Kuwaiti official: 'The terrorist Katrina' is a 'soldier of Allah'

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

NOTE: Two sources, excerpts from each.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/columnists/jgurwitz/stories/MYSA090705.02O.gurwitz.11fd1d2f.html

Muhammad Yousef Al-Mlaifi, an official in the Kuwaiti Ministry of Endowments, shared a similar sentiment. In an article he wrote for the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa, translated by the Middle East Media Research Service, he calls Katrina "a wind of torment and evil that Allah has sent to the American empire."

I invoke here, as I have in the past, the biblical account of Elijah's flight to Mount Horeb:

"And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke into pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice."

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/TEMP/ss_terror_09_01.html

Kuwaiti: 'The terrorist Katrina' is a 'soldier of Allah'

Muhammad Yousef Al-Mlaifi, director of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Endowment's research center, published an article titled "The Terrorist Katrina is One of the Soldiers of Allah, But Not an Adherent of Al-Qaeda."(1) the Aug. 31 edition of the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa. Following are excerpts: "...As I watched the horrible sights of this wondrous storm, I was reminded of the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah of Al-Bukhari and Abu Daoud. The Hadith says: 'The wind is of the wind of Allah, it comes from mercy or for the sake of torment. When you see it, do not curse it, ask Allah for the good that is in it, and ask Allah for shelter from its evil.'

"When the satellite channels reported on the scope of the terrifying destruction in America this wind, I was reminded of the words of : 'The wind sends torment to one group of people, and sends mercy to others.' I do not think — and only Allah knows — that this wind, which completely wiped out American cities in these days, is a wind of mercy and blessing. It is almost certain that this is a wind of torment and evil that Allah has sent to this American empire.

"But I began to ask myself: Doesn't this country claim to aspire to establish justice, freedom, and equality amongst the people? Isn't this country claiming that everything it did in Afghanistan and Iraq was for truth and justice? How can it be that these American claims are untrue, when we see how good prevails in the streets of Afghanistan, and how it became an oasis of security with America's entrance there? How can these American claims in the matter of Iraq be untrue, when we see that Iraq has become the most tranquil and secure country in the world?"

"But how strange it is that after all the tremendous American achievements for the sake of humanity, these mighty winds come and evilly rip cities to shreds? Have the storms joined the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization? "How sad I am for America. Here it is, poor thing, trying with all its might to lower oil prices which have reached heights unprecedented in all history. Along with America's phenomenal efforts to lower the price of oil in order to salvage its declining economy and its currency — that is still falling due to the 'smart' policy America is implementing in the world — comes this storm, the fruit of Allah's planning, so that a barrel of oil will increase further still. By Allah, this is not schadenfreude.

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1. What? Aren't we glad we restored their monarchy?

Second thoughts now?

[Fenris]

2. Gurwitz is a full on nutjob.

[Rex_Goodheart]

3. Hey. Muhammad...

then what was the tsunami?

[zbdent]

4. Nope, sorry - Katrina was a Soldier of God

There to wipe out the gays and the abortionists.

Remember?

That's what the Religious Reich was saying the other day . . .

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. Fred Phelps...he was mentioned in the same article.

Mental illness is not constrained or defined by one's faith...or lack of it.