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What You Heard About “Allahu Akbar” Is WRONG: Here's what it REALLY means
FrontPage Mag ^ | 04/06/2015 | Dom the Conservative

Posted on 04/06/2015 8:09:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Bombing, beheading, hijacking, mosque sermons — these are just a few of the instances where the proclamation “Allahu akbar” is shouted. But what does it really mean?

The mainstream media tells us that the Islamic statement is a pledge of allegiance to the god of the Prophet Muhammad and is an admirable demonstration of faith and piety. It’s portrayed as a humble utterance of praise that is too often misused by jihadists during acts of terror. However, the real meaning behind the most controversial term of our time is much more sinister than the liberal left would have you believe.

Recently, Jamie Glazov of The Glazov Gang interviewed Daniel Greenfield, an Israeli-born writer with the Freedom Center, about the truth behind the infamous expression that both moderate Muslims and devout jihadists shout.

Although the literal translation of “Allahu akbar” is “Allah is great,” Greenfield explains that the intended meaning is “Allah is greater than your god. Allah is supreme; he’s supreme to your god, he’s supreme to all other gods, he’s supreme to you.”

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The real meaning of the declaration is that Islam, its god, and its followers are supreme to all other beliefs, gods, and humans. This cliché is often shouted, not as a humble attribution or praise to Allah, but a warning directed at non-Muslims, to whom the declarer is expressing that the infidel will submit, either by law or by sword.

Greenfield explains that the origin of the statement goes back to when Muhammad and his troops attacked a Jewish tribe, intimidating them with shouts of “Allah is the greatest!” This original usage details the sinister and violent meaning behind the boisterous term we so often hear.

This same superiority complex has been found throughout history in the most nefarious regimes, most notably Nazi Germany, which believed that Hitler’s political ideology was elite enough to justify the slaughter of millions of innocent people. This belief is not only reiterated in the Quran, it is passed down through generations of Muslims, fueling their inherent hatred for Jews, Christians, and any other who refuses to submit to Islamic rule.

Greenfield adds that the true message of “Allahu akbar” is outlined in the Quran 61:9, which reads, “He [Allah] it is who has sent his messenger [Muhammad] with guidance and the religion of truth to make it victorious over all religions, even though the infidels may resist.”

Resistance of the infidels, or refusal to convert to Islam, is the reason for Allah’s command to behead, enslave, and conquer. Until the Caliphate is established, implementing Sharia law in every nation on earth, Muslims must not rest, but are required to continue violent jihad.

Until the left will acknowledge that Islam is not a religion, but is a political ideology hellbent on conquering the world, terrorist groups like ISIS will continue to slaughter and expand their tyranny, resulting in the defeat of the West by our own political correctness.



TOPICS: Islam; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics; Theology
KEYWORDS: allah; allahuakbar; god; greenfield; islam; jihad; koran; quran; sharia; shariah; terror
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1 posted on 04/06/2015 8:09:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

my translation of Allihu Ackbar.:...Come Blow My Head Off!!


2 posted on 04/06/2015 8:12:21 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: SeekAndFind

So how would one say in Arabic, “God is great” without doctrinal theological meaning?


3 posted on 04/06/2015 8:14:14 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s a peaceful thing. Translates to “Aloha Snackbar!”


4 posted on 04/06/2015 8:16:33 AM PDT by lordpumblechook
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To: SeekAndFind

If you have to tell people how great you are means you are not.


5 posted on 04/06/2015 8:16:48 AM PDT by Big Horn (Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Islamic scum: “ My God betta than yo God”

And then they flip you off......


6 posted on 04/06/2015 8:17:21 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: SeekAndFind
Greenfield explains that the origin of the statement goes back to when Muhammad and his troops attacked a Jewish tribe, intimidating them with shouts of “Allah is the greatest!” This original usage details the sinister and violent meaning behind the boisterous term we so often hear.

People need to do more research before they post these things. The acclamation is more fundamental to Islam than just a shout at a tribe of Jews.

From its beginnings, Islam has spread through the ideology that if I can defeat you, our god is greater than your god. You must submit to our god. The bedouin culture was a multi-religious tribal culture that was subdued one tribe at a time through this understanding. Defeating your tribe means our god is greater than your god.

Knowing this interpretation gives you greater understanding into the full mindset of Islamists. They aren't allowed to suffer defeat. To suffer defeat is to admit that their god is not greater. That is why you see ridiculous scenes like Baghdad Bob proclaiming our defeat while we are a mile from his own location. That is why no Islamic country can accept Israel's existence. To do so acknowledges the conquest of lands that were once under Sharia Law. Islam is only allowed setbacks, never defeat. Once a land has been conquered, they will return and they will be relentless in that pursuit.

After that, they will move on to the rest of the world. Their overall goal is to turn Dar al Harb (the world at war) into Dar al Islam (the world submitted). Whether they call themselves "moderate" or "extremist" that is the goal of them all.

7 posted on 04/06/2015 8:19:35 AM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: lordpumblechook
You rang?
8 posted on 04/06/2015 8:19:51 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: SeekAndFind
Although the literal translation of “Allahu akbar” is “Allah is great,” Greenfield explains that the intended meaning is “Allah is greater than your god. Allah is supreme; he’s supreme to your god, he’s supreme to all other gods, he’s supreme to you.”
The situation was that people of Israel had taken to Baal worship, a faith that added a lot of whores to its rituals and thus gained immediate popularity. Elijah (not the one with the bears, that was Elisha) decided that the people had to choose between Baal and God. Rather than write a series of books or give a bunch of boring speeches, Elijah invited 450 Baal prophets to a contest, where both sides would set up an animal sacrifice. Whichever God could rain down fire on its sacrifice would be the one everybody worshiped.

It's brilliant in its simplicity, and we're surprised religious debates were ever carried out any other way after that. You can raise all the intellectual challenges you want about faith and the origins of the universe, but at the end of the day, you have to worship the god who can set you on fire. It's common sense.

We like to think Elijah stood in front of the howling column of heavenly fire, straightened his robes, turned to the crowd and said, "Thus, my opponent's argument falls." Then, he finished the debate in the way that all debates should be finished: by having the losers slaughtered.
-- from the thread The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses


9 posted on 04/06/2015 8:20:45 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: MeshugeMikey

Shout Alley Oop Snackbar while reloading!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Q-ZE_Y6es


10 posted on 04/06/2015 8:23:12 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Kind of like the Chinese name for China.

It's pronounced something like TSUNG-wah, and a Chinese person will tell you it means "middle country." What's wrong with that? Hey, it's "in the middle." Brings to mind our expression "middle of the road."

But that's not really accurate. A more exact translation would be "center country" - or perhaps "central country" - as in "center of the world" or "center of the universe."

11 posted on 04/06/2015 8:28:32 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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To: lordpumblechook

12 posted on 04/06/2015 8:34:10 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic!)
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To: SeekAndFind
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

- 1 Kings 18:21 (KJV)

13 posted on 04/06/2015 8:36:23 AM PDT by Prospero (Si Deus trucido mihi, ego etiam fides Deus.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

.”Then they flip you off......” ..OR CUT YOUR HEAD


14 posted on 04/06/2015 8:40:36 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: SeekAndFind
Where have we heard this before? "Deutschland über alles."
15 posted on 04/06/2015 8:49:56 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The greatest danger facing our world: the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons.-Netanyahu)
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To: SeekAndFind; jjotto
Now, if the Arameans/Christian Arabs had uttered this, it would be a signal of triumph—for such an utterance is logically true: Our G_D is greater than their "god"...

Stop me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there's any other way around it: the Arabic al-ilah has a cognate in Hebrew el-elohi, which as I recall, simply means "the god"...

16 posted on 04/06/2015 8:55:49 AM PDT by __rvx86 (¡SI SE PUEDE! (Cruz 2016!))
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To: SeekAndFind
Jupiter could sooo kick Allah's ass!
17 posted on 04/06/2015 9:32:01 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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To: Albion Wilde

Its like hearing a bunch of sword swinging Japanese shouting Banzai-— That means 10,000 Years. Better be ready for combat! We have nothing like it in American—Maybe Geronimo? Or the Rebel Yell in the Civil War?


18 posted on 04/06/2015 10:45:43 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: MeshugeMikey

My work colleague, Akmed, heard me ranting about my c**t of a neighbour and he gave me the following advice. “Think what my holy prophet Mohammed would do in your situation”.

So I beheaded him and married his 9 year old daughter.

Courtesy of Sickipedia.org: http://www.sickipedia.org/racism/muslim/my-work-colleague-akmed-heard-me-ranting-about-my-cunt-1556657#ixzz3WYu6jJd7


19 posted on 04/06/2015 1:11:08 PM PDT by Neidermeyer ("Our courts should not be collection agencies for crooks." — John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 1986-)
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To: SeekAndFind; Legatus
“He [Allah] it is who has sent his messenger [Muhammad] with guidance and the religion of truth to make it victorious over all religions, even though the infidels may resist.”

That's not my God, that's for sure.

20 posted on 04/06/2015 2:32:33 PM PDT by piusv
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