Topic: fort hood gunman shouted "allahu akbar!"
DoDmember's photo
Fri 11/06/09 12:31 PM
cnn is now reporting that survivors of the fort hood shooting have told investagators that the gunman shouted the frase "allahu akbar!" as he shot his way across fort hood. "allahu akbar!" is arabic for god is great and is ofter used as a call to jihad.

raiderfan_32's photo
Fri 11/06/09 12:40 PM
yes, we know.. there have been many references in the already-existing threads on the Ft Hood subject..

MirrorMirror's photo
Fri 11/06/09 12:45 PM
:smile: God is great:smile:

MirrorMirror's photo
Fri 11/06/09 12:48 PM
:smile: Im more concerned with the fact that he shot a bunch of people than what he had to say.:smile:

tanyaann's photo
Fri 11/06/09 01:30 PM
There is more cultural/religious context to that phrase, then just that it's linked to an extremist group.

I am not a scholar in islam, however, we should keep in mind that religious phrase used should be kept in context and not go down a slippery slope of association. And first and foremost, remember that this crime was committed by a distrubed individual (minus all the other demographics).

Until, the military completes its investigation, we will not know the whole context and inferences should be refrained from!

tohyup's photo
Fri 11/06/09 03:36 PM
Are these words similar to " Jesus....Jesus " in some way ?.

tohyup's photo
Fri 11/06/09 03:36 PM
Are these words similar to " Jesus....Jesus " in some way ?.