Kill the Kafir now!

[odysseus]

The fate of the BBC's Alan Johnston, held hostage in Gaza by the jihadist "Jaish al-Islam" group, was put to a vote today on the Palestinian forum al-Ommh.

It was the opinion of the vast majority of participants that Johnston should be killed, and the sooner the better.

In the discussion following the poll, comments ranged from "do the killing in coordination with al-Qaida in Iraq who have hostages of their own who need to die - the combined effect will be very good", to "mmmm, Roman [i.e. Crusader] blood is good!". One guy tried to argue that they needed a fatwa, and not just people's personal opinions - to no avail.

It is not known to us if the person who asked the question, or any of the respondents, is connected to the Jaish al-Islam in Gaza, though this is not unlikely.
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[Kim S.]

Jeez, that's terrible!! ... The weird thing is that it's so similar to POL...

Odysseus, have you noticed that the date on the poll says "07-05-25"? Is that the current year according to the Islamic calendar? Or just a mistake?

[odysseus]

Checking...
As soon as I know something I'll let you know

[odysseus]

Kim, I got the reply from the "Big Guys"!

I believe it says that the poll will close at 0842 on 25 May 2007.

For certain the 07.05.25 is the date formated at year.month.day, and the time, 0842 is the same as the time that the poll was started on 15 May 2007.

[Kim S.]

Kim, I got the reply from the "Big Guys"!

I believe it says that the poll will close at 0842 on 25 May 2007.

For certain the 07.05.25 is the date formated at year.month.day, and the time, 0842 is the same as the time that the poll was started on 15 May 2007.

That's weird... I've never seen a date starting from the year...

By the way, thank you very much, Odysseus!

[pcosta]

That's weird... I've never seen a date starting from the year...

If you read correctly from right to left, is much less weird... isn't the same in Hebrew?

[odysseus]

If you read correctly from right to left, is much less weird... isn't the same in Hebrew?

Unfortunately I don't know Hebrew (I'm studying it though!), but you're right!
It's the same...

[Kim S.]

WHOOOPS!! You're right, I haven't thought about that... (sorry, these days my brain is melting... Is that because of the hot weather? )


Ps: wow, are you studying Hebrew? How's that? Difficult? (gee, I've still have got problems with Ancient Greek... I can't possibly imagine myself studying Hebrew! hehehe)

[odysseus]

WHOOOPS!! You're right, I haven't thought about that... (sorry, these days my brain is melting... Is that because of the hot weather? )


Ps: wow, are you studying Hebrew? How's that? Difficult? (gee, I've still have got problems with Ancient Greek... I can't possibly imagine myself studying Hebrew! hehehe)

Yes...Kim!!!
It's definitely the hot weather...!!!
Seriously...I had to ask someone to find the right answer !

[odysseus]

Yes...Kim!!!
It's definitely the hot weather...!!!
Seriously...I had to ask someone to find the right answer !

Having studied Ancient Greek, I can tell you that they are both ...difficult!!!
It's all a matter of practice!
In a couple of months in Tel Aviv you can just about get by with Hebrew!
Then you move for a week to Jerusalem and you forget it! Arabic is widely spoken there...!
But, it's a fascinating language!