Funny how no Muslim leaders identified the South Asia tsunami as punishment from Allah for violence committed in the name of Islam. For the jihadist, natural disasters suffered by Muslims are a sign that they should practice Islam more fervently; natural disasters suffered by non-Muslims are a sign of Allah's wrath for their unbelief. But neither natural disasters nor anything else ever lead to any introspection or self-criticism -- except insofar as that introspection leads to the discovery that more Islam is needed. From MEMRI, with thanks to Joseph:
In reaction to Hurricane Katrina and the destruction in its wake, a high-ranking Kuwaiti official, Muhammad Yousef Al-Mlaifi, who is director of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Endowment's research center, published an article titled "The Terrorist Katrina is One of the Soldiers of Allah, But Not an Adherent of Al-Qaeda." [1] The article appeared August 31, 2005 in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa.The following are excerpts from his article:
"The Terrorist Katrina is One of the Soldiers of Allah…"
"…As I watched the horrible sights of this wondrous storm, I was reminded of the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah [in the compilations] of Al-Bukhari and Abu Daoud. The Hadith says: 'The wind is of the wind of Allah, it comes from mercy or for the sake of torment. When you see it, do not curse it, [but rather] ask Allah for the good that is in it, and ask Allah for shelter from its evil.' Afterwards, I was [also] reminded of the words of the Prophet Muhammad: 'Do not curse the wind, as it is the fruit of Allah's planning. He who curses something that should not be cursed – the curse will come back to him.'
"When the satellite channels reported on the scope of the terrifying destruction in America [caused by] this wind, I was reminded of the words of [Prophet Muhammad]: 'The wind sends torment to one group of people, and sends mercy to others.' I do not think – and only Allah [really] knows – that this wind, which completely wiped out American cities in these days, is a wind of mercy and blessing. It is almost certain that this is a wind of torment and evil that Allah has sent to this American empire. Out of my absolute belief in the truth of the words of the Prophet Muhammad, this wind is the fruit of the planning [of Allah], as is stated in the text of the Hadith of the Prophet....
"Oh honored gentlemen, I began to read about these winds, and I was surprised to discover that the American websites that are translated [into Arabic] are talking about the fact that that the storm Katrina is the fifth equatorial storm to strike Florida this year… and that a large part of the U.S. is subject every year to many storms that extract [a price of] dead, and completely destroy property. I said, Allah be praised, until when will these successive catastrophes strike them?
"But before I went to sleep, I opened the Koran and began to read in Surat Al-R'ad ['The Thunder' chapter], and stopped at these words [of Allah]: 'The disaster will keep striking the unbelievers for what they have done, or it will strike areas close to their territory, until the promise of Allah comes to pass, for, verily, Allah will not fail in His promise. ' [Koran 13:31]."
Gee, I thought the muslim clergy would issue a fatwah requiring all the oil shieks to cut loose some of thier billlions to help out Katrina's victims. Too busy with the harems I suppose.
kevin
His ranting is nothing more than hateful, superstitous, mumbo-jumbo from a spiritually bankrupt man. It is stomach turning.
F.G.
This is a prime example of what we're dealing with, mates.
"Evil from Allah"
Says alot
Gee, I stopped short of saying that Muslims will claim Kartina is Allah's punishment in a comment to the previous entry, and here it is. One doesn't need to be a prophet to predict the reaction of these sick bastards.
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dolphin, CAGE co-founder.
http://www.acage.org
I was waiting for this one. Muslims are so predictable.
But, but, but, didn't we save THEIR country from invasion by Saddam in 1991?
Mark Twain had it right.
"If you feed a dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. That is the difference between a man and a dog".
And by the way, next time you have problems, please feel free to call 1-800-who gives a ***bleep***.
Was this the western worlds responce to the muslim victims of the tsunami?
I would hope that Muhammad Yousef Al-Mlaifi does not speak for most of the muslim of the world let alone the people of Kuwait.
Is he not speaking from the country that was saved from the murderous invasion by Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War?
Without America's intervention along with its coalition troops Kuwait would have become the southern part of Iraq and Saddam would have probably executed most of the leaders of that country.
The word grateful apparently doesn't exist in the vernacular of many muslims in the middle east
Pricks!
"The word grateful apparently doesn't exist in the vernacular of many muslims in the middle east" - Mackie
No, Mackie, you're wrong about that. Muslims are always very grateful for the misfortune of Infidels and give thanks with joy and gladness to Allah for any suffering we experience.
This idiot's remarks should be reported on every television and radio station in America right now. Of course they won't be.
Fear smothers all.
Rebecca, maybe they will. Everyone, pass this article on to your favorite talk radio show. I'll email it to Michael Savage, Dennis Prager, and Michael Medved, for starters.
I'm sure some moslem cleric somewhere will begin blaming the hurricane on Israel, while some paleo somewhere will lay the blame on the "neocons".
It really depends on whether it is more advantageous to take the credit or to blame the Jews. On 9/11 it was better to blame the Jews than claim Allah, even though the Arab world danced in the streets with glee while Israel mourned.
Yet, conspiratorial paleos and liberals alike bought that preposterous accusation hook-line-and-sinker despite its obvious lunacy.
Expect the Arabs, who value life like we value diarhea, to peddle whatever crock of lies they see fit in pursuit of good ol' fashioned, down home takiyah.
And expect the idiot socialists (both National and Marxist) to jump on the Arab bandwagon with lustful exuberance.
-MZ
We really should not be surprised at this bit of rant from any muslim. They believe in the most literal sense, that all that happens in this world, is the will of allah. Thus the Tsunami was the will of allah etc.
Of course this sort of fatalism and pre-destination, can also be used to our purposes.
For instance
1. Were there heavy collateral damages in Iraq as a consequence of Allied bombing - well it is the will of allah.
2. Was there really prisoner abuse in Gitmo - oh well, it is just the will of allah.
3. Why is the muslim cleric protesting about deportation from the West- it is after all just the will of allah.
For every downside there is an upside.
Do Muslims even bother to think before they speak? There is a reason why most of the refugees you see on television are African-American, this is because the population of New Orleans is about 70% AA. Many of the African-Americans in N.O. are poor and an estimated 40% of the citizens are without insurance.Most of those who stayed during the storm had no cars or the financial means to get out of the city. What little they have has been destroyed with little hope of it being replaced.They have lost homes, jobs and everything they own.Did Allah strike N.O. because he hates poor African-Americans? Are Muslims rejoicing in the suffering (primarily) of poor African-Americans?
"Are Muslims rejoicing in the suffering (primarily) of poor African-Americans?"
Why yes...yes they are.
For the attention of the moral-equivalence merchants: the proposition that "natural and physical disasters are a sign of Divine punishment for immorality" has been condemned as heretical by the Catholic Church for several centuries. I believe that it was Pope Paul IV who, in the fifteen hundreds, condemned it in the course of the Baius affair. Not so long ago, a Catholic gay activist used this ruling to get his bishop to silence a priest who kept preaching that AIDS was God's punishment for gays.
We are deling with BACKWARD people!!!
We are dealing with BACKWARD people!!!
Is this the PEACEFUL religion that President Bush keeps speaking of? And his poodle, too?
Isn't it high time that we showed these people what Allah's wrath REALLY looks and feels like???
I, for one, would lose NO sleep over OUR wrath!
New Orleans was scheduled this weekend to host the Southern Decadence Convention, a 5 day festival for gays, lesbians, transvestites, etc.
God has been known to rain on these type of parades.
Allah has no power except to brainwash morons.
"Funny how no Muslim leaders identified the South Asia tsunami as punishment from Allah for violence committed in the name of Islam"
DP111 is close to the mark with the Asia tsunami. I heard that some Arabic Mulla did say it was Allah punishing them (Muslim Asians) for allowing such evil to exist in places like Bali (you know infidels?!)
It was one of the reasons that the filthy rich Arab Muslims were slow to give one cent in AID relief, and then they only did belatedly after the West (including Israel) embarrassed them into it (as the West was giving but the religion of Peace wasn’t).
Again this statement comes from someone who has been brought up with Islam, in the heart of Islamic territory. And we are supposed to believe half wit western Islamic converts who say “Islam is Peace, Islam is Peace”.
If only comments like this would make it onto our lefty media.
US citizens should be writing to GWB asking why "our" "good" allies aren't contributing anything to help ease the suffering. After all Islam is peace - isn't it?
Paolo wrote:
"I believe that it was Pope Paul IV who, in the fifteen hundreds, condemned it in the course of the Baius affair."
I believe that several outbreaks of plague - namely in Venice in the late 1500s - were blamed on the "immorality" of the people of that city. The same thing happened in London during the great fire of 1666 (not completely sure about the date).
Ignorant people believe in ignorant people, even if the hierarchy of the religion you are a part of has more enlightened views. The real problem comes when people in important places (places that should only be awarded to responsible people) show such an amount of... utter stupidity (for the lack of a better atribute).
In my opinion, the American president should send for the Kuwaiti ambassador and ask for explanations from the Kuwaiti government: do they agree with the statements of individual? If they don't, then they ought to give him a job more suited to his skills (namely a work involving a shovel and the palace's stables).
An eloquent XIX century Brazilian prostitute called Dona Beija, renowned for her wealth, looks, and good manners, responded to a "gift" (that was basically a box containing manure) with one containing red roses and a card that read "Cada um dá o que tem" (roughly translates "We both give what we do best").
After the tsunami the West gave all those Muslim nations the box with the red roses and that brilliantly simple and yet so telling card.
Why are some of you so surprised to receive a box filled with shit from people that don't know any better? It's what they are good at.
More dark thoughts from dark,evil minds. You shall know the tree by the fruit it bears.
cruzado wrote:
"In my opinion, the American president should send for the Kuwaiti ambassador and ask for explanations from the Kuwaiti government: do they agree with the statements of individual?"
While the US prez is at it, he may want to send for the American ambassador and ask if the US government agrees with the statements of American religious extremists:
"Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city," stated Repent America director Michael Marcavage. "From 'Girls Gone Wild' to 'Southern Decadence,' New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. From the devastation may a city full of righteousness emerge," he continued. "..let us not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long," Marcavage said. "May this act of God cause us all to think about what we tolerate in our city limits, and bring us trembling before the throne of Almighty God," Marcavage concluded.
"[God] sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (Matthew 5:45)
http://www.repentamerica.com/pr_hurricanekatrina.html
his name could be Al-MUlaifi with aU ..googling to see what he had to say about the U.S. pulling
his bacon taters i mean, out of the fire..
o/t..don't know if this has appeared here before
..'pears to be a year old from islamicvoice.com
Sharia Court in Egypt
Cairo
The Egyptian minister of Justice, Mahmoud Abou Khalil said that the “Sharia court dealing with family issues like marriages, divorces, sustenance, child custody, separation, lineage and individual matters”, would begin functioning soon. Over 15 ministerial edicts governing how to apply rules of Family Sharia Court have been taken. The ministry had also trained 1,257 judges who will be in charge of such courts.The Minister has also announced that 820 public prosecutors have been trained to take charge of family affairs. On the purposes of establishing such courts, the minister said: “it is to expedite judgment on family cases, particularly, child sustenance issues. There are 2 million pending cases in Egypt”.
Well let's see now...deaths from the tsunami in 2004 were well over 300,000 (mostly Muslims); deaths expected from the hurricane in the low few thousands (thousands too many, sadly). Who would it appear "Allah" is tormenting with his "wind", the infidels or his own believers???
Well, Yousef. We do recognize that there are "acts of God" and we know the difference between those and the "acts of muslims."
As a matter of fact, there may be SOME good that does come out of Hurricane Katrina. For one thing we will measure everything, as the western world has always done to advance it's science. We will measure soil saturation, water pressure, wave height and wind velocity, pipe diameters, pump speeds, bacteria counts, tenile strengths, and everything else. In the end we will be better prepared for the next big one.
But that's not all. Some people are also paying attention to the probable social, economic and environmental effects of that 10 kiloton nuclear device that some enterprising terrorist is already thinking about detonating on the levee, or under the exit ramp, or on the bridge.
And those people are counting the mosques for miles and miles, way upwind from the potential fallout patterns. How many do you think Allah will destroy on his way out of town?
How profound. If Allah, the merciful and beneficient, was so true to his nation of Islam, wouldn't he be obliged to give them a little rain once in awhile? Or is it that they are just to ignorant to look for fertile land?
Time to build an Israeli-style wall around the oil wells and refineries and quit paying for it. If it wasn't for the west they A) wouldn't know it was there and B) wouldn't know what to do with it.
As I commented previously, this statement by the director of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Endowment's research center, is just a consequence of his islamic beliefs. After all, all events are caused by allah. Now that is fine, but extentending a natural catastrophe as being the consequence of allah's punishment for human frailty, is what gives us some concern.
However, this kind of irrational thinking is not confined to muslims. We have a similar situation in the West, among supposedly rational people.
It is a given in the environmentalist mindset, that global warming is occurring as a direct consequence of human activity or Pres. Bush's failure to sign the Kyoto protocol. No matter what the climate or weather does, it is taken as further "proof" of man's industrial activity, as the main cause of climate change. Thus the Tsunami was blamed on global warming, even though it was due to land slippage on the ocean floor.
So we have the BBC, which has been waging a relentless battle against Pres. Bush's failure to sign the Kyoto protocol, saying the equivalent of the Kuwaiti muslim, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
I saw one presenter saying to a US environmentalist (invited in apparently to advance the thesis in question) that there was a growing consensus in the US linking hurricane Katrina to global warming.
http://www.biased-bbc.blogspot.com/
Same rationale, different assumptions.
OT
More bombings rock south Thailand
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Mr Zulkifli said on Thursday that Malaysian police had tightened security at all border points with Thailand.
A marine police official is also reported as saying his team would keep a 24-hour watch along the narrow river separating the two nations.
The authorities are anxious to stop a larger influx of Thai Muslims into the country.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4204028.stm
Now why would a muslim country prevent muslims from seeking a safe haven in a muslim country?
Beats me.
I saw one presenter saying to a US environmentalist (invited in apparently to advance the thesis in question) that there was a growing consensus in the US linking hurricane Katrina to global warming.
The experts on such matters dismiss the pseudo-scientific claims that hurricanes are caused by global warming, but they don't have the same agendas as radical environmentalists and the BBC.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/8/31/173242.shtml?et=y
Our response to that official yousef al-whatsisname:
And the cow jumped over the moon!
If this type of Allah-as-Blowhard is true, what kind of primordial infidel tricks were the dinosaurs up to when he sent a Mesozoic meteor off Yucatan and exterminated the entire 'thunder lizard' species?
Not bowing toward Pangea five times a day?
(And the Paleozoic trilobites! Those kafir little pre-crustaceans! Off with their tiny segmented heads! I guess they never made the prehistoric Hadj to Gondwanaland?)
The only way to end this 'divine disaster' nonsense to to send Islam to the showers, along with the blood-altar Aztecs and Thuggee cult.
How come other westren nations have not sent any help to the US? Shame on Canada! --- Shame!
I just sent this link to the white house. This is always the thanks the US gets for helping people around the world. Twenty nations around the world have offered help for Katrina, out of 180 - 190 nations. Thanks guys.
send me that spook's email address or better yet his home address.
the interesting portion is that we have made storms such as tornados public knowledge for good granted this was a bit bigger than normal but for our section of the world its not all that bad. raving of a delusion madman kinda comes to mind
the interesting portion is that we have made storms such as tornados public knowledge for good granted this was a bit bigger than normal but for our section of the world its not all that bad. raving of a delusion madman kinda comes to mind
Ha, that's rich coming from Kuwait full of oil rich Arabs who love every western gadget they can lay their hands on. Like Saudi Arabia, they can't exist or function without hiring foreign labour from all over the planet as they don't know what a day's work is and a lot of them can't even read and write.
Hello all,
So winds of Allah (swt) was it, and the muslims gloating over this.
The one thing that I have always found is how people can interpret "everything" by "something" written in the Koran.
I have lived with this type of thing for over 40 years and it does not surprise me one bit.
Personally I feel very sorry for the people of the southern states who have been devastated by this horror. They don't deserve it like most people in the world don't deserve this sort of thing, and I would like to make 3 points:
1) I am surprised how slow the American authorities ave reacted to this. I would have thought that America would have slick rescue operational procedures. I would have thought there would be much merit in calling on the expertise of the UN who know how to put things into place very quickly. Let's not let pride get in the way here, people are dying.
2) What effect is this gonna have on Iraq. The American people will be asking pullout; WHY? because they are spending $4billion/month there. Some of that money could have been spent on the Levi defences and this disaster could have been minimised. Dubiya will be put under enormous pressure now.
3) Catherine always boasted about locust plagues, natural diasters in DOM and Acha..about how muslims get the brunt of this. I reminded her that natural disasters can strike anywhere and unfortunately I am proved right. Am I having a nasty dig here...NO....I want Catherine to get off her high horse and recognise that humanity suffers in these situations...not muslims or Afro americans but humanity collectively.
And as for those who muslims who talk about "Katrina the slayer"....well the quicker that Allah (swt) slays them the better.
Ahh My friend Naseem,
One day the kafirs will awaken, and their wrath will give all new meaning to the word vengence and retaliation.... ask the Japanese and Germans, many still remember our wrath. Keep at it, and you will see destruction like never befor, with only US at the end of it, with our hand out in frendship and help. Trust me on this one. Please remember that we are simply overstocked with real WMD's. Give us the resolve to use them.
Find a good answer for all civilized people here:
http://iblis.twoday.net/stories/942472/
It reads that when the Tsunami stroke Aceh in Indonesia a group of some 400 Christians were on a hill, because the muslim administration did not allow them to celebrate xmas downtown Meulaboh. So ehen the Tsunami came all 400 survived, while thousends of Muslims lost their lifes in Meulaboh...
Muslim fundamentalist scumbags are not the only one's claiming "divine wrath" rights.
It is being reported that now, a conservative group called Columbia Christians for Life is saying that Hurricane Katrina was a punishment from their God. They cite as evidence the supposed resemblance between the hurricane's image on a weather map, and a fetus.
Ignorant, superstitious idiots will always say stupid things in their attempts to make sense of the natural world. Instead of feeling compassion for their fellow human beings they have chosen to elevate themselves above the unfortunate by their perceived favored nature, virtue of their religious beliefs.
This type of thing is nauseating.
f.g.
Never mind Mr Kuwati.
Whats wrong with MY people? What is wrong with teh ppl in New Orleans?! SHOOTING AT RESCUE CREWS? I expected this behavior in Baghdad!
Today I listened to interview-after-interview of people "in the streets" of New Orleans RAGING at whomever would listen that they DEMAND food and water! DEMAND? As if somebody had willfully denied them of food and water? As if somebody was directly responsible for bringing food and water to them?
Did these people miss some key event in the last several days? Did they miss the fact that the entire country is, in-fact, mobilizing to get aid to them? Demand? Demand?!
Maybe the region you grow up in has much to do with your mannerisms. I grew up in the selfish, greed-driven Northeast, and in our ways, we dont DEMAND, SHOOT and act like animals during catastrophes.
W.T.F. is wrong with my 'big easy' brothers?
Mike,
You have to remember that the victims are not sitting around listening to the news like you are. They have no power and no communications.
Shooting, looting, and crime? Prisoners were released from prisons and jails in the region as the flood waters rose. The place is swarming with not only regular people under extreme stress, but also criminals and the mentally ill. And as this thing goes on there will be more mentally ill people who will be created.
f.g.
Katrina Victims Reveal Their Godlessness:
* Godless New Orleans in Anarchy: Treason, Murder, Rape, & Plunder
* Relief Workers in New Orleans Confront 'Urban Warfare'
*Relief workers face challenges assisting hurricane victims; New Orleans missionaries evacuated
*New Orleans "War Zone": Anarchy, Gunbattles, Gangs, Looters, Carjackers
Demand
Some of the inner city (N.O.) underclass have every reason to DEMAND. They have been catered to for decades and they are an important part of the base of a certain political party. Demand, and if there is no satisfactory response, shoot at helicopters. This is going to happen in every major U.S. city when there is a catalyst.Must be very amusing to our ME admirers.
Katrina Victims Reveal Their Godlessness:
Where are the "godly" then gopchristian? Sitting dry and smug in their "judgement seats" at their computer screens like yourself or out there helping fellow humans being in need?
Short-sighted, judgemental, fundamentalists and their displays of smug self-righteousness betray their incapacity for any true love and compassion for their fellow human beings.
There are plenty of "godly" people in New Orleans suffering terribly gopchristian, doing things they thought the would never have to do.
Why is it that individuals who feel compelled to put "christian" in their screen name somewhere, seldom display any of the love and compassion in their online communications that they supposedly aspire to?
f.g.
NASEEM
I cant blame You
Catherine/ Katrina
I just hope they call a hurricane shiva
The long term effect of this is going to hit the muslim world.
Well, Allah at least gave all those people a weeks notice that he was coming!
And now New Orleans is looking a little like Fallujah, and these great news reporters let us all know “its just a small minority” that is shooting at the help! It is difficult to find compassion for those that made the choice to stay. Here in California we don’t get no stinking notice before the earth shakes, nor did anyone loot after the 94 Northridge earthquake.
It is difficult to find compassion for those that made the choice to stay.
Bar,
The majority of people who stayed did so because they couldn't get out man. There are a lot of poor people who couldn't afford to get out!! Are you really that naive or callous?
Why should I be surprised that there are reactions like that? The leaders of our country are on perpetual vacation, playing golf instead of handling the crisis, buying $2000 shoes in N.Y. while N.O. drowns.
Lovely, just lovely, what a great bunch of human beings.
f.g.
30% of the population of N.O. is below the poverty line! When you can't scrap together enough money to pay the rent and buy food, do you really think you'd have enough money to travel?
F.g
How much does a bus ticket cost? 100 bucks or less? Is their life not worth that? Everyone I have seen on TV has a set of legs, with a weeks notice and an average of 3.0 miles per hour walking speed, they could have easily got out of the way.
New Orleans is a drain, so common sense which apparently isn’t very common, dictates that it is not a good place to be when a category 5 hurricane shows up.
P.s
Is there anything you don’t blame our President for?
Is their life not worth that? Everyone I have seen on TV has a set of legs, with a weeks notice and an average of 3.0 miles per hour walking speed, they could have easily got out of the way.
I see you have no idea of what poverty is like Bar. Stupid and mean is no way to go through life Bar. Don’t be such a dope.
Is there anything you don’t blame our President for?
Isn’t that just typical diversionary BS? I blame the President for not being a leader and you for not being able to recognize that playing golf during a disaster is no way to lead a nation.
You, gopchristian, and Muhammad Yousef Al-Mlaifi, are all cut from the same cloth. Your lack of humanity and concern for fellow human beings in need and your gross ignorance of some very basic facts of life are proof of that.
f.g.
How much does a bus ticket cost? 100 bucks or less? Is their life not worth that? Everyone I have seen on TV has a set of legs, with a weeks notice and an average of 3.0 miles per hour walking speed, they could have easily got out of the way.New Orleans is a drain, so common sense which apparently isn’t very common, dictates that it is not a good place to be when a category 5 hurricane shows up.
Bar,
Your callous tone makes you sound like a Muslim. You obviously have never been poor. There are people in N.O. who literally cannot afford the price of a movie ticket so there is no way they could afford a bus ticket.Plus there are elderly people who could not leave.O'Reilly interviewed by phone a 77 year old woman trapped in a flooded home with her 98 year old mother.Do you really expect them to swim for it and then walk to Baton Rouge or Dallas? The people who evacuated had cars, money, insurance and/or family that was willing to take them in. Those with insurance will receive money for their destroyed home and cars and will start their life all over again in NO or somewhere else. Many of those who stayed and tried to ride out the storm had nothing but their homes and meager possessions and no insurance.They stayed because they couldn't leave and to protect what little they had. Katrina was category 4 when she made land and actually missed the city with very little water entering the city. Then the levees broke and hell came with it. Try to be less like a Muslim and show some compassion for your fellow man.
"Muslims are so predictable."
"We are dealing with BACKWARD people!!!"
"Are Muslims rejoicing in the suffering (primarily) of poor African-Americans? Why yes...yes they are."
"Pricks!"
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What has happened here by some posters is that an unverified post has been taken as the lumped together opinion of all Muslims. Even if verified, the opinion is that of one person who is obviously an Islamic extremist. Those who post comments such as the above distinguish themselves as probable racists rather than people opposed to violent Islamic extremism (as are the majority of Muslims [1]) and by doing so lower the credibility of the website, whilst simultaneously fueling Western vs Middle east tensions. If you really want to make a dent in the Jihadists, why not echo the views of modern Muslim moderates in academia and state positions [2] or follow the same advice the US government follows [3].
That is not to say his views are justified, obviously, his views are dangerous and appalling, nor is it to say his views are not shared, certainly there are others who would agree with him, however, confusing this one man's views with the views of the entire Islamic world is akin to confusing one white supremacist's views with the views of all white people.
Would you like people putting Hitler's words into your mouth?
[1] http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/WorldNewsTonight/iraq_poll_040405.html
[2] http://www.globalengagement.org/issues/2005/08/islam.htm
[3] http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB151/
I am surprised how slow the American authorities ave reacted to this. I would have thought that America would have slick rescue operational procedures. I would have thought there would be much merit in calling on the expertise of the UN who know how to put things into place very quickly. Let's not let pride get in the way here, people are dying.
Good Grief Naseem, the incompetent federal government in all its behemoth, bureaucratic incompetence is bad enough; don't wish the United Nothing on us too! This was a catastrophe of Biblical proportions; nobody expected it and nobody was prepared for it. New Orleans escaped the full wrath of Katrina; it was the breached levee that caused the unexpected flooding and caught the federal disaster gurus off guard.
Apparently you don't understand how things work here. During times of crisis, the feds in WAshington hold 20 or 30 news conferences and assure the American people that they are doing everything humanly possible to get relief to the affected areas. Then they have 50 meetings, 20 pep rallies, and a few more press conferences. In the interim, the National Guard is activated, the Red Cross, Salvation Army, hundreds of church groups, and benevolent private citizens go to the disaster areas and take care of the victims. The American public sends money to these groups to pay for the relief efforts.
We have never had a disaster to equal this one. The chaos, confusion, and suffering is unprecedented. I sincerely hope I never have to depend on the "government" to save me from a similar situation.