[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: *Now* do you believe we were sent by your god?

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*Now* do you believe we were sent by your god? 
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   What are we going to do tonight?"
   "The same thing we do every night: Try to take over the world!"
   [1]-- Pinky and The Brain, Pinky And The Brain

   One financial branch of Islamists Inc., the United Arab Emirates,
   reveals their plan [2]plans to take over the world:

     What is developing in Dubai, and at the cutting edge of Islamic
     Economics, is an ability to encourage and enforce peaceful behavior
     based on economic, cultural, and theological arguments and
     solutions, not military ones. While the USA, China, Russia, and
     Europe invest in new weapons systems, Dubai is investing in new
     cities and new worlds. The military expansion of the Middle Eastern
     nations, with the exception of Iran, has for the most part stopped.
     Instead, the focus is on developing new economies and new
     opportunities for the citizens of Islam. Instead of an arms race,
     the focus is shifting to a more potent form of power, what I call
     the Theology Economy.

     This Theology Economy is focused on achieving the objectives of a
     global Islamic community centered on staying true to the
     theological teachings of stewardship found in the Qurâan. One of
     the primary motivators for Mohammed was a desire to fight the
     poverty and corruption that was affecting the people of his day in
     Arabia. The result of his search for answers was the Qurâan, which
     very clearly states the requirement for mankind to be khalifas, or
     stewards of God's creation.11

     A Theology Economy is therefore, first and foremost, an economy of
     stewardship before it is one of profit. The profit motive of modern
     day economics is not forbidden, but is instead incorporated into
     the theological basis of stewardship. Stewardship of resources also
     means stewardship of finances, which means intelligent investments
     that yield a positive return. In a capitalist system, maximizing
     utility and returns all to often leads to a big winner and a big
     loser. As the world is witnessing today, the disequilibrium this
     model creates leads to an increase in corruption and poverty which,
     in effect, is a tax on investment returns. The result is the
     proliferation of sick societies that Peter Drucker wrote will
     ultimately lead to sick corporations instead of "functional
     societies".12 The model of a Functional Society is a core component
     of the Theology Economy of Stewardship. By finally addressing the
     issues of systematic corruption and abject poverty, the Theology
     Economy will incorporate the best of the teachings of stewardship,
     the vision for a just economy, and equal rights for all people to
     fully participate in the global economic system.

   How serious is this site? It's hard to tell. But it is interesting to
   note that its ownership is located in Herndon, Virginia.

   Herndon VA, like the Saudi outpost of Falls Church (which is right
   down the road from Herndon), has a way higher than average number of
   al Qaeda members per square acre.

   From Daniel Pipes' [3]"Bin Laden and Herndon, Virginia"

     This story began in early 1998, when John Miller of ABC News sought
     an interview with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Needing an
     intermediary, his producers found Tarik Hamdi of Herndon, Virginia,
     a self-described journalist who helped make contacts and then
     accompanied the ABC news team to Afghanistan.

     Hamdi, it turned out, had his own purposes for traveling there; he
     was to bring Bin Laden a replacement battery for his vital link
     with the outside world, his satellite telephone. From the
     remoteness of Afghanistan, Bin Laden could not simply order a
     battery himself and have it overnighted to him. He needed someone
     unsuspected to bring it. So, one of Bin Laden's top aides ordered a
     replacement battery on May 11, 1998, and arranged for it to be
     shipped to Hamdi at his home in Herndon. Hamdi took off for
     Afghanistan with Miller on May 17 and shortly afterward personally
     delivered the battery.

     Just over two months later, two bombs went off nearly
     simultaneously at the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing
     224 and wounding thousands...

     ...The article then focused on the huge body of evidence made
     public in the trial proceedings, noting that Bin Laden had "set up
     a tightly organized system of cells" in six American cities,
     including the small town of Herndon - an allusion to Hamdi.

   Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?
   Wha, I think so Brain, but - *snort* No, no, it's too stupid.
   We will disguise ourselves as a peaceful theology economy.
   Narf. That was it *exactly*.

   Link thanks to [4]Pamela at Atlas Shrugs

References

   1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112123/quotes
   2. http://www.islam21stcenturysuperpower.com/page4/page4.html
   3. http://www.danielpipes.org/article/383
   4. http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/09/welcome-to-the-.html