Egyptian Pres. Candidate: Osama bin Laden a Martyr Who Spoke ‘the Word of Truth With Power’
- Posted on November 17, 2011 at 7:37am by
Billy Hallowell
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The post-Hosni Mubarak Egypt is one that is characterized by increasing uncertainty. With a new government on the horizon, questions remain regarding how much influence Islamic law will have in the land. And a recent video featuring Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, an Egyptian candidate for president, simply adds to the concern.
The clip, which has been analyzed and subtitled in English by Translating Jihad, shows Abu Ismail, a man the Weekly Standard says, ”may well follow Mubarak as Egypt’s first Islamist president,” making some eyebrow-raising comments.
The original, untranslated video was posted to YouTube back on August 4 showcases a man who may very well be unfriendly to the United States’ anti-terror policies. In the clip, Abu Ismail expresses support for the now-deceased terror leader Osama bin Laden. In addition to asking Allah to “accept him with the righteous and the martyrs,“ he says that bin Laden was able to ”speak the word of truth with power.”
Below, watch these comments, complete with translated subtitles:
And here’s the full transcript:
And Usama bin Laden—may Allah be pleased with him—may Allah take great mercy upon him. I ask Allah to accept him with the righteous and the martyrs, O Lord. Do not imagine that a martyr is only someone with whom you’ve always agreed throughout your life. If you had a different point of view from him, and then he was killed, this would not negate his martyrdom. Now this man (i.e. bin Laden) had religion wealth, and he was able to spend millions in the path of Allah, and speak the word of truth with power. However, he preferred to sacrifice his flesh, his offspring, his family, and his wealth, and go to the front lines to work in the path of Allah. The most glorious among us are always the martyrs. May Allah have mercy on him. The testimony which he obtained was a great fortune. I suppose that he—and Allah is his judge now—is among those of whom it is said, “If only my people knew,” Allah-willing. May Allah take great mercy upon him, and I ask Almighty Allah that the Muslims may soon be able to avenge him, as well as all of the martyrs of Islam, such as ‘Abdallah ‘Azam, Ahmad Yasin, and others, O Lord.
The Standard sheds some light on the candidate:
This 50-year-old lawyer is no stranger to large crowds and acclaim. He’s a TV star whose weekly broadcasts on various religious channels over the last few years have covered a wide range of issues, from Islamic history and jurisprudence to politics and economics. Abu Ismail promotes Islamic finance, wants more sharia in the Egyptian constitution, and thinks the peace treaty with Israel should be trashed—all are controversial positions.
In addition to the notion that this individual could very well assume the Egyptian presidency, violence against Coptic Christians in recent months has also caused some to wonder what the future holds for religious freedom in the Middle Eastern nation. Earlier this month, the Blaze reported on the political situation in Egypt:
U.S. officials have watched warily in recent months amid souring Egyptian-Israeli relations, violence against minority Copts and renewed popular frustration with a military leadership determined to maintain its grip on the future of the country, if not its governance. Since Mubarak’s February ouster, [Hillary] Clinton has gone out of her way to describe Egypt’s ruling military council as “an institution of stability and continuity,” even as the U.S. has been frustrated by the council’s slow pace of democratic reforms and continuation of the emergency laws that were a mainstay of abuse during the Mubarak era.
She took a tougher approach Monday, saying real power needed to be transferred in Egypt. “If, over time, the most powerful political force in Egypt remains a roomful of unelected officials, they will have planted the seeds for future unrest,” Clinton said. “Egyptians will have missed a historic opportunity.”
Parliamentary elections are scheduled for later this month. It is then that the character and beliefs of the chosen officials will begin to officially shape the nation’s future.
(H/T: Translating Jihad)
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Comments (59)
Walkabout
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 9:44amCalling JZS, monicne or any other. Please explain why getting rid of Mubarak was a good ideal.
My nickname for JZS is “late hits.”
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 12:18pmAmerica citizen in response to this asshat. Navy Seals are hero’s and exacted justice with power, by the will of God.
I guess Allah, and whatever troll bridge he resides under couldn’t stand in the light of God.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 2:27pmROSE-ELLEN,
Christianity has the likes of Stephen (stoned to death for preaching about Jesus), Peter (crucified upside down for preaching about Jesus), and John (boiled in oil and banished to a remote island for preaching about Jesus) as martyrs.
Islam has the likes of Usama Bin Laden, responsible for the murders of multiple thousands of people.
Yet you hypocritically continue to support Islam’s bloodthirsty madness. I’m curious as to how you manage to call yourself a Christian, and yet embrace this violent death-cult?
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 2:40pmOsama died believing in his heart of hearts that he did not start this war;the west did; first with colonialism[dividing the land into political divisions pitting religions against each other where previously they lived in harmony] then american propping up of dictators and european zionist interlopers who established a racist state at the expense of the indigenous people. May God[Allah means God] have mercy on his soul. Yes he was a mass murderer but as the americans say [mcCain dropping bombs on the villages of viet nam etc] aw shucks-war is hell.This guy is speaking the truth about Osama though you hypocrites who never hesitated about killing men women and children -refuse to see his attacks on us as a case of our chickens coming home to roost.[One day you will though]. We are angry that he brought us to the knowledge that we could no longer complacently believe that we could act in the world for our interests at the expense of other peoples interests with impunity- thanks to the people themselves rising up.Osama fought for the people [he supported the arab uprisings against our dictators ] and was a david to the unjust superpower goliath.He inaugurated the 21stc-of people,not regimes or nation states-even imperialist superpowers like the US but people acting on their own behalf in spite of state and imperialist superpowers controls.
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 3:50pmNo God Like Jehovah!
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUIa674GGCo&feature=youtube_gdata
TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 3:54pmROSE-ELLEN,
A martyr is a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion. Who was trying to make UBL renounce Islam? Sorry, but mass-murderers DO NOT QUALIFY as martyrs. He was shot in the head NOT for believing that Muhammed was a prophet – but for wantonly slaughtering thousands. That’s called JUSTICE – not martyrdom.
I have met people who escaped the Communist slaughter-house of Vietnam. American politicians screwed our military over in their policies – but those Vietnamese who escaped and now live here in America are very grateful that we came to their rescue.
Rose-Ellen – you cannot have it both ways. Either the Bible is the truth, and everything it says matters and should affect your decision-making – or it is nothing but a pointless absurd hobby. You stand against God’s eternal covenant with Israel, and you stand with the enemies of Israel. You stand against America, which (though imperfect and not without fault) has done more good for this planet than any nation before it, and you stand with the haters of America, socialists, communists, and Christ-ophobic regimes who would KILL YOU just for walking down the street with a Bible in your hands.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 4:48pmrose-ellen
Living in harmony? Give me a region & a century & I’ll name you a war. You got more lies.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 6:16pmRose-ellen, but no other trolls or leftists.
Wow they were all to afraid to defend this Obama fiasco.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 9:37am“ARAB Spring” turns into our worst nightmare. Who didn’t see this coming, besides EVERY brain dead liberal who called it a glorious movement toward DEMOCRACY. “TELL ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.. THIS IS WHAT ARAB DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE..”
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 4:04pmI don’t support his murdering of people. As a Christian and as a human being-i’m against murder.I do believe that in his mind he saw himself as a freedom fighter and I do believe that americans are also murderers when they drop bombs on men women and children using weapons that Osama did not have access to.I see both actions as evil-unlike you who view americans killing people as good but osama killing americans as evil. And I also believe that he [like the americans who murder with their weapons] are simply misguided-not evil. As a Chrristian I hate the sin-not the sinner. You hypocrites on the other hand in your hubris think you’re fighting a good vs. evil cosmic war and that is standard totalitarian -inhuman ideology. I reject it and I place Osama on the level of freedom fighters who yes-murder in the name of their cause[the oppression of their people by more powerful forces].Nothing more,nothing less. i reject your false narrative that he killed us be cause we are not muslim. And by the way -neither jews or christians are considered infidels by muslims.He believed -like americans do-that God was on his side in his liberating struggle against american meddling which caused the suffering of his people. We believe God is on our side when we fight our wars. And that if we die we go to heaven and get rewarded for our patriotism.Both are wrong-I believe but he’s not more wrong then you.
Report Post »txn4justice
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 12:38pmEver notice how Rose Ellen pops up when it is a muslim/talban type issue. Anybody ever notice that? And how she(he) says he’s a christian, yet spouts muslim rhetoric?
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 9:34am..everyone sing…..”springtime…for Osama”
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 9:32amI always say, take a look at history. Anyone remembering Carter and what he did in Iran, see what we have now? Nice job Carter. How about us giving North Korea billions for their energy program? And now they have a nuke. That was orchestrated by Bill clinton and who? Jimmy Carter. Whatch what Egypt and lybia turn into. We have a world of trouble on our hands. Nice job barack, idiot.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 9:17amMuch in the same way we are paying for the mistakes of our national hemmorhoid“ jimmy carter ” …. We will feel the repecussions of Obama for generations….. This guy is a national nightmare !!!
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 9:14amObama’s hand picked tyrant.. And you know they will be blaming America in a few years, while obama is up the street pointing fingers away form himself.. For the first time since Carter they will have a legitimate case..
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 9:12amI can see Egypt being very gracious hosts to any liberals who might visit for vacation or business. Why there will be gay friendly hotels & beaches. Feminist women will travel thru Egypt to see the rest of the Middle East singly or in groups.
In truth retards like Code Stink (Pink) will only be tolerated until the Islamists get the upper hand world wide. Slow learners like Medea Benjamin will be escorted by hosts and nothing untoward will come to her. She will assume that it is safe for any other woman to travel to Egypt like she does. If Chelsea Clinton travels there; she will be perfectly safe. Let another woman do the same.
Look on the bright side, the rest of us won;t have to put up with gays, liberals or feminists in places like Egypt in the future.
Report Post »Miyegombo Bayartsogt
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 10:46amMaybe we can send them our unveiled feminists. We can send our gay, our bisexual and transgendered groups to join the Islamic revolution a tourists of tolerance.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 11:02amMiyegombo Bayartsogt
I seriously don’t see Medea Benjamin of Code Stink infamy or other socialists getting as warm or safe a welcome in Egypt 10 years from now.
If they think so, they are deluisional.
Report Post »Big Book Harry
Posted on November 18, 2011 at 4:55pmOf course they won’t put up with the infidels either,(which is every human being except Jesus) Osama spoke the truth alright, the truth of the Quran — “Fight in the way of Allah till the world is of one religon” satans :-)
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 9:00amObama bin very good to me.
Report Post »chirodoc007
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:58amPreparing the way for the Anti-Christ. More proof of the “wonder” of the Arab Spring.
Report Post »Miyegombo Bayartsogt
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:45amAnd Usama bin Laden, may Allah be pleased with his holed head, as Allah is always pleased with mass murdering Muslims. Politically correct people try and claim Usama bin Laden ‘hijacked the religion’ when the reality is his terrorism made him among the righteous and the martyrs, O Lord. If Usama was a Quaker or a Buddhist or a Jain, everyone would understand where he’d gone off the rails of his religion. But Usama was Muslim so it isn‘t clear whether his crimes actually violated Islam’s criminal doctrine. Clearly, most Muslims don‘t see anything wrong with the terrorist mastermind’s murderous rampage. The problem with the fundamentalists in Islam is the fundamentals of Islam. The average Muslim hasn’t a clue how to live in a civilized society much less adapt to the modern world. It seems as if Islam is uniquely unable to crawl out of their intolerant swamp of stupidity and evolve into a positive force on the planet. Given the facts, reasonable people need to promote the common good by treating Muslims and their benighted, blood-splattered beliefs with nothing but ridicule and contempt.
Report Post »teaparty_hobbit
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:41amHas anyone noticed that the pattern of the background panel behind this guy is very similar to the google satellite image grid over the remote spot in China that Glenn featured earlier this week?
Report Post »Miyegombo Bayartsogt
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:50amGiven the Chinese view of Muslims, it makes sense they are training their missiles to attack these Islamic patterns.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:34amςξχ or χξς?
Report Post »ares338
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:31amAhhh yes….here comes the peaceful rhetoric from the Democratic regime promised by Hillary.
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:28ami say take out that candidate now while you can.
Report Post »Miyegombo Bayartsogt
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:47amWhy? Is he a member of the Tea Party? Obama knows who he and his union thugs need to “take out” and I‘ll bet you good money this guy won’t make the list.
Report Post »Bro Geo Too
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:26amYeah? Well now he speaks the word of death with bubbles.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:26amWow! Obama is being very generous with his crack stash!! You know what they say… Crack don’t smoke itself!
Report Post »Miyegombo Bayartsogt
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:16amI want it blown away.
Report Post »motocrossed
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:04amYes they may be very unfreindly to the United states, Oh also Israel , Christians, Women, Children,or anyone with an opposing veiw or belief !
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:02am.
Report Post »HazemSalahAbuIsmail sounds like something you’d catch after a wild night out in Cario……
biohazard23
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:30amAnd there isn’t an antibiotic on Earth that can cure it, either….
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:01amPsalm 83 sums up what happens to these people. From the way it reads, there will be little mercy granted.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:00amWell, we now see one more result of Mr Obamas meddling with radicals of the M Brotherhood and such across the middle east.
Also, the Egyptian candidate did have one part right about the last words of UBL as a martyr and with power “…SEALS, Allah HELP ME….Allah HELP ME….” while the power he got was courtesy of the US SEALS….the power of justice delivered.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:06amAnybody know if we made delivery of the Abrahms Tanks that were supposed to be delivered about month after the government fell???
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:08amMy favorite line from this radicals speach. QUOTE “and I ask Almighty Allah that the Muslims may soon be able to avenge him, as well as all of the martyrs of Islam”. Ummm, wow. That’s just great. He’s calling for war against the “west”. Right in the open for all to see. It looks like Glenn was right……..AGAIN!!!
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:19amArmed Patriot, do you mean the tanks that will be used against Israel?? That contract was awarded in record time, wonder why???? And now there‘s news that Israel won’t tell us there plans for Iran. GOOD!! I‘m pretty sure Israel knows now that they can’t count on the U.S. to have there back in case of war with Iran. There going to be on there own, and they know this……
Report Post »Bro Geo Too
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 8:31amI thought Bin Laden’s last words were, “I need a room full of SEALS like I need a hole in the head.”
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 7:59amShow me a moderate Muslim, and I will show you someone that is not following the dictates of their holy scripture and their Islamic leadership. And to drive this home, Islam is NOT JUST A RELIGION. It has religious aspects, but rather is a way of life which encompasses politics, legal, economic and military aspects.
Beware!
Report Post »I_Hate_Libs
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 7:55amThanks for this mess Obama.
TEA!
Anyone But Obama 2012!
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 7:47amHeres what King Obama wanted , not a suprise at all
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 7:43amThis battle has already been won:
Report Post »“I, the LORD, am your enemy! 2I will turn you around and drag you from the north until you reach the mountains of Israel. 3I will knock the bow out of your left hand and the arrows out of your right hand, 4and you and your army will die on those mountains. Then birds and wild animals will eat the flesh 5of your dead bodies left lying in open fields. I, the LORD, have spoken.”