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Ubi dubium ibi libertas Senior Contributor
Religious Rights are being respected at Gitmo
Claims and Counter-Claims on Qur'an: The Glaring Omission of Media Reporting
by Sean Osborne, Military Affairs Expert, Senior Analyst
27 May 2005: The reporting by the main-stream media about what might or might not have occurred at Guantanamo has obscured the honest-to-God truth about the American way and that we practice what we preach, specifically as it relates to our constitutional guarantee of Freedom of Religion.
# Not one of these illegal enemy combatant detainee's who came from Afghanistan had a Qur'an in his possession when captured.
# A brand new Qur'an in the specific, native language of each individual was provided to each "enemy combatant".
Furthermore:
# Each illegal enemy combatant detained at Guantanamo is given three nutritious halal meals (culturally-appropriate and in accordance with Islamic dietary law) per day. The meals include all optional condiments.
# Each illegal enemy combatant detainee receives Muslim feast meals at special times in accordance with Muslim feasts and holy periods during the year.
# Each illegal enemy combatant detainee has unrestricted access to Muslim Imams and religious instruction.
# Each illegal enemy combatant detainee has a Quibla, a large green and white sign in his cell which points toward Mecca.
# Each illegal enemy combatant detainee hears Islamic loudspeaker calls to prayer five times daily.
# Each illegal enemy combatant detainee received a brand new Muslim prayer cap.
# Each illegal enemy combatant detainee received a brand new prayer rug.
# Each illegal enemy combatant detainee received brand new Islamic prayer beads. Each illegal enemy combatant detainee received Islamic holy oil.
# Each illegal enemy combatant had ALL of this done and paid for him at US taxpayer expense and this is far, far in excess of requirements delineated by Geneva Convention Cat. III protocols on the treatment of Prisoners of War. Why is none of this information coming forth from the mainstream media?
America is overwhelmingly a Christian nation, and there has been not one word of taxpayer protest concerning the above facts, which are in essence a glaring omission of the first order by the hate-America first mass media of this country and the world at large.
©Copyright 2005 Sean Osborne, Northeast Intelligence Network; Reprints permitted with proper citation and link
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