Avenging the book with his shoes
“He talked incessantly about the subject.” He must have been a charming dinner companion.
"Bush attacker ‘incensed by bullet-riddled Koran,’" by Marie Colvin and Ali Rifat for the Times, December 21 (thanks to Weasel Zippers):
THE young Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W Bush had been incensed by a story he covered about an American soldier who used a copy of the Koran for target practice, according to his family.Muntathar al-Zaydi, 28, who became an overnight hero in the Arab world, worked as a reporter for the popular al-Baghdadiya satellite TV station.
In May he was sent to report on an incident in Radwaniyah, west of Baghdad, in which Islam’s holy book was found riddled with bullets from an American sniper.
“He talked incessantly about the subject,” recalled his elder brother Uday. It was one of a number of assignments that appear to have radicalised Zaydi during his brief journalistic career. [...]
Damn, these Korans sure do get around, don't they?
Whenever there's a firefight, somehow a Koran magically shows up to get hit.
Wherever Muslims are in detention, somehow a Koran magically gets tossed into the toilet. Maybe they ought to make them waterproof, since they always somehow end up there.
When some little old Muslim lady gets clipped by a car while crossing the street, you know that even if she survives, her Koran will have made the ultimate sacrifice in absorbing the impact.
Pretty soon there's going to have to be a product disclaimer: "No Korans were harmed in the making of this product"
Maybe the next President is going to wear a Koran under his vest. Because you know if an assassin takes a shot at him, somehow that Koran is going to get itself in the way. Gives new meaning to the idea of a Hole-y book.
I would be impressed by the show thrower if he did it to Saddam when he was in power or to one the Iranian leaders but all this does is show that in a democracy we have freedom of expression - he should thank Bush for allowing him to express himself.
Excuses, excuses, excuses. When are the media going to "wake up" and see this is all smoke and mirrors to the real problem? Radical Islam! Or better yet to the whole of Islam itself. This is just another ploy to get sympathy from the Liberal Democrats and their supporters to wind up giving our rights away.
If you were there in the Middle East and someone (not a Muslim of course, they would never do anything thing like this, snicker) but used a Bible for target practice nothing would be even thought about it, it is just a book,of no importance.
That book seems to carry a curse. Now, how do we get rid of cursed books..?
hmmmm, he has had several friends killed by Muslims, he has had family members killed by Muslims, and he himself was held captive for a while by Muslims...all of whom hold the Qur'an in high esteem and he complains about a report that one was used as target practice...No wonder Muslims are beginning to be seen as useless...
Mohammed's sexual molestation of Aisha at age 9, when the louse-ridden pirate himself was 52, has certainly never outraged the shoe-thrower.
Mohammed's beheading of the Quraiza Jews has certainly never outraged Mr al-Zaydi; on the contrary, it must have made him lust for doing something like that himself.
The murder of about 3000 Americans on 9/11 has certainly never outraged him either. The same can be said about female genital mutilation, the hanging of homosexuals, and the persecution that Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Zoroastrians and Jews have been victims of at the hands of muslims throughout the ages; the same kind of persecution suffered by Buddhists in Southern Thailand these days; by Hindus in Pakistan, Bangladesh and in muslim-majority states in India; by Coptic Christians in Egypt and by any non-muslims in predominantly islamic countries.
No, such facts could never outrage Mr al-Zaydi. But when it comes to the trashing of the book that provides the ideological basis for all the atrocities committed by his co-religionists, then there's finally something that can outrage that vile swine. Even when we know that only by thoroughly rejecting that very book could all the atrocities that never outrage him finally be stripped of their supposedly divine blessings.
Please read Dr Walid Phares' take on the matter that he coins "a Jihad of the Shoe" here:
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2074/pub_detail.asp
(via Melanie Phillips)
Excellent.
i think that bush deserved the shoe
as an indian actholic i respect the Koran
I know a lot of non-muslims who want to throw a show at Bush.
Sad thing is that, not even Americans can get that close to him. How is it that Iraqis can get closer than Americans and why is that?
Ikadvaniisafanatic (phew):
Why?
Why did Bush deserve the shoe?
(What did Saddam deserve?)
Why, as an Indian Catholic, do you respect the Koran?
This is typical, muslim outrage over inconsequential things towards unconnected innocent third parties.
as Maxwell SMart would say "it the old bullet in the koran" storyline that gets those pesky muslims crabby. how many times can we expect to be surprised at this storyline. like Mel said above, l would be more impressed if he would of did that to Saddam, problem is he would be not be alive for that the 2nd shoe trick. funny thing about freedom and democracy eh.
Muntathar al-Zaydi is a heel and he has no sole.
He is an arch idiot not a hero.
So let me get this straight; he threw a shoe at Saddam because of a 'bullet ridden' Qur'an?
Talk about getting your priorities right! I would have understood(although not agreed as we removed Saddam) if he'd done it because of loss of family members, friends, Iraq descending into chaos etc etc....
The ironic part is that the Koran IS full of holes. Contradictions abound throughout the book. So poorly written that it is organized by the size of the phrases. On top of it all, confusion is rampant with all of the various interpretations. Many who appear to have the most clear understanding are the worst of the terrorists.
The final word of GOD? I would have thought that GOD would have been able to produce sound work that is more expressive of human nature, not so concerned with repression of it.
I am struck by the fact that nobody has even bothered to mention the most significant aspect of this incident. President Bush's awesome reflexes and obvious readiness for a SSJS attack....Sudden Shoe Jihad Syndrome attack. His ducking skills here are formidable. They demand respect and are a sign of true greatness. Only true leaders have the ability to duck from oncoming projectiles with such speed.It is a shame that George is only now demonstrating his worthiness and masterful coolness in the face of evil.
In the meantime, allow me to nominate and support that other great warrior and loyal American, Chuck Norris, for President in 2012.
The shoe thrower got worked up about that book, eh? When he threw those shoes he was said to be babbling about widows and orphans. Second thoughts maybe, considering that ol' PBUH himself had a lot to do with widows and orphans. I hope comic readers won't get worked up (throwin' shoes an' all) but many a times Ol' Mo and his allah remind me of Calvin and Hobbes - a nastier Calvin BTW.
lkadvaniisafanatic: modiisafanatic would have been a shorter name, he's a pet hate object of Muslims too. If you're really an Indian Catholic, then you've obviously not read the Koran. But if you are what I think you really are, then you know that book only too well. Welcome to JW.
Given the general level of lunacy contained in the Qur'an.........
"The ironic part is that the Koran IS full of holes. Contradictions abound throughout the book. So poorly written that it is organized by the size of the phrases. On top of it all, confusion is rampant with all of the various interpretations. Many who appear to have the most clear understanding are the worst of the terrorists.
The final word of GOD? I would have thought that GOD would have been able to produce sound work that is more expressive of human nature, not so concerned with repression of it.
Posted by: joe-six-pack at December 21, 2008 8:30 AM"
Couldn't have said it better myself, joe..................
"I know a lot of non-muslims who want to throw a show at Bush."
Posted by: islamfactor.org
Maybe this incident could serve as the basis for a new system for rating the spoutings of prominent politicians, sort of like the Siskel-Ebert "thumbs-up" ratings. Really major lies or stupidities would be rated a "two-shoe" remark; no-so-major ones would rate only one shoe; and minor ones just an old sock.
I can just imagine the reviewers after a policy speech by SOS Hilary:
reviewer #1: "Well, what do you think?"; reviewer #2: "I'd have to give it one shoe, how about you?";
reviewer #1: "I didn't think it as bad as her usual, I'd give it an old sock."
i think that bush deserved the shoe
as an indian actholic i respect the Koran
Posted by: lkadvaniisafanatic
PG and Hedgehogg, I read that as a typo for "alcoholic", not "catholic", which seems to give it an element of sarcasm.
How will the press react if anyone throws a shoe at Obama?
The final word of GOD? I would have thought that GOD would have been able to produce sound work that is more expressive of human nature, not so concerned with repression of it.
Posted by: joe-six-pack at December 21, 2008 8:30 AM"
Given how many times God changed his mind when he dictated the koran to Mohammed, how can Muslims call this book final?
Is Islam about peace or war?
Is it real or is it memorex?
ikadvaniisafanatic
If Bush deserved a shoe...you certainly deserve the koran..enjoy.
Bah! I wish Bush would've gotten hit! Where the hell was the security screening? And why wasn't that guy arrested and taken to Guantanamo?
Isn't Iraq just an annexed state by now? Here in San Diego I see more and more Iraqi muslims being stealthily imported because they "rat" out events in Iraq to U.S. intelligence. I work in a field where I see the "benefits" they get. Free housing, free medical, free money, complete educations, etc. etc.. All that and NO accountability. They could be jihadists after all.
After we annex Iraq, "they" would have no opportunity to whine about how unfair the States is to them as immigrants. What we need to do is export all muslims to Iraq and deport all non-muslims to the U.S. They could build their own paradise and show us all just how wrong we are. lol.
After all, they'll only self-implode, just as they are in every despotic country they rule.
Liberals don't mind the flag being burned.
The Koran, being a plagiarized mishmash of Torah misunderstandings, gnostic heresies and Arab folklore, heftily larded with Mohammad's petty viciousness and revenge fantasies, projected onto his deity "Allah", along with some bad "science" and rank misogyny, deserves more than a few stray bullet holes.
It deserves to be reamed with serious historical exegesis until it vanishes from the Earth as an embarrassment to all thinking, caring beings.
Profitsbeard, where are the gnostic heresies in the Koran? Gnosticism is intellectual, soulful, and spiritual, regardless of your opinion on it. The Koran is nothing but worldliness. Bodily functions and murder, essentially. Unless, that is, you count jinns and satans as "spiritual," but they're just superstitious craziness. Nothing in the Koran broaches the level of the teachings of Mary of Magdalene or Thomas.
The shoe-throwing bastard got his ass kicked in prison: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/21/iraq-journalist-shoe
hehehe
jdamn-
There were more gnostic aspects to the ancient world than are found in the Nag Hammadi texts.
The idea that Jesus was mortal, that he was replaced with a "doppelganger" and thus was not crucified, etc., are all aspects of some of the many gnostic strains that were extant in Arabia at the time of Mohammad, and which he borrowed.
Pelagianism, Arianism, Ophism, et al. influenced his conceptual confusion.
(The "Gospel of Thomas", etc., was likely long forgotten under the sands by them time Mo was babbling his revelations.)
Jdamn thanks for the link! That was a fun read!
Profitsbeard, I totally get what you're saying. As far as the gnostic writings go, well mohamed had nothing better to do than learn to read in his first marriage with Khadija (15 years older than him too, what an opportunist!) She was the golden calf for him when he married her, wealthy and disposed to maintaining him! The misogynist,narcisstic and illiterate mohamed obviously took everything available to him and made a complete mish-mash!
He couldn't even come up with an original name for his angel, Gabriel, whom he claimed delivered the koran. Poor Gabriel, so maligned for centuries now! Imagine how conflicted Gabriel is, bringing Word to Jews first and then Christians and finally, supposedly, to muslims(who stand against the chosen ones and the anointed ones.) That telling lie, the name Gabriel, is just the first of many that mohamed dealt out... It's funny, but sad too....
i think that bush deserved the shoe
as an indian actholic i respect the Koran
Posted by: lkadvaniisafanatic at December 21, 2008 5:32 AM
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I think you deserve a shoe in your mouth. Make that two.
jdamn, I like the bit in the end where his parents worry they will have to fight against the shoe-thrower becoming a martyr. Is even this kind of thing a road to martyrdom for Muslims? Good grief!
Abad-
Yeah, I got to thinking about shoes in the White House myself. Is the White House now going to be a "mosque" where one has to take one's shoes off so they don't throw those cursed shoes at the president? Will all reporters have to take their shoes off a la islam? Is this yet another hidden islamicization of political correctness? Oh, I know, it's a conspiracy so that we do islamicize the White House, here's hoping Obama catches it (the shoe falling)! lol....
'i think that bush deserved the shoe'
Bush never deserved the shoe. Not by the shoe thrower anyway; the shoe kicker perhaps, but not the shoe thrower.
Another fine example of the fair and balanced Arab journalist.
Look for this guy to start making reports and writting columns for top $ with outfits like the BBC,AL-Jazzera, and CNN.
So he decides to throw a shoe at Bush.
I am totally behind Bush on this one -
A bullet-riddled Koran - what happens to all the Bibles confiscated in places like Saudi Arabia.
It is not that this trusted reporter - violated this trust by throwing his shoes at a foreign leader -
Now his family wishes to stir up anti-western feeling to back his actions - as if this will somehow lessen his punishment.
This man didn't just throw his shoes - he threw out his career - and his freedom.
At least they can't say Westerners had anything to do with his punishment.