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Arabia
Soddy cleric delivers charmingly tolerant prayer for hajjis
2004-01-31
The cleric who delivered the sermon Friday at the annual hajj pilgrimage had a simple request: God grant victory to Muslims fighting around the world. The prayer by Sheik Saleh al-Taleb to 500,000 people in Mecca's Grand Mosque and nearby streets came as the hajj neared its climax. ``Oh God, give victory to the mujahedeen [holy warriors] everywhere,'' al-Taleb said. ``Give them victory in Palestine. Oh God, make the Muslims triumphant and destroy their enemies, and make this country and other Muslim countries safe. Oh God, inflict your wrath on the criminal Zionists.''
"God, please kill them all!"
After the sermon, pilgrims headed to the tent city of Mina, the last stop before they go to Mount Arafat for a day of prayers and soul-searching that is the main ritual of the annual gathering. Rajab al-Arabi, a Belgian pilgrim of Tunisian origin, said that hearing a Grand Mosque sermon is ``something one wishes all one's life. It's a dream come true.'' But he added that he had expected a stronger message. ``In Belgium, we have Egyptian and Moroccan clerics who freely criticize the hardships of Muslims, which includes the injustice that has befallen Iraq and the occupation it is under,'' he said.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#9  If it isn't a lie than apostasy laws would not be needed. Maybe the source of all the shame in islam. They all know it's a lie but that "honor thy father" thing. Hey if it is good enough for Pa...
Posted by: Lucky   2004-1-31 9:49:12 PM  

#8  Count me in, too, fellas.
If Islam can't cook up a Reformation right quick now--one that includes dropping all references to jihad as holy war on non-Muslims and decides that it means only "inner struggle"--they're going to have to be banned as a "religion" worldwide.
Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro   2004-1-31 8:09:22 PM  

#7  
"I once posted [...] that Islam is a pathogen."


Slowly, sadly, but inexorably, I am coming to the same conclusion. I've seen precious little to contradict it.
Posted by: Dave D.   2004-1-31 6:47:47 PM  

#6  Right on, .com. Islam is a farce, an attempt by the "children of Ishmael" to steal the birthright of Abraham from the children of Isaac. It's a perverted parody of Judaism, and a farce upon humanity. The entire thing needs to be classed a nut cult, and all members jugged as being dangerously deluded. The Scots have been known to hold a grudge for 30 generations, but only an Arab would carry a grudge for 4000 years.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-1-31 6:38:25 PM  

#5  "Muhammed was a liar."
LOL... And, thus, he set the standard for all Muslims to follow... [like the double entendre?]

"Oh God, give victory to the mujahedeen [holy warriors] everywhere..."
...
"But he added that he had expected a stronger message."
And what, pray tell, could that be? Oh, he wants call-to-prayer loudspeakers on every corner in Brussells (they've missed a few so far, I guess) and all meat Halal and, as GK points out so well (!!!) the return of Saladin Saddam to his rightful place. After all, what's an Arab state without a cruel dictator?

I once posted a long comment (several months ago - and got reamed for it, too) that Islam is a pathogen. We have holocaust-deniers and flat-worlders and Hyde Park Rangers who believe all sorts of inane shit - so why not have some guilt-ridden holdouts who wanna be eco-friendly to something as obviously virulent and lethal as Islam? Pfeh. It is now, and always has been, a bug - and one with which Freedom cannot coexist - for it precludes symbiosis and tolerance in its very tenets of existence. Someday we'll either quit quibbling and stomp it out - or submit. Ready for a re-run?
Posted by: .com   2004-1-31 5:48:08 PM  

#4  YES, we all pray to Allah

Weird... there is no god named allah.... Muhammed was a liar.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-1-31 4:52:56 PM  

#3  "YES,YES. Iraqi's were much better off before when all they had to worry about was being raped on their wedding day by the Hussain kid and the groom being run through a shredder by his brother. Or bank accounts being cleaned out by this pair. Or dear old dad Hussain putting your eight year old in prison. And the freedom to criticize the Baath regime at all levels just as we have in Belgium. YES YES, we all pray to Allah for the return of this kind of justice."
(IDIOT!)

Posted by: Gasse Katze   2004-1-31 2:41:53 PM  

#2  Keep it up, scumbag, and it could be the last big party you have in Mecca for quite awhile. At least until it stops glowing.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-1-31 2:17:01 PM  

#1  Muslims have really gotten a bum rap.
Republican propaganda to demonize Islam.
When will the truth be told ?
(religion of peace, and all that horseshit)
Posted by: Anoneemuss   2004-1-31 1:37:35 PM  

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