Hot Air has a video up of a couple of Muslim extremists - “the godfather of British jihad”, Omar Bakri Mohammed, Bahraini Shiite scholar Dhiyaa Al-Musawi and Egyptian scholar Gamal Al-Bana - talking about terrorism, and Jihad more in general. Some nice quotes / excerpts(you have to watch the video for yourself though):
- “They [the 9/11 terrorists] were magnificent, even though they were terrorists. The fact that they carried out a terrorist act, does not prevent us from calling them “magnificent”, because this is what religious scholars call “commendable terrorism.”
- “We have two kinds of terrorism: commendable terrorism and reprehensible terrorism. Reprehensible terrorism is an attack on women, children, the peaceful, and the innocent.” Woman interrupts: “So how do you explain the 9/11 operations, in which innocent people were killed, while a Koranic verse says: ‘Whoever slays a soul, it is as though he slew all men’?” Well, that’s easy: “Yes, but that verse refers to killing in general. ‘Do not kill the soul that Allah has forbidden, except when required by justice’. In other words a Muslim may carry out certain religious duties, so when he attacks the enemy on his own land, some innocent people might consequently die, but they are not killed intentionally.”
- Woman again: “But, to a certain extent you are justifying the killing of innocent people.” O really, you think? Omar Bakri: “Killing innocent people is forbidden in Islam. ” And then it comes… say it: “But who is innocent - that is another question.” Ahhh, so predictable… And then: “In any war, women and children might be killed unintentionally.”
- The Egyptian scholar: Martyrdom operations in Palestine, in particular, are justified for two reasons. First, the Palestinians do not have weapons to defend themselves. They have no tanks, artillery, and so on. This is the only means available to them. Therefore, it is justified, especially since it is the Israeli soldiers that are targeted.” But what about terrorist attacks against, say, a bar, a restaurant, a shop? “When I say ’soldiers’ - the entire Israeli people is recruited [included?]. The women are the most vicious of them all. Therefore, this is justified.” Even if they harm a woman - all the women serve in the army. All the men serve in the army.” But… what about the children Gamal Al-Bana? “Only the small children remain, and the fact is that these are only very rarely harmed.” Ahh, handy, handy

Something quite funny: when talking about American aggression Omar Bakri Mohammed mentioned…

The crusades…

Those damned Americans! Organizing crusades before America even existed! Quote: “The 9/11 operations were a response to great aggressive acts by America, its attacks on Afghanistan, on Iraq, on Sudan, not to mention the historic crusades from long ago, and so on.”

How can we expect to reason with these people?

Worse yet, these people are allowed to speak freely, and influence the youth and ‘educate’ (using the word loosely) them… They are inspiring children / youths on a daily basis to become ‘martyrs’ by killing as many Westerners as possible.

H/t my good friend and personal editor, Holly.