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Thursday, 3 September 2009

"Call him Ishmael"

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BIBLE PAINTINGS Il Guernico Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael

'Abraham Casting Out Hagar and SON Ishmael'
... out of all names! Should Muslims revert to calling the "enemy" Isaac?
Richard Cohen in the WaPo, here

" ... Call him a terrorist or a suicide bomber or anything else you want, but understand that he is willing -- no, anxious -- to give his life for his cause. Call him also a captive, and know that he works with others as part of a team, like the Sept. 11 hijackers, all of whom died, willingly. Ishmael is someone I invented, but he is not a far-fetched creation. You and I know he exists, has existed and will exist again. He is the enemy..."

Posted by G, Z, & or B at 2:26 PM

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