Monday, February 19, 2007

Suleiman the Magnificent

Pepe, meet Courage. Courage, mee.......Sacre Bleu, that Pepe runs swift!

"Reported by Al-Masree Al-Yawm (The Egyptian Today), with thanks to Dalia.

The article is in Arabic. Here’s my translation:

Family of Al-Azhar Student, Accused of “Contempt of Religion”, Disowns Him Before His Court Verdict Session
Written by Nabeel Abu Shal and Tamer Al-Sharqawy
18/2/2007

The family of Al-Azhar student Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman, accused of “contempt of religion”, has disowned him before his court verdict session on the upcoming Thursday. His father, a retired mathematics teacher, has demanded applying the Sharia [Islamic law] ruling on him by giving him three days to repent, followed by having him killed if he does not announce his repentance.

The father of the Al-Azhar student, who is accused of contempt of the Islamic religion, harming the reputation of Egypt, and inciting to disrupt the peace and to overthrow the regime, has decided to rescind from boycotting his trial hearing sessions. [He has decided] to attend the court verdict session with his four brothers, who completely memorized the Holy Quran, to announce disowning the accused Abdul Kareem inside the court room, in order to reduce the embarrassment and pressure that civil rights organizations are applying on the court panel.

The father of the accused also described the organizations that are working on having his son acquitted as “monkey rights” organizations, in his own words. He also described his son as the “monkey” who has imitated the atheists of the West in their intellectual thinking.

The family also said that they will announce their disownment of their son on the Internet as well..."

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

lessons in courage from people who are comfortable seeing others getting shot at for the sole purpose of serving their own obscure paranoid agendas (all the while claiming that they would go themselves if only they were young enough/weren't so busy/didn't have kids/blah-blah-blah) are hugely entertaining aa - thanks for the treat.

Arelcao Akleos said...

So you consider this Suleiman to be one who is "comfortable seeing others getting shot at for the sole purpose of serving their own obscure paranoid agenda" ????
There is no treat quite like watching a French Teat in retreat.
As for the rest of your bleat, Pepe Bravo of the Quarter, it would be interesting see when and where in your life you have done anything but refuse the chance to show your cojones [other than to your fellow bath-house aficionados]

Anonymous said...

you think your willingness to send others into useless battle is some sign of bravery on your part? is there anything in your cojones beyond armchair chicken-shittery ?

Anonymous said...

So you consider this Suleiman to be one who is "comfortable seeing others getting shot at for the sole purpose of serving their own obscure paranoid agenda" ????
no, that's you.

My Frontier Thesis said...

Not that it matters one way or another to you Pepe, and in reference to you referring to AA as, ahem, "chicken shittery," AA spent his time on the line in Yankee uniform/fatigues some years back.

But don't worry. FCP is still working on getting you that ticket to Afghanistan, Pepe.

Anonymous said...

what is fcp ?

Anonymous said...

come to think of it, i'd prefer basra or baghdad if there was a choice: i have some compatriots in the UN force in afghanistan and there was at least some measure of legitimacy to that war.

My Frontier Thesis said...

...come to think of it, i'd prefer basra or baghdad if there was a choice: i have some compatriots in the UN force in afghanistan and there was at least some measure of legitimacy to that war.

1.) FCP = Free Counter Point.

2.) It's in allah's hands wherever you go. ...and by the way, how are those UN condemnation resolutions working out for your Parisian pals in Afghanistan? Does the UN even allow them to have a round chambered?

Anonymous said...

how are those UN condemnation resolutions working out for your Parisian pals in Afghanistan? Does the UN even allow them to have a round chambered?
link ?

My Frontier Thesis said...

No link, just an off-the-cuff comment about the UN's repeated resolutions that impose nothing more than verbal and legal condemnations against countries. It strokes everyone's moral sensibilities but does little to correct the problem. That's just the nature of the UN beast, however.

Anonymous said...

right. and we all see how effective the cowboy alternative has proved.

My Frontier Thesis said...

And your superficial pacifism is oh-so effective, Pepe.

Pepe le Pew said...

you don't know that: my pacifism hasn't been put to the task, mft.