3/5/2006, 5:50 pm
Rage against the besmirching of Adolf Hitler's name poured out across the Muslim world on Saturday, with aggrieved believers calling for the execution of those involved, storming buildings, and setting European and American flags afire.
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Hajj Amin Al Husseini (1895-1974) encouraged Hitler to extend the "Final Solution" to the Jews of North Africa and Palestine.
The Grand Mufti inspects Moslem SS units
Code Pink: "It would be a shame if such wonderful artwork goes to waste."
Saddam Hussein: "Without Hitler there would've been be no Ba'ath Party!"
Mahmoud Amadinejad: "This is a planned effort by the USA and Israel to disrupt my World Holocaust Conference!"
Jay Bennish: "Come on, guys! I thought it's all about love, peace, and flower power. Need we fight over little things? Can't you just worship Hitler quietly? I thought that was the deal."
Angry Muslims: "No deal!"
"The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the founder of our modern Palestinian movement, was best friends with the Prophet Adolf (PBUH). They used to dine, eat crumpets, and drink tea together at the Berghoff. The Grand Mufti had a radio show for Hitler (PBUH) and raised a legion of Waffen SS for him and now this latest insult! Allah is my witness, those Danish cartoons now look funny in comparison!"
"We should have killed all those who offend Hitler and instead here we are, protesting peacefully," Hamas top leader said as he emptied a few rounds of his AK-47 skyward in an excited and agitated state.
"Insulting Hitler means insulting every Muslim," blared a loudspeaker car accompanying some 400 demonstrators who marched to the European Commission building in Gaza. "We will redeem Hitler with our blood,' they chanted.
Meanwhile in the Baghdad court house, Saddam Hussein screamed at his judge, "You see, your Honor, this is what I've been talking about. All good Muslims know what a good friend Hitler was to Iraq. Without Hitler there would have been no Ba'ath party and no Iraq! It's not I who must be on trial - but Bennish, Churchill, and all those rotten infidels going around with 'Chimpy Bushitler' on their lips!"
The Bush-Hitler comparisons, started by US peace activists at progressive rallies, websites, and numerous fiery speeches, and later repeated elsewhere in Europe, have touched a raw nerve, in part because Islamic law is interpreted to forbid any comparisons of Hitler to a living mortal. Aggravating the affront was the latest comment made by a Colorado teacher Jay Bennish in class, replayed many times over by right-wing talk show radio hosts. CNN and some other networks have chosen not to repeat teacher Bennish's words out of respect for Hitler and Islam.
Angry Left groups Code Pink, International ANSWER and United For Peace and Justice have apologized and called for a reasonable dialogue with the Angry Muslims. "I can understand that religious feelings of Muslims have been injured and violated," a UPJ spokesman said at an international planning conference, "but I also regret the split between our communities. The Angry Muslims and the Angry Left are a match made in heaven - need we fight over little things? Can't they worship Hitler less conspicuously? We all thought that was the deal. If they force us to give up comparing Bush to Hitler we may lose a major talking point in our noble fight against American capitalism."
"We just printed thousands of Bush-Hitler posters and T-shirts for the mid-March rally at the White House in Washington," a Code Pink activist added. "It would be a shame if all this wonderful artwork goes to waste."
But incensed faithful in some parts of the Muslim world had no use for such words.
"They are forever corrupted for having to listen to this teacher make such statements, it is better if they were all dead. I know if I was the boy's father I would've made him become a martyr instead of having him tape-record it so the whole world could be blasphemed!" he added. "There's no turning back now, it's total jihad!"
When asked to give her name for the record, she refused because she didn't have her husband's permission to leave the apartment.
In a further development the ACLU has refused to represent Bennish or Churchill in the massive class action suit brought against them by CAIR.
CAIR had a short and simple release to the press: "We have Bennish and Churchill's nuts in a legal vise, as small as they are, and we're going to twist them off."
