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February 7, 2007

UK Muslim school tries to explain away hateful Saudi textbooks

LGF (thanks to Kamala) has video of the director of the King Fahad Academy spinning furiously to try to explain away Saudi textbooks calling Jews and Christians "apes and pigs."

"They have to be read in Arabic to be understood properly." She would have us believe that Arabic is the only language in which there exist concepts that cannot be rendered in any other language. Then when the interviewer asks her how she would translate the passages if they were mistranslated, and she reverted to saying they were -- you guessed it -- "taken out of context."

She also refuses to withdraw the books from the school.

Posted by Robert at February 7, 2007 3:48 AM
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Ib wonder if this is in the school books

Narrated Abu 'Amir or Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari:that he heard the Prophet saying, "From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful. And there will be some people who will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection."

http://illustratedpig.blogspot.com/2007/01/sick-7163-167_23.html

Posted by: shiva [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 4:34 AM

Al-Maidah 5.60

Say: "Shall I point out to you something much worse than this, (as judged) by the treatment it received from Allah? Those who incurred the curse of Allah and His wrath, those of whom some He transformed into apes and swine, those who worshipped Evil, these are (many times) worse in rank, and far more astray from the even Path!"

WELL SOME JEWS WHERE AFFECTED BY ALLAH,S CURSE

Neturei Karta (Aramaic: נטורי קרתא "Guardians of the City") is a tiny group of Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Jews who reject all forms of Zionism and actively oppose the existence of the State of Israel.

http://illustratedpig.blogspot.com/2007/01/sick-560.html

Posted by: shiva [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 4:50 AM

Al Waqi'a 58-61

[58]
Do ye then see? The (human Seed) that ye throw out,

[59]
Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators?

[60]
We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated.

[61]
From changing your Forms and creating you (again) in (Forms) that ye know not.

ISLAM verus EVOLUTION

Can u spot the infidel?

http://illustratedpig.blogspot.com/2007/02/sick-al-waqia-58-61.html

Posted by: shiva [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 4:57 AM

She also refuses to withdraw the books from the school.

It should not be at her discretion...shut it down
anyway.

Posted by: aladdinsane57 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 4:59 AM

"They have to be read in Arabic to be understood properly." She would have us believe that Arabic is the only language in which there exist concepts that cannot be rendered in any other language.

then what are they doing here in the west?

They shall go! - The sooner the better.

Posted by: Arnie [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 5:50 AM

Read the eviction notice, it must be read in English to be understood properly....

Posted by: exsgtbrown [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 6:22 AM

Even Islam can be depicted as Apes and Pigs ! Words of hate can be used on children, but they certainly can't be used on adults. When your children see you've taught them hate instead of love, they will turn and kill you; it's that simple. The world of life is not about hate, it's about love.

This devision happend here in the U.S., during the sixties, you can see why the U.S. is the way it is today. You hate; you die. You love; you live.

Posted by: Jeff [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 7:16 AM

I saw this.
the usual bull****
Out of context,,etc etc,,,
Only a speaker of arabic could understand, even though it had been translated by 2 arabic scholars.

I want to know if these kids that use the book are trained in how to read things "in context" .
(it will not be removed from the schools).

I bet most of them have English as their first language so how would they interpret any of these books?

They are not going to be withdrawn so the kids can read bits of them any time. Where will that lead?

There must be a book out somewhere or a website that gives muslims all the "stock" answers for when being interviewed by the media.

Pathetic! SOWDI mind control at its best.

Posted by: Gramfan [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 7:23 AM

The SOWdis export hate around the world using the West's oil dollars to build schools and mosques.
It's amazing how few Americans understand this organized campaign by one of our greatest enemies.
These hardcore Mohammadans sure are shifty aren't they?

Posted by: HawkWatcher [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 7:43 AM

If it was the reverse and a Christian school was using obviously racists books there would be a huge outcry - why are we , the majority standing for this - is it just cowardice - the school should obviously be closed and any others with the same kind of literature

Posted by: johnmac [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 8:28 AM

there needs to be a collective movement among the Brits to take down these schools and mosques. Vote BNP and it will be done.

Posted by: ZenaWarriorPrincess [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 8:41 AM

I don't understand why Christian and Jewish Londoners don't take to the streets in protest.

Why don't they do that???

Posted by: darcy [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 8:57 AM

I am so sick and tired of this crap about how the texts "must be read in pure Arabic" to be correctly understood. Do I have to speak ancient Latin to understand Tacitus? Or Aramaic to udnerstand the Bible? Or ancient Greek to read Plato? This is insane! It is nothing more than the sick, perverted racism of the warped Arab mind and that's all! It is their racist belief that the worthless, murdering, robbing, raping, butchering desert tribes of Arabia are the salt of humanity and all other races and people are inferior. All her "explanation" does is to offend and outrage me more. She is simply saying that we are too stupid to understand the cause and effect of Islam that is taking place in front of our very eyes!

Posted by: A.I. Steamroller [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 9:27 AM

If these concepts have to be read in Arabic to be understood properly, what about all the tens of millions of Muslims who don't read Arabic? Did Mohammed Ali know how to read Arabic? Does Keith Ellison know how to read Arabic? Do all the Muslims in Indonesia read Arabic? If not, does that mean they will never properly understand Islam?

Posted by: Steven L. [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 9:37 AM

HawkWatcher writes:

"The SOWdis export hate around the world using the West's oil dollars to build schools and mosques.
It's amazing how few Americans understand this organized campaign by one of our greatest enemies."

They refuse to understand it, because of what it implies: That the age of cheap imported oil must end, which impinges on Americans' love affair with the oversized automobile, which is deeply embedded in American culture. It's like asking the French to give up wine.

Political conservatives, such as those from the Republican Party, who frequent blogs like LittleGreenFootballs and Jihad Watch, believe three things, all of which are mutually contradictory:

1. Islamic radicalism is a deadly threat to the West, and must be opposed by all means available to us. The Islamic law of sharia is basically incompatible with Western concepts of democracy.

2. The West should continue to import oil from the Middle East as always, unless and until the free market comes up with alternatives in its own good time. The government should do nothing to alter or accelerate this process because that would be socialism and restraint of free trade.

3. We strongly support Bush's attempts to bring democracy to Iraq, because that's the best way to fight Islamic radicalism.

As soon as you try to point out to conservatives the contradictions inherent in these three propositions which they claim to believe, they either refuse to listen to you, change the subject, get angry, or slink away.


Posted by: Steven L. [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 9:54 AM

I'm beginning to get a strong impression that there is also a textbook studied by Muslims on how to refute the charges that where so ably politely leveled by the moderator toward this Islamic school administrator on this program. Time and time again you hear and see the same excuses given to defend Islamic text ,speeches,the Quran, Etc. "It is taken out of context, or it is a different interpretation when in Arabic";

I vividly recall the video showing the same excuses being thrown out at Dr. Wafi Sultan by a Sheike who told her that she was not interpretating what was said correctly because it was not in Arabic. To which Dr. Sultan reminded quite forcefully that more than 85Pct. of the worlds Muslims do not speak Arabic.

Posted by: Mackie [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 10:01 AM

"is it just cowardice"

I think its a sort of communist thinking that plagues europe.

They want everyone to be equal and are terrified at the prospect of christianity actually being superior to islam.

Its not that there scared of islam, there scared that islam is inferior to anything else because that would fly in the face of there utopian ideology.

Posted by: BlowHammed [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 10:10 AM

Just reminding you that it's Dr. Wafa Sultan. I'm so looking forward to her book!

Posted by: darcy [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 10:11 AM

Great interview. Its heartening to see someone from the British media finally taking muslims to task for their blatant intolerance rather than acting so defensively about the usual muslim allegation of British intolerance. Just loved the look of utter disgust on the face of the lady reporter who clearly recognized the BS that the Islamic school spokeswoman was uttering.

Posted by: Razdan [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 11:35 AM

Islam thrives on the manipulation of language. Same as the Left. Aside from violence and deception, it has got to be the #3 tool of Islam.

Posted by: Report [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 11:58 AM

You should visit London's "The Guardian" newspaper sometime and read comments from utterly disgusted Christian Londoners concerning the Muslims in their Midst. They are DISGUSTED!

I just posted on a propagandistic column by one "Soumaya Ghannoushi" and many others have as well. Go read the over 150 DISGUSTED comments. Mine is asking the Christians and Jews of London WHEN are they going to take ACTION against this constant Muslim BS they have to live daily. WHEN???

I read that Ghannoushi is the daughter of one Rashid Ghannoushi, president of the Muslim Brotherhood in Tunisia.

Posted by: darcy [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 12:02 PM

If the BNP doesn't turn its back on the other Asians (Indian Hindus and Sikhs), the Chinese, the Jews, the Afro-Caribs, and the Jews, then if I were British, I would vote for them. As an American, I envy you Brits. At least you have a party that promises to stand up to those jihadists. Us Americans have no one. Two dumbass parties have a monopoly on politics here.

Posted by: wrathofasma [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 12:13 PM

There's a story on the news that the school is now offering to tear out the 'offending chapters'.

Going to end up quite a slim volume, then ...

WSW

Posted by: Wild Slutty Womens [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 1:01 PM

Well apparently I was wrong. There is a third option popping up that is far worse than the BNP. Here's the link:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/06/klan.report.ap/index.html

Saner minds must prevail if we don't want a Turner Diaries style bloodbath.

Posted by: wrathofasma [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 3:19 PM

"Well apparently I was wrong. There is a third option popping up that is far worse than the BNP. Here's the link:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/06/klan.report.ap/index.html

Saner minds must prevail if we don't want a Turner Diaries style bloodbath."
Posted by: wrathofasma

I think this is typical MSM shenanigans. Trying to tar all islamophobes, libertarians, freethinkers/ people with the slightest apprehension about uncontrolled mass immigration with the same brush.

Yes we are all klansmen or at least closet ones that post here!

Posted by: hierophant [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 6:23 PM

"They have to be read in Arabic to be understood properly." She would have us believe that Arabic is the only language in which there exist concepts that cannot be rendered in any other language. Then when the interviewer asks her how she would translate the passages if they were mistranslated, and she reverted to saying they were -- you guessed it -- "taken out of context."

She also refuses to withdraw the books from the school.

Well she can't withdraw these books from the school can she? Firstly there are too many of them, and secondly they all have the same title on the cover ....you guessed it................... KORAN !

Posted by: hierophant [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 6:31 PM

The idological and culture center of the enemy we face is in Mecca and Medina in Saudia Arabia.

Why do our political leaders and elite never say a bad word about our "good friend"?

No way to fight a war.....

Posted by: greatcometof1577 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 6:37 PM

If the Koran is so universal for all the world, then why does one have to learn arabic to understand the religion??

Posted by: callmeinfidel [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 7:02 PM

Let me see if I have this right. The koran is eternal, existing in Heaven along with Allah, indeed as part of Allah. And Arabic is the language it's written in, and the language used by Allah to communicate with Mohammed, and the language that a believer must understand if he is to understand the koran correctly.
If this is right, then it's no wonder that Jesus, Moses, and the earlier prophets got it wrong. None of them spoke Arabic. It seems strange that an almighty god could not speak a language, or write his book in one, that his prophets could understand. A bit of a limitation on the almighty, to say the least. And then he has the nerve to get pissed off and consign the Jews and Christians to Hell because they didn't understand him! How petty.
But persistent; he went thru five major prophets and any number of minor ones before finally finding one who could understand his lingo -- a lecherous epileptic bandit named Mo.

Posted by: ebonystone [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 11:00 PM

The UK needs to shut down the madressas.

Posted by: abad [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 11:29 PM

The UK needs to shut down Muslim immigration and deport the Muslims already there. Then, there won't be any reason for madrasses! Problem solved!

Posted by: darcy [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 8, 2007 9:33 AM

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