IN THE MIDST OF A GROUP HUG surrounding Feminist conscientious objector on Flickr comes this startling bit of information about what goes on during party time at Mecca. Here's how they get down!
Any questions? Posted by Vanderleun at January 23, 2006 10:19 PM | TrackBackThe following are excerpts from a rally of Iranian pilgrims in Mecca, aired on Iran's Channel 1 and Al-'Alam TV, on January 9, 2006. The speaker addresses the crowd in front of a backdrop showing the WorldTradeCenter and an American flag in flames.
TO VIEW THIS CLIP, VISIT: Iranian Pilgrims in Mecca
Crowd: "Israel is the enemy of Allah."
Man: "May the hands of the infidels be chopped off."
Crowd: "May the hands of the infidels be chopped off."
Man: "May the hands of the infidels be chopped off."
Crowd: "May the hands of the infidels be chopped off."
Man: "[Chopped off] from the land of the believers."
Crowd: "From the land of the believers."
Man: "The audience will now split into two groups: One group will settle the score with America, and the other will settle the score with Israel. This group now: Death to America!"
Crowd: "Death to America!"
Man: "Death to Israel!"
Crowd: "Death to Israel! Death to America!"
Man: "Death to America!"
Crowd: "Death to America!"
Man: "Death to America!"
Crowd: "Death to Israel! Death to America!" Death to Israel!"
Man: "All together now: Death to America! Death to Israel!"
Crowd: "Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel!"
Isn't it just amazing how Americans opposed to this administration -- and much of the Western world -- chooses to ignore that which is being said openly by Muslims during their holy pilgrimage?
From the president of Iran to the throngs making the Hajj, they speak of an eternal war against the non-Muslim world, and our more enlightened thinkers persist in the belief that it's all bluster and third-world bravado.
On the other hand, so-called simpletons like Pres. Bush hew to the middle-America ethic that when a man says he's gonna kill ya, you oughta take him at his word.
Posted by: Mike Lief at January 24, 2006 8:05 AMNope. No questions.
Call THAT a love-fest? Usually it's thirty or forty comments on Flickr before anyone challenges the party line, and they usually get jumped on far worse than this guy. :)
(N.B.: I am not saying that Flickr-ites tend to hew to one party-line or another, only that some photos garner tons of fawning attention for political statements before anyone thinks to bring in another POV.)
Posted by: B. Durbin at January 25, 2006 9:53 PMNope, no questions. When will Westerners raise the cry for Crusade? When will be call in the ambassadors from Islamic lands to explain this hateful anti-West rhetoric?
No questions at all.
Posted by: Helen at January 28, 2006 10:10 PMJust wait till they get nukes. Then the whole "death to America/Israel" thing will be a lot less figurative and a lot more literal.
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