What Up With Allah?
By Letters To The Editor John W. Lillpop (01/05/06)
Following the death & destruction visited upon America by Katrina last Fall, several Muslim clerics warned that the US was being punished for offenses against Muslims. Further carnage at the hand of Allah was promised unless infidels changed our evil ways.
And just today, the life-theatening stroke suffered by Ariel Sharon has caused some Palestinans to wax with gratitude. "We thank God for this gift he presented to us on this new year," said Ahmed Jibril, leader of the Syrian-backed faction Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.
But recent world disasters suggest that Muslims themselves may be in the cross-hairs of the Almighty. To wit: 50,000 deaths in the 2003 earthquake in Iran; 220,000 deaths in the 2004 Tsunami, most of which were Muslims, and 50,000 deaths in Pakistan due to a major earthquake in 2005.
Perhaps Allah has lost his touch......or his patience?
John W. Lillpop
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