[Mr. Bird]

You'd think the article might point out whether or not the guy actually was a Muslim. I mean, does one typically proclaim one's faith in order to obtain rescue? Or was the poor bastard so cynical that he thought attaching himself to Islam would help his chances?

Either way, what does it tell us that a man riddled with bullets would need to claim his "Islamicity" in order to be helped by random bystanders? If he proclaimed himself a Christian, can we assume they would have shot him some more?

[Irene Adler]

"I mean, does one typically proclaim one's faith in order to obtain rescue?"

Yes, this is not uncommon in Islam. I have Muslim relatives who were going to travel in the ME shortly after 9/11. They told me this is what they would say ("I am a Muslim.") if they were ever threatened for having U.S. citizenship or "looking like Americans".

[headsonpikes]

Your post expresses my thoughts very well.

[Tamzee]

Either way, what does it tell us that a man riddled with bullets would need to claim his "Islamicity" in order to be helped by random bystanders?

Yep... one's religion shouldn't make a squat's worth of difference if they are hurt or suffering.... at least to civilized people.

[sandbar]

>If he proclaimed himself a Christian, can we assume they >would have shot him some more?

Uhhh, yeah.