Najis.

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Hey dawg [black American slang for all-around good man]!!

This is just too good to be true.

Here is a description of the actual manner for which American guards at Gitmo [Guantanamo Bay] are required to handle the sacred Koran.

You may recall my previous blog entry on the same.

It seems that this whole subject of "correct handling" has just stirred up a hornets nest of blog entries by a whole bunch of bloggers. Many bloggers whose response to the situation is just about the same as mine is.

That is to say, "PHOOEY!!!" Any how, here is the description of how the sacred Koran must be handled, so as not to antagonize the pious inmates:

"June 10, 2005 - - Dhimmitude at Gitmo: Kid-gloves for the Qur'an

The always brilliant Diana West reveals the ridiculous dhimmi lengths that American soldiers must go to at Gitmo to avoid offending Muslims by touching the Qur'an with their unclean infidel hands: "Gonzo Gitmo charade" in the Washington Times (thanks to Andrew Bostom):

Since all of Guantanamo's inmates, mirabile dictu, happen to be members of the same famed band of Muslim extremists, the Army has seen fit to distribute Korans. So far, so good, I guess. But the Army doesn't just distribute its Korans like any other religious book. That is, the Bible may get passed around, rifled through, dropped, tossed and stuffed into hotel room drawers. But not the Koran. According to Army policy, the standard operating procedure is: 'Handle the Koran as if it were a fragile piece of delicate art.'

What's going on here? By official order, a whole lot of 'respecting the dignity of the Koran.' According to Section 6-5-c(3), should a Koran need to be removed from a detainee's cell -- you know, carried somewhere -- and the detainee is personally unable to move it (best option), and the Muslim chaplain, librarian and interpreter are also unable to move it (second-best option), then the U.S. Army guard, as a very last resort, may take action -- but only "after approval by the DOC (who notes this in the DIMS)."

Then the insanity really begins. The guard is directed to don 'clean gloves ... in full view of the detainees prior to handling.' He must use 'two hands ... at all times when handling the Koran in a manner signaling respect and reverence.' Why 'respect' alone isn't abundantly sufficient isn't mentioned. While signaling two-handed respect and reverence, however, the guard must be mindful that "care should be used so that the right hand is the primary one used to manipulate any part of the Koran due to the cultural association with the left hand."

It goes on. There's more 'reverent manner,' more instructions for conveying the book inside a 'clean, dry detainee towel.' The cockeyed picture is clear. But it doesn't explain what's going on.

At first glance, this scene may seem to exemplify a bizarre excess of good manners, an absurdly obsequious respect for a largely foreign faith. Since when does the United States specifically direct its soldiers to show two-handed 'reverence' in the handling of any religious book? But it seems to me that there's more behind this charade. The 'clean gloves' and 'detainee' towels are the tip off. The fact is, under Islamic law, non-Muslims are deemed unfit to touch the Koran. That much is generally known. What is not usually considered is the reason: According to the Islamic law, we are unclean.

The term is 'najis.' On the multilingual Web site of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, the leading Iraqi Shi'ite cleric, there is a catalogue of Islamic laws (www.sistani.org). This includes a list of 'najis things.' There are 10, beginning with an assortment of excretions and body fluids -- obvious stuff that really shouldn't need special mention. On the 'najis' list with urine, feces, etc., are the pig, the dog and the 'kafir.' That means the Christian, the Jew, the unbeliever in Islam -- and chances are, the Gitmo guard.

In effect, then, with its official policy of clean gloves and detainee towels, the military is promoting, enabling and accepting the Islamic concept of najis -- the unclean infidel -- a barbarous notion that has helped fuel the blood lust of jihad and the non-Muslim subjugation of dhimmitude. Our soldiers are many things: self-sacrificing, bold, loyal and true. They are not unclean."

NOW, we need some clarification here. Why must the RIGHT HAND be, "the primary one used to manipulate any part of the Koran due to the cultural association with the left hand."? WELL, MY READERS, IN ARABIC CULTURE, THE LEFT HAND IS USED WITH SAND TO WIPE THE ASS. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. I HATE TO DESCRIBE IT IN SUCH PLAIN AND SIMPLE TERMS, BUT THAT IS THAT!! ANY USE OF THE LEFT HAND IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IS FORBIDDEN. FOR INSTANCE, EATING AT THE COMMUNAL FOOD BOWL, SHAKING HANDS, ETC.

And again, as I have stressed over and over, this war against the jihadists must be seen for what it is. A war against a group of people, the jihadists, who look upon us Americans as UNCLEAN ABOMINATIONS!! To think of it as less is to not realize the mindset of the enemy. An implacable and determined and very hateful enemy. Is this not self-evident??!!

The above description of how the Koran must be handled is taken from the excellent web site: http://www.dhimmiwatch.org. There is a companion web site to also go to. Also very excellent: http://www.jihadwatch.org

Pass those URL's around to other friends. People need to read this stuff and more.

This stuff just wants to make you go "grrrrrrrr!!!".

coolbert.