Yes, Jordanians say here, the bombings were wrong, but Jordan does indeed have to get back on the path of Islam. I.e., ditch the "moderation."
Again and again we see the Salafi appeal that they represent "pure Islam." Yet we are supposed to believe that the incorrectness and impurity of their Islam is self-evident to the vast majority of Muslims worldwide. I hope it is, but the evidence of that has not been available in abundance. From AFP, with thanks to Twostellas:
ZARQA, Jordan: Residents of the impoverished Jordanian town where fugitive extremist Abu Mussab Al -Zarqawi was born said yesterday that the hotel bombings in Amman occurred because Jordan had “strayed from Islam”.One of Zarqawi’s brothers and his sisters living in Zarqa refused to comment on the possibility one of their own may have masterminded the bloodiest attack in the kingdom’s history that claimed the lives of at least 57 people and wounded about 100....
“Glory to God!” is scrawled in red on a wall near the family home of Zarqawi, who was born Fadel Nazzal Al Khalayleh before changing his name in 1991 when he joined the radical Salafist Islamic group. His brother Mohammed was not home and two of Zarqawi’s seven sisters speaking through an intercom system said they had nothing to say. “Please go away,” said one in a soft voice....
“Those who care about the country’s security and peace should strive to build the umma (Islamic nation) according to God’s tenets,” the mosque’s imam, or preacher, said in his sermon without once directly condemning the attacks. “What befell the umma happened because it strayed from Islam.”
He said Muslim blood should not be spilled and that Muslims “should instead direct their spears against God’s enemies” like America and Israel. Jordan, one of Washington’s staunchest allies in the region, is one of just three Arab countries to have diplomatic ties with its Jewish neighbour.
Many prayergoers condemned the attacks while lamenting what they perceived as the declining Islamic values in the country, whose 5.5 million population is almost 93 per cent Sunni Muslim. “Only 29 per cent of the people are true Muslims and the rest are just so by name,” said Mohammed Musa, 27, a school teacher. Jordan’s King Abdullah II has called for a more tolerant interpretation of Islam.
Further east in Zarqa’s Nuzha neighbourhood and past a courthouse and the Jihad (holy war) driving school is the home of Sayel Al Khalayleh, the eldest of Zarqawi’s three brothers. “I will say nothing, nothing, nothing!” said the craggy-faced man.
Outside his two-storey home a young bearded neighbour wearing a black skullcap and dark robes condemned the attacks but hoped his countrymen would be more pious. “Even though these hotels had bars and brothels, nothing justifies the killing of women and children,” said Ibrahim Baarat, 19, who works at a paint factory and studies Islam.
“We can preach change. This country needs reform and needs to get back on God’s path.”
The Jihad driving school? This is just too bizarre. Surely these people are from another planet, what is the name of the war-like people in Star Trek? I think I will start a driving school...Carolyn's "I want to kick your ass and rule the world" driving school.
/sorry for the silliness, it's just how this strikes me
This is yet another example of the thesis that "Moderate" Muslims will eventually be goaded into either becoming extremists or to supporting extremism, jihad, dhimmitude, and all the rest, either directly or tacitly through silent affirmation or failure to stand up against extremism.
First it was: "How can Muslims do such a thing to Muslims,- not even a Jew would do such a thing..."
Then: "It was the Jooooozzzz...."!
Now they realize that they deserved it because there is not enough Islam. They need more Allahballahwalllah....
As long as they do it to each other I wouldn't cry my heart out.
But one thing that we must learn from this is that Islam has no place in the West, Mohammeds cult must be exorcised, quarantined, the cult-members treated as what they are:
Infil-traitors, warriors for Allah and to us terrorists.
Internment and deportations, a proactive reverse immigration policy, closure of mosques and Islamic schools, and whatever we can possibly do to make the life of Mohammedans difficult and unpleasant, unacceptable for them to remain in the West, that is the policy now our politicians should implement.
Will they?
Honestly, this bombing couldn't have happened to a
more deserving bunch of people. More bombings in Amman! Better them than us.
“Even though these hotels had bars and brothels, nothing justifies the killing of women and children,” said Ibrahim Baarat, 19, who works at a paint factory and studies Islam.
I'm sure that young Mr. Baarat is not referring to the killing of women and children that also takes out a few rafadite dog infidel kufar crusaders and their Zionist puppets in the process.
A mind, Mr. Baarat, is a terrible thing to waste.
And about those brothels---