Better come to Iowa. We're far from the oceans and we've got corn aplenty.
on 3/31/05 9:20 PM, akasha_108 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Koran scholar: US will cease to exist in 2007 > By KHALED ABU TOAMEH > > > A thorough analysis of the Koran reveals that the US will cease to > exist in the year 2007, according to research published by Palestinian > scholar Ziad Silwadi. > > The study, which has caught the attention of millions of Muslims > worldwide, is based on in-depth interpretations of various verses in > the Koran. It predicts that the US will be hit by a tsunami larger > than that which recently struck southeast Asia. > > "The tsunami waves are a minor rehearsal in comparison with what > awaits the US in 2007," the researcher concluded in his study. "The > Holy Koran warns against the Omnipotent Allah's force. A great sin > will cause a huge flood in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans." > > Silwadi, who is from the village of Silwad near Ramallah – the home of > Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal – is not a world-renowned scholar. He said > he decided to publish the findings of his research "out of a sense of > responsibility because what is about to happen is extremely shocking > and frightening." > > His fear, he said, is that the world economy, which relies heavily on > the US dollar, would be deeply affected by the collapse of the US. > > "It would be fair to say that the world would be better off with a US > that is not a superpower and that does not take advantage of weak > nations than a world where this country does not exist at all," he > added."The world will certainly lose a lot if and when this disaster > occurs because of the great services that American society has > rendered to the economy, industry and science." > > Silwadi said his study of the Koran showed that the US would perish > mainly because of its great sins against mankind, including the Native > Americans and blacks. > > "As soon as the Europeans started arriving in the new world discovered > by Christopher Columbus in 1492, they declared a war on the so-called > Red Indians, the legitimate owners of the land," he wrote. "Then they > began enslaving and humiliating Africans after kidnapping them from > their countries and bringing them to America. Millions of blacks were > brought to the US and treated with unprecedented harshness. Those who > became ill during the journey were thrown overboard to feed the fish." > > Silwadi pointed out that the US continued to commit war crimes and > "ethnic cleansing" against humanity by becoming the first country to > use nuclear weapons during World War II. > > "International law penalizes such crimes," he said. "If these laws > were not applied then, they are certainly implemented in heaven. If no > one on earth is capable of punishing [the US], Allah was and remains > able to do so. All these actions have been documented by Allah in a > big archive called the Koran." > > Silwadi said he reached the conclusion that several suras (chapters) > in the Koran that talk about punishment for those who perpetrate > heinous sins actually refer to the US. > > As an example, he quotes in his study verse 40 of the Spider Sura, > which states: "So each We [God] punished for his sin; of them was he > on whom We sent down a violent storm, and of them was he whom the > rumbling overtook, and of them was he whom We made to be swallowed up > by the earth, and of them he whom We drowned; and it did not beseem > Allah that He should be unjust to them, but they were unjust to their > own souls." > > Drawing parallels between Pharaoh and the US, who share the same "sin" > of arrogance and excessive pride, Silwadi noted that the Koran > mentions at least 12 times the fact that Pharaoh was punished by > drowning for his evil deeds. > > The Narrative Sura, he noted, clearly suggests that the US will drown > in the sea: "And Firon [Pharaoh] said: O chiefs! I do not know of any > god for you besides myself; therefore kindle a fire for me And he was > unjustly proud in the land, he and his hosts, and they deemed that > they would not be brought back to Us. So We caught hold of him and his > hosts, then We cast them into the sea, and see how was the end of the > unjust [verses 38-40]." > > more ... > > http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1 > 111980180248 > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Rick Archer SearchSummit 1108 South B Street Fairfield, IA 52556 Phone: 641-472-9336 http://searchsummit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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