The New York Times is trying rescue “Allahu Akbar” from the terrorists given yet another terror attack, this one being the Muslim scum who killed eight in New York in a pick-up truck. A tweet from the Times put it this way:

"Allahu akbar" has somehow become inextricably intertwined with terrorism. Its real meaning is far more innocent. https://t.co/HO5PIE3p77 — The New York Times (@nytimes) November 2, 2017

The Times story quoted the usual Muslim source:

“Let’s say your football team is mounting an attack,” said Ahdaf Soueif, an Egyptian author. “You can say ‘Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar,” and you’re pushing them along, like, “Go for it, go for it, go for it.’” Even more prosaically, Ms. Soueif said, “You see a really beautiful woman or a good-looking guy, you go, ‘Allahu akbar.’”

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