Don't They Kill People for Less?

[Evang.Benincasa]

In 1975 the band Grateful Dead released an album titled Blues for Allah.

Which doesn't paint the Muslims in a favorable light, and definitely slams the god of Islam. So, why didn't the Muslims head hunt Jerry Garcia? Kurt Westergaard draws a cartoon of an Arab with a bomb in his turban? He called it Muhammad, and gets a devotee to chop on him in 2010? Were Muslims kinder and gentler back in 75? Or were they just into the Dead?


GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICS
"Blues For Allah"

Arabian wind, The needle's eye is thin, The ships of state sail on mirage,
And drown in sand, Out in no-man's land where Allah does command.

What good is spilling blood? It will not grow a thing;
Taste eternity the swords sing: Blues of Allah In 'sh'Allah.

They lie where they fall, There's nothing more to say,
The desert stars are bright tonight lets meet as friends,
The Flower of Islam, The Fruit of Abraham.

The thousand stories have come round to one again,
Arabian night, Our Gods pursue their fight,
What fatal flowers of darkness bloom from seeds of light.

Bird of paradise fly in white sky, Blues for Allah In 'sh'Allah,
Let's see with our heart, These things our eyes have seen,
And know the truth must still lie somewhere in between.

Under eternity, under eternity, under eternity blue,
Bird of paradise fly in white sky, Blues for Allah In 'sh'Allah.

[wire2john]

Arabs have been a problem since the days of George Washington, but the ones we have to deal with today emerged from President Carter's success at organizing the warring Arab nations to form OPEC.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by wire2john

Arabs have been a problem since the days of George Washington, but the ones we have to deal with today emerged from President Carter's success at organizing the warring Arab nations to form OPEC.

George dealt with Barbary Pirates. Who happened to be Muslims. Muslims who captured other Muslims as well as Christians for slave trade.

[Amanah]

Arabs have been a problem since Ishmael and Mohamed . . .

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Amanah

Arabs have been a problem since Ishmael and Mohamed . . .

Mohammed I understand, but...

Ishmael?

Sister, this isn't about DNA.

There are Arabs who aren't Muslims.

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Mohammed I understand, but...

Ishmael?

Sister, this isn't about DNA.

There are Arabs who aren't Muslims.

good point,

[votivesoul]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

In 1975 the band Grateful Dead released an album titled Blues for Allah.

Which doesn't paint the Muslims in a favorable light, and definitely slams the god of Islam. So, why didn't the Muslims head hunt Jerry Garcia? Kurt Westergaard draws a cartoon of an Arab with a bomb in his turban? He called it Muhammad, and gets a devotee to chop on him in 2010? Were Muslims kinder and gentler back in 75? Or were they just into the Dead?


GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICS
"Blues For Allah"

Arabian wind, The needle's eye is thin, The ships of state sail on mirage,
And drown in sand, Out in no-man's land where Allah does command.

What good is spilling blood? It will not grow a thing;
Taste eternity the swords sing: Blues of Allah In 'sh'Allah.

They lie where they fall, There's nothing more to say,
The desert stars are bright tonight lets meet as friends,
The Flower of Islam, The Fruit of Abraham.

The thousand stories have come round to one again,
Arabian night, Our Gods pursue their fight,
What fatal flowers of darkness bloom from seeds of light.

Bird of paradise fly in white sky, Blues for Allah In 'sh'Allah,
Let's see with our heart, These things our eyes have seen,
And know the truth must still lie somewhere in between.

Under eternity, under eternity, under eternity blue,
Bird of paradise fly in white sky, Blues for Allah In 'sh'Allah.

The pic went around the world through social media and the internet. Maybe the GD song didn't reach past yonder shores?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

The pic went around the world through social media and the internet. Maybe the GD song didn't reach past yonder shores?

I take it before you came to Christ you listened to ABBA?

[votivesoul]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

I take it before you came to Christ you listened to ABBA?

Nope. Heard of them but never listened. They were before my time.

EDIT: I mean to say I was a little tike when they achieved stardom.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

Nope. Heard of them but never listened. They were before my time.

EDIT: I mean to say I was a little tike when they achieved stardom.

I guess that means I'm really old.