"You got jihad books in my explosives!"
"You got explosives in my jihad books!"
But they don't mix well. "Bangladeshi Police Seize Explosives, Books on Jihad in Raid," from the Associated Press, December 25:
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police in northern Bangladesh arrested three suspected militants tied to a banned Islamic group and seized a large cache of bomb-making materials, an official said Thursday.
The raids came days before national elections to restore democracy, though police said it was unclear whether the explosives were part of any plot to disrupt the polls.
Officials seized at least 50 casings of grenades, explosives, batteries and books on jihad, or holy war, according to S.M. Muniruzzaman, police chief of the Gaibandha district where the arrests were made in separate raids Wednesday and Thursday.
He said the suspects are members of the Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh group, which has been blamed for bombings in Bangladesh in recent years.
Muniruzzaman said all three confessed that they are linked with the banned group.
"They have given some other names, we are trying to arrest them too," he said.
Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh has been blamed for more than 400 small bombs that exploded across Bangladesh on one day in 2005, killing two people and wounding dozens. Since then, the militants are believed to have killed another 24 people and wounded dozens.
The group wants to establish Islamic rule in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of 150 million people that is ruled by secular laws....
"Officials seized at least 50 casings of grenades, explosives, batteries and books on jihad"
- So I take it they seized the Qur'an then ;)
What is this about "secular laws"??
Bangladesh is officially an Islamic country. They even amended their Constitution (in 1977) to remove "secularism" from the "Fundamental Principles of State Policy".
And here are the details of how a supposedly "secular law" has really worked in practice.
Wake up! Bangladesh is as much of a basket case as Pakistan.
Pravasi
Quite right - they were 'secular' for just 6 years. Should be an eye-opener to those who think that if Pakistan is disintegrated, any of the breakaway states, such as Sind, would be secular. Like Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Iraq, they'll simply be that many more Islamic states.
Time for India to invade Bangladesh and re-run 1971, but this time, targeting only Muslims. Let them flee to Pakistan or Saudi Arabia. There are enough problems in the surrounding Indian states to justify that.
"They have given some other names, we are trying to arrest them too"
Gee I wonder if they read them their rights - maybe habeas corpus privileges like the Gito detainees get? You don't think they would have, gasp!, water-boarded these guys just to save innocent lives!? We're so fortunate that our Obama is more enlightened.
"You got jihad books in my explosives!"
"You got explosives in my jihad books!"
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Thank you Marisol--now I'll never be able to think about Reese's peanut butter cups without thinking about this.
The unfortunate thing is that all too many Muslims think that "Jihad books" and "explosives" are "two great tastes that taste great together."
In fact, they are just updated versions of the Qur'an and the sword--what could be more Islamic?