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2005-09-02 Terror Networks & Islam

Al-Qaeda wannabes gloat over Katrina destruction

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-02 00:27|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "What we have seen in these days," the site recalls, "is nothing if not a sign from Allah

As opposed to...living in squalor, and strife-ridden, backward societies is a sign from God that he just absolutely adores you. Yeah. That must be it.

Posted by Rafael 2005-09-02 01:31|| 2005-09-02 01:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Return a few megatons of signs from Kali.

Posted by 3dc 2005-09-02 01:58|| 2005-09-02 01:58|| Front Page Top

#3 As opposed to...living in squalor, and strife-ridden, backward societies is a sign from God that he just absolutely adores you. Yeah. That must be it.

No, when bad things happen to infidels it is because Allah is punishing them for being infidels.
When bad things happen to Muslims it is because Allah is punishing them for not being good Muslims.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-09-02 02:16|| 2005-09-02 02:16|| Front Page Top

#4 PM: No, when bad things happen to infidels it is because Allah is punishing them for being infidels.
When bad things happen to Muslims it is because Allah is punishing them for not being good Muslims.

This is a fairly standard type of sermon for traditional Christian congregations - the boilerplate message is that pagan unbelievers and wayward Christians alike should expect to feel the wrath of the Lord. The difference with Muslims is that a tiny minority take it upon themselves to inflict the wrath of Allah upon infidels and wayward Muslims alike, while being applauded and financed by a significant percentage of other Muslims.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-02 03:10|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-02 03:10|| Front Page Top

#5 I think this is a fairly innocuous event, and doesn't necessarily represent gloating, as much as reflection on what the deity requires to keep his wrath in check. Muslims believe in a vengeful God who acts to smite the faithless, the unbelievers and the apostates alike, and it is natural for them to draw links between natural disasters and one or all of these categories of sinners.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-02 03:18|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-02 03:18|| Front Page Top

#6 So this means the Coalition is acting as the Hand of Allah to smite the impious in Iraq, and those who fight against the Coalition are defying Allah's will, sending themselves straight to Hell. That's the problem with thinking that everything that happens is the will of the god -- all is punishment, and thus must be accepted unquestioningly by the pious. Nuts!

Posted by trailing wife 2005-09-02 07:56|| 2005-09-02 07:56|| Front Page Top

#7 F*ck em.

Posted by JohnQ. Citizen 2005-09-02 09:11|| 2005-09-02 09:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Seems to me that the quotation applies equally to bombs falling from "Above"

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-09-02 10:27|| 2005-09-02 10:27|| Front Page Top

#9 TW: That's the problem with thinking that everything that happens is the will of the god -- all is punishment, and thus must be accepted unquestioningly by the pious. Nuts!

But that is the definition of piety. The Muslim God, like the Christian one, is not your personal friend. He is a jealous and vengeful God. Muslims can expect to get a chance at Paradise - non-Muslims are going straight to Hell. Someone who believes this is a Muslim - anyone who doesn't probably isn't one, any more than a communist who doesn't believe in the labor theory of value can really justifiably call himself a communist.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-02 10:31|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-02 10:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Hell this is America. Even our disasters are bigger, more vicious and scarier than any 3rd world 4th rate flies in the eye, bulging stomach, sorta disaster.

Posted by Spavilet Snaing7506 2005-09-02 10:33|| 2005-09-02 10:33|| Front Page Top

#11 Note that this is the kind of thing Muslims say about other Muslims: Speaking to Khabrain magazine, Dr Israr Ahmad said that the Arabs were the most incompetent people as a punishment of which Greater Israel will annex their land. All of Iraq will fall to Israel, as will Jordan and Lebanon. The fertile delta of Egypt will also be taken, as will be Saudi Arabiaâs Hijaz, except Madina which Allah will protect. Southern Turkey too will be annexed. After that Imam Mehdi will appear.

It's not so much gloating as a statement of "this is just the way it is". Allah reigns supreme, and when mere mortals - Muslims or not - screw up, Allah smites them and makes them pay the price.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-02 11:42|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-02 11:42|| Front Page Top

#12 "The Muslim God, like the Christian one, is not your personal friend."

Heavy sigh. Whatever, ZF . . . Stick to what you're good at, because this is annoying and I don't have time to set the record straight. Enjoyed your other comments though.

Posted by ex-lib 2005-09-02 18:04|| 2005-09-02 18:04|| Front Page Top

#13 ex-lib: Heavy sigh. Whatever, ZF . . . Stick to what you're good at, because this is annoying and I don't have time to set the record straight. Enjoyed your other comments though.

You mean the Christian God *is* your personal friend? You don't have to believe in Him and you still get to go to Heaven?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-02 18:35|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-02 18:35|| Front Page Top

#14 There is only one Gawd
And her name is Melvin.

Posted by Mona Gorilla 2005-09-02 19:04|| 2005-09-02 19:04|| Front Page Top

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