Oh the stunning complexity of Islam! Even those who teach it and have devoted their lives to mastering its doctrines misunderstand its peaceful teachings!
Memo to Ibrahim Hooper: why doesn't CAIR start a Teach the Imams program for poor fellows like the Imam Waliullah, who don't seem to grasp what you loudly proclaim is self-evident, that Islam is a religion of peace? After all, Waliullah is by no means the first Islamic cleric or teacher to be implicated in violent actions. There were also these teachers. And these clerics. And these teachers. And these prayer leaders. And so on. I'm sure your classes would be filled.
"Allahabad Imam held for Varanasi blasts," from the Pioneer News Service, with thanks to Looney Tunes:
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh probing the 3/7 Varanasi serial blasts has picked up Imam Waliullah, the Pesh Imam of Phulpur in Allahabad for his alleged involvement in the terror attack. In the past, this imam has been accused of associating with anti-national elements and was arrested and jailed in 2001.Imam Waliullah, who was under surveillance for some time, was picked up by a STF team on Wednesday. The STF sleuths in plain clothes accosted the imam and before he could raise an alarm, huddled him into a waiting SUV and took him to an undisclosed destination for interrogation....
According to STF sources, the sleuths were despatched from Lucknow only after collecting adequate evidence against the Pesh Imam. The source said that Imam Waliullah was a scholar at Deoband and it was during his stay at the seminary as a research scholar that he came in contact with some terrorists and their leaders active in Jammu & Kashmir.
The STF official confided that soon after the blasts rocked the holy temple town on the eve of Holi, sleuths noticed that certain individuals would frequently visit the Imam in Phulpur. Those visits suddenly stopped. The STF, meanwhile, analysed the links of Imam Waliullah with some specific Islamist terrorists, and after being convinced of his alleged links with them and their leaders, nabbed the Pesh Imam.
Earlier in 2001, Waliullah had been nabbed alongwith his brothers, Wasiullah and Ubaidullah, for their alleged involvement in anti-national activities. The police had to face stiff local resistance but somehow managed to send them to jail....
The STF sleuths in plain clothes accosted the imam and before he could raise an alarm, huddled him into a waiting SUV and took him to an undisclosed destination for interrogation....
Knowing Indian police, this guy is gonna go through a lot of pain before he is even formally arrested.
The police had to face stiff local resistance but somehow managed to send them to jail....
Typical.
Robert,
You don't truly expect a backstabbing Islamic thug in a suit (Hooper) to actually stand up to the truth do you?
As for you Mr "Dougie" Hooper,
I saw that string coming out of your back on one of your recent interviews. Everytime it was pulled from behind, out came "Islam is a Reigion of peace!". Cool trick...for a puppet.
It never ceases to amaze me that senior cleric and/or imans know so little about their own religion.
Someone from the Administration needs to go over there and straighten these people out. Its not called the "Religion of Peace" for nothing...right?
This is getting out of hand...people can only bear so much! India needs tougher laws against anti-nationals and a common civil code. These ****ers practise Shariah with impunity for Indian law.
This is getting out of hand...people can only bear so much! India needs tougher laws
Then you guys gotta vote for goverments with balls. Your Congress goerment repleased exisitng anti-terror legislation to appease the Muslims didnt they. I say its the bitter harvest of minority appeasement.
O.T.
More Turkish–Kurdish friction:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4860154.stm
Sharia courts subverting Indian judicial system.
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1020495&CatID=2
Someone from the Administration needs to go over there and straighten these people out
You're so right. It's time we sent that wily international agent John Esposito in. He'd clear everything up by whooping some Imam ass big-time.
You're peaceful dammit! That's what I teach my brilliant students (THUMP) in our elite department (KARATE CHOP) at prestigious Gougetown University (HACK) and you pull a stunt like this?!
Re: "Memo to Ibrahim Hooper: why doesn't CAIR start a Teach the Imams program for poor fellows like the Imam Waliullah, who don't seem to grasp what you loudly proclaim is self-evident, that Islam is a religion of peace?"
Robert, you are a good and responsible citizen who always endeavors to use a Hooper-Scooper whenever Ibrahim Hooper and CAIR go for a walk. You bravely hold your nose and use the Hooper-Scooper even when their bs is all over the place.
Robert:
Maybe it's about how you define "peace". I mean, you have heard of the "peace of the grave", which is rather different than, say, Spinoza's definition (a state of being free from fear and not the mere absense of open hostilities).
I suspect that most practitioners of Islam fall into the "peace of the grave" definition, especially for apostates and infidels.
"Islam is a religion of peace," Muslims tell non-Muslims.
"Jihad!!!!!!!!!!!" Muslims tell Muslims.
Perception is everything.
There's a story in a little book on art by Ben Shahn ("The Shape of Content") that goes:
"...my father used to tell of a traveler in 13th century France who met three men [pushing] wheelbarrows. He asked in what work they were engaged and he received from them the following three answers:
The first said:
"I toil from sun-up to sundown and all I [get] for my pains is a few francs a day."
The second said:
"I am glad enough to wheel this...barrow for I have been out of work for many months and I have a family to support."
The third said:
"I am building Chartres Cathedral."
We, too, need to understand what work we are engaged in.
Simply spreading info?
Only opposing violent jihad?
Or preserving Western Civilization?
The positive goal triumphs.
Robert,
My hats off to you - I haven't seen it reported anywhere in the Indian media - not Times of India, not NDTV, not Indian Express, nowhere.
It's not difficult to see why. In this story, the clues led not just to Pak backed terror groups, but to a domestic Indian Imam. This just wouldn't do for the facade of 'communal harmony' that the Indian leaders - both in Delhi and Lucknow - want to contrive.
Where's the Bajrang Dal when you need them?