Thursday, October 19, 2006

9/11

I just received an email ennumerating the coincidences between the 9/11 attacks on the US. It had the usual thing about how all the number added up to 11 and such. However, what most attracted my attention was the following verse which the author claims to be from the Holy Quran: "For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced: for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah and there was peace." The author even claims that this is the 9th verse of the 11th chapter of the Quran. I have read the entire Quran and this verse is nowhere in it. Adding up number and trying to find connections may be a nice passtime for some but when it comes to creating whole verses of a holy book, this becomes dangerous and misleading.

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