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The World Of Bin Laden: No Drinks, No Gambling, No Pictures Of Women
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11-17-2005 | Francis Harris

Posted on 11/16/2005 5:46:48 PM PST by blam

The world of bin Laden: no drinks, no gambling, no pictures of women

By Francis Harris in Washington
(Filed: 17/11/2005)

Osama bin Laden wants the United States to convert to Islam, ditch its constitution, abolish banks, jail homosexuals and sign the Kyoto climate change treaty.

The first complete collection of the Saudi's statements published today portrays a world in which Islam's enemies will take the first steps towards salvation by embracing the "religion of all the Prophets".

Osama bin Laden

Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama bin Laden is billed as the first accurate compendium of the terrorist leader's words, threats and ruminations from 1994 to 2004.

Its editors have rooted out many statements which they identified as forgeries and retranslated to correct "horrendous" errors.

His terms for America's surrender appeared after the September 2001 suicide attacks and include demands that amount to the abandonment of much of western life.

Alcohol and gambling would be barred and there would be an end to women's photos in newspapers or advertising.

Any woman serving "passengers, visitors and strangers", presumably anyone from air stewardesses to waitresses, would also be out of a job.

The West must "stop your oppression, lies, immorality and debauchery that has spread among you" and has become the "worst civilisation witnessed in the history of mankind".

The publisher Verso said it expected criticism for releasing the thoughts of a terrorist but denied that the volume would be the jihadis' equivalent of Mein Kampf.

According to Gavin Browning at Verso, disapproval "is something that we're anticipating".

"The idea is to have an annotated, scholarly collection of bin Laden's words," he added. "Until now, his words have only been available in poor translations or soundbites."

Mr Browning emphasised that publishing his views did not imply any approval of them by the publishers.

The book's introduction is written by Prof Bruce Lawrence who teaches Islamic studies at Duke University, North Carolina and describes the terrorist as "one of the best prose writers in Arabic".

Many past translations of the words of the head of al-Qa'eda have been "horrendous" and often wrong, he said.

In the book the terrorist responsible for the deaths of 3,000 civilians in September 2001 says that killing the innocent is wrong. In bin Laden's world a global conflict is under way between the umma, or Muslim community, and unbelievers.


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To: blam
Islam's enemies will take the first steps towards salvation by embracing the "religion of all the Prophets".

Capitalism is the "religion of all the Profits."

21 posted on 11/16/2005 6:06:10 PM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: Waco

I guess that's how they get all those virgins.


22 posted on 11/16/2005 6:06:42 PM PST by Arm_Bears (If the people lead, the leaders will follow.)
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To: blam
abolish banks, jail homosexuals and sign the Kyoto climate change treaty.

Okay, he's just pandering now.

23 posted on 11/16/2005 6:07:00 PM PST by Argus
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To: blam
Yet several of the 911 hijackers were seen drinking at strip clubs the night before the attack.
24 posted on 11/16/2005 6:07:06 PM PST by Knuckledragger
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To: blam

So for fun you will kill innocent men women and children as they go about their everyday lives...


25 posted on 11/16/2005 6:08:24 PM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
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To: isthisnickcool

They are so bogged down with man-made rules... no wonder they don't have any idea what real freedom is. They think all this rule keeping will earn them the right to heaven. And the pure silliness of it. Just today I read where Allah urinated in some subject ears while he was sleeping.... truly weird.


27 posted on 11/16/2005 6:10:31 PM PST by BigFinn
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To: Stultis; blam
no pictures of women


28 posted on 11/16/2005 6:11:32 PM PST by Paul_Denton (The U.S. should adopt the policy of Oom Shmoom: Israeli policy where no one gives a sh*t about U.N.)
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To: Stultis

Bless our boys (and girls) in uniform that are holding 'em off!


29 posted on 11/16/2005 6:11:34 PM PST by Arm_Bears (If the people lead, the leaders will follow.)
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To: blam
Bin Laden on:

The Telegraph (UK)
(Filed: 17/11/2005)

The rest of the world:

Every Muslim hates Americans, hates Jews and hates Christians.

Britain and America's allies: How long will fear, killing, destruction, displacement, orphaning and widowing be our sole destiny, while security, stability and happiness is yours? Just as you bomb, so shall you be bombed.

Nuclear weapons: There is a duty on Muslims to acquire them.

Killing civilians and Muslims on Sept 11: Islamic law says that Muslims should not stay long in the land of the infidels.

The targets of Sept 11 were not women and children. The main targets were the symbol of the US - their economic and military power.

Muslim scholars who call him sacrilegious: No official scholar's judicial decrees have any value as far as I'm concerned.

A bin Laden poem:

I shall lead my steed,
and hurl us both at the target,
Oh Lord if my end is nigh,
may my tomb not be draped,
in green mantles.

30 posted on 11/16/2005 6:11:34 PM PST by blam
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To: Knuckledragger

They were trying to blend in with Americans. Seriously, these people aren't completely stupid!


31 posted on 11/16/2005 6:11:49 PM PST by newzjunkey ("People for the Al Queda Way" support the Democrat Plan to end the war!)
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To: blam

But have you seen the latest issue of PlayGoat magazine??? Cute little Kiddies.


32 posted on 11/16/2005 6:12:30 PM PST by JustAnotherOkie
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To: blam

"...jail all homosexuals..."

Do gay activists, Barney Frank, anti-Iraq War San Francisco and Hollywood know this?


33 posted on 11/16/2005 6:12:42 PM PST by citizencon
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To: BlueNgold; BurbankKarl
Burbank Karl's talking about John Walker Lindh, aka. Johnny Jihad, and something Time magazine wrote. CNN has this followup...

BANNU, Pakistan (CNN) -- A Pakistani businessman denied Monday a report in Time magazine that implies he had a homosexual affair with John Walker Lindh, the American who joined the Taliban...

Pakistani man denies having sex with Taliban American

34 posted on 11/16/2005 6:15:41 PM PST by newzjunkey ("People for the Al Queda Way" support the Democrat Plan to end the war!)
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To: blam

and how many wives does he have?


35 posted on 11/16/2005 6:16:08 PM PST by vigilante2 (member of the vast right wing conspiracy)
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To: blam

"Islamic law says that Muslims should not stay long in the land of the infidels"

Then why don't they get the ^&*% out?!?!?!


36 posted on 11/16/2005 6:16:29 PM PST by Sterm26 (Indict....no, HANG Joe Wilson!)
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To: Paul_Denton

Hot Israeli Army Babes

According to More Women Soldiers Demanded from Chosun Ilbo, Col Kim Hwa-sook, retired, expressed hope that Korea, like Israel, would make military services compulsory for women.



 

 

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37 posted on 11/16/2005 6:19:20 PM PST by Stultis (I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
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To: Stultis

Wow, that top pic would make most islamics ignite and burn to death. Great stuff.


38 posted on 11/16/2005 6:20:56 PM PST by Lauretij2
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To: Stultis

I have those except for the top three :)


39 posted on 11/16/2005 6:21:38 PM PST by Paul_Denton (The U.S. should adopt the policy of Oom Shmoom: Israeli policy where no one gives a sh*t about U.N.)
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To: blam

No drinks, no gambling, no pictures of women?

When did he convert and become a Southern Baptist?


40 posted on 11/16/2005 6:22:23 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser (Never pet a dog that is on fire)
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