Don't worry about it Laurie, we all make mistakes at times. On Sep 12, 1:36 pm, Laurie Ann Poole <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry I posted this without vetting the info first. HOWEVER, it is > instructive to see what is out there to be refuted. Daily I receive lies > about other faiths, but most especially, lately, the Muslim beliefs. > > There are no documented accounts... of these events ever happening in the > Philippines or anywhere else in 1911 or at any other time. Even experts who > have studied "Black Jack" have no record of it. Pershing biographer, Dr. > Frank E. Vandiver, told Urban Legends expert, David Emery, that he has found > no historical account of such a strategy and feels that such actions would > run counter to what is know of Pershing's character. > > Chains like this one demonstrate the western world's general ignorance of > Muslims and Islam. Muslims (and others, including many Jews) do not eat or > use any part of the pig - not because they feel they are "pigs of the > devil," but because the animals are generally considered unclean, and thus > unhealthy. Few believe that merely touching swine will close the gates of > heaven to them. Also, Islam does not consider terrorists martyrs, nor do > they believe they are killing for Allah and will get into "Muslim heaven." > The concept of the "endless supply of virgins" is a mystery to most Muslims > - it is not a facet of their faith. > > Perhaps not surprisingly, this chain enjoyed a surge in popularity in May, > 2004, in the wake of the the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Pictures and > video of American soldiers forcing Iraqi prisoners into humiliating and > degrading positions, eerily echoed the sentiment of the Pershing rumor: > score a victory by punishing Muslim prisoners with their own taboos. For > some, the info above serves as historical justification for recent actions. > Break this Chain!http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/pershing.html > > Also: > It's also instructive to see this article about the > issue:http://www.snopes.com/rumors/pershing.asp
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