Hi Athaki!

 A> Ishmael was a wild ass of a man (Gen 16:12).  Why should his
 A> children be  any different?

You are quite right. I was reading these Genesis verses earlier,
after reading about the Iranian wheelchair basketball team
withdrawing from the Paralyimpics because they were drawn against
USA & perhaps Israel if they won. They don't recognise the "Zionist
entity", and clearly reject God's covenant with Abraham & his
descendants - at their peril.

 A> Toadfish Sushimi wrote:

> I'm sure some muslims will trot out the line that "jihad" means 
> "inner struggle" in response to this latest bit of muslim madness and 
> terrorism.
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> Islam group urges forest fire jihad
> Josh Gordon
> September 7, 2008
> 
> AUSTRALIA has been singled out as a target for "forest
jihad" by a group 
> of Islamic extremists urging Muslims to deliberately light bushfires 
> as a weapon of terror.
>  
> [...]
> 
> Full article at "The Age"

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