Responding to the apology just as I predicted they would: with contempt for its weakness and a renewed aggressiveness. "Taliban's Response to Obama's Apology: 'Kill Them, Beat Them, Take Them as Prisoners,'" by Patrick Goodenough for CNS News, February 24 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
(CNSNews.com) – In the wake of President Barack Obama sending a three-page letter to Afghan President Hamid Kharzai, apologizing for U.S. forces having mistakenly burned some Qur'ans at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan, the Taliban is calling on Muslims to kill Americans or beat them and take them as prisoners.The call for violence against U.S. troops in Afghanistan came as Muslims in South Asia and elsewhere prepared for Friday prayers--a potentially volatile time.
Islamist groups in Pakistan, meanwhile, drummed up protests against the burning of the Qur’ans, with some leaders appealing for jihad against the United States.
Echoing incendiary calls by the Taliban for Muslims to react violently to the mishandling of the religious texts, militant leaders charged that the incident was a deliberate plot against Muslims.
Two U.S. troops and at least seven Afghans have been killed in three days of rioting in Afghanistan.
“We should not be satisfied with mere protests and empty slogans but the military bases of the invaders, their military convoys and their troops should become a target of our courageous attacks,” spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement directed to Taliban fighters and the “zealous and faithful people of Afghanistan.”
“Kill them, beat them, take them as prisoners and teach them such a lesson that they never summon the courage to abuse the Holy Qur’an again,” he said....
While President Hamid Karzai and Afghan government officials called for calm and encouraged provincial and religious leaders to do likewise, there was no comparable appeal from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a bloc of the world’s Muslim nations.
OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu issued a statement condemning the Qur’an incident but saying nothing about the deadly reaction or the various groups’ calls for violence.
The OIC said Ihsanoglu described the incident at the Bagram military base as “a deplorable act of incitement and called on the concerned authorities to take swift and appropriate disciplinary action against those responsible.”
In other words, when Muslims react with irrational violence, it's the non-Muslims' fault, but if the non-Muslims adopt Sharia provisions in the future, all will be well:
“The OIC secretary-general said that the act was contrary to the the common efforts of the OIC and that of the international community including the United States government, to combat intolerance, and incitement to hatred based on religion and belief,” the statement said.It said Ihsanoglu welcomed the apologies from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander Gen. John Allen and their assurances that the incident would be investigated and not be allowed to happen again.
The independent Daily Outlook Afghanistan reports that the Afghanistan Ulema Council, a body of top religious scholars, declared in a statement that apologies were not sufficient, and that “those behind the tragic incident must be punished and sent to jail.”
One militant cleric had a more dire fate in mind for those responsible. “Several times the foreign troops have desecrated the sacred book and then got away with mere apologies,” Maulvi Nasrullah told the Pajhwok Afghan News service, demanding that the culprits be sentenced to death....
In the Pakistani city of Quetta, the pro-Taliban Islamist group Jamiat-ul Ulema-e-Islam organized a rally Thursday which police said drew some 500 people.
“The burning of Qur’ans is a conspiracy to hurt the feelings of Muslims,” radical cleric Fazal Muhammad told the protestors. He urged Muslims to wage jihad against the U.S. “so they don’t even dare invading any other Muslim country in future,” the Karachi-based daily Dawn reported....
In other reaction to this week’s incident at Bagram, the Lebanese Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah said “the action of the foreign troops is a new crime that reveals U.S.-Zionist desecration of Islamic sanctities and ridicules the feelings of more than one billion Muslims.”
And there is all this talk of adopting Islamic law as good - here in the west. Only the 'racists' would be against this type of law!!
From the top to the bottom - they are all calling for the same thing - that Islamic law should extend to non-Muslims.
What we are doing is rewarding their bad behavior. When they riot and kill people - instead of condemning it - we are apologizing. Showing them that they are in control.
And if we keep going like this they will be. And we will have to then, 'understand' that!!
There is no moderate Islam - there is just Islam.
In other reaction to this week’s incident at Bagram, the Lebanese Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah said “the action of the foreign troops is a new crime that reveals U.S.-Zionist desecration of Islamic sanctities and ridicules the feelings of more than one billion Muslims.”
I wondered how long it would take before it became a Zionist plot.
And I suppose the feelings of 6 billion non muslims count for nothing?
Two more NATO soldiers killed by our Afghan "allies", this time American officers. Just get out of the that hellhole now NATO.
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=afghanistan&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDEQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-17163322&ei=9_FIT7rwMqWtiAfq6Mi4Dg&usg=AFQjCNFLm5S-dzXdDx6mx7iIVR_9omybvg
Dear President Barrack Obama,
I see that action is taken, as well as sanctioned and condoned, for one burning of the Quran and folks are to be punished as there are hurt feelings.
The radical Muslims in NYC who burn the American flag during their repeadted rallies and chant "Death to America! Islam will soon rule" is offensive to me and hurts my feelings. I would like an investigation conducted and punishment rendered.
Thanks!!
Man, we have GOT to find a candidate to replace Obama. I dont think we can survive another 4 years of appeasing to the bullies and terrorists.
BHO has got to go. Gingrich is the man for the job.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/newt-gingrich-rips-president-obama-apology-afghanistan-hamid-karzai-koran-burnings-article-1.1027945?localLinksEnabled=false
Note the photo of the Obama black dog effigy. And to think BHO sees himself as one of them.
Gingrich probably won't be the republican candidate, but if he got elected he sure wouldn't be afraid to straighten out the muslim world.
QUICK, PRESIDENT OBAMA! SEND THEM A FEW BILLION MORE TAX DOLLARS. THAT MIGHT MAKE THEM STOP THE VIOLENCE. IT'S NOT YOUR MONEY AND THE WHOLE WORLD ALREADY KNOWS WHAT A COWARD YOU ARE. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE?
"THE WHOLE WORLD ALREADY KNOWS WHAT A COWARD YOU ARE. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE?"
Sadly, he might even get re-elected, as much as I hope he does not.
As much as the MSM (or Lame Stream Media) continues to paint a PC version of the news, a significant portion of Americans will never be aware of what's going on behind the scenes, such as why Obama prefers to buy oil from frenemies such as the Saudis instead of our neighbor Canada, or why he continues to side with muslim interests instead our own nation.
I own a Qur'an, it's my book, I bought and paid for it.
Now let me state, "I Do Not Believe In Book Burnings!!" But that said, I have a right to dispose of MY property as I see fit.
It's called "Freedom" and sometimes I don't like the way people in this country excerise there "Freedoms".
Right now, I want to burn "MY" Qur'an and send a message to all muslims that their actions of, destruction and murder are unacceptable! That FREE people both muslim and non-muslim have the same rights! I consider myself to be an intelligent, tolerant, free person; and I will not allow my rights... freedoms to be taken away or destroyed.
Also, I don't want to burn my Qur'an because I use my Qur'an to help Muslims see the True light of Jesus and the true Jesus". So, I have used my Qur'an and studied this book! I didn't waste time high-lighting the important passages in the Qur'an to throw it out.
To any American Muslims out there, if it offends you that I have this right... this freedom, TOUGH! My advise to you is to remove yourself from the "offence of FREEDOM". Go where Sharia Law gives you peace of mind and you can worship allah the way you believe he wants you to; you obviously do not belong in a "Free" society. I don't care if Islam is more than a religion, that it's also your culture. As I look at it, Muslims routinely trash and burn, other non-muslims cultures, Bibles, Holy Books, place of worship and American flags. They murder innocent people in the name of their "blood lust Justice".
As to the incident of the accidential burning of the Qur'ans
our American Military personel have the right to defend and secure the "SAFETY" of those military personel and the American people who love freedom.
I dont care that the Qur'ans were burnt; they were being used in a covert coded way by home grown Afghan terrorist detainees. The military has the right to search, seize and destroy any and all such information as they see fit; to keep it from the enemy.
As for our military high muckey mucks, our Congress, liberal left and President Obama, your apology shamed the free loving American people. Mr. President you bowed to the lowest point on the day you gave that apology! You gave a free pass to President Karzai and Afghan military forces to "MURDER" our military men. You sir, need to be IMPEACHED
“Kill them, beat them, take them as prisoners and teach them such a lesson that they never summon the courage to abuse the Holy Qur’an again,” he said....
"Interfaith dialogue" anyone? ... Anyone?... Hello?... Hello?
"Taliban's response to Obama's apology: "Kill them, beat them, take them as prisoners and teach them such a lesson that they never summon the courage to abuse the Holy Qur’an again""
In other words, their response is to paraphrase that burnt book's final policy toward non-Muslims. The policy applies no matter what non-Muslims are doing, unless they convert to Islam. The Taliban ("students") are merely using this occasion as a teaching moment for the Muslim masses worldwide. Some will respond by engaging in military jihad, others will do what they can by way of propaganda jihad against the infidels.
Of course they would. As I said before, burning the Qur'an is an excuse to kill Americans. Their Caliph Uthman already burned millions of copies of the Qur'an, also the Qur'an is held up as "Mushaf" and not as the real Qur'an which makes it WORTHLESS.
Here's the full written statement: http://shahamat-english.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15293:statement-of-islamic-emirate-regarding-the-demonstrations-of-the-afghan-mujahid-nation-in-reaction-to-the-desecration-of-the-holy-quran-by-the-american-invaders&catid=4:statements&Itemid=4
"Statement of Islamic Emirate regarding the demonstrations of the Afghan Mujahid nation in reaction to the desecration of the Holy Quran by the American invaders
Last Tuesday night, the American invaders continued their barbaric acts and once again raised their hands in blasphemy against the sacred book of the Muslims (Holy Quran) by disrespectfully throwing hundreds of its blessed copies into the fire in Bagram military base. The zealous and faithful people of Afghanistan, in defense of their sacred book and in response to the savage actions of the American crusaders took to the streets and have held heated protests throughout the country against the American occupiers for the past 2 days during which tens of them have been martyred.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, despite condemning the American perpetrators of this unforgiving crime in an official statement on the initial day, it once again deems the ruthless martyring of the defenseless protestors by the barbaric Americans and their despicable backers as inhumane, unethical and an unjustifiable action, against which it gives its Mujahideen and its honored nation the following guidance:
As the repeated desecration and burning of the Holy Quran of the Muslims at the hands of the Crusaders is the natural and deliberate act of these infidels, then as part of our defense of our sacred book, we should not be satisfied with mere protests and empty slogans but the military bases of the invaders, their military convoys and their troops should become a target of our courageous attacks. Kill them, beat them, take them as prisoners and teach them such a lesson that they never summon the courage to abuse the Holy Quran again.
The infidel American officials want to cool down the feelings of the Muslims in reaction to this reprehensible act with mere dramatic apology but in reality, give free hand to its barbaric soldiers to continue with their savagery. The Muslim Afghan nation must not be deceived by their superficial apologies and must continue seeking revenge until punishment is dished out with your hands to the perpetrators of this heinous crime for their despicable transgression.
That the protection of the blood and wealth of every Muslim is the duty of all Muslims according to Shariah and transgression against it is absolutely prohibited therefore the target of revenge of the protestors should only be the American occupiers, their facilities and properties and not those of the ordinary people.
The despicable backers of the invaders who have turned a blind eye towards the unforgiving crime of the infidels due to their cowardice and as defense of them, are halting the march of the protestors then they should be prosecuted for their actions before the Americans.
As the Holy Quran is the sacred book of all the entire Ummah therefore the Islamic Emirate calls on all the Muslims of the world, their governments and people, religious officials of the two sacred mosques and the religious centers of Darul Uloom Deoband and Al Azhar, as part of their religious obligation and fervor to take a united stand against the desecration of our common book by the American aggressors. Condemn their unforgivable crime both practically and verbally and back the legitimate struggle of the Muslim Afghans against them.
Wasalam
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan"
Here's a video from BBC News showing some of the violent protestors over the koran in Afghanistan ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17152705
And all this over a man who may never have existed.
Check out:
"Video where Abbé Pages,French Catholic priest,says the Technical Reasons why for him Muhammad is a Myth"
http://www.antisharia.com/2012/02/26/video-where-abbe-pagesfrench-catholic-priestsays-the-technical-reasons-why-for-him-muhammad-is-a-myth/
AND ALSO
"Sinan,the Greatest Architect of all Time of the Ottoman Empire,was a Christian who at 21 was Forced to become a Muslim"
http://www.antisharia.com/2011/08/18/sinanthe-greatest-architect-of-all-time-of-the-ottoman-empirewas-a-christian-who-at-21-was-forced-to-become-a-muslim/
Did I miss something? Is there a world-wide shortage of Qur'ans? Are they down to their last couple of copies?
Taliban's response to Obama's apology: "Kill them, beat them, take them as prisoners and teach them such a lesson that they never summon the courage to abuse the Holy Qur’an again"
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Does the cadence of this screed sound familiar? It should.
Here's Qur'an Sura 9:5:
"Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them captive, and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush."
This is also known as the "Sura of the Sword".
More:
The call for violence against U.S. troops in Afghanistan came as Muslims in South Asia and elsewhere prepared for Friday prayers--a potentially volatile time.
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*Why* is this a "potentially volatile time"? Sunday after church in the West tends to be quite peaceful—and often involves the family going out to brunch, to see a ballgame, or to take in a matinee.
Getting up murderous mobs is seldom on the schedule...sarc/off
More:
The OIC said Ihsanoglu described the incident at the Bagram military base as “a deplorable act of incitement and called on the concerned authorities to take swift and appropriate disciplinary action against those responsible.”
The independent Daily Outlook Afghanistan reports that the Afghanistan Ulema Council, a body of top religious scholars, declared in a statement that apologies were not sufficient, and that “those behind the tragic incident must be punished and sent to jail.”
One militant cleric had a more dire fate in mind for those responsible. “Several times the foreign troops have desecrated the sacred book and then got away with mere apologies,” Maulvi Nasrullah told the Pajhwok Afghan News service, demanding that the culprits be sentenced to death...
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Progressively more unhinged, but they all agree: free Westerners should impose Shari'ah norms on their own people.
Our word to them should be "NUTS".
Good catch on the Quran echo.
I didn't pick up on that one.
I must confess that when *I* read the Taliban mobster's hysterical tirade - 'kill them, beat them, take them as prisoners and teach them such a lesson...!" I was rather reminded of the Head Goblin, or Orc, in a scene in Tolkien's "The Hobbit".
Here is the relevant passage, from chapter 4, Over Hill and Under Hill - 'Murderers and elf-friends!' the Great Goblin shouted (note: translated into Islamspeak from Orctalk the equivalent of 'elf-friends' would probably be 'Zionists!') "Slash them! Beat them! Bite them! Gnash them! Take them away to dark holes full of snakes and never let them see the light again!" He was in such a rage that he jumped off his seat and himself rushed at Thorin with his mouth open...".
Gee, looks and sounds just like your average Islamic Rage Boy...perhaps like that Islamic cleric in one of MEMRI's unforgettable clips, who had worked himself into a gibbering fit of uncontrollable rage, and looked almost as though he was about to simply explode on the spot.
The more I see of the doings and sayings of the Ummah, the more I get the suspicion that that Catholic medievalist, J R R Tolkien, may have drawn more than a little upon his knowledge of Christendom's long, long struggle against the annihilating force of darkness that spewed out of Arabia or the neighbourhood thereof, in the 7th century. Certainly his Orcs become quite believable after one has found out about the habitual behaviour of many, many Mohammedans.