Muslim Jihadi Bombers ready to die
Americans by nature are tolerant of most religions as long as they do not demean others or attempt to force their beliefs on us. It is extremely rare to see one of us hassle the Amish, Mennonites, Hare Krishna or any other of the numerous non main stream religions we see here in our great land. Of course, none of those religions have anything close to a mandate to conduct jihad. If they did I strongly doubt we would all be so tolerant of them and their ideals.
Unfortunately, some of us give the same credit to Muslims. They tend to think of them as just another quirky religious group with strange clothing and strange beliefs. Nothing could be further than the truth. Islam is Islam, people will point to select groups and point the blame at this or that sect, this or that sub sect or blame the teachings of a few bad imams, mullahs or other Islamic nutjobs. Apologists will quickly point out Islam is not a monolith, it is complex, multifaceted yada, yada, yada. Not all Muslims even support sharia, bunk, shear bunk.
Welcome to reality, the Bali bombers are not misunderstanders of Islam they are simple practicing Muslims, proud of their beliefs and their duty to their demonic master. All Muslims read and follow the Koran, they have no choice but to hold Mohammed, a murderous, pedophile as a role model. Muslims should not choose to expect non-Muslims to judge Mohammed by anything other than his historical record. And the record speaks for itself.
It has always amazed me that any non-Muslims would even attempt to justify an ideology based around violent repression as ok. The Bali bombers are not crazy misguided or insane they are simply Muslims.
October 13, 2007 (AAP)
The three death row Bali bombers say they are ready to die and won’t be asking for a presidential pardon.
They also expressed delight at the recent controversy surrounding their impending executions, saying the more pain they cause the greater their reward in heaven.
“I’m very happy especially after hearing that John Howard is very regretful, very angry with us,” the so-called smiling assassin, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim said today at the island prison where he is held.
“The more he is angry, the more I will get rewards from god, right?
“The more I make infidels angry, the more I will get my reward, so I’m more relaxed.”
Islamic militants Amrozi, his elder brother Ali Ghufron (alias Mukhlas) and Imam Samudra were today briefly let out of their isolation cells at Batu Prison, on the island of Nusakambangan in Central Java, to pray for the holy Islamic day Idul Fitri.
They walked the 100 metres to the prison mosque, At-Taubah, unshackled, in their best robes, to pray with other inmates – murderers, terrorists and drug dealers – for today’s holiday which marks the end of the fasting month Ramadan
But as the one-hour ceremony wound up, the three began shouting “god is great”, rallying support from other prisoners, before they were told to stop by the guards.
The trio could face execution within weeks for their roles in the October 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, which killed 202 people including 88 Australians.
Authorities must formally ask if they will seek clemency from the president, before the three will face the firing squad.
But the impending executions have been mired in controversy, with Australian victims angered by opposition to the death penalty ahead of yesterday’s fifth anniversary of the atrocity.
Prime Minister John Howard also yesterday signalled a formal complaint to Indonesia, after news broke that the country’s anti-terror chief hosted a party of reformed terrorists at his home to aid the terror fight last month.
Today, Indonesian authorities were considering granting sentence cuts to 10 people involved in the first and second Bali attacks, to mark today’s significant Islamic holiday.
The three key players in the bombings remain unrepentant, although they apologised to Muslim victims of the terrorist attacks, to mark the holy day, in which Muslims traditionally apologise for their wrongs.
“We apologise for the victims of the Bali bombings, but the Muslims,” Samudra said.
“The infidels will go to hell anyway.”
Samudra said the three were not afraid to die, adding he would prefer beheading.
“Absolutely we are not afraid,” he said.
“That’s what I’ve been waiting for … firstly with execution we will go to heaven and then our wish to see God and the angels is far higher than the wish of the infidels for our death.
“Why would we be scared of death? Even now we are not scared to be executed.
“(US President George) Bush and his allies, you all will go to hell but me and all my friends in the world will go to heaven.”
“No, no, no there won’t be any clemency because its not Islamic law – that is part of democracy and the law of democracy, and we are totally against democracy.”
13 October, 2007 at 10:43 am
So, he wants to die… Perhaps the International community should rethink its ban on the Death Penalty. Think of it as a Gary Gilmore moment…
Cheers