They Did What ???!!!

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I’m hoping this story is just a nasty rumor, but since I fear it may not be, I am reporting it. Big Peace is reporting today about an Arabic Al-Arabiya story entitled (pathognomonically), “ ‘Umar ‘Abd-al-Rahman at Forefront of Egyptian-American Prisoner Exchange Deal.”

The story states:

The Egyptian government began taking steps to respond with the American offer to release 50 Egyptians being held in American prisons–including Shaykh ‘Umar ‘Abd-al-Rahman—in exchange for the release of 19 Americans accused in the case of foreign funding of civil society organizations. This is according to what was confirmed by Major General Muhammad Hani Zahir, an expert in military studies and international counterterrorism. 

Zahir in comments to the newspaper ‘al-Masriyun’ said it was necessary for Egypt to exploit America’s weak position, especially after condemning its citizens in cases affecting Egyptian sovereignty over its territory. He added that Egypt should not permit this exchange to take place unless the American administration agrees to release more than 500 Egyptians being held in American prisons, of whom the Egyptian foreign ministry knows nothing.

We need to understand that kidnapping and taking hostages are a standard way of raising money and gaining things that would otherwise be unattainable in the Middle East. We are stupid if we have even considered making this offer. It will only lead to more situations where Americans are held hostage.

In speaking of the rules that govern Islamic societies, the article at Big Peace reports:

Indeed such odious “rules” were iterated by all four classical schools of Islamic jurisprudence, across the vast Muslim empire. Specifically, Ibn Abi Zayd Al_Qayrawani (d. 996), head of the North African Maliki school at Qairuan, and the famous Syrian jurist Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) of the Hanbali school under the Mamluks, wrote the following:

[Ibn Abi Zayd Al_Qayrawani ] There is no inconvenience to kill white non-Arabs who have been taken prisoner… 

[Ibn Taymiyya] …If a male unbeliever is taken captive during warfare or otherwise, eg., as a result of a shipwreck, or because he has lost his way, or as a result of a ruse, then the imam may do whatever he deems appropriate: killing him, enslaving him, releasing him or setting him free for a ransom consisting in either property or people. This is the view of most jurists and it is supported by the Koran and the Sunna…

It is time to come to the realization that all civilizations are not created equally and that to negotiate with barbarians is folly. We need to delay (and eventually cancel) all aid to Egypt and demand that they release the Americans they are holding hostage. This situation is an example of why America needs a strong President and a strong military. Currently we have a weak President who is trying to destroy our strong military. November of this year is the time to bring change to the White House.