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

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• intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Who cares? It’s like when James Bond says “for king and country”. It’s just a statement of allegiances, and these people are declaring allegiance to God.

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  • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Allegiance to Islam, at the site of the worst Islamic terrorist attack on America soil.

    It’s little more than just declaring allegiance to their god.

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  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Not the Christian god, that’s the problem “conservatives” have.

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    • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Same god.

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• nocturne213@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Doesn’t that just mean praise god or god is good or something similar?

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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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    • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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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