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A question about Al-Jazeera and "stupidity"
The Flyover Dispatches ^ | 23 Oct 06 | Me

Posted on 10/23/2006 7:45:38 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback

Michelle Malkin has the latest on State Department functionary Alberto Fernandez, who went on Al-Jazeera to give an interview in fluent Arabic and describe our policy in Iraq as one of "stupidity" and "arrogance."

Now, most reasonable people would just call for this idiot to be fired. After all, this is equivalent to a guy from State appearing with Lord Haw Haw or Tokyo Rose in 1944 to discuss how many guys we'd lost at Omaha Beach. But I'm curious about something...

I wonder, when al-Fernandez used the Arabic term for “stupidity,” was the word closely related to the one that Muhammad used in Tabari I:280?

“Allah said, ‘It is My obligation to make Eve bleed once every month as she made this tree bleed. I must also make Eve stupid, although I created her intelligent.’ Because Allah afflicted Eve, all of the women of this world menstruate and are stupid.” (Bold emphasis mine, credit for this quote and the next go to the Prophet of Doom website.)

How does al-Fernandez’s term relate to the phrase used for “lack of common sense” when Muhammad says Hell is stuffed full of women?

“‘O womenfolk, you should ask for forgiveness for I saw you in bulk amongst the dwellers of Hell.’ A wise lady said: Why is it, Allah’s Apostle, that women comprise the bulk of the inhabitants of Hell? The Prophet observed: ‘You curse too much and are ungrateful to your spouses. You lack common sense, fail in religion and rob the wisdom of the wise.’ Upon this the woman remarked: What is wrong with our common sense? The Prophet replied, ‘Your lack of common sense can be determined from the fact that the evidence of two women is equal to one man. That is a proof.’”

Inquiring minds want to know.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Religion
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1 posted on 10/23/2006 7:45:40 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback
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2 posted on 10/23/2006 7:47:05 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (People who say there are jobs Americans won't do have never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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3 posted on 10/23/2006 7:47:12 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (People who say there are jobs Americans won't do have never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: Mr. Silverback

Alberto, you ignorant twit. No doubt you are an affirmative action hire who doesn't have the sense God gave a kumquat. What in the world were you thinking, going to Al-Jezeera and trashing the US, who employs you to represent the nation's foreign policy to the world? That is terminally stupid, and you should have been fired the minute that interview aired. This cannot be tolerated.


4 posted on 10/23/2006 7:51:05 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: jveritas

Not to bug you, but you may be able to comment intelligently on this.


5 posted on 10/23/2006 7:52:17 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (People who say there are jobs Americans won't do have never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: Mr. Silverback
Islam is a backwards homosexual death cult. They are the scourge of the earth. If any mooselim does not like the truth, they can blow me where the pampers is.
6 posted on 10/23/2006 8:11:02 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99 (Those who will not fight for life or liberty deserve neither.)
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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99
Heh! Though I can't say you were eloquent...:-)...I would note that many Muslims don't like the truth. Craig Winn, the guy who put up the Prophet of Doom site (based on his book) has received death threats (including one that gave him six days to pull the book off the market or die) and there's a petition for his book to be banned that has over 50,000 signatures on it. Not that they'll succeed, but it's instructive that this guy uses nothing that isn't in the Koran or Hadith and Muslims want to make sure no one will read it.
7 posted on 10/23/2006 8:17:09 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (People who say there are jobs Americans won't do have never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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my boss alwasys says: "The truth isn't supposed to hurt, especially when it does."

My question is: why is it that some Americans try to minimize the brutality of these savages? Why can't they see that islam is a backwards homosexual death cult bent on destroying all civilization and nothing but murder can be drunk from its wells?


8 posted on 10/23/2006 8:22:10 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99 (Those who will not fight for life or liberty deserve neither.)
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This time with spell check . . .

my boss always says: "The truth isn't supposed to hurt, especially when it does."

My question is: why is it that some Americans try to minimize the brutality of these savages? Why can't they see that islam is a backwards homosexual death cult bent on destroying all civilization and nothing but murder can be drunk from its wells?

9 posted on 10/23/2006 8:23:07 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99 (Those who will not fight for life or liberty deserve neither.)
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To: Mr. Silverback

I am searching for the Arabic link for the interview but I did not find it yet. Once I find it, I will listen and see what this idiot state department bureaucrat really said.


10 posted on 10/23/2006 9:46:34 AM PDT by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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To: jveritas

Thank you...I certainly don't mean to give you homework and the question is somewhat rhetorical, but if you do come up with something I trust it will come with your usual insight.


11 posted on 10/23/2006 10:06:22 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (People who say there are jobs Americans won't do have never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: Mr. Silverback

No problem :)


12 posted on 10/23/2006 10:14:11 AM PDT by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Column list readers, I hereby pimp my blog.

Site visited. Nice article! You hereby get the Joe Wilson Memorial Award:
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13 posted on 10/24/2006 12:00:27 AM PDT by Watery Tart (They say "Bush never invited Arafat to the White House" like it's a BAD thing.)
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