Greater Islamosphere
Reacts to Obama’s election. Some of it is actually quite favorable. Take this Egyptian imam’s fatwa, via MEMRI:
“The Democrats kill you slowly without you noticing it - and therein lies the danger. They are like a snake whose touch is not felt until its poison enters your body.”
Domestically, I heartily agree. In terms of foreign policy, I’m not sure what he’s talking about, unless it’s … I dunno, the insidiousness of Scarlett Johansson and what she must be doing to the frustrated minds of Muslim youth. Hard to know with old Yousef al-Qaradhawi, who has variously been against Danish cheese, Pokemon and human rights, and for Palo suicide bombers but against killing civilians. The whole thing and other Muslim reax … but first some of that insidious Democratic poison:
Yowza, I can see what the imam’s talking about. Poison!
Here’s the antidote.
In a fatwa published on the eve of the U.S. elections, Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi expressed his preference for Sen. John McCain as president: “Personally, I would prefer for the Republican candidate, [John] McCain, to be elected. This is because I prefer the obvious enemy who does not hypocritically [conceal] his hostility toward you… to the enemy who wears a mask [of friendliness].”
Al-Qaradhawi added: “Whoever thinks that the Democrats are less hostile to [the Arabs] than the Republicans should know that the number of Iraqis killed during the siege [of Iraq] by the Democrat Bill Clinton is twice as high as the number of [Iraqis] killed by the Republican [George] Bush.
“The Democrats kill you slowly without you noticing it - and therein lies the danger. They are like a snake whose touch is not felt until its poison enters your body.
“Therefore, I hope that McCain comes to power, so that the motivation for jihad remains in our hearts, and so that we do not [begin to] rely on the infidels - [which will cause us] to be struck by the fire [of Hell].”
Sorry, not my fault. I wish you could rely on the infidels, too.
OK, here’s some racist Iranian rag. You remember how much trouble McCain got in when he said “the other one.” Check this out:
In an editorial, the Iranian daily Jomhouri-ye Eslami stated: “The most that that black man can do in the White House is to replace some of the staff and change some ceremonial procedures. He will never manage to change the structure of the American regime, which was established by capitalists, Zionists, and racists.”
The paper added that President Obama would not bring change to the world, because both the Democrats and Republicans were party to the U.S.’s oppressive and interest-driven foreign policy. Therefore, it said, any changes that do occur would be tactical rather than strategic.
Here’s a Syrian daily that went out on a limb to call it for Obama, voice a little hop for change, while singing praises of vigorous voting. Hang on, how the heck would they know anything about that? I mean, except that the Lebanese voted them out of Lebanon. That, and the Iraqis got to vote, the Israelis do it all the time, and even the Palos were given the opportunity to name their poison.
… the Syrian daily Al-Watan named Obama president even before the official results were announced … “We wanted to declare Obama president… as a show of solidarity with millions of Americans, Arabs, and colleagues in the world media who [all] yearn for ‘change’ in U.S. foreign policy. They are all betting on Obama - who has been waving the slogan [of change]… in hope that he will be different not only in the color of his skin, but also in his view regarding Washington’s policy towards the world…
“Some claim that if Obama wins he will be no better than Bush, if not worse… They may be right, since it is well known that no American president has ever stood on the side of the Arabs - rather, they have all stood on the side of Israel…
“Yesterday was undoubtedly a long, exhausting, and historic day by any standard. The American people [voted] with a vigor not seen in any [previous] U.S. presidential election, in a bid to make history and change the ugly face of the U.S.
“Out of respect for them and for everyone who voted for change, and out for respect for the souls of the Syrian, Iraqi, and Arab martyrs, we hereby declare Obama the 44th president of the U.S., even if it might be considered irresponsible journalism. We are sure that our readers will forgive us if we turn out to be wrong - [a possibility] for which we do not hope.”
Saudi al-Watan voices an optimistic note:
“There is no significant difference between Obama and McCain. They disagree only on the means to achieve America’s chief goal, which is to rule for another hundred years.”
If only it were true. Here’s an Arab voice that gets at least part of what it is all about … in London. al-Hayat:
“The U.S. elections afford a kind of change that does not occur in the Arab ‘democracies’… The faces [in the White House] change in a way that we find impressive.
“Over the next few days, the world will see a new staff [there], while the current names will forever disappear from the [stage of] American politics. The [current] stars of American politics will go home, and the day after they leave the White House, the American public will see them standing in line at the airport, at the supermarket, or at the dentist’s office…
“While America watches this turnover of personnel [in the White House]… the Arabs are following [attempts in] Algeria to amend the constitution and remove the restriction on the number of consecutive terms allowed the president - so that ‘Abd Al-’Aziz Bouteflika can continue with a third term in office, and perhaps [remain in office] until the end of his life.
“In the past few days in Egypt, the [ruling] NDP party showed its impressive ability to retain the same people over three decades. [Egypt] uses ballots just like the U.S. - but does so the Arab way.
Quick. Which recent U.S. president brought mroe democracy to more Muslims?
Topics: Arabs, Iran, Islam, Obama, hated Crusaders
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:08 pm on Thursday, November 6, 2008
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November 7th, 2008 at 10:37 am
“Therefore, I hope that McCain comes to power, so that the motivation for jihad remains in our hearts, and so that we do not [begin to] rely on the infidels - [which will cause us] to be struck by the fire [of Hell].”
Okay, do all you fuzzy-minded, kumbayah-singing, no-war-ever peacebots get it now?