Isis Gunmen Attack Bangladeshi Restaurant.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3670353/Gunmen-attack-restaurant-Dhakas-diplomatic-quarter-police-witness.html

For their own safety perhaps it would be a good idea for all non Muslim travellers to lean the Koran off by heart?

[sandyRoe]

That's a big ask, AOG.

[Zacs-Master]

Yo do come out with some tripe.

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

..........Personal Attacks And Abusive Language Will Not Be Tolerated..............

[Bertrum]

How about "You come out with the edible lining from the stomachs of various farm animals"

[Mamyalynne]

What a horrific attack, I doubt your suggested (light hearted?) solution would simply be the answer.

[anotheoldgit]

Mamyalynne

/// What a horrific attack, I doubt your suggested (light hearted?) solution would simply be the answer. ///

It would have been for those poor souls who were slaughtered.

/// but spared those who could recite the Koran - ///

[anotheoldgit]

Thanks anyway Mamyalynne for realising that it was a light-hearted suggestion, unlike some others, who could never be light-hearted if they tried.

[Mamyalynne]

Well to be fair a light hearted comment attached to a news report so dreadful is a bit 'off' but yes I got your drift.

[retrocop]

Botox to learning fairy tales at my age. Wisdom,old age and sense tells me to travel elsewhere and avoid any Muslim country that resembles a water treatment plant on a grand scale. May be that is how one can achieve longevity!!!

[anotheoldgit]

Mamyalynne

I am often criticised for being the purveyor of doom and gloom, so I thought it best this time to inject a little light-heartedness into this tragic event.

It would seem that I am damned if I do and damned if I don't.

[Baldric]

///'Most of (the hostages) were killed mercilessly by sharp weapons last night.'///

I'm a great fan of humour in the right time and place but........

[Peter Pedant]

Jesus AOG ! - or should that be Issa, AOG !
do Muslims not butcher each other ?
the answer to that is yes by the way

so it doesnt look as tho it would do much good ..... but

dont shoot, I'm Muslim ! - should you be caught in the Petra take-away when shotting breaks out is: "la adrabni ! ana musleem"

sheesh ...

[Peter Pedant]

Iran Iraq conflict had one or two million casualties ( sudduv Somme sized)
so the general idea of muslim on muslim violence is rare is mispaced

and yes it may be forbidden but somehow for the last a thousand years they have found a way around it ( call them heretics for example )

[-Talbot-]

Imagine my anger at the gross waste of my time reading the Koran, only to find out the terrorist didn't bother to ask if I have read it before he goes ballistic with a Kalashnikov and then blows the both of us up?

[retrocop]

With respect Mr aog. The only persons who need a special type of humour are the armed security forces who have to stop and then clean up the aftermath of this bloodbath!! Their's is a very,very black and necessary humour which would be totally lost and misunderstood by your average social media reader or Newspaper subscriber!!!

[Baldric]

Retro, I try hard to avoid that humour on here, it's got me into bother before.

[retrocop]

Baldric,
Yes ditto. I discovered that also some time back also!!!

[ichkeria]

This will go down as the day AOG urged everyone to learn the Koran
Truly strange times lol

[Peter Pedant]

not urge - itchy
suggested


and here is a start AOG
http://quran.com/2

I have given the ref for surat 2 ( al baggara ) and not the beginning, because in the Eustace Diamonds (Trollope) naughty girl Lizzie E learns that quoting the beginning of a poem, people suspect you havent bothered to read the whole thing. [ a valid point in this discussion ]

Lizzie also trips up when she asks, ' what is this Trojan Horse the Greeks and Romans are fighting over ?' [ less valid for this discussion but still amusing ]

[ That comment was on the need to quote things in the middle and not at the beginning of a book ]