“Allahu akbar” (God is the greatest) is what New York terrorist, Sayfullo Saipov, reportedly uttered after plowing down innocents on the streets of New York last week. A practicing Muslim will say “Allahu akbar” or variations such as “SubhanaAllah” (praise be to God), “MashaAllah” (as God willed), “InshaAllah” (if God wills it) hundreds of time per day. “Allahu akbar!” blares the alarm clock in Family Guy before blowing up the Griffin home. Hirsi Ali has repeatedly focused on “Allahu akbar” as a terrorist battle cry and she has even falsely claimed that jihad is primarily one of the sword. Tapper quickly responded that Fox News was lying and that he never said that Allahu akbar was a “beautiful phrase.” He was justified in setting the record straight, but a better response would have been, “I never said that, but it can be a beautiful phrase.” Well, they are beautiful phrases when most of us use them, and we want them back.

Source: thestar November 07, 2017 21:45 UTC