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| With Benazir Bhutto Killed, What Next For Pakistan? |
| 2007-12-28 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 Mohammud's geneology is not in the Koran but Ishmael is mentioned a bunch of times (Isaac is also mentioned but I think not as often). The anti Mohammud tribe the quraysh tribe believed themselves to be descended from Ishmael - this caused some problems in early Islam and there are several competing geneologies. By the middle ages, the muslims believed themselves to be descended from Ishmael and for a time required converts to Islam to also join one of several (I think 12) tribes of Ishmael as part of their conversion (some parts of Islam may still do this). Asyria conquered the Ishmaelites about the same time they conquered the northern tribes of Israel. They killed many Ismaelites and scattered the remainder so there are probably no 'pure blood' Ismaelites around anymore. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-12-28 14:37 |
| #4 I have to question Mr. Morgan's competence: the Muslims insist that it was Ishmael, not Isaac, who was to be sacrificed. Phat, I missed that, but I suppose we can cut Morgan (who incidentally I think is one of the better commentators on Islam) a bit of slack, as even Wiki seems to have got it wrong. |
| Posted by: tipper 2007-12-28 11:43 |
| #3 Probably Mush will postpone the election for 90 days or so. Although the newspaper in the US all mention rioting, the post assassination violence has been moderate (not even as violent as the French intifada riots a few weeks ago). |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-12-28 08:15 |
| #2 On Friday, December 21st, a suicide bomber launched an attack upon a mosque in Charsadda district in NWFP, killing 57 people. The mosque was attended by Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, the interior minister in the last government. Friday prayers are regarded as especially important in Islam, and what made the attack more shocking was that it happened at a service for Eid al-Adha – the remembrance of Abraham's order to sacrifice Isaac. Sherpao was not injured in last Friday's attack, but it appears that the bomb was aimed at him. Sherpao is a supporter of Musharraf and belongs to his PML-Q party. A newly-formed Islamist coalition called the Tehrik-i-Taliban claimed responsibility for the mosque bomb. I have to question Mr. Morgan's competence: the Muslims insist that it was Ishmael, not Isaac, who was to be sacrificed. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2007-12-28 07:48 |
| #1 Bhutto had her faults – she was accused of corruption during her two terms as prime minister from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996 That's not to be forgotten. But I'm sorry for her death. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2007-12-28 05:38 |