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Oh, this just continues to piss me off. I can't browse the internet without being subjected to "Tsunami Relief" shit absolutely everywhere I fucking go. There are donation drops at my grocery store. I've got Dubya sending my hard earned money to them. Now I'm even getting fucking Tsunami Relief spam, for god's sake. And then I read this. While we are at war with Islamic Jihadists and other Muslim fundamentalists who have no qualms about killing women and children, not only do we provide financial assistance and manpower support from a federal level to one of the largest Muslim nations in the world, we as a people on a civil level have provided vast amounts of assistance from organizations like the Red Cross and other humanitarian agencies. People donate food, money, supplies, all out of the generosity of their hearts. I'd say "our" hearts, but I am neither that generous nor that kind. In this war that is apparently being fought on their side because we "oppress" the muslim people, America still stepped up to the plate and assisted a Muslim nation.
Now, I'm going to take all my annoyance at going out for a nation that's sure as hell not going to appreciate it, and I'm going to set that aside for a moment because this just blew me away. In regard to the Tsunami that just wiped out a couple hundred thousand Muslims, Ibrahim Al-Bashar, advisor and religious council to Saudi Arabia's justice minister, said this on Saudi television:
"Whoever reads the Koran, given by the Maker of the World, can see how these nations were destroyed. There is one reason: They lied, they sinned, and (they) were infidels. Whoever studies the Koran can see this is the result. ... These countries, in which these things occurred -- don't they refrain from adopting Allah's law, which is a form of heresy? Whoever does not act according to Allah's law is a heretic, that's what Allah said in the Koran. Don't these countries have witchcraft, sorcery, deceitfulness and abomination?"
Now there's a real loving Muslim, full of warm fuzzy feelings for his fellow man. Fuck, if he feels that way about a pantload of Muslims getting pressure-washed off the planet, can you imagine what his opinion of us is?
And further, can you imagine if Bush had said that? Dear crispy-fried Christ Jesus, there'd be outrage, thousands of people protesting and calling for his impeacement or immediate resignation.
That whole peace loving nation of Islam just continues to impress me with examples of tolerance, generosity, kindness and respect. I mean, with examples like this, I'm suprised we haven't converted already. No wait, let's just clense this whole fucking idea of some omnipotent deity out of our collective colons. That way maybe at least we can be honest about the reasons when we kill people.
Now, I'm going to take all my annoyance at going out for a nation that's sure as hell not going to appreciate it, and I'm going to set that aside for a moment because this just blew me away. In regard to the Tsunami that just wiped out a couple hundred thousand Muslims, Ibrahim Al-Bashar, advisor and religious council to Saudi Arabia's justice minister, said this on Saudi television:
"Whoever reads the Koran, given by the Maker of the World, can see how these nations were destroyed. There is one reason: They lied, they sinned, and (they) were infidels. Whoever studies the Koran can see this is the result. ... These countries, in which these things occurred -- don't they refrain from adopting Allah's law, which is a form of heresy? Whoever does not act according to Allah's law is a heretic, that's what Allah said in the Koran. Don't these countries have witchcraft, sorcery, deceitfulness and abomination?"
Now there's a real loving Muslim, full of warm fuzzy feelings for his fellow man. Fuck, if he feels that way about a pantload of Muslims getting pressure-washed off the planet, can you imagine what his opinion of us is?
And further, can you imagine if Bush had said that? Dear crispy-fried Christ Jesus, there'd be outrage, thousands of people protesting and calling for his impeacement or immediate resignation.
That whole peace loving nation of Islam just continues to impress me with examples of tolerance, generosity, kindness and respect. I mean, with examples like this, I'm suprised we haven't converted already. No wait, let's just clense this whole fucking idea of some omnipotent deity out of our collective colons. That way maybe at least we can be honest about the reasons when we kill people.