Comment on Pro-Palestinian protesters shout ‘Allahu akbar’ outside of World Trade Center site

nocturne213@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It means God is great. It is a pretty mundane term. It is also used where Americans might say oh shit or something similar.

  There was a pilot who crashed and the cockpit recorder recorded him saying Allah Akbar many times. The Arabs said that is common in situations of stress. As such, it is something to be freaked about when someone says it.

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• Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes. Its the war cry of islamic terrorists, most famously used during the 9/11 attacks.

  So either the most tone-deaf people ever, or supporting 9/11.

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  • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It literally just means god is great (or something similar). It’s like when people who stormed the capitol on Jan 7 were chanting “USA USA USA”. Is “USA” a war cry for treason and insurrection?

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    • tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Remember who you’re talking to haha.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s also used for many other purposes. As Americans we are not exposed to Islamic culture often. In the army they trained us in it for deployment.

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    • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      At the wtc site? At ground zero? Again, either super tone deaf, or supporting 9/11. I dont see whatelse it might be. Maybe threatening another 9/11?

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      • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Lots of words were involved in the 9/11 attacks. That doesn’t mean those words signify those attacks.

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