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It happened recently in the Italian town of Sora. As workers were putting up Christmas lights in the town center, a man ventured by and began screaming, “Allahu akbar.” Everyone present was terrified, contravening the American media dictum that “Allahu akbar” is an entirely benign phrase that shouldn’t worry anyone. How did these Italians get so Islamophobic?
The Italian-language publication FrosinoneToday reported that the onlooker’s shouts of “Allahu akbar” as workers put up Christmas lights and lit them caused “real ‘moments of fear,’” and that “once he was gone, having literally terrorized everyone present with the equally classic exclamation associated with terrorism, the young man continued to rail against the lights.”
Why was everyone terrorized? The phrase “Allahu akbar” is routinely translated in the English-language media as “God is great,” a resoundingly uncontroversial phrase by any standard. In reality, however, that is a mistranslation. “Allahu akbar” actually means “Allah is greater,” a subtle but important difference. Rather than simply being a proclamation of the greatness of the divine, “Allahu akbar” is actually a proclamation of superiority: what is being said is that Allah, the God of Islam, is greater than your god, or your government, or your atheistic belief system, or your society and culture, or anything else that you may love and admire. Whatever it is, Allah is greater.
This proclamation therefore also means that Islam is superior to all other religions and everything else, for while the use of the word “Allah” is not restricted to Muslims alone, those who proclaim “Allahu akbar” generally have in mind the God of the Qur’an, and are proclaiming his superiority over all other Gods. This was made abundantly clear a few years ago in Malaysia when Christians were forbidden to use the word “Allah” to refer to the God of Christianity.
But the Italians in Sora weren’t terrorized by a simple assertion of the superiority of Islam. The phrase has come to be associated with terrorism for one very good reason: terrorists often shout it when they’re in the act. Just a few weeks ago in France, a Muslim previously convicted of terrorism screamed “Allahu akbar” as he attacked a police officer. Also in France recently, a Muslim migrant proclaiming, “Allahu akbar” hit one gendarme with a faucet and bit another. In Belgium, a knife-wielding Muslim who was also screaming, “Allahu akbar” said he was going to kill everyone in a hospital emergency room. In the same country, another Muslim shouting, “Allahu akbar” stabbed one police officer in the neck, killing him, and wounding another. In Germany, a Muslim on a Berlin train screamed “Allahu akbar” and “I will kill all Germans.”
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gravenimage says
Man Terrorizes Everyone at Christmas Tree Lighting by Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’
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Disgusting–why wasn’t this thug removed by police?
And look what enraged him–putting up *Christmas lights*. I know some people who don’t like or celebrate Christmas, but who would *never* consider terrifying innocent people at a Christmas lighting ceremony.
And Muslim reactions to Christmas are often much worse than just scaring people, and extend to destruction, violence, and even murder.
notoislam says
If they are Muslim you are distrusted in an all around manner. Why should Americans ever trust such a belief system that has MURDER AND DEATH as the top action that they need to take being the enemy.
There are too many Americans
There are Americans who need to know that the Nazi-Germans were the ones who educated the Muslims in Africa-especially in Egypt. Yes indeed they put it to use by grinding up the US govt. man who went there on business. Do they know that it was Muslim who caused 9/11??? OMG wake up people and get rid of the evil and constant death camped here in the USA!!
Scotsman48 says
It is ILLEGAL in both Malaysia and Brunei for a non muslim to use the word allah as they say that word is for use by muslims ONLY even though Arabic speaking Christians were using that word long before muhamad, may piss be upon him, meet his fallen Angel in a cave.
Even a Bible printed in English in Malaysia has on the front cover….
”For Non Musilms ONLY”…. In other words do what islam says or die…
So tolerant eh?.
The spokesmen for islam sure are afraid their flock may learn something other than the garbage they are taught from birth and this is why they can keep such morons stupid and in place…
Just as Hitler did… Coincidence…I dont think so…