On Tuesday, just as news
was breaking across the wires, Jake Tapper was apprised by CNN Crime and
Justice reporter covering the FBI and law enforcement that three sources had
told the NYPD the driver of the truck that killed 8 people and injured 11 was
yelling “Allahu Akbar,
Allahu Akbar” leading authorities to believe the attack was an “act of
terrorism”.
Tapper
proceeded to say, I shit you not, “The Arabic chant, Allahu Akbar, God is
great, sometimes said under the most beautiful of circumstances, and too often
we hear it being said in moments like this.”
The
Director of Jihad Watch, Robert
Spencer, wanted to set the record straight.
He said media outlets “routinely mangle the true meaning of Allahu Akbar. It actually translates as “Allah is greater.” Spencer makes sure to tell us chief 9/11
hijacker Mohammed Atta explained in a four-page
letter to himself the purpose of shouting those words was “to strike terror
in the hearts of the enemies of Allah. When
the confrontation starts, strike like champions who do not want to go back to
this world.”
Jake Tapper Reminds Us 'Allahu Akbar' Can Be Beautiful, as News Develops of NYC Terror... https://t.co/ZbIeBT99s3 #Video via @pjmedia_com— Roger Simon (@rogerlsimon) October 31, 2017
I said the words can be said in beautiful circumstances (wedding, birth) and also too often at times like this. PJMedia lying per usual— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 1, 2017
All sorts of things can be said at weddings and births. It's an inane point that purposely begs the question: the nature of our enemy. https://t.co/n73CFSpfdQ— Andrew Klavan (@andrewklavan) November 1, 2017
But in conjunction with a suicide bombing, a truck rampage, a knife, acid, or gun attack, it’s generally regarded as a CLUE, grasshopper. https://t.co/ukV7G4FAUQ— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) November 1, 2017
I just saw a TV reporter pronouncing it as ‘aloo akbar’ which literally translates to ‘potatoes are the greatest’ https://t.co/6qLi52fU2y— Aisha Sultan (@AishaS) October 31, 2017
I've been radicalized. I just want to shout "potatoes are the greatest" all the time now.— TI Land (@tri3671) November 1, 2017
Travel Ban extended to the (so called) Potato State.— Paul Smith (@SmithRamparts) November 1, 2017
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