Australia's controversial Mufti (Muslim Taqiyya -- Lies in English, Truth in Arabic)

BBC ^ | 10 May 2005 | Phil Mercer

[thombo]

Is it possible to get recordings(and accurate translation)of this Mullah preaching to his followers?We had same problem here with Sami Al Arian(professor/terrorist at USF)ie he'd present one face for the public at large,and another for the Muslim/terrorist faithful.

[Cornpone]

Valin,

Aren't you doing some recordings? Maybe you can answer this question...Cornpone

[Valin]

Alas no.


thombo, you might check with
Jihad Watch?
http://jihadwatch.org/

MEMRI
http://www.memri.org/

And (of course) Daniel Pipes
http://www.danielpipes.org/

[Cornpone]

Here's another possibility that might prove interesting...Palestinian Media Watch (video and print)...they do translate Arabic into English but it isn't always current...Thanks for the tips Valin...Cornpone


http://www.pmw.org.il/index.html

[Valin]

Hooray for me! :-)

[thombo]

Thanks for the info.Bookmarked Jihad Watch previously,will ck out the other sites.It should be obvious to anyone with even a marginal IQ that they(muslim extremists)have an agenda that is anti-US,anti-Christian,anti-democracy,....Of course the msm continue to downplay the threat.

[thombo]

BTW,have you read "American Jihad" by Steven Emerson or "Bin Laden" by Yossef Bodansky? Very informative books.

[Valin]

yes/ no
I have read (parts) of Yossef Bodansky's "the secret History of the Iraq War" I found it...interesting. The MAJOR problem I had with it was NO FOOTNOTE. He make a lot of statement and doesn't back them up with any sources.

I must admit I obsess on this subject more than is probably healthful. (I REALLY need a life :-))

I'm now in the middle of Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam
by Gilles Kepel

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0674010906/qid=1116087905/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-7990942-7680624

In this history of fundamentalist Islam, Kepel stands conventional wisdom on its head, asserting that the spate of Islamist violence during the last few years is a result not of the movement's success, but of its failure. A professor at Paris's Institute for Political Studies, Kepel clearly traces the rise of the contemporary Islamist movement from its origins in the mid-20th century through its later appearance in countries such as Malaysia, Algeria and Turkey, as well as in Western Europe. Its apogee, he argues cogently, was the 1979 revolution in Iran that brought about the defeat of the Shah and the rise of a fundamentalist Islamic regime. But while ideologies that fused Islam with political power gained adherents throughout the world in the ensuing 20 years, says Kepel, in no other country were Islamists able to seize and hold power for more than a few years, a factor that he attributes to the ideology's inability to attract both the middle class and the poor. "Muslims no longer view Islamism as the source of utopia, and this more pragmatic vision augurs well for the future," he writes. Despite some outpourings of support, he believes, Osama bin Laden and his followers squandered much of the movement's political capital with its attacks on American institutions, most notably the World Trade Center. Kepel's approach is not without weaknesses in many places around the globe, fundamentalist political Islam has transformed society and politics, even if Islamists have not been able to attain political rule. But amid the plethora of books on Islam released since September 11, this work stands out, both for its erudition and its provocative thesis.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Highly recomendeed, a good history of the modern Jihadist movement.

[aculeus]

As I recall, Conor Cruise O'Brian gave the White House English translations of Jerry Adams Irish-language anti-American rants.

Good for Mr. O'B!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Fair play to him!

[thombo]

RE:Terrorism,"I must admit i obsess more than is probably healthful"I know the feeling.What exasperates that situation is knowing(or feeling)the vast majority of Americans appear content to remain blissfully ignorant to the very real threat of terrorism in our own country.It's as though,as long as we have our SUV's,cell phones,big screen tv's,etc,everything's just hunkydory.BTW,if a topic gets to be too much for me,i just put it down for a while:)

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

http://www.memri.org/