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Israel-Palestine
Jerusalem WiFi has turbans in a twist
2004-08-30
via AllahPundit

In a bizarre move, the Arab League issued a condemnation Tuesday of the Jerusalem municipality's project to turn Israel's capital city into the world's first city with complete wireless internet capability.
In this condemnation, they refer to Jerusalem by the name "al-Kudos". Can some wise Rantburgian give some background on al-Kudos for me?
Ha! Easy one! "al-Kudos" is an alternative misspelling of "al-Quds," which is the Arabic name for Jerusalem. A qud is that thing that qamels chew...
According to SANA, the official Syrian news agency, the Arab League says the project to make Jerusalem wireless fidelity-enabled (WiFi) accessible threatens the free flow of information without mullah-approved firewalls Arab identity of the city. The Arab League issued a statement Tuesday saying, "the project aims at imposing a de facto [sic] on the city in a way that serves the Israeli interests under the pretext of encouraging the foreign investments." The statement added that the WiFi project, along with all of Israel's policies, "contradicts not only the international law and resolutions but also reflect no desire in realizing the just and comprehensive peace in the region."
"It's hard to run a jihad when everyone's off looking at porn..."
The Municipality of Jerusalem, together with Intel and Compumat Computers, is embarking on a project to make Israel's capital the world's first WiFi accessible city, according to a Globes report. The organizers expect that within two years, users in most areas of the city will be able to surf the internet wirelessly. The WiFi connection will be free of charge throughout at least the first year. The unobtrusive WiFi transmitters installed throughout the city will enable an internet connection of up to 54 megabits per second (Mbps) at a distance of 1000-1600 feet.
Definitely unIslamic.
Posted by:Seafarious

#19  What about everyone's favorite mullah, Al-Bundi?
Posted by: whitecollar redneck   2004-08-30 11:37:31 PM  

#18  Left out what used to be my favorite place:
al Kahal
Posted by: Pappy   2004-08-30 10:23:41 PM  

#17  turns out hes a medical doctor, NOT a professor, though he IS published on the history of Jews in Arab countries, especially Iraq, and on the history of their descendants in Israel and the US. No particular expertise in early Islamic history. Just a nice guy, doing a folk etymology, as far as I can see.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-08-30 3:31:34 PM  

#16  dangoor is a journal founded and edited by the grandson of the Chief rabbi of Baghdad. While im sure hes a terrific guy (never met an Iraqi Jew I didnt like :)) but im not sure his status as an authority on islam. The particular item you quoted is sourced to "Professor Heskel M Haddad, New York " - not sure who he is, where hes a prof, etc.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-08-30 3:28:53 PM  

#15  (feeling similarly chastised)
al Kali
al Aska
al Abama
al Mond Joy
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-30 3:25:55 PM  

#14  Link for Al Kuds info/history

http://www.dangoor.com/75045.html

Posted by: RN   2004-08-30 3:17:52 PM  

#13  The name, “Al Kuds” is a Hebrew name, taken from the Jewish name for Jerusalem “Ir Ha Kodesh” (the Holy city). Ha Kodesh has “Ha” as an article (in English “the”) and in Arabic “Al” and “Kodesh” which means “Holy” in Hebrew and was adapted as “Kuds” in Arabic. The reason the Arabs adopted the Hebrew name “Al Kuds” is that the first Khalif after the prophet Mohamad, Abu Bakr Al Saddik, who was a Jewish convert, (Saddik is a Hebrew name which means righteous) ordered Khalid Ibn Al Walid to liberate Jerusalem from the Byzantines at the request of the Jews and thus he called it Al Kuds as he was accustomed to call it in Hebrew.


It is correct that kodesh means holy in hebrew, and quds means holy in arabic, but that does NOT validate the rest of the story. Ive never heard that Bakir was a jew - or that he was called Tsaddik (which does mean righteous or just in Hebrew)- he IS associated with the title Saqifah, a kind of hut, where he first converted to Islam - sounds like folk etymology to me. Please give a source - note well, Google is NOT a source, its a search engine that links you to other sites with which Google has no connection.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-08-30 3:14:40 PM  

#12  LOL Frank that was good. I don't think this will help or hurt with dupes. They (Paleos) are constantly seeing LLLs from the west and they are the only ones that go there. China's Internet hasn't brought it down and they have complete access (the state blocks some sites). I had a friend that went there recently and they are well informed.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2004-08-30 3:12:23 PM  

#11  Wot about Al-Abama?
Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian   2004-08-30 3:04:12 PM  

#10  LOL--Where does Al Mond Joy fit in that list, Frank?
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-30 3:03:06 PM  

#9  LOL - too funny, folks.
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-08-30 3:01:41 PM  

#8  Um - Because of the homicide dupes who do Yessir-Your-a-fart's bidding, every Isralei Jew has a cell phone. Wireless internet? {snicker}

Can you say Homicide Bomber Alert Blog, monitored by the cops?
Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-30 2:59:39 PM  

#7  actually it's named after Kudos - the third holiest snack in Islam
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-30 2:57:12 PM  

#6  Al Kali = When zinc is dangled in Dead Sea to produce a tingling in one's didgets.

Al Aska = Italian for a technique used in interrogation...but only once.

Al Abama = Previously used to describe a college football power.
Posted by: RN   2004-08-30 2:56:36 PM  

#5  Dar, I think they were the muslim navigators on the Ninja, the Piña Colada, and the Heidy Ho III.
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-08-30 2:56:35 PM  

#4  Oops--guess 'first' was a little redundant.

Does Google say anything about Al Kali, Al Aska, or Al Abama? ;-)
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-30 2:51:23 PM  

#3  LOL It's really about access to information. The sad butt wipes in the too tight turbans know to keep the "faithful" on the reservation they got to filter the information. What "international law" does WiFi violate again? Internation Law the refuge of the clueless.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-08-30 2:50:50 PM  

#2  From Google:

The name, “Al Kuds” is a Hebrew name, taken from the Jewish name for Jerusalem “Ir Ha Kodesh” (the Holy city). Ha Kodesh has “Ha” as an article (in English “the”) and in Arabic “Al” and “Kodesh” which means “Holy” in Hebrew and was adapted as “Kuds” in Arabic. The reason the Arabs adopted the Hebrew name “Al Kuds” is that the first Khalif after the prophet Mohamad, Abu Bakr Al Saddik, who was a Jewish convert, (Saddik is a Hebrew name which means righteous) ordered Khalid Ibn Al Walid to liberate Jerusalem from the Byzantines at the request of the Jews and thus he called it Al Kuds as he was accustomed to call it in Hebrew.

Posted by: RN   2004-08-30 2:46:20 PM  

#1  That popping sound you hear is the sound of narrow Paleo minds exploding all over the city after their first viewing of free, uncensored, un-Islamified information for the first time.
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-30 2:43:39 PM  

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