Holy Rug Burn Batman!

While it has been no strange practice for those of any religion to show their piety through outward symbols rather than right actions, some events in Egypt have made me concerned. As the cultural identity of the Arab world continues to circulate around the religion of Islam, there are interesting variants on how to prove your piety.

BLAM!

Most would maybe assume it would be donating to the poor, they of course would be incorrect, since well they are poor since God hates them. Others may say that it is the growth of community service that has made an impact on schools and bettered peoples lives. They are also wrong.

So in what way have Egyptians sought to prove their devotion to God? Rug burns. That is how far this once great culture has fallen. Builders of the pyramids, well along with the “help” of the people of David whose country *does not exist*. Are now defining their piety by the rug burn mark of a on their forehead.

POW!

The technical term they call it is “zebibah” which is Arabic for raisin, since it is more distinguished than calling it rug burn I guess. It is “gained” praying 5 times a day which Muslims face Mecca, and touch their heads to the ground 35 times. This shows their devotion to God and if they rub it they win a prize.

Normally, I would chalk this up to good religious fanaticism rather than the blowing stuff up religious fanaticism, not that Islam is a violent religion with undertones towards reckless violence, merely its practitioners are. What makes this a special case is that it is Egypt.

BANG!

Why? Egypt is the birthplace of the Muslim Brotherhood, probably the first of the Islamo-fascists, or whatever buzzword we are calling cowards who attack innocent women and children in the guise of piety. The slogan of the Brotherhood is as follows, “Allah is our objective, the Prophet is our leader, the Koran our law, Jihad is our way, Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope“. Pretty catchy huh?

With membership in the organization the best way to protest the government, their is an undertone as well as an underground culture of proving ones faith through extreme actions. This could lead someone who is feeling the social pressures, and can either use sandpaper to the face, or be convinced to blow something up.

ZOOM!

Now the liberal, politically correct, pro-cuddling of terrorists, media will probably slander me for jumping to conclusions. Except for this little excerpt from Mona el-Naggar, a reporter for the New York Times that broke the story, describes an exchange between two brothers, where the elder has the mark while the younger doesn’t. While the older brother was teasing him, the younger said, “I pray for God, not this thing on my forehead.”

DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO

I hope I am wrong, but past experience tells me to be cautious, that and watching the Batman and Robin TV show that inspired the format of the post, Holy Rug Burn Batman!

Revelations from Nyquil

It has occurred to me over the weekend past, several epiphanies on the subject of our Muslims brothers.  The first of which, is what I call, the two circles of Islam.  The second of which is how similar the faith of Shai Islam is to their Jewish counterparts.

Now it is always risky for someone to make observations of any kind on Islam because it could quite literally blow up in your face.  So why not start off with the serious insight first, then get into the surreal after.  Why great master of the literary arts, what are the “two circles of Islam”?

Well they are the  cultural reason that we have Islamic Fundamentalism, but without the counterbalance of moderate intelligent Muslims really taking them on in debate, or on a serious police action against these misanthropes.

The wider circle of Islam would encompass all  who embrace the teachings of the prophet Muhammad, which is why if you say prophet Muhammad three times fast an Englishwoman is deported from a third world country.  This would be why the country of Indonesia still does not recognize that Israel exists, out of some misguided loyalty to their Muslim brothers.

The very much narrower of the circles would only count those who are of Arabic decent to be counted among their ranks.  For like the Africans they have not been able to go through the joy of nationalism, and therefore see each other in a much different light.  This would explain the words of a Syrian Woman who earned a medal in the olympics in the late 90’s saying, and I butcher the quote, “I win this for all Arabs and for Syria.

One would never see such an outreach of unity from almost any other part of the globe.  A Brit would never say, “I win this for all of Europe and for Britain as well”, he has been taught that his loyalties belong to his country and not to some misguided sense of oppression.

The danger to this inner circle is what it does to those who are Arabic and not Muslim, as can be seen by Mrs. Arafat who is “Christian”  by faith and therefore overcompensates by hating Israel, and the West, proving that she and her kind are true Arabs.  Whereas in other areas in the world defining oneself does not involve hating entire ethnic groups, well except for racist hate mongrels.

With that smooth transition I move to how the faith of Shia Islam is much the same as their hated rival the Jews of Israel.  This is also my best guess on exactly how the world will end so listen up.  We are all familiar with the  Judao-Christian tradition of a Messiah.  One group is waiting for him to come back, the other waiting for him to come for the first time.  (Although that does leave the distinct possibility that it is the same dude, haunting music)

What the Shia are waiting for is the 12th Imam, who is kinda like the Messiah for the Shia.  He will be the descendant of Muhammad and  will bring justice and peace, while bring Islam throughout the world.  That seems kinda contradictory to me, but I can swing with it.  There is a tradition that some Sunni embrace that a Mahdi - will come and do the same thing for their side as well. (Which also leaves the possibility that it could be the same dude, haunting music)

Then there is the fact that the God who created this world had a very sophisticated  sense of humo, as that he put the one natural resource needed to have a technologically advanced economy, in a place where they hate technology and want to go back to medieval times, not the restaurant sadly.  So it is my bet that all four of these “Savior, Messiah, Mahdi, Imam”’s could be, and in fact will be the same dude.

Then we will fight over who he really is, and since God decides those who are victorious in battle, cablammo!  It all makes sense!  At least most things do when you are suffering from the flu, hoped up on caffeine  from Mountain Dew since it is the only thing that doesn’t hurt when drinking and you are having Revelations From Nyquil.