You can't make this stuff up!
(Whoops, they just did!)
SEND HIM A COMIC BOOK
http://www.theshepherdsvoice.org/islam/mohammeds_believe_it_or_else.html
Posted on 11/22/2005 10:23:17 PM PST by RWR8189
WASHINGTON — At the U.S. prison for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, everyone can get a Koran, but no one gets a Bible.
Saifullah Paracha, a 58-year-old former Pakistani businessman with alleged ties to Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has been in U.S. custody since 2003. Like the other inmates at Guantanamo Bay, he has a copy of the Koran. But he also wants an English translation of the King James version of the Bible.
Paracha believes that because the Bible is one of the scriptures accepted in Islam, he is entitled to a copy to read in his small wire-mesh cell. But after his lawyer shipped him a Bible, along with two volumes of Shakespeare, prison officials confiscated the package.
Paracha's American lawyer filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, demanding that Paracha be given the Bible and copies of "Hamlet" and "Julius Caesar." The government responded that certain books were kept from prisoners because they could "incite" them.
Whether the Bible or the Koran, prayer might seem appropriate for Paracha. The allegations against him are serious.
The government contends that through his international packaging company, Paracha conspired to ship chemical components to the United States to help set off an attack by Al Qaeda terrorists. His son Uzair Paracha, 25, is on trial in New York on charges that he tried to help an Al Qaeda operative enter the country and plan the intended attack.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
The government responded that certain books were kept from prisoners because they could "incite" them.
But it's okay to give them the vile Koran? *sigh* Our tax dollars at work.
Personally, I'm all for giving them bibles.
Well, we know that the Bible is such a violent book in contrast with TROP Koran. /sarc
If this is true, then it's a shame. There is no reason whatsoever the government could ever give for not giving this man, or any other a bible.
I'm all for giving them Korans...with pig-skin covers and a slice of bacon as a bookmark.
Now THIS makes me mad. They give these terrorists a copy of their terrorist manual, but they won't give them a bible? They should offer them bibles to read while the korans are on "back order".
We should give them all Bibles and flush the Korans down the drain.
Hmmm, well, I'll send him a free Bible if the U.S. Gov't will accept it there for him. I'd rather he read a Bible, anyways.
We must put an end to this madness, an enemy combatant is nothing but a non uniformed mercenary that is not recognized by the Geneva Conventions and should be held until the War is over and only released when his country of origin will promise to prosecute him as a terrorist
I am sure that his wanting a Bible means that he is up to no good.
A shipping company, huh? My guess is that the good folks at Gitmo will be more than happy to give him their own copies of said works. This smells very fishy.
I must say, I've never imagined Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" inciting anyone to riot, but I guess there's a first for everything!!
They should give him the bible, and some extra copies for his fellow terrorists. (Oh, and give him the Shakespeare too! sheesh)
No doubt! And just think of the devious scheme he has for the copy of Hamlet. *shudder*
I'm going to take a stab that the lawyer did this as a stunt, the package got to Gitmo (what, is there a PO Box?) and they immediately confiscated it. They probably didn't even know they were books until the lawsuit. There are so many details left out, I'm guessing the LAT didn't even bother to rewrite the lawyer's press release.
The lawyer might be up to no good. The guy requesting The Bible MIGHT want it for good or evil. He might want to use it to incite his fellow inmates and to make the job of the US military personnel tougher.
They all should be "released" at 10,000 feet over the middle of the Atlantic with a ball and chain around their leg.
I'm guessing that you're right on the money. I'm also wondering what he'd do with the Bible and what would happen if he decided to flush it.
Sorry, but I see nothing 'innocent' about his wanting a Bible.
And a Honey Baked Spiral Ham tied to their hip :-)
He's an enemy of the US, and he has an American lawyer. Why don't we send all the lawyers to war??
Look, I'll cut through the crap for everyone: He wants the Bible and the Shakespeare because he's bored. Period.
If he decides to flush it, MSM will leap to his defence and write stories with tests proving bibles are too big to be flushed.
SO are Korans, but MSM isn't interested in that obvious truth. They are only interested in defeating the USA and helping the enemy.
Sounds good to me.
Yep, there might be some desicration he's planning, to incite the other prisoners.
Exactly the reason I thought he was up to no good.
BTW, I am not suggesting that he be given the Bible and the Shakespeare because I care about his boredom. It's just as I see it the more Western civilization they're exposed to, the better. It's especially true for the ones that end up being released, as a number have (whether they should have been is a whole 'nother question).
It's unbelievable that he needs to sue to get a bible. This sounds like a job for the ADF and ACLJ to make sure that every cell has a bible.
He only wants a Bible to rip out pages from and whip his a~s or jerk off onto in front of the guards. Typical for the LA Times to fall for and promote it..
"Paracha believes that because the Bible is one of the scriptures accepted in Islam, he is entitled to a copy to read in his small wire-mesh cell."
I don't buy it. Most of the fundi Muslims consider the Bible (and the Torah) to have been distorted and changed and therefore essentially worse than useless. This is what they say in order to explain away the discrepencies that arose due to Mohammed's lack of familiarity with those scriptures.
Ping
I'm all for giving them Bibles.
When told that they can have Korans. they should also be told that they are FREE to have Bibles (Judaic as well as Christian). Give them the option on Buddhist and Hindu texts as well.
Introduce them to the concept of religious freedom. Tell them that they are not faced with execution for converting away from Islam, like they are back home. Their Nazi death cult should not be championed. Not all muslims are Islamonazis but THESE in custody are. They act violently to spread their faith.
"I must say, I've never imagined Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" inciting anyone to riot, but I guess there's a first for everything!!"
Have you forgotten why Caesar blurted out, "Et tu, Brute"?
You can't make this stuff up!
(Whoops, they just did!)
SEND HIM A COMIC BOOK
http://www.theshepherdsvoice.org/islam/mohammeds_believe_it_or_else.html
No ball & chain needed from 10k feet. A friend of mine who served in 'Nam used to call that "giving 'em flyin' lessons". If they learn to fly before hitting the ground, they'll be just fine. The next one in line gets REAL talkative then!
Give the guy a bible and the collected works of Shakespeare. Give them Atlas Shrugged and even Harry Potter.
As long as there is no contraband inside of them, even if they are really asking for them to 'desecrate' I don't really care.... Because if just ONE of them should accidentally learn something, and become a decent human being instead of an islamist murderer, it is worth it.
We must be winning hearts and minds there if they are starting to file nuicense lawsuits just like prisoners in US prisons
The Gideons missed a spot!
not a bible...just the new testament
Just what I was thinking.
He wants an "English translation of the KJV?" The KJV is in English. It's kind of archaic, but I'd hardly call any of the updates translations. Most "Authorized Versions" are really 19th century updates, anyway; only hobbyists and collectors go for the 1611 version. I wonder if this guy is a KJV-onlyist? Muslim society tends to lack the textological inquiry and debate present in Christian scholarship.
Seems to me an important figure like that should be studied, and yet the Bible is forbidden in Arab lands.
They should flush those Korans down the toilet and give 'em all Bibles.
Give them Bibles, let them compare the Koram and the Bible for themselves.
I have another question. Why the King James Bible? Why not the Revised Standard or the New American? How would a Muslim know the difference? Why would he specify that version?
"He wants the Bible and the Shakespeare because he's bored."
I could have sent all my paperbacks of Dickens down to those clowns. A little western civ would do them a world of good imho.
Something smells, and it sure isn't Koran stopped up toilets. The point here isn't to get a bible - something that likely could be supplied by most any guard. The point is to get packages shipped in to prisoners, the door opening for the International Red Cross to get involved.
Of course, perhaps the point is to get the bible to incite other prisoners.. But I'm betting on the package being the point, not the contents.
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