Osama Bin Laden's Son Wants To Be A Peace Activist
Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father — except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. Then there's the black leather biker jacket.
The 26-year-old does not renounce his father, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but in an interview with The Associated Press, he said there is better way to defend Islam than militancy: Omar wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West.
"It's about changing the ideas of the Western mind. A lot of people think Arabs — especially the bin Ladens, especially the sons of Osama — are all terrorists. This is not the truth," Omar told the AP last week at a cafe in a Cairo shopping mall. Read on...
(Nicole:) One of the things that has always annoyed me about the current demonization of Muslims by many in the press and GOP as silently complicit with the "Islamofascists" (a word that makes no sense) is that they are not silent. But rarely does the press give air time to someone who believes in peace.
It'll be interesting to see how this makes the right wingers heads explode!
How soon will they start calling him "Osama Obama"?
this won't make the wingers heads explode. Remember how they were perfectly fine with Osama's family getting special treatment in the days after 9-11
Try telling that to the GOP candidates. They would have him indefinitely detained at Guantanamo. And Mitt Romney would use his favorite one liner: he thinks that he should stop reading Ahmadinejad's press releases.
Reasonable people know that Osama Bin Laden is a rogue within his family, and does not share the same views as them (along with 99.9% of non-wahabi muslims).
I really dont care.
Now, get Bush to become a real peace activist ... and you would have something.
ask him where his father is at, it would make everyone's job easier
I would feel better only if he renounced the Quran, which directs a muslim to accept nothing but conversion, submission, or death from the infidel.
I wonder what bedwetter Steven Emerson will say about this
As a further note ... do you see how a focus on 'arabs' and islam is about as problematic as a focus on the US and christianity or Israel and Judaism?
He is attempting to establish a religion as preeminent by acclamation in the areas conquered by Muhammed.
As long as the religious component is included in secular affairs you have a recipe for ... well something that tastes really bad.
anon @ 5:
bush did get two pieces......he calls them his daughters
Fil @ 6:
Nobody in the Bush regime cares where his father is.
There is no shortage of "kids" who reject most of their parents stupid ass ideas and old ways.
That never changes.
More power to him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Vf4oxHaqM
I really love the 2008 Republican contenders. They are decent, qualified men whom I can trust to lead this country. Watch my video to see why.
(By the way, I play my evil twin in this one.)
Bush will become a peace activist... in The Hague he will be all for peace..
L.A. Confidential @ 12:
And I might add just like there are good Christians there are also good Muslims.
The trouble makers are those of any faith who use it for personal gain and power. Even the KKK and Mafia goes to church on Sundays.
Yo Omar WWW.peacecoalition.org is always open to fellow peace seekers and with the election upcoming we need help with the peace voter guide we distribute free. If there isn't a chapter near you the web site has info on how to start one. PEACE NOW !
Pardon me for sounding cynical, but this sounds like a P.R. move by the Bin Laden family.
They may have disowned Osama but they are linked to the wallet with the Saudi Family and it was the Saudi's who exported wahabism throughout the middle east, and paid Osama to take his violence elsewhere.
If this guy is legit then more power to him, but I suspect he is or will be compensated for being a "peacemaker" for the Bin Laden Group.
BTW In the article he referred to middle eastern muslims as Arabs............I believe that is an insult to a great deal of middle easterners.
Your in Cynicism
It's kind of common for rich kids to become "trustafarians" to rebel against the sins of their fathers. They become misguided, naive activists who can indulge their delusions because they don't have to work for real money. In their quest to do good, they end up causing much more harm. Then they become what they hate and become just like their dads. This kid is a fuck. Fuck him and his father.
Yeah, and I want to look like Cary Grant but its....Na Gon Hah
Biggus Diggus @ 19:
Much like yourself.
This guy needs a talk show.
I heard Omar had to cut the interview short because he was late to go out clubbing with the Bush twins that night.
Is Omar is defending invasion and occupation of his land?
Biggus Diggus at 19
You're describing a trust-fund kid.
Dubya and Cheney have been tied to the Family Bin Laden for a long time. There was never a search for him. Wouldn't want to anger the Pakistanis or Saudis.
Osama Bin Laden’s Son Wants To Be A Peace Activist
Errrrr
Osama Bin Laden’s Son Wants To Be A Media Whore and make some dough
Fixed
he wont renounce his father???
if my dad was one of the greatest mass murderers in a century...i sure as heck would renounce him
of course, the bush twins have yet to renounce their murderous dad
Peace is a dirty word to the Military Industrial Complex; they can’t make any money during peacetime!
"...they are planning their endurance horse race across North Africa, which they hope to start in March. It is in the planning stages — they are seeking approval of governments along the route and need sponsors to help pay for the event and raise money for child victims of war.
Omar said they plan to ride 30 miles a day, with periodic weeklong rests in each country.
Teams from around the world will be encouraged to join in what the couple envisions as an equine version of the Paris-Dakar car rally."
Okay, I saw Hidalgo, and it was a decent film, but it was based on a race in 1890, for chrissakes! Without questioning Omar's sincerity regarding a search for peaceful solutions to the world's problems, I think this race is a woefully dumb idea.
sorry I don't trust the fucker. I don't trust anybody with that last name. to be fair though, I don't trust anybody with the last name of "Bush" either.
Osama Bin who?????
I know alternative 911 theory discussions are prohibited here.
But I suggest all here do some 911 research.
Joe Marasmus @ 14:
An amusing diversion on a bleak winters eve. Actually and metaphysically.
anon @ 5:
Seeing how the Preznit operates that would end up causing more wars to pop up
None of these "peace advocates" actually condemned Bin Laden. What they condemn is "Terrorism," which for all you know may mean "Joooos" (as it does for much of the Arab world). Let's not pretend that religion has nothing to do with this.
EarthBall.org
LIVE - a way where stuff & making money is not the motivation of - LIFE
LIVE - 2 End all War - clean up OUR Earth - build Earth Ball homes - 4 All - LIFE
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/
Too bad one of the Bush kids isn't the Anti-Bush, hanging out there, mocking the old man and everything wrong-headed thing that he stands for, tweaking him and waiting for the pursed lips and the nasty, smearing comeback, which would be met by even more mocking and abuse.
Are we sure he's not really Frank Zappa's son?
Hey Omar!! Who's yer daddy???
Osama has 20 sons, as best as people can estimate. Surely there's at least a 5% chance that one of his sons would deviate from their father's bloody path.
OBL is a creep, but Omar's charisma is evident, even in merely a photograph. If he is sincere -- and what public character can be trusted these days, anyway? -- I wish him well.
Me: So you are a peace activist now, Mr. bin Laden?
Omar: Please, please call me Omar. Mr. bin Laden is my father.
the Bin Laden family and the Bush Crime Family are practically kissin' cousins.
how many of the you-know hijackers were Saudi Nationals, and how many millions of $$$ worth of
weapons did the Chimp just sell to Saudi Arabia?
if is walks like a duck and sounds like a duck.. it's probably a duck!!
How ironic would that be if his son could undo some of the damage his father did, and bring east and west closer together...
I hope he has success in that.
Steve @ 7:
When's the last time you read some of the darker books of the bible? Conversion, submission, and death are all there too.
Omar might just say, "Sure, if you agree to renounce the bible." An eye for an eye - a tooth for a tooth.
All we are saying is give peacekeepers a chance...
L.A. Confidential @ 21:
Do you feel high and mighty now?
Everybody wants to be a mediawhore. Why is it rich kids always want to be famous?
Am I the only one that thinks they look like a pair of James Bond villains?
BrasscheckTV sent out a video of a November 3rd David Frost interview show with Benazir Bhutto prior to her death. She said that bin Laden had been murdered. Frost just skipped over the biggest news story of the year if true. No mainstream media will delve into it. I think he's been dead a long time, but it serves the administration's purpose to perpetuate the lie that he's alive. A $25 million dollar reward, and some wretchedly poor wretch won't give him up?
Good luck Omar, you will need it.
Him and his girl look like they are on a manic bender
probably resulting from studying the Koran too long into
the morning.
L.A. Confidential @ 16:
and, there are good Jews. It's simply jaw-dropping how everyone forgets the religion that begat the other two...
Steve @ 7:
You're an idiot. Do you demand that christians denounce the bible and it's demands to enslave non believers/outsiders and worse?
Does anybody else see John and Yoko in this picture?
Steve @ 7:
The old testament says the same thing.
bin Laden, Bush..same shit. Who cares. They all need to go away.
This guy still says supportive things about his dad saying he's "trying to defend Islam", at least in the article I read. Just because he probably doesn't support the Bush Administration doesn't necessarily make him a good guy. C'mon C&L read the fine print.
"Renounce his father"?
Does anybody demand Ron Reagan Jr. renounce his father? No, but RRJr is opposed to his father's actions and we don't see a contradiction in that.
And yes, I am comparing Ronnie RayGun to OBL.
I wonder if he is a CIA asset like his daddy.
I think the son is trying to do just what he says. His dad thinks the only way to get the west to quit meddling in the middle east is through violence. The son is trying to prove that there is a peaceful way to resolve things.
But, I think the son is naive to think a nice friendly race will patch things up.
Steve @ 7:
Ever read it?
Only self conversion is allowed in Islam - it's never forced on anyone. Submision is to the natural human rules like "thou shall not kill", and infidels are Muslims or anyone else who go against those rules - as set and judged by God, no one else.
The actual word used for infidel is "kafir" it is the origin of the English word Cover, meaning to cover up the truth you know.
The name "Omar" is the one name Shia Muslims hate the most, but the name Osama seems to be on the way to replace it - the poor guy's name goes against him already.
Fugazi @ 55:
Yeah, and they're both kinda hot.
snoozer:
Well, let's be fair here.. forced conversion has occured, historically.
However, Islam has actually done so to a far lesser extent than Christianity. The Christening of Europe was entirely a forced affair, wheras the people of Moor-occupied Spain, and the Ottoman-occupied Balkans were not forced to convert. (although encouraged to do so, through tax-breaks etc)
If Islam was all about 'convert or die', then there would be no christians today in Spain, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary. In reality, only Albania has a Muslim majority, and most don't even have significant Muslim minorities. Or for that matter in the middle-east, where there are still christian minorities in most arab nations. Orthodox Syrians, Coptic Egyptians, etc.
The death/murder of Omar Bin Ladin sends the world into WWIII.
jones @ 63:
I was thinking more Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet.
If he's sincere, great.
But as some up-thread have reminded us, there is an alliance of blood money that holds the Bush and Bin Laden families together, cemented by the talented and lovely Carlyle Group.
When can we start the trials for war profiteering?
Here's the thing though. He doesn't "denounce" his father? Then I don't buy a word of it. I'm as liberal as they come, but his father set in motion events that killed thousands of innocent people. So if he wants to be a peace activist, he has to denounce that. Clearly and loudly. Otherwise I ain't gonna take you seriously.
Maybe he doesn't denounce him because he knows something that most of America doesn't know. Maybe his father didn't really do it. He denied it in the first video released after 9/11. Something to think about. Or not.
Guess a life dodging Predator drones didn't appeal to him.
CRT @ 69:
Osama seems so clueless in his videos that I find it hard to believe he is the mastermind of 9/11. Probably it is some guy back in Saudi Arabia we don't even know about.
This is an extremely important development.
I think that we on the left have to be very clear and very careful when we criticize the wingnuts when they talk about "Islamofascists".
We have to recognize and acknowledge that there is an element of truth in this criticism--there are Islamic regimes and Islamic extremists who ARE in fact fascists. Cases in point are the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden, the father.
That being said, the mistake that the wingnuts make is when they attempt to defame the entire Muslim religion because of the so called Islamic fundamentalists.
The truth of the fact is that all the monotheistic religions have wingnut fundamentalists who are essentially fundamentalist. In the case of both Christianity, Judaism and Islam there are people who want to create a state that adheres to their own conservative views of their respective religions. And in each case, these fundamentalists will suppress all people who dissent from their particular interpretations of their religious tradition. Indeed this suppression is most severe for dissenters within their own religious tradition--because these people pose the greatest threat to the fundamentalist's attempts to create hegemony within their sphere of influence.
That being said the American wingnuts who scream the loudest about "Islamofacists" are actually creating conditions that strengthen the Islamic fundamentalists. When American non Muslims criticize the Islamic religion than even moderate Muslims have to rally to the support of their Muslim brothers and sisters who are being attacked by non Muslims.
Thus it is essential that the voices of dissent within the Muslim religion speak up and speak up loudly. It is absolutely essential that these moderates and dissenters try to negotiate a peace between the "cold war" that is now taking place between the Muslim fundamentalists and the West.
True disclosure: I am a Jew who lives in Brooklyn, NY. As a New Yorker I am still profoundly affected by 9/11--the scars of that attack have not completely healed to me. And as a Jew it is essential to me that there be a Jewish state of Israel. However, I do recognize that the state of Israel has handled the Palestinian people very poorly (to be polite) and that it is also essential that a state of Palestine should be created.
Wow, what a contrast. Any american president (except maybe Carter) since the 60s is responsible for more deaths worldwide than any little shit like OBL. But for the son to come out for peace or non-violent means is really impressive. I'd like to know more
Also, as many people have mentioned before, BIN LADEN DENIED HIS INVOLVEMENT IN 9/11 DIRECTLY AFTERWARDS
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/inv.binladen.denial
Maybe as has been suggested, BIN LADEN IS A BOGEYMAN. A BAD MAN, LIKE BUSH, BUT A BOGEYMAN NONETHELESS
Seth @ 68:
see http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/inv.binladen.denial/
I don't know. Bush and Cheney are ruthless killers too and we don't hold their kids responsible for the sins of the fathers.
Is this like having a "humbler" foreign policy?
VietVet8666 @ 33:
I have.It makes me think of the Pakistani government's "official" Bhutto assassination story.
Very suspect--imo.
actions speak louder than words, rich dude.
For peace the guy is going to run a bunch of horses to death- Little bastard!
The PETA People might want to convince the sadistic fuck face to do a car race instead or how'bout a belly dancing contest--
Comments are closed on this entry