Rock the Casbah!
Rock the Casbah!
Posted on 06/08/2002 10:47:38 AM PDT by swarthyguy
THE Sept. 11 attacks in the United States have indirectly led to some aspects of Islam becoming known in the West. Westerners, particularly Americans, suddenly wanted to know more about the religion professed by the alleged hijackers. Copies of the Holy Qur’an and other books on Islam were sold in record numbers. Despite the hate campaign against Islam, large numbers of people in the West have embraced Islam. At the same time, members of the Muslim community have been the target of frequent attacks by extremists in the West. Several Arabs and Muslims are still jailed without valid reasons. Just two weeks ago, 20 Saudis were arrested.
The US media continue to stoke the public’s anti-Islamic sentiments. An American journalist went so far as to suggest nuclear strikes on Makkah in revenge for the Sept. 11 attacks. There have also been suggestions to wipe the holy city from the map using advanced weapons. Others want to destroy the holy city, particularly the black stone, but without harming the people who live there — as the Taleban destroyed the statues of Buddha without harming the people. A newspaper described in a drawing how the Kaaba can be struck by a plane in the same manner as the World Trade Center. The Internet arguably provided the most penetrating medium for carrying out such attacks.
Surprisingly, I hear no voices of protest from religious or official circles in the Muslim world against these blatant attacks on Islam. The hate campaigners also disgrace Islam by equalizing universally respected Islamic symbols with the worldly WTC buildings.
Western attacks overstepped the boundaries of propriety when they began to attack Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. No Muslim can tolerate any attack on the Prophet, pbuh. One newspaper recently published derogatory remarks about the Prophet, pbuh, by alleging that he had broken the treaty of Hudaibiyah signed between Muslims and non-Muslims in Makkah. The paper also published a reader’s letter on its website demanding the US government warn Muslims by destroying Makkah and the black stone and so pre-empt any future terrorist attack on the United States.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) appealed to Muslims, Arabs and conscientious people all over the world to join in a campaign to force the extremist paper to apologize for its attacks on the religion.
We apologize, the Messenger of God, for the baseless charges against you by the ignorant.
In fact, I also saw on the Internet a picture of the Prophet, pbuh, on the cover of a book published in India. We have no excuse for remaining silent when prophets and religions are desecrated. The book also carried a drawing with an inverted calligraphic inscription of the name of the Prophet, pbuh, calling it his seal. I demand official and religious agencies in Muslim countries to protest to the publisher and make him withdraw all copies of the book from the market immediately and not to reprint it. If it is reprinted, it should only be after deleting things pertaining to the Prophet, pbuh. The publisher should also write immediate apologies for injuring Muslim sentiments in the media and on the Internet with an undertaking that such acts will not be repeated. If the publisher refuses to comply with these demands, we should protest officially to the Indian government. If we keep quiet about such matters, attacks against Islam based on falsification will undoubtedly increase. If we allow anyone with impunity to cast aspersions on the Prophet, pbuh, how can we plead for his intercession on our behalf on the Day of Judgment? We should not allow the enemies of Islam to tarnish his holy image by allowing them to draw his picture as their whims dictate. By this act the enemies of Islam have transgressed all limits of decency and respect for the sentiments of Muslims.
It is also distressing to learn that an Arab writer, Khalil Abdul Karim, wrote three books advancing various false claims against Islam. In the first one, Abdul Karim argues that the Holy Qur’an is the product of the imagination of the Prophet, pbuh, and not sent down by Almighty God. In the second, he makes a weak attempt to establish that the Prophet’s first wife Khadija, the peace of God be upon her, and her cousin played major roles in "fabricating" the new religion. The third is a collection of lies about the early Muslim community.
Though the books were officially withdrawn from Egyptian markets following the objection of scholars from Al-Azhar University, they are still sold secretly. And in Syria and Lebanon, they are still sold openly. I wonder why the author, who died recently, and the publisher, who was a party to the sacrilege, were not prosecuted. Why were the sales of such books permitted? Forgive us, Prophet, pbuh, for the enormity of the lies our enemies are fabricating against you. Our apologies, Prophet, pbuh, in whom is found all human perfection. God, do not punish us for what fools among us do.
- noraaalkheriji@arabnews.com
Cities of millions of muslims mean ZIP to them, just a chance to make glorious martyrs by the millions.
The only thing which can give them pause is the threat that the black moon rock and the surrounding area will be turned into a smoking crater.
So we need to let the national leaders of the nations harboring the radicals that if a WMD is used against an American city, mecca will go bye bye, and they had better get their nutcases under control if they want to make their haj to a sacred black moon rock and not a crater.
Was this comparable (in a pre TV era) to mecca being turned into a glowing crater for all time?
Meaning nukes Achmed. I too hope the message gets through. You idiot Jehadis keep messing with the free world and your stinking Mecca will be obliterated. Medina too. You can be reached. Your terrorism does indeed have a return address at Mecca and Medina
... When did this happen?Long ago. When the Prophet, peace be on him, still walked among us.
Was the kaba stone taken away and by whom? Did infidels control mecca? ...The stone was taken by a rival city-people-group; later, it was recovered. I forget who they were. In standard Arab fashion, the sacked the city, but never held it. If only they had.
Would the religion survive undeniable proof of allah's impotence?
I agree totally that we should take a Mecca in the event of a WMD attack against the US.
In the interim, however, we should exploit the foolish obsessions of the Islamic barbarians to the maximum extent.
I would like to see the NASA initiate a program to somehow write the words "Allah sucks" onto the moon, so the whole world can see.
It should be done in English, so that the civilized Western world can take pride in such a great accomplishment and point it out to their children. It should also be done in Arabic, so the barbarians can be humiliated.
... Would the religion survive undeniable proof of allah's impotence? ...It is interesting to consider the millennialist sects within Christendom, particularly those who predicted the end of the world on such-and-such a date, ending up sorely disappointed when the appointed hour came and went. The Adventists, for example.
LOL! I like that idea. The end result will be a bunch of insane Islams destroying their TV sets.
Next, we could broadcast anti-Islam speeches (by women) over the radio frequencies that they listen to. The result will be a bunch of insane Islams (those two words are redundant) destroying their radio sets.
Then we could set up a computer program to call every telephone number in the Islamic world and have Beavis repeatedly say "Islam sucks!" whenever they pick up the phone. The result will be a bunch of Islams destroying their telephones.
We continue this until the fools have totally destroyed themselves. Given their general competency level and propensity for breaking stuff, "destroying themselves" is bound to happen. But it would be worthwhile to accelerate the process. Not to mention how fun it would be.
I am talking about Mecca, Medina and Q'um being utterly vaporized. No more Haj. No more Kaba.
Proof that the all powerful allah ain't.
Give the CIA and NSA something worthwhile to do, it should be easy to gin up in a matter of weeks.
Beam down TV ads showing the Prophet Mohammed chomping pork BBQ sandwhiches while the Ayatollah carves up the pig: they will all have nervous breakdowns.
I am missing the point of comparisons to small sects and cults which failed to see doomsays materialize when predicted.I wonder how the Hebrews of the early classical era felt when along with most of their holy city, their eternal temple--the first temple, Solomon's temple--was destroyed, its priesthood disbanded, its implements hauled away as trophies, and the elites of Judea were exiled.
I am talking about Mecca, Medina and Q'um being utterly vaporized. No more Haj. No more Kaba.
Proof that the all powerful allah ain't.It's an interesting question, surely. I have no idea what would be the result.
LOL!
We could broadcast 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. The schedule might look something like this:
0800-0900: Barbecue with Mohammed and the Ayatollah
0900-1000: Barbecue of Mohammed and the Ayatollah
1000-1100: Documentary of Islamic landmarks being demolished by US smart bombs
1100-1200: Pee-Wee's playhouse, hosted from a mosque in Mecca
1200-1300: Various cartoons making fun of them.
1300-1400: CNN live: More bombs destroying more Islamic landmarks
1400-1500: An "exposing" series on the 72 virgins, starring Hitlery, Butch Reno, and Rosie
1500-1600: Porky pig cartoon hour
1600-1700: Modern Muslim Mechanics: Islamic scientists, Abdul and Omar, attempt to tie their own shoelaces
But I get the feeling that islam is much more deeply invested in totem worship. That's why the haj to the black moon god rock is one of the 5 pillars. That's why they blew up the ancient Buddhas. To them, symbolic places and things have an extremely high value, and mecca highest of all.
What if mecca became a crater after a WMD attack on the USA? Interesting idea.
For sure they would not care if their 5 largest cities were nuked, so we must seek a form of MAD which reaches them.
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