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Biden uses 'inshallah' in response to Trump during debate, lighting up Twitter
CNN ^ | Tamara Qiblawi

Posted on 09/30/2020 12:42:40 PM PDT by SJackson

During one of the more charged moments of the chaotic US presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden dropped a phrase from everyday Muslim and Arab vocabulary and lit up the internet.

Pressing President Donald Trump on when the American public would get to see his long-anticipated tax returns, Biden questioned: "When? Inshallah?" In certain vernacular, "inshallah" serves as a non-committal response to a question.

Taken literally, the term "inshallah," consists of three Arabic words (In sha' Allah) which translate into "if God wills it." Spiritually it represents a submission to God's will. It can perhaps be seen as the Muslim counterpart to the Yiddish adage, "Man plans, and God laughs."

Children in the Muslim world will often say that when a parent responds to a question with "inshallah," it signals an unfulfilled promise, while unreliable timekeeping is lightheartedly chalked up to "inshallah timing."

"Yes, Joe Biden said 'Inshallah' during the #Debates2020 debate," tweeted political commentator Wajahat Ali. "It literally means 'God willing,' but it's often used to mean, 'Yeah, never going to happen.' Example: My wife: Will you finally pick up your socks? Me: Inshallah. No, saying inshallah doesn't make you Muslim."

However, earlier this week, The New York Times reported that Trump had paid no federal income taxes in 10 out of 15 years beginning in 2000 because he reported losing significantly more than he made, citing more than two decades of tax information the paper obtained.

While many saw Biden's use of the phrase as a nod to their own experiences, others saw it as derogatory and drawing on cultural stereotypes about the Muslim and Arab world.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: arab; biden; inshallah; muslim
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1 posted on 09/30/2020 12:42:40 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson

Obviously hung around Obama too much


2 posted on 09/30/2020 12:43:18 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: SJackson

Muslim outreach


3 posted on 09/30/2020 12:44:55 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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To: 1Old Pro

Biden knows he’s losing Minnesota.

This reeks of desperation.


4 posted on 09/30/2020 12:47:09 PM PDT by Conserv (he)
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To: Conserv
This reeks of desperation.

Phony pandering

5 posted on 09/30/2020 12:47:51 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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To: SJackson

Who cares? He probably was just mumbling anyways

Nobody writing the article that Biden abandoned the left last night? Trump got him to surrender on all of this leftist/bernie sanders crap last night, that was a win if I ever saw one.

Trump wins the debate when he gets the other side to run away from his own policies

And we are all worried about a comment that Trump could have made or a point he could have brought up. Who cares, Trump destroyed that old bastard and got him to run away from his own supporters, what a coward!


6 posted on 09/30/2020 12:48:23 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

And Iranian-born Valerie Jarrett running the show behind the scenes in the current campaign.


7 posted on 09/30/2020 12:49:04 PM PDT by spiderpig (Does whatever a Spider Pig does)
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To: SJackson

So Biden is now Muslim, not Roman Catholic?


8 posted on 09/30/2020 12:49:21 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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Biden's use of the Muslim phrase was an insult to Americans....a naked attempt
to get Muslim votes and a foretelling of his official actions, should he get elected.

9 posted on 09/30/2020 12:49:32 PM PDT by Liz
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To: SJackson

Isn’t Slow Joe just a wee big too old to join ISIS?
Just saying.


10 posted on 09/30/2020 12:50:54 PM PDT by SmokingJoe (synopsis)
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To: SJackson

I only come across that word when reading spy novels with muslim terrorists, like those by Daniel Silva or Vince Flynn.


11 posted on 09/30/2020 12:51:31 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Does the left like anything about America?)
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To: SmokingJoe

Well, you know, he heard about the 72 virgins and....


12 posted on 09/30/2020 12:53:26 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Biden was probably thinking about Three Dog Night

Aah ahh ooo ooo..

ooo oooo...

ooo ooo yeah...

On the road to Inshallah...


13 posted on 09/30/2020 12:54:27 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: SJackson

I still can’t quite understand normal people, even some I know, demanding to see Trump’s tax returns. If somebody asked to see my tax returns, after saying “no”, I would ask why in the world would they want to.

And I ain’t got no money no how.


14 posted on 09/30/2020 12:55:05 PM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: SJackson

Biden was just pandering to his Muslim friends. Too bad he forgot to pander to the Latinos last night. Maybe they’re on to him after his little “Despacito” pitch.


15 posted on 09/30/2020 12:55:22 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: SJackson

muslims?(SPIT!)


16 posted on 09/30/2020 12:57:46 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

I was going to say the exact same thing


17 posted on 09/30/2020 1:00:28 PM PDT by RainMan (CW2 ... time to kick the Democrats asses AGAIN.)
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Hellhole Somalia is a failed State, which hasn’t had a functioning, consistent government in years. The nation has required intervention from Islamist takeover from the Ethiopian Army and the African Union, but most governmental systems are so collapsed, that people have resorted to traditional methods of order, including Shariah, civil and religious law. Somalia is a devoutly Muslim nation.

THIS IS WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM BIDEN:
<><>"I will be a President that seeks out and listens to Muslims;
<><> I will incorporate Muslim ideas and the concerns of Muslims on issues that matter most to our communities.
<><> I will include Muslims in my Administration." 8/22/20 speech

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ITEM----Judicial Watch revealed that "after she lost" then-pres Obama allowed Hillary and her aide, Muslim Huma Abedin,
to remove sensitive documents to expressly hide them from public view (including official “Muslim Engagement Documents”).

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ITEM---Raid Reveals Muslim Brotherhood Plot to Destroy America
Conservative Base ^ | March 3, 2020 | NACOP Chiefs of Police - James Kouri / FR Posted on 4/8/2020, 7:32:31 PM by Jyotishi

During a raid by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Annandale, Virginia agents discovered what appears to be of a three-decades plan by upper-echelon members of the Muslim Brotherhood to “deconstruct” the United States of America through inside operations.

While President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Security Advisor Susan Rice all spoke about – and treated – the Muslim Brotherhood as a “moderate political group,” Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other nations have added the Muslim Brotherhood to their list of terrorist organizations. During the raid,

FBI agents and forensic technicians uncovered frightening material that included blueprints for the Muslim takeover of the United States. Despite the Democrats’ penchant for defending terrorists, aiding illegal aliens and thumbing their noses at counter-terrorists and police, law enforcement officers, intelligence community and the military are warning Americans to be aware of this plot by the Muslim Brotherhood and do everything in their power to prevent Islamic jihad from occurring on U.S. soil, according to material emailed to the National Association of Chiefs of Police..

Twenty-seven years ago, Yusuf al-Qaradwai the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood traveled to America to organize Muslims across America, educating them with his plan for a complete takeover of the US that would take approximately 30 years to complete.

The Muslim takeover plan included “Muruna,” in which Muslims are permitted to violate Sharia Law in order to convince Americans that they are just like us.

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We now know the truth. There is no longer a need to allow Muslim activities to take place. It is imperative that we do not lie down and take it. We have the numbers and it’s time to fight back. Our children’s futures depend on citizens’ obligations to the younger generations to show them what being an American is all about.....and that it doesnt include Muslims.

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Muslim leader Noor Rabah dismissed the accusation that the group’s purpose was to “enforce Sharia law.”
Phases of Muslim Brotherhood’s U.S. Jihad
:
<><> “Phase One: the discreet and secret establishment of Muslim leadership.
<><> “Phase Two: gradual appearance on the public scene and exercising and utilizing various public activities or their goals.
<><>

REALITY CHECK Calculated, deceitful Muslims have (greatly succeeded in implementing their goals.
They've succeeded in infiltrating various sectors of the Government, co-opting law enforcement at every level,
and using fraudulent means to get elective office.

18 posted on 09/30/2020 1:00:48 PM PDT by Liz
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Chuckle.


19 posted on 09/30/2020 1:01:40 PM PDT by SmokingJoe (synopsis)
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To: SJackson

SOB has NO business even being a dog catcher, much less POTUS.


20 posted on 09/30/2020 1:02:02 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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