Kyrgyzstan: A rooster speaking ("Allah," his life spared)

Central Asia News ^ | 03/15/06

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ferghana Valley: A rooster speaking \

 

Ferghana.Ru news agency, Firdavsy, a Ferghana.Ru correspondent, 15.03.2006

Have you ever heard roosters? Sure you have. Who hasn't? A certain rooster in the Kyrgyz town of Osh, however, is something else. Its crow has already saved it from death. Owner Ibragim Ismatullayev, his neighbors from Tadjikskaya Street in the center of Osh, and local journalists maintain that the rooster is calling Allah.

This correspondent made a trip to Osh to see the wondrous rooster with his own eyes. Recalling numerous con-artists encountered in my career, I was fairly skeptical suspecting bluff or a money-extorting scheme. I even reconciled myself to listening to a speech of a religious fanatic with innumerable theological terms and moralizations. That was how I envisaged the owner of the rooster.

Owners were quite hospitable and did not look like Hizb-ut-Takhrir fanatics to me. Informed of the purpose of my visit, they took me to the hen house. The rooster's crowing left me speechless indeed.

Click on http://news.ferghana.ru/archive/petux.mp3 to listen to the audio record made by Ferghana.Ru correspondents in early March 2006. Ferghana.Ru vouches for its authenticity.


Rooster

"I've had it for two years already," Ibragim Ismatullayev, the owner, said. "It is extremely aggressive, ever trying to attack me or the kids, and so I decided to cook it. I got the rooster by the legs, took it out of the hen house, and put the knife to its neck. It screamed. My son who was by my side (he is 5) said, "Dad. It's saying "Allah, Allah.!" Let him live." I was shocked. I called my mother who listened to the rooster and said, "Let it be, son. It's a blessing on our home."

"I was talking to my daughter when I heard someone say "Allah, Allah!" in a strange voice," Ismatullayev's mother Ajlokhon said. "That was when my son called me. He had been about to cut the rooster's neck. I went outdoors and saw the rooster calling Allah. I'd say that this is Allah's gift to us. Our neighbors think so too."

The "sacred rooster" became the talk of the day in Osh. Ismatullayev is asked to sell the rooster. He was offered $500 for it. Ismatullayev firmly turns down all offers. Neither will his neighbors permit to sell the rooster.

"Upon hearing this rooster, some neighbors of ours turned to God. They pray and attend the mosque now," Ismatullayev said.


Ibragim Ismatullayev with his children

[TigerLikesRooster]

Once again, hear it yourself:

The rooster's Allah call: http://news.ferghana.ru/archive/petux.mp3

If this rooster was born in Christian or Hindu area, he is now a tasty meal. He is lucky.

[The Red Zone]

Cock-a-doodle-deity?

[Allegra]

Personally, I think we should just nuke Kyrgyzstan for havng such a hard name to pronounce.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #2

It must be Bin Laden in a rooster suit. Let's examine its kidney if it requires a dialysis.:)

[Izzy Dunne]

Last year we saw the Marlene Dietrich sandwich:

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #3

That particular problem is probably Russian fault. You could nuke Putin for this.:)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #5

We live in interesting time.:) Allah chicken and Dietrich sandwich. What is next? Oh, I know, Chia Kim Jong-il.

[Larry Lucido]

A man throws his non-talking parrot into the freezer to teach it a lesson. After a couple of minutes he opens up the freezer door. The bird calmly climbs onto the man's out-stretched arm and says, "Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to improve my vocabulary from now on.".

The man is astounded. He can't understand the transformation that has come over the parrot. Then the parrot says, "By the way, pardon me for asking, but what did the chicken do?".

[Larry Lucido]

Chicken allah king?

[Dallas59]

Crowing Allah? Not in my house...

[Old Sarge]

"That's one - I SAY, that's one vocally-talented bird! Talented, that is..."

[SIDENET]

"It is extremely aggressive, ever trying to attack me or the kids

Definitely a ROP rooster.

[Dallas59]

[sumocide]

Laughing out loud.

[Free Baptist]

When we taught English in two universities in China, we used to have real belly laughs over the college-aged young people comparing the animal sounds from around the country. I mean, a student from Xinjiang (far west province) would imitate a rooster, and then have a classmate from Zhejiang (east coast) do the same. They would be very different, and some of the students were actually convinced that the foul in China had as many dialects as the Chinese people do! Then they would ask me to imitate an American rooster. After hearing me, they were very sure that American roosters speak "American." My wife and I, in private, used to laugh ourselves silly over this. I mean these 21 to 26-year old college students were very serious! But it wasn't the roosters, but the cats that used to cry out, "Mao, Mao."

[TheSpottedOwl]

DDT did a job on me, now I am a real sickie.

Guess I'll have to break the news,

that I've got no mind to lose.

All the girls wanna go at me,

I'm a teenage lobotomy! (with abject apologies to the Ramones)

Roosters are not meant to be eaten, unless you are starving.

[jigsaw]

Chicken allah king?

LOL!

[Larry Lucido]

With some pie allah mode! Mmmmm!

[jigsaw]

"I'll drink to that!" ~Allah Koholic

[TheSpottedOwl]

Chicken allah king?

LMAO, you are so bad : )