslims.

I wish it was easy as that, Dandy. But it isn't. Islam isn't a reformed religion like christianity. It still has some very harmful elements in it. I would for one blame islam. I'm no the only one.
Even Napoleon Bonaparte and Churchill was very critical about islam. And people like Richard Dawkins today. And rightfully so. I would even say that today it's even more important to combat the evil of islam.

I understand the criticism, but if you blanket-condemn islam as evil, then we're at war with 1.5 billion people which I don't think is a war anyone wins.

There is a distinction between islam and muslims, Treacles. In muslim countries you'll have no choice whether you want to become a muslim or not. And you can't leave your religion. And what good does islam bring to modern societies in the west or even their own countries? To combat the backward religion of islam isn't the same as to combat muslims. It's the religion that is bad, not the vast majority of the people.



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You can blame their interpretation of islam, shared by a microscopical part of the Muslims.

I wish it was easy as that, Dandy. But it isn't. Islam isn't a reformed religion like christianity. It still has some very harmful elements in it. I would for one blame islam. I'm no the only one.
Even Napoleon Bonaparte and Churchill was very critical about islam. And people like Richard Dawkins today. And rightfully so. I would even say that today it's even more important to combat the evil of islam.

That's just ignorant, imo.

There are also huge, peaceful Islamic countries (where other religions are allowed as well). Will you blame those countries and their interpretation of the holy book religion as well?

It's a bit like saying all americans are rooting for the Donald. Of course they aren't.



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