Posted on 02/25/2002 4:23:48 PM PST by Map Kernow
JEWISH settlers have come up with a new way to deter Palestinian suicide bombers - wrapping their corpses in pigskin to deprive them of the fruits of paradise.
The settlers believe that contact with a pig, an unclean animal for Muslims and Jews, will rob the bomber of the reward of martyrdom, traditionally said to be 72 virgins.
Settlers at Gush Katif, in the Gaza Strip, were the first to claim to have defiled the body of a dead Palestinian with "pigskin and lard". Residents of Efrat, a Jewish settlement near Bethlehem, said they did the same to a Palestinian building worker who tried to blow up their supermarket on Friday, but was shot dead before most of the explosives detonated.
Shlomo Riskin, chief rabbi of Efrat, defended the practice: "If burial in pigskin will deter suicide bombers, then it is incumbent on us to do this. We should do anything to save life."
There has been no photographic evidence of daubing with lard and no one has come forward as the supplier of the pork, leading some to suspect that the settlers are trying to scare off future suicide bombers, who are mainly impressionable young men.
But the rabbi said: "I truly believe it happened. The pigskin was supplied by someone with a good sense of initiative. The body was lying by the supermarket for three to four hours. There was plenty of time."
Pork is considered an abomination by observant Jews, but is produced at one kibbutz and enjoyed by secular Israelis.
Palestinian Muslims reacted with scorn to the idea, saying the soul went to paradise and was unaffected by any taint to the body.
"The keys to heaven are not in the hands of settlers," said Sheikh Hassan Youssef, for Hamas, whose military wing has sent dozens of suicide bombers into Israel.
Islamic reference books say the body of a martyr who dies for the faith is so pure that it does not need to be washed before burial, in contrast to the usual Muslim practice.
They can take it a step further. Muslims consider dogs unclean too. So stuff the bodies with bacon and feed the corpses (as much as they have) to dogs. And let that practice be known: "You do this... you're dogmeat. Literally."
Makin' Bacon. Make 'em extra crispy---I don't like mine limp or chewy.
"Y'know, Vern, sometimes the old ways are the good ways." ---Ernest P. Whorrell
New! ALPO Jihad Flavor, with Martyr By-Products.
See what using lard will get ya??
As a bonus to "defiling" the shootee, the bullet will be lubricated properly thus going farther and hitting harder.
Really, people, the collective IQ of FR has been going into negative numbers ever since 911. Do any of you actually know anything about Islam that you did not read from a highly biased source? Do you know any actual Muslims (i.e., people you actually know, not "news stories" and rumors) who actually believe that physical contact with pigs will deny them entry into heaven? And even if there were anything to this, all it takes is a ruling by a mullah stating that the person wrapping the corpse in pigs flesh will go to hell and the "martyr" so dishonored by the infidel will go to heaven even faster - you fools really believe you can outwit religious fanatics at their own game? You really are idiotic if you believe that.
Finally, a suicide bomber doesn't leave much of a corpse to identify and cover with pig fat. But don't let that little fact interfere with your outlet for your urge for revenge; obviously some of you are in dire need of a fantasy life. Don't let facts or reason dissuade you; they never have before.
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