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Fifth Column
NYPD recruit in police academy has Jihad tatto
2005-08-18
An NYPD Police Academy recruit of Middle Eastern heritage sports a bold tattoo spelling out the word "JIHAD" on his forearm, with a large sword drawn beneath it — and there's nothing the department can do about it, The Post has learned.
WTF?!?!??!?!
The extraordinary markings caused a stir around the academy as soon as the 6-foot tall probationary cop rolled up his sleeves and revealed the tattoo. "People were shocked to see it," one source said. The controversy prompted police brass to interview the officer, who said that "JIHAD" is his nickname and made it clear that he had no affinity for any terror causes.
Riiiiiight. And my nickname is "Pogrom." Got a problem with that?
In fact, "Jihad" has several meanings, ranging from "exerting utmost effort" and "to strive," to its more sinister usage by terrorist leaders who call for a "jihad," or holy war against the West.
"Struggle" and "strive" and blahblahblah. Wake up and smell the caliphate, stupid lazy reporters.
Regardless of its interpretation, the NYPD, which has regulations for the length of an officer's hair, has no prohibitions against tattoos.
And yet, recruits are screened beforehand, and have to show tattoos and explain in detail what they mean. For proof of this, go to a board called NYPD Rant, which is where the Post found this story.
A department spokesman declined to confirm or deny that any recruit sported a JIHAD tattoo. Sources say the officer, whose name was withheld, joined the NYPD's class of about 1,500 recruits less than a month ago. He was described as quiet and studious.
and also, according to one cop on that board, as a "fvcking POS middle eastern recruit in the PA with a Jihad tattoo on his arm."
Police brass advised the officer's classroom instructors that they are to ignore the tattoo. But its existence captured the attention of the department's Intelligence Division.
Really, no big deal! Just ignore it and he won't kill you. Really!
The NYPD does have a staff of Muslim Arabic speakers that spend a lot of time wading through the jihadi websites and chatrooms. The director of the CT unit was proud that several in his department had just made their haj.
It's likely to ruffle the feathers of some cops, particularly since the NYPD lost its first officer serving in Iraq earlier this month in a sniper attack.
Posted by:growler

#20  First question---is he a Muslim?

Second question---if so, which brand?

Tatooing is against Islam. You'd be hard pressed to find a hardline variety that permits it---much less a variety that would make significant linguistic use of "Jihad" in a fashion that we might find objectionable here on Rantburg.
Serious Muslims, especially Jihadis, don't tatoo. That's why there's such a tradition of henna patterning in Islamic cultures.

Basically, the guy could just be like one of those choadlickers that want the Kanji for "Wind over fire" tatooed on their hineys, and end up with something saying "fart."

Citations will be forthcoming, if necessary. I'm still on my first beer and need another.
Posted by: asedwich   2005-08-18 20:25  

#19  shift him from the NYPD - give him to Chappaqua
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-18 20:23  

#18  Srcew NY and NY state. This PC shit has got to stop.
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-08-18 20:12  

#17  yes RC, kampf does, IIUC. Dont know too much German though.

Jihad definitely has different meanings. Bernard Lewis, author of "Political Language of Islam" agrees that it does. Though the violent ones are the more common ones, by a long shot.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2005-08-18 17:53  

#16  Hey, not a problem, just borrow a running iron from a Montana cattle ranch and mark over the offending tattoos.
Posted by: GK   2005-08-18 16:03  

#15  Those in the NYPD who lost friends and fellow cops won't be so kind to Mr. Jihad. PC doesn't trump 9/11 fatalities.
Posted by: Captain America   2005-08-18 15:03  

#14  jihad has different meanings

So does "kampf".
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-08-18 15:01  

#13  Hey! I live in this witless city!
Posted by: growler   2005-08-18 15:01  

#12  I think NY is terminal. To have this attitude, electing fuckwits like Hillary and showing such gross laxity and PCism after 9/11, indicates their Will to Survive Quotient is, in sum, negative. Stop sending my Federal tax dollars to prop up this witless Blue bastion.
Posted by: .com   2005-08-18 14:23  

#11  If he's a probie cop in New York, he'd better keep his nose super clean for a year. If he don't, some hard ass supervisor of his will make sure he never becomes a regular on the job.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-08-18 14:17  

#10  In fact, "Jihad" has several meanings,

Words fail.
Posted by: gromgoru   2005-08-18 14:13  

#9  Legolas:

But that's what CAIR, Cindy Sheehan, Sean Penn, James Zogby, Leslie Cagan, Ramsey Clark, Tom Hayden, Jane Fonda, Dan Rather, the entire editorial board of the NYT, LA Times, and Wash. Post, NPR, Bill Maher, Bill Moyers, Al Franken, Madonna, Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, and Michael Moore all say.
Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen   2005-08-18 14:05  

#8  answer to jimbo "hell no"
Posted by: legolas   2005-08-18 13:51  

#7  And Jimbo has a question:

"Uh, doesn't Jihad refer to an inner peaceful struggle with one's soul?"
Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen   2005-08-18 13:47  

#6  Hi, my name is Jimbo and I'm a custodian at a local primary school here in NY City. I have a tatto on my ass that reads: "I shit for Satan" and on my forehead another that reads: "I'll eat your young."

NYC public school authorities asked to comment on this matter said: "Well, as long as Jimbo keeps his clothes on and wears a hat to cover the forehead tatto, we see no problem here."
Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen   2005-08-18 13:46  

#5  agree with munk - jihad has different meanings, but the sword underneath kinda specifies which meaning is meant i think. Theres a technical term for that in linguistics, which escapes me at the moment.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2005-08-18 13:44  

#4  Wonder who g3ets to be his partner?
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-08-18 13:11  

#3  The sword under the word just means struggle nicely and all that. He may not be sociopathic boomer scum but he SURELY IS A PHUKWIT IDIOT. Not a smart pick for a PO no matter what you might think the meaning of the tatoo is exactly.
Posted by: MunkarKat   2005-08-18 13:03  

#2  Wake up and smell the caliphate

I wondered where the odor of wet goat and Astroglide was coming from.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-08-18 12:49  

#1  [whomever edited lost the "JIHAD" tattoo part in the title.]
Posted by: growler   2005-08-18 12:13  

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