Imam of the Sith: an amazing, chilling interview with Imam Anwar al Awlaki a couple of weeks after 9-11.
Islam News @ NYT- Swedish Artist Says Sketch of Prophet Aimed to Mock All Religions: A man who prosecutors say was the target of a murder plot says his caricature of the Prophet Muhammad was intended to poke fun at all sacred symbols.
- Nigerians Recount Night of Their Bloody Revenge: This week dozens of herdsmen slaughtered hundreds of people in a brutal act of sectarian retribution in Jos.
- Views of ‘JihadJane’ Were Unknown to Neighbors: The ex-husband of the woman who called herself “JihadJane” said she “was just like anyone else.”
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johnpi 9:21 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink |
like watching Anakin Skywalker go from Jedi to Sith in small baby steps.
Love it. Perfect. Sometimes you have this knack for pulling imagery out of the mass culture to illustrate your points that makes them very accessible and memorable. It’s a counter-culture technique – you’d probably never see it in the MSM outside of a youth publication – but effective.
aziz 10:13 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink |
nah, I’m just a flamin’ geek, that’s all
we need a photoshop now – this image just begs for modfication:
http://www.haibane.info/2009/05/19/episode-1-a-long-long-time-ago-in-a-fandom-far-far-away/
null 9:33 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink |
Agree with John. Very good, concise commentary.
shams 9:59 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink |
You forget, my habbibi…..Anakin believed he had the best of reasons to become a sith lord.
Perhaps we are all anakins now.
shams 10:00 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink |
Instead of saying “going muslim” we can say “going anakin”.
aziz 10:14 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink |
i love it!!!!!!!!
shams 11:29 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink |
Consider the location of the receptors for the revenge neurohomonal cascade, O Great fMRI Guru.
In the same small exclusive neighborhood as the receptors for sexual pleasure and opiate use.
Thus the extreme popularity of porn, cocaine, and Saw movies.
Revenge neurohomones are the drug of choice of the reavers.
Hanfi 1:08 am on November 11, 2009 Permalink |
correction! habibi itself means ‘my dear’. You don’t have to add my to that.
shams 7:30 am on November 11, 2009 Permalink |
ty Hanfi….im not a native speaker so idiom gets by me.
I think this my last comment here…likely it will be edited.
But here goes…..like I said to Aziz, revenge is the bloodstream drug that fuels the reaver factory. The injustice of the arbitrary creation of Israel by the west is the root cause of the bio-feedback cycle of death between Israelis and Palestinians. Certainly, Israel deserves a right to exist now….but until the original unjustice is acknowledged the revenge/payoff cycle will never end.
Likewise, Obama acknowledged in his Cairo speech the causative nature of western meddling, if only obliquely.
The influence of Big White Christian Bwana is fading globally… the new vibrant center of christianity is black, yellow, and brown….and poor. Too poor for foreign adventurism and missionariism. Sadly, I think this is a good thing.
America cannot be the Superawesome World Police anyways… we cant afford it and that do-gooder fuckery just makes everybody hate us.
Also, our meddling has caused unprecedented local population death.
Until the …..injustice of the predation of dar ul-Islam by the white christian west is acknowledged, the reavers will keep on a-coming, and there can be no resolution for Israelis and Palestinians..
That is just facts.
Justice is the living heart (qalb) of al-Islam and there can be no peace until there is justice.
Like the Prophet said, a nation can exist without God, but a nation cannot exist without justice.