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In reply to the discussion: ISIS urges Muslims to 'kill disbelievers' and calls John Kerry an 'old uncircumcised geezer' [View all]karynnj
(59,533 posts)48. What is more interesting is why they are especially angry with Kerry
From the op's source:
The group is also directing their anger at Sec. of State Kerry, who said ISIS was 'not a state' and 'did not represent Islam' in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee earlier this week.
'The uncircumcised old geezer, suddenly became an Islamic jurist, issuing a verdict to the people that the Islamic State was distorting Islam, that what it was doing was against Islamic teachings, and that the Islamic State was an enemy of Islam,' al-Adani says in his speech, which was translated and released over social media.
There have been accounts that both in Saudi Arabia and in the UK, top Islamic clerics have spoken against ISIL and in the case of Saudi Arabia, one issued a Fatwa. Where Kerry is neither Muslim or a cleric in any faith, these men are and they have said essentially the same thing. The right wing has had a field day mocking Kerry's comments on Islam, but the fact that Islamic leaders have spoken out more than in the past and that ISIL is angry may mean that this prong is doing exactly what Obama and Kerry wanted.
Consider that ISIL wants it to be ISLAM vs the unbelievers. As to the insult, it seems mostly to being trying to say that he is not qualified to speak of Islam. In fact, if his words had no effect on anyone, ISIL would simply ignore him or attack him for windsurfing.
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ISIS urges Muslims to 'kill disbelievers' and calls John Kerry an 'old uncircumcised geezer' [View all]
flamingdem
Sep 2014
OP
a couple of their PR cowards spend to much time on the internets, nurd-rage terrorist style.
Sunlei
Sep 2014
#44
It is, indeed, a cultural imperative in Islam-most certainly in traditional/fundamentalist
MADem
Sep 2014
#41
Thanks! But as JAG says, they should leave off talking about Kerry's 'junk.' Jealous, no doubt...
freshwest
Sep 2014
#72
Right-wingers are totally obsessed with Obama's penis, so I can't say I'm
bullwinkle428
Sep 2014
#39
Agreed. Rightwingers of all brands focus on what's in the underpants more than anything else. Crazy.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#77
Uncircumcised geezer? I really do not believe our life and times could become stranger.
gordianot
Sep 2014
#10
Islamics hate that they use "Islam" in the their name. They say "heretics" are what
Cha
Sep 2014
#22
Yeah, I love the reaction. Such delicate flowers! The French are so mean! Then they bombed them...
freshwest
Sep 2014
#68
They murder "believers" in war-crime fashion since a year (or more) just for fun...
Amonester
Sep 2014
#74
There is no way these people are not homegrown by the CIA or the Saudi's or someone.
peoli
Sep 2014
#51
What's with their fixation with cutting and knives. Mentally they are seriously fucked up.
snagglepuss
Sep 2014
#80