September 01, 2006

Were Centanni and Olaf Wiig Held in a Mosque?

foxreporters1(2).JPGWe linked Ms. Underestimated’s post on the Centanni and Olaf interviews here. Here is one interesting tidbit from the interview. I recall that one description of their location was a “garage” or “house” the other day. A reader via email points out that in this Video at about 12:35 the call to prayer was very loud and they could hear praying right above them.

Interviewer: “Did they say anything to you at that point about who they were or what they wanted?

Wiig: “ …..The guy next to me said, “You Are going to hell.”

Centanni : “And I didn’t hear that, he [Wiig] told me this later.”

Interviewer: “They took you then to another house another place right?

Centanni: ”The beach camp was the transfer point, they took us to the first house. Olaf [Wiig] calls it a Mosque. There was a loud call to prayer that may have been coming from the same building and he heard prayers upstairs. But we wound up in the same room together in that first house the first night.

Those are conditions that would seem to indicate they were very near a Mosque if not within it. What this indicates is the very real possibility that local religious leaders were not only aware of their location but may have been actively involved of abetting the crime up to and including acting as a prison for the kidnappers. At the very least it’s an important clue as to where they were being held.

It seems the Centanni is dismissive of Olaf’s opinion and insists on calling it a house. If you ask me Olaf should be the reporter and Centanni should be behind the camera.

If they were using a Mosque or part of a Mosque compound it would be far from the first time that terrorists have done this. While you will hear the screaming about the misunderstanding of Islam that it condemns terrorism. And what was this incident really other than terrorism? It appears that the mosque's imam and worshipers are among those many misunderstanderers of Islam that we keep hearing about.

What? You say that I'm wrong, that Islam disapproves? Then show me. Arrest and punish those responsible publicly. I suppose about a 120 year prison sentence is fair enough. I'm waiting.

Hat Tip: Ansar al-Kuffar. Yes, that Ansar al-Kuffar.

By Howie at 09:33 AM | |