McCain: Shouting 'Allahu Akhbar!' Same as Christians Shouting 'Thank God!'

McCain is correct; and moments of clarity and personal tolerance like this make his selection of Sarah Palin that much more baffling.

 

Wrong. You're affixing martyrdom and terrorism to an expression that could be used for a myriad of other actions or situations.

 

A world religion with a billion people can have things other than terrorism and murder on their minds when exclaiming praise for their deity. Real life is not Iron Eagle III or Delta Force.

 

Do you have any idea how often the phrase is used? It is a very common phrase used by Muslims, it is not a phrase that is limited to martyrdom.

 

So if an American Christian responded "Thank God" to the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed, would that also be "beyond reproach?"

 

same thing being invoked.. mccain keepin it real

 

Exactly, this along with many other phrases such as "insha'allah" or "bismillah" are common Muslim phrases. Religion is ingrained in Arab society. Most Muslims use similar phrases before they start a car trip, before they eat, when they are speaking of the future, etc.

How many billion Muslims are there? How many have said "Allahu Akbar" before blowing them self up?

 

I am scratching my head that anyone would weigh the thoughts of Fox's Brian Kilmeade versus those of John McCain. Brian Kilmeade? Really?

 

No, it absolutely isn't. The thing about "Allahu Akbar" is that in the Muslim world, there is absolutely no time where saying it is inappropriate. Consequently, since you can say it whenever you want and no one will complain, the phrase at this point more or less means whatever you want, whether it's praise, cursing, or so on. It's not any different from the fact that Western atheists routinely say things like "Jesus Christ" or "For God's sake".

From what I've been told, frankly, picking Palin was in a sense a giant F U move to the far right. McCain wanted Lieberman, but was constantly told that he needed to pick a more conservative candidate, and so basically went, "You want a far right VP? You got one!" Of course that backfired, but it's still reasonable.

 

McCain agrees with Obama on Syria... time to demonize McCain -- that train is never late.

 

Yet we have Westboro baptist church.

 

This is a dumb ass thread.

 

Couldn't agree with you more.

 

Terrorists already hijack planes, DwightHoward13, stop letting them hijack a nice phrase. This is on YOU.

 

How quickly they forget.



U.S. President George W. Bush, from a press conference upon arrival at the South Lawn of the White House, September 16, 2001. : "We need to go back to work tomorrow and we will. But we need to be alert to the fact that these evil-doers still exist. We haven't seen this kind of barbarism in a long period of time. No one could have conceivably imagined suicide bombers burrowing into our society and then emerging all in the same day to fly their aircraft — fly U.S. aircraft into buildings full of innocent people — and show no remorse. This is a new kind of — a new kind of evil. And we understand. And the American people are beginning to understand. This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while. And the American people must be patient. I'm going to be patient. But I can assure the American people I am determined, I'm not going to be distracted, I will keep my focus to make sure that not only are these brought to justice, but anybody who's been associated will be brought to justice. Those who harbor terrorists will be brought to justice. It is time for us to win the first war of the 21st century decisively, so that our children and our grandchildren can live peacefully into the 21st century." [1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Crusade