Yesterday I went to play basketball with a friend. He was a bit late, so as I waited by the courts I noted the approach of 3 individuals:
1-Small blonde girl, circa 3 years of age
2-Pregnant woman with a head-scarf, likely her mother
3-A male trailing them, long beard, “pajama”-like clothes that seemed more appropriate in a madrassa than a 70-degree clear late summer Imbler day
I thought the guy looked kind of like John Walker Lindh, pasty faced eager convert, and as I listened to him speak his speech patterns seemed to be of someone of upper-middle-class background (words used, accent, etc.). I wasn’t sure if he was Muslim or a faux-Muslim New Agey type that is endemic to the small town I live in. The woman wearing the head-scarf didn’t speak with a Slavic accent, and seemed likely to be a Muslim convert by the shitty way she was trying to be “modest” (I didn’t judge her outfit shapeless and unsexed enough-but she’s a convert, I’ll give her some kufir slack).
So I listened closely, just to see if these really were Muslims, and lo & behold, this is what I heard:
Guy: They’re trying to railroad Saudi Arabia!
Girl: Why?
Guy: The Americans are trying to say that they’re using Muslim charities to funnel money to terrorists!
Girl: Oh! Is that true?
Guy: Of course not! Ali worked for one of the ones targeted in San Francisco, he’s a good Muslim.
And so forth. I almost started laughing, I couldn’t really believe it, two Muslim converts, and they’re talking about how the Americans are screwing the Saudis! This was in a public place and they weren’t being quiet about it. I almost recited the shahada to see if the pink-faced convert would run off out of some deep-seated kufir reflex.
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