Quote from: Johny2016 on December 25, 2015, 02:41:09 PM

Soon all we say Allaho Akbar

http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2015/12/25/allahu-akbar-means-almost-everything-except-establishment-media-says/

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cc1_1351188404

. As the rocket begins to ignite, and then launches, only to travel a couple of feet and explode in their own compound, the watching jihadis shout Allahu akbar! repeatedly, like characters in Orwells 1984 book who are restricted by Newspeak to think only thoughts that can be expressed by a few permitted words.

First come the fervent Please-make-it-work Allahu akbars, and then the excited Wow-its-working! Allahu akbars, followed by, as the rocket fails, the resigned Too bad Allahu akbars, the apologetic Were-sorry-please-forgive-us and the reassuring Allah still is on our team Allahu akbars.

In contrast, a group of free Christian or post-Christian Westerners would have appealed to diligence, effort, luck and science Be careful! Go! Sh.., and finally, Back to the drawing board.

In Islam, the outcome actually determined by human choice, math, probability, luck and machinery are all under Allahs control, and so the most appropriate thing to say no matter what happens isAllahu akbar.

In terms of its connotation, then, Allahu akbar can mean just about anything except the one phrase it is most often rendered as in English, God is great.