Courtesy of MEMRI, a translation of Taliban Mullah Dadallah visiting an Al-Qaeda Base in Afghanistan, chanting along with his fellow terrorists:
Oh Muslim, arise, there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
Oh Muslim, arise, there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
We will return to Kabul – neither Bush nor Powell – oh heresy, don't even try,
there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
Oh heresy, don't even try, there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
Regards to the Taliban, oh blessings of the All-Merciful, the Sunna after the
Koran, there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
The Sunna after the Koran, there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
Regards to the Taliban, oh blessings of the All-Merciful, the Sunna after the
Koran, there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
The Sunna after the Koran, there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
You are sufficient, oh bin Laden, don't sign a truce, you are sufficient, oh
Bin Laden, there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
You are sufficient, oh bin Laden, there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
The rule of jihad today does not require much thought, oh Muslim, arise, there
is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
Oh Muslim, arise, there is a black-eyed virgin in Paradise.
[etc. etc.]
The black-eyed virgin obsession is starting to make us suspect that sexual frustration is indeed one of those mysterious "root causes" of radical Islam. Dr. Tawfik Hamid, former member of the Egyptian terrorist group Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya:
"The first thing you have to understand is that [terrorism] has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with poverty or lack of education," he says. "I was from a middle-class family and my parents were not religious. Hardly anyone in the movement at university came from a background that was different from mine.
"I've heard this poverty nonsense time and time again from Western apologists for Islam, most of them not Muslim by the way. There are millions of passive supporters of terror who may be poor and needy but most of those who do the killing are wealthy, privileged, educated and free. If it were about poverty, ask yourself why it is middle-class Muslims -- and never poor Christians -- who become suicide bombers in Palestine."
His analysis is fascinating. Muslim fundamentalists believe, he insists, that Saudi Arabia's petroleum-based wealth is a divine gift, and that Saudi influence is sanctioned by Allah. Thus the extreme brand of Sunni Islam that spread from the Kingdom to the rest of the Islamic world is regarded not merely as one interpretation of the religion but the only genuine interpretation. The expansion of violent and regressive Islam, he continues, began in the late 1970s, and can be traced precisely to the growing financial clout of Saudi Arabia.
"We're not talking about a fringe cult here," he tells me. "Salafist [fundamentalist] Islam is the dominant version of the religion and is taught in almost every Islamic university in the world. It is puritanical, extreme and does, yes, mean that women can be beaten, apostates killed and Jews called pigs and monkeys."
[...] "North Americans are too squeamish about discussing the obvious sexual dynamic behind suicide bombings. If they understood contemporary Islamic society, they would understand the sheer sexual tension of Sunni Muslim men. Look at the figures for suicide bombings and see how few are from the Shiite world. Terrorism and violence yes, but not suicide. The overwhelming majority are from Sunnis. Now within the Shiite world there are what is known as temporary marriages, lasting anywhere from an hour to 95 years. It enables men to release their sexual frustrations.
"Islam condemns extra-marital sex as well as masturbation, which is also taught in the Christian tradition. But Islam also tells of unlimited sexual ecstasy in paradise with beautiful virgins for the martyr who gives his life for the faith. Don't for a moment underestimate this blinding passion or its influence on those who accept fundamentalism."
That "bin Laden you are sufficient" phrase also raises some interesting questions, which we will leave to the reader's analysis. We will just note that for bin Laden, insufficiency seems to be of greater likelihood.
We highly recommend watching the video. Don't miss the ode to bazookas.
UPDATE: Vox's Den found some interesting Google data which supports the above.
