Hundreds of Muslim thugs clashed with police who were taking Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir for questioning. What’s it with Islam and mindless violence? I still haven’t sat down and read the Koran (didn’t he fight Godzilla?), so I don’t know if purposeless violence is prescribed by it, but it seems that many Muslims love to engage in actions that do nothing else than enforce the image that they are stupid and violent. Like rock throwing; you’re not going to topple governments or defeat soldiers by throwing rocks, but you will let them know that your mental processes are comparable to a monkey.
They took Ba’asyir from a hospital; it seems like every Muslim cleric who supports violence is either blind or ailing. Maybe it’s supposed to be a sign from God, and they just don’t get it:
“Allah wishes us to kill all the infidels, my Muslim brothers and sisters. If I do not truly speak in His name, may He strike me down as I stand… Ahh! I’m suddenly blind… for unrelated reasons.”
Then I read this (the link to the story no longer seems to work, so I’m linking to its mention in Instapundit; he could use the traffic) about how Jemaah Islamiyah has plans to create an Islamic superstate including Indonesia, Australia, and parts of Asia. These guys are just completely cuckoo for cocoa puffs. We could maybe be threatened by them if they had some sense of reality, but, instead, they are completely, entirely, tinfoil hat wearing, The Nation subscribing, consuming entire cans of Crisco, Guardian editorial writer, burning monkeys at the stake for being heretics, Democratic Underground nuts. I love it how they’re just taking Ba’asyir in for questioning and you have some guy with a “We are not terrorists” sign next to people chanting “We are ready to die.” Well, guess what, we are ready to kill you, so I think we can work out a deal here.