Muslim Website Makes the Case: Taliban no Worse Than the Vikings......

This is from this supposedly mainstream Muslim website, IslamOnline.....

Almost all Danes, certainly the menfolk, would unreservedly and wholeheartedly say with genuine pride and respect that our forefathers the Vikings were great guys that we can really relate to — whereas the very same people would undoubtedly equally strongly condemn the Taliban as outlandish fanatics with a death-wish.

May I ask the innocent little question: Why?

Why the dramatic difference in attitudes when the similarities are so striking and so great?

For both groups, separated by a thousand years and thousands of kilometres, share the following: Your blood-line, your family, your clan, who you are and where you come from are all of the utmost importance as your personal honour and that of your family, etc.

....Another case springs to mind which is: In the aftermath of 11 September 2001, the Taliban, quite correctly of course— refused to hand anyone over to the US in the absence of credible evidence that anyone on Afghan soil was involved.

The Vikings would behave in more or less the same manner; providing food and shelter as required if, say, members of a feuding clan were passing through the valley, even sitting at the same long table as their enemies— who had to leave their heavy weapons outside — bringing only light personal weapons inside, relying entirely for their security, indeed their survival, on the integrity of the hosts.

It gets worse>>>>>

ZIP

Comments

[Dark Helmet]

Kind of hard to make that comparison when you attach bombs to your women to murder your own children.

There is a whole slew of reasons why this is bullshit, the first and foremost being that it is a ststement from the mooslimes. Sort of sets precidenet as being nothing but lies.

Like I said before, they all have to die all at once. Start with the leaders.

[Poopyhead]

From what I understand the Vikings were pretty brutal at times too. Still, I'd probably feel more comfy around them than the Taliban-at least the Vikings weren't bent on taking the world backward to a worse time.

[princetrumpet]

First of all, the Vikings have a better coaching staff than the Taliban although I've heard some of the leadership has blown up in their faces. Second, the Vikes have made many more playoffs although neither has been to a bowl or footbath in years. Nobody's even talking about the Patriots who have been killing the Taliban with the help of the Jets.

[ZIP]

Posted by: princetrumpet | August 25, 2008 at 09:08 AM

HA!!....

[Dark Helnet]

Zip,

If you have a 'best of', I would like to nominate the princetrumpet post, that was freaking funny!

[Xen]

Unsure of the argument... Who's the less civilized, least educated, savage? Vikings of 100s of years ago, or Taliban of today?

[skh.pcola]

I was going to say what Xen just said...so, Xen +1.

[Elric66]

Very good point. If they have to compare the Taliban to the Vikings of a 1000 ago, they dont have much of an argument. Lets also point out that the Vikings got civilized once Christianity took hold. Do these so called moderate Muslims suggest the same for the Taliban? :-)

[ZIP]

Elric sez: "Lets also point out that the Vikings got civilized once Christianity took hold"

Perfect.....

[Elric66]

Thanks. Once in awhile, I do come up with a zinger. :-)