Ramadan begins in most Muslims countries today August 11 2010….a month from then is September 11th, the 9th anniversary of the terrorist and violent attacks on America’s soil. Many talking heads and demagogues have argued Muslims have danced on the streets in celebration. We have the lunar calender to blame, but something tells me the same talking heads will strike again and take advantage of this and show images of happy Muslims on September 11th 2010, the date that will be the Eid, one of two Muslim holidays. While the majority of Muslims will join the rest of the world in commemorating the tragic events of September 11th, they will also be partying it up for the Eid. In other words, they will take the words of former President George Bush to heart and do what he told the American people to do few people after 9/11 “Go and shop”, that’s why the Muslim holiday like everything in this world has been commercialized.
Can you imagine the sight of a number of Muslims who will gather for the Eid prayer on morning of September 11th in many convention centers, parks and mosques around the country? This would be a nightmare for many law enforcement agencies where you will sure to find many Muslims dressed up in their tradition garb to celebrate this Muslim Holiday along with a billion and a half other believers.
A group of young Muslims- including Hijab clad women and bearded Hassans wearing traditional Pakistan dress – trying to board a metro on the morning of September 11th. I have been hearing that the majority of the mosques in North America has already decided to celebrate the Eid on the 10 of September to avoid conflicts. But needless to say few mosques are still holding out.
Officer: Where you think you’re going Hassan?
Hassan: We are going to the mosque, we have a celebration!
Officer: You have a celebration today? On September 11th? Some balls you got.
Hassan: But I do not need balls I am not going to play soccer today.
Officer: So you are now getting cute with me? Alright, show me your ID
So I hope pundits and hate mongers will not insult our intelligence and yours by trying to tell you, “Look, Muslims are dancing on 9/11″, they are just trying to score cheap political points and fill some airtime. You can bet that on September 11th 2010, Muslims will wear new clothes; eat tons of sweets; go to the movies; dance at concerts, and congratulate each others on this holiday. Remember, all these activities can also help stimulate the economy.
September 11th was indeed a tragic event that changed many things in the American lifestyle, but also has deeper changes to the majority of Muslims who share a religion with the violent extremists who sponsored those tragedies. And lets not forget the extremists here who in one state want to burn copies of the Koran on that day; and the others in NY and Tennessee who want to deny people the freedom of religion. So please do not panic on that day if you cannot find a cab as most cab drivers will be celebrating the rich diversity of this land. And Let’s hope drones will not decorate the Muslims skies on that day.
[Tarboush Tip Sana, Abu Zouz]
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I think that all Muslims must tailor their every word to pleasing the White Man.
We must change the date of Eid to December 25th, to show good faith!
And call the masajid "churches"!
Maybe then they will like us.
Posted by Divest Resolutions | August 11, 2010, 3:25 pmActually, the word "masjid" in Quran refers to mosques, churches, synagogues, and all temples. Notice it refers to "al-masjid al-aqsa" as a masjid, even though it hasn't been built yet by the Muslims. The Quran was referring to the Temple of Solomon as "al-masjid al-aqsa."
Posted by Sarakenos | August 11, 2010, 4:01 pmlast time i checked the people "dancing" and high five-ing and cheering after 9/11 were JEWS…get your facts straight morons.
Posted by Tooba | August 12, 2010, 8:19 amOr a BILLION MUSLIMS. I know people can confuse the two.
So why would Hanitizer write an entire post warning "This September 11th Muslims Will Celebrate, Don’t Panic"?
Posted by Molly | August 12, 2010, 12:22 pmBecause ignorant people, such as yourself, who watch CNN and take it for face value and don't do any research for themselves will mistake the holiday that happens to coincide with 9/11 as extremist Muslims celebrating the deaths of innocnet American civilians.
Posted by Ghina | August 13, 2010, 10:01 pmGhina – So these Palestinian women on 911 cry "lululu" as an expression of grief and saneness, not happiness ?
Were they sad for the 19 hijackers?
Posted by Molly | August 14, 2010, 2:55 pmNo, they were not expressions of grief or sadness, they were expressions of happiness, but what else do you expect? When Israel condemns them to a life of poverty and they have no proper education and all they see in this world is all they know, how else are they supposed to react? All they see is that America (who provides Israel with weapons and F16s and so on that aide in the murder of innocent Palestinians) got attacked and so they rejoiced. I don't condone or support their behaviour whatsoever, and in fact many Muslims and arabs died that day too, and those of us who know better were saddened by what happened on 9/11. But the people living in the Gaza strip are so used to seeing death and war on a daily basis that they have become desensitized to it. Death and war is no longer a shock to them, so when they saw that America finally experienced what they experienced they, wrongfully, rejoiced and celebrated. But when you give people no freedom of right, and no access to education they really don't know any better because this is all they've ever known. You can't condemn a child for stealing if you never taught the child that stealing is wrong can you?
I doubt you'll see the point that I'm making, but that's the problem. People don't want to see the point, they don't want to look at the context of the situation, they are just looking for any excuse to hate and accuse.
Posted by Ghina | August 14, 2010, 8:48 pmGhina, "no proper education "? Where are all the billions of aid? Oh, Arafat the great leader stole them. He "condemns them to a life of poverty ". And now you blame Israel.
Years of propaganda and hate schooling (madrases of hate), and mosques of hate produced these monsters. They murdered Jews before 67 when they were called Egyptian and Jordanians. In 1988 Jordan revoked the citizenship of Palestinians in the west bank, did you know that? Looks like the Arabs are looking for any excuse to hate.
But what about the rest of the Arab world? Osama became a hero, and many named their baby Osama. Whahabism and Muslim Brotherhood continue to be popular.
Posted by Molly | August 15, 2010, 1:30 amWhy should we not celebrate our holiday if it happens to fall on Sept 11? We clearly didn't plan it for that, it just happened to happen. Plus, proper Muslims don't put on music and dance and party. The holiday is meant for prayer and gathering with families, and having dinners, and so on. I think that's pretty innocent celebrating if you ask me. Plus, if Americans were to start War in the middle east, and murder millions of Muslims on Christmas day I hardly doubt any Chrisitians are going to stop celebrating their holy holiday because it happened to fall on that day.
Posted by Ghina | August 13, 2010, 10:04 pmchill. it was just a joke. a satirical comment. matched to a comment, some other bloke made, on the position of the twin towers mosque, on a previous post. i just replaced the word 'mosque' for 'date', with other relevant minor adjustments.
http://www.kabobfest.com/2010/08/the-ground-zero-…
Posted by OooKhalid | August 14, 2010, 2:22 amTo oookhalid I understand where ur coming from.However, its not something thats chosen by us muslims.Its something in the islamic rulings according to the moon sighting.And its not 100% sure that eid will be on that day.We find out like 2 days before ramadan is over.So its according to the moon sighting by the middle east.You can research that.It's not something we planned to turn heads.And islam is not a religion to taunt and hurt people.The media just lets u think that.Thnks for understanding
Posted by layla | August 14, 2010, 4:09 pmHey it's only the 9th anniversary, the 10th will be next year.
Posted by Date | August 16, 2010, 9:59 amCelebrating on Sept 11 in the United States would be insensitive. When will muslims be sensitive to the feelings of Americans? This is America and we white Christian Americans are always told to be sensitive to others. Well guess what. Now it's time for others to be sensitive to us. I'm the son of immigrants and my family hsa assimilated into the American culture without losing our ethnic identity. Why is it impossible for others to do the same. When I'm in a foreign country, I'm sensitive to the culture of that country. I expect the same from people/immigrants/visitors to my country.
Posted by Dutchman | August 18, 2010, 11:08 amWhat you are is anti-American to the core for even suggesting for a second that Muslims should not practice their religion on September 11th.
Posted by Fadi | August 18, 2010, 3:48 pmDutchman, I can't figure out if your post is a joke or not. Can you verify if you're being serious? The fact that you claim to be American and a "Dutchman" at the same time seems rather comical.
It's sad that 9 years after 9/11 Americans are now obsessing about where people pray and what religion they practice. Al Qaeda must be laughing their asses off. Mission accomplished.
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