Islamic Calendar for Sept. 2001 Jet hitting lower
Manhattan
Printed 5 months before.
NewsMax Wires, September 27, 2001 A calendar
which was printed in Egypt and for the month of September shows a crashing
passenger plane with Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop --
and which was printed in May, a full five months before the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks on America -- has caused an uproar in the Dutch town of Almere, Netherlands,
the newspaper De Telegraaf reported yesterday. The calendar was distributed
at an Islamic school long before the World Trade Center attacks. Mayor Hans
Ouwerkerk, who was alerted to the calendar's existence in the local Islamic
school in the town of Almere, immediately notified the Dutch internal security
service (BVD) about the strange coincidence. The BVD is reportedly investigating
the matter. "I am supported by Allah, to die for Allah" was quoted
on the calendar. The Almere Town Council has "urgently advised" the management
of the Islamic School Foundation to "cooperate with the Dutch authorities
and help determine the calender's origin." Deputy Mayor Henk Smeeman said
the distribution of such controversial Islamic-extremist fundamentalist propaganda
material "cannot be tolerated in Almere. The Town Council is a strong supporter
of maintaining good intercultural relationships with one another," he said.
Some of the calendar's other illustrations show a stone-throwing Palestinian
demonstrator in front of the Al-Aksa mosque in Jerusalem, an Egyptian military
assault during the six-day war against Israel, and a futuristic image of
a Palestinian "freeing" of Jerusalem. The head of the Islamic school, Mrs.
Dekker, allegedly had a large number of calenders in her possession from
the end of May to the beginning of June, well-informed sources informed De
Telegraaf. When confronted with the calender images, she responded in a shocked,
startled manner, asking "How did you get this" before shrouding herself in
silence when further questioned by journalists.