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Re:Viking ‘Allah’ textile actually doesn't have Allah on it by lostboys67 on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @11:46AM (#15491908)
Um no one of the busiest slave markets in that time was Dublin only Constantinople was bigger.
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Re:Viking ‘Allah’ textile actually doesn't have Allah on it by pluma on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @11:55AM (#15491995)
Is that Dublin, Sweden or Dublin, Ireland?
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Re:Viking ‘Allah’ textile actually doesn't have Allah on it by sampo on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @12:00PM (#15492029)
Ireland. There is no Dublin in Sweden.

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

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Re:Viking ‘Allah’ textile actually doesn't have Allah on it by Grustaf on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @03:27PM (#15494062)
Dublin started out in ernest as a Viking settlement so it’s not that far from being a Swedish town...
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Re:Viking ‘Allah’ textile actually doesn't have Allah on it by pluma on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:55AM (#15498720)
That's the joke.

The comment that brought up Dublin was in response to a comment about Sweden.

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