To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (16029 ) 11/13/2003 9:29:33 AM From: MulhollandDrive Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793613 con't In the long history of Islam, many such fringe groups were known. The first of which called “Al Khawarij� (roughly translated means: those who opt out –I am a terrible translator). They spread havoc, murder, terrible atrocities, and fought against the very “founding fathers� of the Islamic faith. They fought, for instance against Imam Ali (PBU), the cousin of the Prophet (PBU) and the fourth Caliph, and one of the greatest philosophers and figures in Islamic history. They used to quote verses from the Quraan, to justify their murders, just as our friend does here. For instance, there is a famous verse where the prophet Noah (PBU) admonishes the Lord not to let any of the heathen live lest they beget children who will be as wicked and infidel as they are ( Surah of Noah). This particular verse was taken as an excuse to slaughter and disembowel any pregnant Moslem woman they could lay their hands on. In one of the many battles fought against them, the battle of “Nahrawan – a place that still exist today near Baghdad “, the Imam, exhausted all arguments to bring them to their senses, but they wouldn’t listen, and the Imam then ordered that they be annihilated and they were to the last man. Eventually one of them assassinated the Imam while he was praying in the mosque. They were bent on death and self-destruction. These people that you have today, such as Al Qaida, the Jihadi Salafis etc. are but the modern equivalent of the old Khawarij. The model of their perfect Islamic State is the miserable “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan�, of the Taliban. Need we describe this entity so that the perfection of the utopia is properly appreciated? Yes, come my “brother� Layth, let us wash our dirty linen in public, for that is the scandal that you and your like have brought on our head. The shame is not on us, but on you who have covered all of us and the name of our great and humanitarian religion with shame from head to toe. Shame on you who have made our name, our creed, and our existence even anathema to the whole of humanity. Shame on you murderers of children, women and welfare workers. You think you are on the side of God, but in reality you are nothing but the demented misguided lost tools of Satan. I pray to God for your salvation. Just one of the examples of the exploits of the “valiant resistance� amongst many, which was reported in the news and can be easily checked out. A group of young American soldiers guarding a children’s hospital in Baquba, were attacked and three killed, nay I say martyred. Guarding a children’s hospital from what? From the looters, who loot the medicine of children. Just one typical incident. You cover us with shame from head to toe. We declare before the whole world, your God is not our God, your religion is not our religion. You are the enemies of God, Humanity, Sanity & Decency. You are totally obsessed, unredeemable and hopeless. We have but to follow the decree of our Great Imam Ali ( PBU ) and you will be exterminated to the last man. Salam to all who deserve peace. Alaa # posted by Alaa : 8:55 AM