97. War nur Poesie

Australia’s Muslim leader Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali’s description of September 11 terrorist attacks as God’s work against oppressors was appalling, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.

Aber es war gar nicht so, sagt sein Sprecher (Sydney Morning Herald vom 29.2.04). Sondern:

However, a spokesman for the Sydney-based Mufti fiercely denied these claims, saying the Mufti did not, and never would, support terrorism or suicide bombings.

Spokesman Keysar Trad today said the Mufti had taken bits from poetry, which he incorporated into his sermon, and that his other comments had been misinterpreted.

In einem Bericht über die strittige Rede Scheich al-Hilalis werden die poetischen Splitter so zitiert:

Sheik Al Hilaly spoke of an „Islamic revolution“, and told his audience not to be surprised if one day a muezzin called out „Allah is Great!“ from the „top of the White House“.

„September 11 is God’s work against oppressors,“ he said. „Some of the things that happen in the world cannot be explained; a civilian airplane whose secrets cannot be explained, if we ask its pilot who reached his objective without error: ‚Who led your steps?‘
„Or if we ask the giant that fell: ‚Who humiliated you?‘ Or if we ask the president: ‚Who made you cry?‘ God is the answer.“

Declaring there was a „war on infidels“ around the world, the Mufti praised the boy who, „despite his mother’s objections“, went to war to become a martyr.

Bemoaning the lack of „real men“ in the Arab world, he said the „true boy“ was one who told his mother not to cry for him if he died. The boy who cried: „Oh mother, jihad has been imposed on me and I want to become a martyr [was a son of Islam].“ The boy would cry to his mother: „Oh mother, I’m going with a stone in my hand to become a martyr.“