“The direct descendant of Mohammed is not an ally.”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but are you implying that King Abdullah (sp?) of Jordan is not our ally because he is a direct descendant of Muhammad? That wouldn’t be very good logic, because each and every person of European descent that is alive today has close to a 100% probability of also being a descendant of Muhammad: a daughter of the Emir of Seville, who descended from Muhammed, converted to Christianity around the year 1200 and married a Christian, and basically all persons of European descent can claim as an ancestor every European from 800 years before who left progeny. See
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/05/olson.htm): basically, all persons of European descent have not only Charlemagne, but also Muhammed as an ancestor.
