Osama and the flute of the devil
Amazingly enough, that’s what someone calling themselves SOMALIAAFGHANISTAN has done.
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Look, people, this is strange.
Lawrence Wright quotes Osama bin Laden [link, at p 167] as saying “Music is the flute of the devil”.
I was doing some research for this post on Google, and ran across this:
Fair enough, I thought, and went to Last.FM, where I found this artist featured:
Bullet for my bloody valentine.
I kid you not.
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See, this all started because I was looking to play myself some Bach organ music and ran across a video of Marie-Claire Alain performing Bach’s BWV 767, which is pretty terrific — Alain is a great organist, it’s a remarkable work, etc etc — and found myself staring at this:
I mean, that’s not from the Bach part of my life, that’s from the part of my life that tracks jihadist utterances and theology…
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As my friend Chris Anzalone, whose posts on jihadist graphics I always read with interest, pointed out to me, this particular video has an extensive explanation of its heraldic significance attached:
Coat of Arms Of The Famous Afridi Pashtun Afghan Pathan Tribe
Flag of the Afghan Tribe – The Afridi.
Made from historical Texts & references.
Main Circle/Islam Symbolism:
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