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| ‘Muslim men prefer guns to their families’, says Philippine lawmaker |
| 2007-08-07 |
| Muslim men regard their guns as an extension of their manhood, and it’s the reason they can live without their wives and children but not without their guns, a neophyte lawmaker says. Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar says guns are an obsession with Muslim men. “That’s how they love their guns,” he said in a recent privilege speech. “Any action that would remove their guns from them is an insult.” Muslim men carry their guns everywhere but find it hard cradling their own children on their laps, he says. “Every morning they see to it that their guns are clean and ready, but they do not bother wiping their children’s dirty noses,” Akbar said. And many Muslims in Mindanao are sympathetic to the Abu Sayyaf, a murderous kidnap-for-ransom group. “I would claim that 80 percent of the Muslims are sympathetic to the Abu Sayyaf,” Akbar said. He denies he was a co-founder of the group along with its slain chieftain Abdurajak Janjalani, whose idea of a separate Islamic state he describes as “unrealistic.” But he stands by his position that the July 10 killing of 14 Marines in Basilan and the beheading of 10 of them were the result of the military’s “intrusion and transgression” of MILF territory in Al-Barka town. He opposes a planned military offensive in Basilan to get the Marines’ killers, saying “pursuing peace through war cannot be a solution and can never be employed as an effective means to an end.” He says the men who killed the Marines as they were looking for a kidnapped Italian priest are members of a “lost command” aping the Abu Sayyaf. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #14 Wahab Akbar for President of the World. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-08-07 18:14 |
| #13 Is that your gun in your pants, Mahmoud, or are you just glad to see me? No, that's my gun... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-08-07 15:19 |
| #12 Zen, maybe we can hook them up with the "experts" in St. Paul, eh? (See today's local story for that one). |
| Posted by: BA 2007-08-07 14:38 |
| #11 Muslim men regard their guns as an extension of their manhood I don't think anyone here saw that one coming. Time to remove same. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-07 13:24 |
| #10 'Muslim men prefer guns to their familiesÂ’ This is my rifle. This is my gun. My rifle's for work. My gun's for fun |
| Posted by: Profit Mohammed 2007-08-07 13:08 |
| #9 Wahab Akbar is a speed freak and an ass. He is the Governor of the island. He wears white tennis shoes and a NY hat cocked sideways on his head, thinks he's a gangster. He is documented as a plank holder of the Abu Sayyaff. When Hamjarabi Sali was killed on Basilan he released ALL the ASG prisoners in his jail. He openly boasts his death squad and the ambulance they ride in, and he did this in front of US DOJ and embassy. He managed the safe housed the ASG used during the Burnham kidnapping. This two faced ass deserves nothing more than any of the other terrorists, a 34 cent solution. Now I feel better. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2007-08-07 11:00 |
| #8 Muslim men also prefer their goats to their wives. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-08-07 10:37 |
| #7 Actually, men should love their guns because they love their families more... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2007-08-07 09:05 |
| #6 It ain't called "gun sex" for nothing. |
| Posted by: Spot 2007-08-07 08:08 |
| #5 So they love their guns? Well, if it gives the barnyard livestock a little peace and quiet... |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2007-08-07 07:27 |
| #4 LOL Besoeker. Add to that, armed women regard their guns as an extension of their liberty. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-08-07 06:28 |
| #3 ...and why are 80% of Muslims on Mindinao sympathetic to terrorists? |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-08-07 06:11 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-08-07 05:37 |
| #1 Maybe they should change from MILF to GILF |
| Posted by: classer 2007-08-07 04:57 |