RE: Blum is a Jew and bin Ladin touts his book?

Submitted by Ianus (Poland), Jan 24, 2006 at 15:55

R. Davidson
>This was an excellent article that I need to read again, but my first and gut feeling was to wonder if bin Ladin knew this person was a Jew. He has already enriched the man's coffers.

So what? He'll have to empty the coffers soon as his Muslim masters will make him pay both the jizya (as a Jew) and the zakat (as an almost Muslim). Muslim friendship is not free of charge.

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