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The Passion of the Iraqis: A Hizbullah Production
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The Lebanese Islamist terror resistance group Hizb Allah is mimicking the trailer from Mel Gibsonâs controversial crucifixion epic, The Passion of the Christ, to highlight the well-being suffering of Iraqis under US occupation. An official at Hizb Allahâs television station, al-Manar, said on Saturday that its version of the movie trailer, titled, The Passion of the Iraqis, borrowed on a "universal theme" to get its message out. The 40-second clip shows Iraqi prisonersâ torture at the hands of occupation troops as parallel to the torture of Jesus Christ at the hands of the Romans and the Jews. "The suffering of Jesus Christ is a universal theme. It is something everyone, including us as Muslims, believes in," said Ibrahim Musawi, who heads al-Manarâs political programs.
This fallacy is promptly squashed by the article itself in the next sentence ...
Muslims revere Jesus Christ as a prophet, but not as the messiah. They believe someone else was crucified in his place.
And behold, the truth! The rest is at the link.
Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-05-15 |
