[lit-ideas] Re: New Orleans
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 23:53:07 -0400
Wouldn't it be nice if there were no religion in the world?
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The People Of the Book (Jews, Christians, and Muslims) seem to have a very
strange notion of the Main Character. The sentiment below echoes statements
already made by the "Christian Right" and a very right-wing sect of Jews.
How sad.
Julie Krueger
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Date:9/1/05 8:53:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time
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Hey, forget Germany. Here's Kuwait on the hurricane. Kuwait is an American
ally. --andreas
> Senior Kuwaiti Official: "Katrina is a Wind of Torment and Evil from
> Allah Sent to This American Empire"
> "The Terrorist Katrina is One of the Soldiers of Allah..."
>
> To view this Special Dispatch in HTML, visit
> http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD97705
>
> "...As I watched the horrible sights of this wondrous storm, I was
> reminded of the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah [in the compilations]
> of Al-Bukhari and Abu Daoud. The Hadith says: 'The wind is of the wind
> of Allah, it comes from mercy or for the sake of torment. When you see
> it, do not curse it, [but rather] ask Allah for the good that is in
> it, and ask Allah for shelter from its evil.' Afterwards, I was [also]
> reminded of the words of the Prophet Muhammad: 'Do not curse the wind,
> as it is the fruit of Allah's planning. He who curses something that
> should not be cursed - the curse will come back to him.'
>
> "When the satellite channels reported on the scope of the terrifying
> destruction in America [caused by] this wind, I was reminded of the
> words of [Prophet Muhammad]: 'The wind sends torment to one group of
> people, and sends mercy to others.' I do not think - and only Allah
> [really] knows - that this wind, which completely wiped out American
> cities in these days, is a wind of mercy and blessing. It is almost
> certain that this is a wind of torment and evil that Allah has sent to
> this American empire. Out of my absolute belief in the truth of the
> words of the Prophet Muhammad, this wind is the fruit of the planning
> [of Allah], as is stated in the text of the Hadith of the Prophet.
>
> "But I began to ask myself: Doesn't this country [the U.S.] claim to
> aspire to establish justice, freedom, and equality amongst the people?
> Isn't this country claiming that everything it did in Afghanistan and
> Iraq was for truth and justice? How can it be that these American
> claims are untrue, when we see how good prevails in the streets of
> Afghanistan, and how it became an oasis of security with America's
> entrance there? How can these American claims in the matter of Iraq be
> untrue, when we see that Iraq has become the most tranquil and secure
> country in the world?"
>
> "But how strange it is that after all the tremendous American
> achievements for the sake of humanity, these mighty winds come and
> evilly rip [America's] cities to shreds? Have the storms have joined
> the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization?
>
> "The Disaster Will Keep Striking the Unbelievers for What They Have
> Done"
>
> "How sad I am for America. Here it is, poor thing, trying with all its
> might to lower oil prices which have reached heights unprecedented in
> all history. Along with America's phenomenal efforts to lower the
> price of oil in order to salvage its declining economy and its
> currency - that is still falling due to the 'smart' policy America is
> implementing in the world - comes this storm, the fruit of Allah's
> planning, so that [the price of] a barrel of oil will increase further
> still. By Allah, this is not schadenfreude.
>
> "Oh honored gentlemen, I began to read about these winds, and I was
> surprised to discover that the American websites that are translated
> [into Arabic] are talking about the fact that that the storm Katrina
> is the fifth equatorial storm to strike Florida this year... and that
> a large part of the U.S. is subject every year to many storms that
> extract [a price of] dead, and completely destroy property. I said,
> Allah be praised, until when will these successive catastrophes strike
> them?
>
> "But before I went to sleep, I opened the Koran and began to read in
> Surat Al-R'ad ['The Thunder' chapter], and stopped at these words [of
> Allah]: 'The disaster will keep striking the unbelievers for what they
> have done, or it will strike areas close to their territory, until the
> promise of Allah comes to pass, for, verily, Allah will not fail in
> His promise.' [Koran 13:31]."
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