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Hamas cleric: Allah used Iceland volcano to punish infidels
2010-04-28
A Palestinian Authority cleric informed his television congregants in Hamas terrorist-controlled Gaza that the active volcano in Iceland was divinely ignited to punish “infidels and polytheists with fear and terror.'

The volcano, which spewed thick clouds of ash into the atmosphere, halting airline flights throughout Europe and elsewhere for nearly a week, was activated by Allah, according to the Hamas cleric.

The sermon was transcribed and translated by the PA media watchdog Palestinian Media Watch, which picked up the broadcast on Al-Aqsa (Hamas) TV on April 23. Citing chapters from Islam's holy book, the Quran, the Imam (cleric) said, “Praise Allah who says in His book: 'Their houses were empty and in ruins, because they did wrong' [Sura 17:52]...“We [Allah] never destroyed a city unless its people were unust.' [Sura 28:59]

“Oh Jihad fighters, people of Ribat (religious war) – We heard and we saw what happened at the beginning of this week in Europe... Some of Allah's brigades struck Europe with His force...this caused great loss of property and of life, only Allah knows their extent. A devastating volcanic eruption sent by Allah, paralyzed all movement, and a state of emergency was declared, and passenger flights were cancelled, and it struck the Infidels and polytheists with fear and terror...

The imam added, “He who made the volcanic eruption in Europe is He who brought the flood in the times of Noah.'

The Hamas cleric also mocked the United States: “As Allah lives, dear brothers, America – with its numbers and its equipment, with its might and its scepter, with its planes and its missiles, with its war ships and with its destroyers – it has no more power against Allah than do spider webs against His power.'
Posted by:ryuge

#9  The problem is that the models we have don't really address the effects of volcanoes, because we DON'T know!

No, actually we have a pretty good idea.
Posted by: DMFD   2010-04-28 23:15  

#8  That's easy, Rambler - he says allen is punishing the moslems in those places for not being insane moslem enough.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-04-28 18:16  

#7  Back to the article: I wonder what the cleric says when a quake hits a Muslim city, like in Iran, or the tsunami in Indonesia. Those events certainly killed a lot more people than the Icelandic volcanoes.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2010-04-28 17:40  

#6  I'm not so sure, Lord Garth. Volcanoes put out a LOT of CO2. Of course, they also put out a lot of dirt and grit, that help cool the planet by blocking or reflecting sunlight.
The problem is that the models we have don't really address the effects of volcanoes, because we DON'T know!
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2010-04-28 17:38  

#5  Besoeker,

It is certainly true that the volcano produced CO2. However, it also greatly reduced air travel which may have partly offset or even fully offset the eruption.
Posted by: lord garth   2010-04-28 13:20  

#4  Bjork is SO over.

This is the new Icelandic hotness: Yohanna
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2010-04-28 10:35  

#3  I blame the eruption on Bjork's boobs.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-04-28 10:22  

#2  Something for Al Gore to ponder.

Are you sitting down?

Okay, here's the bombshell. The current volcanic eruption going on in Iceland, since its first spewing of volcanic ash this past week, has, to this point, NEGATED EVERY SINGLE EFFORT you have made in the past five years to control CO2 emissions on our planet.

I know, I know.... (group hug)...it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of: driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting up til midnight to finish your kid's "The Green Revolution" science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat, going on vacation to a city park instead of Yosemite, nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle, replacing all of your $1 light bulbs with $10 light bulbs ...well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the tubes in just the past four days.

The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in the past four days has totally erased every single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon.

I'm so sorry. And I do wish I had a silver lining to this volanic ash cloud but the fact of the matter is that the brush fire season across the western U.S.A. will start in about two months and those fires will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our world for the next two years.

But hey, grab a Coke, give the world a hug and have a nice day!
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-28 09:00  

#1  While allah uses Jews to punish ass backwards "Palestinians". It's what allah wants, so accept it.
Posted by: ed   2010-04-28 08:53  

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