The Holy Wars (with the bedside manner)
by Jeremey Catterton
Actors/Dramatis Personae:
Nigel Croft-Adams: N°2, Corpse, Jinn
Jennifer Robideau: Flight Attendant, Molly, Connie (Usumcasane)
Alasdair Shanks: N°1, Interrogator, Tamburlaine, Man
Robert Stocks: Cleveland, Peter, Slave, (Centre Exec Jet 956), Passenger
1.
Flight 93
(NOTE: all actors say times, (In Arabic), (In English), and [Unintelligible])
Alasdair:
Transcript
Nigel:
Flight 93 cockpit tape
Jennifer:
A US court deciding on a sentence for convicted 9/11
plotter Zacarias Moussaoui has released a full
transcript from the cockpit voice recorder of one of
the planes hijacked on the day.
Robert:
Here are the last moments of United Airlines flight
93, recorded before it crashed into a field in
Pennsylvania.
0931:
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Ladies and Gentlemen. Here the captain,
please sit down keep remaining seating. We have a bomb
on board. So sit."
(Stage Directions: Actors begin to assemble “plane” onstage.)
0932:
Cleveland:
"Er, uh... Calling Cleveland Centre... You're
unreadable. Say again slowly."
N°2:
"Don't move. Shut up."
N°1:
"Come on, come."
N°2:
"Shut up."
N°1:
"Don't move."
Flight Attendant:
"Stop."
N°2:
"Sit, sit, sit down."
N°1:
"Sit down."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) [Unintelligible]... the brother."
Flight Attendant:
"Stop."
0933:
N°2:
"No more. Sit down."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) That's it, that's it, that's it. (In
English:) Down, down.
N°2:
"Shut up."
"[Unintelligible.]"
Cleveland:
"We just, we didn't get it clear... Is that United 93
calling?"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Jassim."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) In the name of Allah, the most merciful,
the most compassionate."
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°1:
"Finish, no more. No more."
N°2:
"No. No, no, no, no."
N°1:
"No, no, no, no."
0934:
N°2:
"Go ahead, lie down. Lie down. Down, down, down."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) There is someone... Huh?
N°2:
"Down, down, down. Sit down. Come on, sit down. No,
no, no, no, no. No.
N°1:
"Down, down, down."
N°2:
"Down."
N°1:
"No more."
N°2:
"No more. Down."
Flight Attendant:
"Please, please, please....
N°2:
"Down."
Flight Attendant:
"Please, please, don't hurt me..."
N°2:
"Down. No more."
Flight Attendant:
"Oh God."
N°1:
"Down, down, down."
N°2:
"Sit down."
N°1:
"Shut up."
N°2:
"No more."
N°1:
"(In Arabic) This?"
N°2:
"Yes."
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) One moment, one moment."
"[Unintelligible.]"
2.
Introduction
All:
The Holy Wars, as performed by:
Robert:
Robert Stocks!
Alasdair:
Alasdair Shanks!
Nigel:
Nigel Croft-Adams!
Jennifer:
And Jennifer Robideau!
3.
“The TV Dance”
(Stage Directions: Actors disassemble the “plane” and create a “bed” of TVs downstage left.)
4.
A couple in bed.
(Stage Direction: Corpse is onstage throughout the scene.)
MOLLY
Did you hear about the little girl who fell into the washing machine?
PETER
I don't think so.
MOLLY
This is a true story. She was, like, 2 years old, and her mother had
gone to take a shower, so she climbed up to look into the washing
machine and she fell in and turned blue and her eyes were glassy.
PETER
Did she die?
MOLLY
No.
PETER
That was lucky.
MOLLY
That's like this guy who's a champion skier who skied off a
natural little ski jump and landed head first in a snow bank and
suffocated to death.
PETER
Sort of like that.
MOLLY
There was another guy. There was a guy who died--I mean it starts out about death, but then it doesn't stay there. There was this guy who died but then he came
back to life...
PETER
I think I've heard this story.
MOLLY
Wait. He came back to life and this is how he proved he had died. Wait a
minute. Start it this way. There was this kid named…it doesn’t matter, from
Beruit who claimed he had been killed by Israeli soldiers last week during some rebellion. He said he had been shot twice in the chest, and
slashed over and over with shrapnel and rubble after he was dead--
(I don't know why)--and nobody believed the kid, so he led four
TV reporters out to this grave where they dug up a corpse
that had the fragments of two bullets in the chest and markings on the
rib and legs and arms consistent with exit wounds and abrasions.
And this corpse had on the remains of what the kid wore.
CORPSE
Silence.
PETER
Well. So.
What did he learn from the experience?
MOLLY
Learn from it?
PETER
Has he learned anything from coming back to life?
MOLLY
Well.
He forgives Americans for not getting involved.
PETER
Unh-hunh.
MOLLY
Really, nobody knows whether he was telling the truth or he had already
been out in the field, happened to dig up a body in a shallow grave, see
the uniform, and make up the story.
PETER
Who told you this?
MOLLY
I saw it on television. It was this program about these people in
Afghanistan.
PETER
I don't think this is new, you know, I don't know why this is on
television, because I think people have known this for a long time.
MOLLY
I thought, you know, it was an incredible coincidence.
PETER
How is it a coincidence?
MOLLY
Well, you know it's a coincidence.
[Silence.]
MOLLY
Sure, anything is possible.
PETER
Yes, well, some things are more likely than others.
MOLLY
Sure. That's what makes this such an amazing story. This is the first
time anyone has proved there is life after death.
CORPSE
I will live forever in the hearts of proud Americans and son-less mothers.
5.
Bush & Blair in a Bar
(Stage Direction: Performed while Robert is arranging TVs down stage left.)
Nigel:
Did you hear the one about:?
Jennifer:
Bush and Blair are in a bar having a drink,
Alasdair:
and Bush leans over and says:
Nigel:
“hey Blair,
Jennifer:
you know how we can fix this thing…
Alasdair:
kill 10,000 Iraqis,
Nigel:
1,000 Hezibollahs,
Jennifer:
and one gorgeous blonde American.
Alasdair:
Blair,
Nigel:
horrorstruck,
Jennifer:
exclaims,
All :
not the gorgeous blonde American!
(Stage Direction: recited two (2) more times, progressively faster.)
6.
E-jihad
Robert:
Dear (account disabled),
Don’t freak out over E-jihad.
A rational approach to risk doesn't usually assume that everything that can go wrong will. But with computer security, and security in general lately, it's tempting to do so.
Security researchers generally assume that if an attack is possible, someone will do it. If a vulnerability can be exploited, someone will exploit it. And if it's possible to make a canned version of the attack so that any doped-up teenager can do it, that'll happen too.
It doesn't always happen, of course. But it does happen a lot, and when a sexy attack comes along it's a guarantee that it will happen.
7.
Guantánamo Bay
JENNIFER
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was personally
involved in the late 2002 interrogation of a
high-value al-Qaida detainee known in intelligence
circles as "the 20th hijacker." He also communicated
weekly with the man in charge of the interrogation,
Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, the controversial commander
of the Guantánamo Bay detention center.
(INTERROGATOR enters leading a hooded CORPSE in on a leash. CORPSE is wearing woman’s underwear. INTERROGATOR orders CORPSE to “lay down,” “roll over,” “bark,” etc. during the next paragraph.)
JENNIFER
During the same period, detainee Mohammed al-Kahtani
suffered from what Army investigators have called
"degrading and abusive" treatment by soldiers who were
following the interrogation plan Rumsfeld had
approved. Kahtani was forced to stand naked in front
of a female interrogator, was accused of being a
homosexual, and was forced to wear women's underwear
and to perform "dog tricks" on a leash. He received
18-to-20-hour interrogations during 48 of 54 days.
INTERROGATOR
Is this cockroach your lord whom you worship?
JENNIFER
In there unbearable plight, the believers might answer the question in the affirmative.
INTERROGATOR
No man in the history of the Arab nation has ever caused his community problems the likes of those you have caused; you have insulted our forefathers, criticized our beliefs, reviled our god, ridiculed our sages and caused division within our community. Indeed, you have been the cause of everything horrible between us. Nevertheless, we have the following offer to make to you;
(Stage Directions: Interrogator indicates Jennifer to un-hood Corpse. At the sight of her, Corpse recoils.)
INTERROGATOR
(to Corpse) You wanna Coke?
(to Jennifer) Get him a Coke. And get me a coffee.
INTERROGATOR
(to Corpse) If you have stared this matter of yours in order to become rich, we will pay you from our own money until you are the wealthiest among us. If it is honour that you seek, we are prepared to make you our leader. On the other hand, if what you experience is some sort of evil spirit which you cannot control, we will seek you medical treatment and will pay for whatever is required until you have been cured. Otherwise, we have done everything we can.
CORPSE
I am not after your money, and I do not seek a position or a crown. God has made me His messenger and revealed to me a book and instructed me to give you a message of good tiding and a warning. I have conveyed God’s message to you as best as I could and I have given you good counsel. If you accept it from me, it will be good for you in this life and in the life to come. If you turn it down, I will continue to preach it until God settles the issue between us.
8.
All Effort is Gripless
(Stage Directions: Jennifer re-enters with clothes for Corpse. Interrogator helps Corpse to dress during the first recitation of the poem. Jennifer & Robert perform accompanying movement during the second recitation, while Interrogator re-ties Corpse.)
Jennifer & Robert (w/ Robert as an echo):
on his back all effort is gripless.
it was his birthday and he drowned
saving his tears so he and tears could be alone
so oohs and aahs and replies
are, and that is all it can ask
for whom NO doesn't get any more simple
Corpse:
The believers have direct assurance from Allah(Exalted Is He)
Jennifer & Robert (together):
on his back all effort is gripless.
Corpse:
..we have Allah(Exalted Is He)'s protection and promise..
Jennifer & Robert:
it was his birthday and he drowned
Corpse:
how can our end be bad if we stick to the truth and believe firmly in Allah(Exalted Is He)?
Jennifer & Robert:
saving his tears so he and tears could be alone
Corpse:
how can our end ever be bad if we realise that it is to Allah(Exalted Is He) we return
Jennifer & Robert:
so oohs and aahs and replies
Corpse:
worshipping Him(Exalted Is He) is our purpose?
Jennifer & Robert:
are, and that is all it can ask
Corpse:
how can our end be bad if our heart is with Allah(Exalted Is He)
Jennifer & Robert:
for whom NO doesn't get any more simple
Corpse:
our intentions are for His pleasure alone.
9.
Anyone of the Book
(Stage Direction: Jennifer crosses stage leftt to Robert.)
Jennifer:
I can marry anyone of the book
but, it is time to start judging by covers!
10.
Guantánamo Bay at a Hotel in Abu Dhabi
(Stage Directions: Interrogator pulls Corpse off stage, through the audience, and out the exit. Peter & Molly slowly sink behind the TVs downstage right.)
INTERROGATOR
come on.
PETER
I think there’s a mistake in this bill.
INTERROGATOR
you know.
MOLLY
I've made three telephone calls.
INTERROGATOR
so, come on.
PETER
I've taken a beer from the mini bar.
INTERROGATOR
you can trust us.
MOLLY
Could I have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
its alright.
MOLLY
Nevermind.
INTERROGATOR
let us help you with that.
PETER
Do You speak English?
INTERROGATOR
everything's fine, right?
MOLLY
Please write it down.
INTERROGATOR
There’s nothing else we can do.
PETER
I don't understand.
INTERROGATOR
so, whadya say?
MOLLY
You can try that as many times as you want until you feel confident.
INTERROGATOR
your free to decide.
PETER
Does the price include breakfast?
INTERROGATOR
because we care….
MOLLY & PETER
We'd like to move to another room.
INTERROGATOR
but you should do it.
MOLLY & PETER
We'd like to speak to the manager.
INTERROGATOR
really you should.
MOLLY & PETER
May we have the bill please.
INTERROGATOR
it Is your god-given mission to see this through.
MOLLY & PETER
We think there's a mistake in this bill.
INTERROGATOR
so do it.
MOLLY & PETER
We’ve made three telephone calls.
INTERROGATOR
for the love of your savior
MOLLY & PETER
We've taken a beer from the mini-bar.
INTERROGATOR
for the hearts of your people
MOLLY & PETER
Could we have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
so that the darkness may forever be vanquished
MOLLY & PETER
Could we have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
you Must
MOLLY & PETER
Could we have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
We must,
MOLLY & PETER
Could we have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
boldly with vengeance
MOLLY & PETER
Could we have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
reckon this wrong on humanity.
11.
Tamburlaine
(Stage Directions: Slave [Peter] rearranges TVs while Tamburlaine [Interrogator] re-enters from audience.)
Slave:
(to Tamburlaine)
Unity is like the fingers
You cannot wash your face
with only one.
TAMBURLAINE
Blood is the God of War’s rich livery.
Now, Connie, where’s their Turkish Koran
And all those heaps of superstitious books
Found in them temples of that Mahomet
Whom they think is a god? They shall be burnt.
USUMCASANE (Connie)
Here they are, my lord.
TAMBURLAINE
Ah, yes. Let there be a fire presently.
In vain, I see, men worship Mahomet.
My word hath sent millions of Iraqis to hell,
Killed all their priests, their kin, and their friends,
And yet I live untouch’d by Mahomet.
There is a God, full of revenging wrath,
From whom the thunder and the lightning breaks,
Whose scourge I am, and Him will I obey.
So, Connie, fling ‘em in the fire!
Now, Mahomet, if you have any power,
Come down yourself and work a miracle.
You art not worthy to be worshipped
That allows flames of fire to burn the book
Where the total of your religion rests.
Why don’t you send a furious whirlwind down
To blow your Koran up to the heavens,
\Where men report you sit right by God himself?
Or vengeance on me, Tamburlaine
Who shakes my fists against your majesty?
Well, soldiers, Mahomet remains in hell;
He cannot hear the voice of Tamburlaine.
Seek out another godhead to adore---
The god that sits in heaven, if any god,
He, is my God alone, and none but He.
12.
I Want to Look at the Dead
Alasdair:
I want to look at the dead
I want to see
Nigel:
I want there not to be pictures
But we must see
Robert:
I want to free the hundreds
Hear that rust screech
Jennifer:
I want to be there with
the drip in front of me
Alasdair:
I want to count the bed sheets
and untie the stolen shirts
Nigel:
I want to hold them
and say that the this is not the end
Robert:
red and wringing
around their dead necks
13.
Man & Jinn
(Stage Direction: Man & Jinn are center stage, while Jennifer [downstage right] & Robert [downstage left] make origami cranes.)
MAN
"Are you a jinn' or a human being?"
JINN
I am a jinn', of course.
MAN
Where are you going?
JINN
I am on my way to Mecca
MAN
What, with no provision for the journey, and no camel to ride on?
JINN
There are those who travel on the basis of absolute trust in the Lord. Absolute trust means that you devote yourself totally to your Lord, and that you turn your attention away from all those who are beneath him.
MAN
(SILENCE)
Jennifer:
“There are many ways to kill an Arab.”
JINN
It means that you let your self-management become absorbed into His management and that you are perfectly satisfied with Allah(Exalted Is He) as a Trustee, as a Manager and as a Helper.
MAN
And Allah is sufficient as a Trustee?
Jennifer:
“You can shoot them down in public places,”
Robert:
“or torture them to insanity in closed rooms and call them terrorists.”
JINN
It means abstaining from self-motivated activity, in complete reliance on the Creator of the earth and the heavens.
Jennifer:
“You can surround their villages – making sure their women and children are inside –“
Robert:
“and use machine guns until no one moves.”
MAN
On what basis have you developed this special condition of yours, this absolute reliance on the Creator?
JINN
On four particular elements, namely: (1) I came to realize that my sustenance will not be consumed by anyone other than myself, so I should not be concerned about it;
Jennifer:
“You can even enter their safe university homes,”
JINN
(2) I came to realize that my work will not be done by anyone other than myself, so I must be busy about it;
Robert:
“with long, serrated Rambo-knives,”
JINN
(3) I came to realize that death may come suddenly and unexpectedly, so I must waste no time in order to forestall it;
Jennifer:
“and stab until death occurs.”
Robert:
“For good measure, stab the family too.”
JINN
(4) I came to realize that I am in the sight of Allah(Exalted is He) in every condition and circumstance, so I must behave with due modesty under His gaze.
MAN
And what is absolute reliance on the Creator?
JINN
It is receiving from Allah(Exalted Is He).
It is the conscious acknowledgment of the Provider of the sustenance of all creatures.
Jennifer:
“As we said, there are many ways to kill and Arab.”
JINN
It means that you do not disobey Allah (Exalted is He) on account of your sustenance.
MAN
It means that even if you were to stick your hand into the mouth of the great sea monster, as far as the wrist, you would fear nothing other than Allah?
JINN
Absolute trust in the Lord means that even if the serpent that is coiled around the Heavenly Throne were to take an interest in you, you would fear nothing other than Allah(Exalted Is He).
Robert:
“The problem is, ideas of freedom and revenge do not die so easily;”
MAN
I now propose to take my leave, so I request you to provide me with a useful lesson.
JINN
The useful lesson provided by creatures is not a useful lesson!
Jennifer:
“They live on in these deaths, and we call them martyrs.”
MAN
So I understood this to be a useful lesson, and took my leave.
14.
The Battle of Uhud
(Stage Directions: The “bed” of TVs is reconstructed. Peter lays down on it. As the Jinn speaks, he places his shirt first over Peter’s head, and then over Peter’s feet. Finally, the Jinn covers Peter’s head, lays down center stage, and becomes the Corpse.)
Jinn:
After the battle, the Prophet and his companions went through the battlefield, bidding farewell to the martyrs. When they came to Musab's body, tears flowed. Khabbah related that they could not find any cloth with which to shroud Musab's body, except his own garment. When they covered his head with it, his legs showed and when his legs were covered, his head was exposed and the Prophet instructed:
"Place the garment over his head and cover his feet and legs with the leaves of the rue plant."
The Prophet felt deep pain and sorrow at the number of his companions who were killed.
15.
A couple in bed (cont. . . .)
PETER
a lot of people were killed including both the
pilot and the co-pilot.
MOLLY
Jesus.
PETER
So, there's a story with a moral.
MOLLY
Yeah.
PETER
It's not like a pointless story.
MOLLY
Well, I don't believe in dying anyway, really.
PETER
You mean you believe in an afterlife.
MOLLY
No.
PETER
Reincarnation.
MOLLY
No.
PETER
Well, what do you think has happened to all these people?
MOLLY
They died. But that doesn't mean I believe in dying.
PETER
No.
(PAUSE)
That's not even necessarily rational.
MOLLY
Right.
CORPSE
Silence.
MOLLY
Like, the last election I went to the polls vote and stood
in line for a couple hours and when I got up there these people at a
card table said well, you're not registered in this district. Not
registered? I've lived in this neighborhood for eight months, you
know what I mean? I've been here longer than anyone except the
Arabs. Plus, I'm an American.
PETER
Silence.
MOLLY
That was good, hunh? So naturally they called the cops, and it turned
into this big unpleasant scene, and I wind up in jail for the
night--that's what happened the last time I tried to vote. And you
think, okay, what's the loss, cause she doesn't know anything
anyway, but I'll tell you what I know: each man is an expert in the
conditions of his own life. You know who said that? Mussolini or someone
like that. You know, Pol Pot. And I am a fucking expert in the
conditions of my own life.
PETER
Is this relevant?
MOLLY
To what?
PETER
To what we were talking about.
MOLLY
What were we talking about?
16.
Flight 93 (cont. . . .)
(NOTE: Centre Exec Jet 956 is a tape-recorded voice that Cleveland will operate.)
(Stage Direction: the “plane” is reassembled.)
0935:
N°2:
"No more."
N°1:
"Down, down, down, down."
N°2:
"No, no, no, no, no, no...."
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°2:
"Sit down, sit down, sit down."
N°1:
"Down."
N°2:
(In Arabic:) "What's this?"
N°1:
"Sit down. Sit down. You know, sit down."
N°2:
"No, no, no."
N°1:
"Down, down, down, down."
Flight Attendant:
"Are you talking to me?"
N°2:
"No, no, no. [Unintelligible.]"
N°1:
"Down in the airport."
N°2:
"Down, down."
Flight Attendant:
"I don't want to die."
N°2:
"No, no. Down. down."
Flight Attendant:
"I don't want to die. I don't want to die."
N°2:
"No, no. Down, down, down, down, down, down."
Flight Attendant:
"No, no, please."
N°2:
"No."
0937:
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) That's it. Go back."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) "That's it. (In English) Sit down."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) "Everything is fine. I finished."
0938:
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Yes."
0939:
N°1:
"Ah, here's the captain. I would like to tell you all
to remain seated. We have a bomb aboard, and we are
going back to the airport, and we have our demands.
So, please remain quiet."
Cleveland:
"Okay. That's 93 calling?"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) One moment."
Cleveland:
"United 93. I understand you have a bomb on board. Go
ahead.
Centre Exec Jet 956: (Recorded voice)
"And centre exec jet 956. That was the transmission."
Cleveland:
"Okay. Ah. Who called Cleveland?"
956:
"Executive jet 956, did you understand that
transmission?"
Cleveland:
"Affirmative. He said that there was a bomb on board."
956:
"That was all that you got out of it also?"
0940:
Cleveland:
"Affirmative."
956:
"Roger."
Cleveland:
"United 93. Go ahead."
956:
"United 93. Go ahead."
Flight Attendant:
"Ahh."
N°1:
(In Arabic:) This green knob?"
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Yes, that's the one."
0941:
Cleveland:
"United 93, do you hear the Cleveland centre?"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) One moment. One moment."
"[Unintelligible.]"
Cleveland:
"Oh man."
0944:
N°1:
(In Arabic:) "This does not work now."
0945:
N°2:
"Turn it off."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Seven thousand."
N°2:
"(In Arabic) How about we let them in? We let the guys
in now."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Okay."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Should we let the guys in?"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Inform them, and tell him to talk to the
pilot. Bring the pilot back."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) In the name of Allah. In the name of
Allah. I bear witness that there is no other God but
Allah."
0947:
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Allah knows."
0948:
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°2:
"Set course."
0949:
"[Unintelligible.]"
0951:
"[Unintelligible.]"
"[Unintelligible.]"
0952:
"[Unintelligible.]"
"[Unintelligible.]"
0953:
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) The best thing - the guys will go in,
lift up the [unintelligible] ... and they put the axe
into it. So, everyone will be scared.
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Yes."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) The axe."
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Up, down. Up, down.
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) What?
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Up, down.
Passenger:
"Ahh."
Passenger:
"Ahh."
"[Unintelligible.]"
Passenger:
"Ahh."
N°2:
"Shut them off."
1002:
N°2:
"Shut them off."
N°1:
"Go."
N°2:
"Go."
N°1:
"Move."
N°2:
"Move."
N°1:
"Turn it up."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Down, down."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Pull it down. Pull it down."
N°2:
"Down. Push, push, push, push, push."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Hey. Hey. Give it to me. Give it to me."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Give it to me. Give it to me. Give it to
me."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Give it to me. Give it to me. Give it to
me."
"[Unintelligible.]"
1003:
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest."
N°1 & N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest."
Passenger:
"No."
N°1 & N°2 & Flight Attendant:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest. Allah is the
greatest."
All:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest. Allah is the greatest."
17.
Imam
(Stage Directions: stage is cleared of TVs, computer monitors, ropes, etc.)
by Jeremey Catterton
Actors/Dramatis Personae:
Nigel Croft-Adams: N°2, Corpse, Jinn
Jennifer Robideau: Flight Attendant, Molly, Connie (Usumcasane)
Alasdair Shanks: N°1, Interrogator, Tamburlaine, Man
Robert Stocks: Cleveland, Peter, Slave, (Centre Exec Jet 956), Passenger
1.
Flight 93
(NOTE: all actors say times, (In Arabic), (In English), and [Unintelligible])
Alasdair:
Transcript
Nigel:
Flight 93 cockpit tape
Jennifer:
A US court deciding on a sentence for convicted 9/11
plotter Zacarias Moussaoui has released a full
transcript from the cockpit voice recorder of one of
the planes hijacked on the day.
Robert:
Here are the last moments of United Airlines flight
93, recorded before it crashed into a field in
Pennsylvania.
0931:
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Ladies and Gentlemen. Here the captain,
please sit down keep remaining seating. We have a bomb
on board. So sit."
(Stage Directions: Actors begin to assemble “plane” onstage.)
0932:
Cleveland:
"Er, uh... Calling Cleveland Centre... You're
unreadable. Say again slowly."
N°2:
"Don't move. Shut up."
N°1:
"Come on, come."
N°2:
"Shut up."
N°1:
"Don't move."
Flight Attendant:
"Stop."
N°2:
"Sit, sit, sit down."
N°1:
"Sit down."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) [Unintelligible]... the brother."
Flight Attendant:
"Stop."
0933:
N°2:
"No more. Sit down."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) That's it, that's it, that's it. (In
English:) Down, down.
N°2:
"Shut up."
"[Unintelligible.]"
Cleveland:
"We just, we didn't get it clear... Is that United 93
calling?"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Jassim."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) In the name of Allah, the most merciful,
the most compassionate."
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°1:
"Finish, no more. No more."
N°2:
"No. No, no, no, no."
N°1:
"No, no, no, no."
0934:
N°2:
"Go ahead, lie down. Lie down. Down, down, down."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) There is someone... Huh?
N°2:
"Down, down, down. Sit down. Come on, sit down. No,
no, no, no, no. No.
N°1:
"Down, down, down."
N°2:
"Down."
N°1:
"No more."
N°2:
"No more. Down."
Flight Attendant:
"Please, please, please....
N°2:
"Down."
Flight Attendant:
"Please, please, don't hurt me..."
N°2:
"Down. No more."
Flight Attendant:
"Oh God."
N°1:
"Down, down, down."
N°2:
"Sit down."
N°1:
"Shut up."
N°2:
"No more."
N°1:
"(In Arabic) This?"
N°2:
"Yes."
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) One moment, one moment."
"[Unintelligible.]"
2.
Introduction
All:
The Holy Wars, as performed by:
Robert:
Robert Stocks!
Alasdair:
Alasdair Shanks!
Nigel:
Nigel Croft-Adams!
Jennifer:
And Jennifer Robideau!
3.
“The TV Dance”
(Stage Directions: Actors disassemble the “plane” and create a “bed” of TVs downstage left.)
4.
A couple in bed.
(Stage Direction: Corpse is onstage throughout the scene.)
MOLLY
Did you hear about the little girl who fell into the washing machine?
PETER
I don't think so.
MOLLY
This is a true story. She was, like, 2 years old, and her mother had
gone to take a shower, so she climbed up to look into the washing
machine and she fell in and turned blue and her eyes were glassy.
PETER
Did she die?
MOLLY
No.
PETER
That was lucky.
MOLLY
That's like this guy who's a champion skier who skied off a
natural little ski jump and landed head first in a snow bank and
suffocated to death.
PETER
Sort of like that.
MOLLY
There was another guy. There was a guy who died--I mean it starts out about death, but then it doesn't stay there. There was this guy who died but then he came
back to life...
PETER
I think I've heard this story.
MOLLY
Wait. He came back to life and this is how he proved he had died. Wait a
minute. Start it this way. There was this kid named…it doesn’t matter, from
Beruit who claimed he had been killed by Israeli soldiers last week during some rebellion. He said he had been shot twice in the chest, and
slashed over and over with shrapnel and rubble after he was dead--
(I don't know why)--and nobody believed the kid, so he led four
TV reporters out to this grave where they dug up a corpse
that had the fragments of two bullets in the chest and markings on the
rib and legs and arms consistent with exit wounds and abrasions.
And this corpse had on the remains of what the kid wore.
CORPSE
Silence.
PETER
Well. So.
What did he learn from the experience?
MOLLY
Learn from it?
PETER
Has he learned anything from coming back to life?
MOLLY
Well.
He forgives Americans for not getting involved.
PETER
Unh-hunh.
MOLLY
Really, nobody knows whether he was telling the truth or he had already
been out in the field, happened to dig up a body in a shallow grave, see
the uniform, and make up the story.
PETER
Who told you this?
MOLLY
I saw it on television. It was this program about these people in
Afghanistan.
PETER
I don't think this is new, you know, I don't know why this is on
television, because I think people have known this for a long time.
MOLLY
I thought, you know, it was an incredible coincidence.
PETER
How is it a coincidence?
MOLLY
Well, you know it's a coincidence.
[Silence.]
MOLLY
Sure, anything is possible.
PETER
Yes, well, some things are more likely than others.
MOLLY
Sure. That's what makes this such an amazing story. This is the first
time anyone has proved there is life after death.
CORPSE
I will live forever in the hearts of proud Americans and son-less mothers.
5.
Bush & Blair in a Bar
(Stage Direction: Performed while Robert is arranging TVs down stage left.)
Nigel:
Did you hear the one about:?
Jennifer:
Bush and Blair are in a bar having a drink,
Alasdair:
and Bush leans over and says:
Nigel:
“hey Blair,
Jennifer:
you know how we can fix this thing…
Alasdair:
kill 10,000 Iraqis,
Nigel:
1,000 Hezibollahs,
Jennifer:
and one gorgeous blonde American.
Alasdair:
Blair,
Nigel:
horrorstruck,
Jennifer:
exclaims,
All :
not the gorgeous blonde American!
(Stage Direction: recited two (2) more times, progressively faster.)
6.
E-jihad
Robert:
Dear (account disabled),
Don’t freak out over E-jihad.
A rational approach to risk doesn't usually assume that everything that can go wrong will. But with computer security, and security in general lately, it's tempting to do so.
Security researchers generally assume that if an attack is possible, someone will do it. If a vulnerability can be exploited, someone will exploit it. And if it's possible to make a canned version of the attack so that any doped-up teenager can do it, that'll happen too.
It doesn't always happen, of course. But it does happen a lot, and when a sexy attack comes along it's a guarantee that it will happen.
7.
Guantánamo Bay
JENNIFER
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was personally
involved in the late 2002 interrogation of a
high-value al-Qaida detainee known in intelligence
circles as "the 20th hijacker." He also communicated
weekly with the man in charge of the interrogation,
Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, the controversial commander
of the Guantánamo Bay detention center.
(INTERROGATOR enters leading a hooded CORPSE in on a leash. CORPSE is wearing woman’s underwear. INTERROGATOR orders CORPSE to “lay down,” “roll over,” “bark,” etc. during the next paragraph.)
JENNIFER
During the same period, detainee Mohammed al-Kahtani
suffered from what Army investigators have called
"degrading and abusive" treatment by soldiers who were
following the interrogation plan Rumsfeld had
approved. Kahtani was forced to stand naked in front
of a female interrogator, was accused of being a
homosexual, and was forced to wear women's underwear
and to perform "dog tricks" on a leash. He received
18-to-20-hour interrogations during 48 of 54 days.
INTERROGATOR
Is this cockroach your lord whom you worship?
JENNIFER
In there unbearable plight, the believers might answer the question in the affirmative.
INTERROGATOR
No man in the history of the Arab nation has ever caused his community problems the likes of those you have caused; you have insulted our forefathers, criticized our beliefs, reviled our god, ridiculed our sages and caused division within our community. Indeed, you have been the cause of everything horrible between us. Nevertheless, we have the following offer to make to you;
(Stage Directions: Interrogator indicates Jennifer to un-hood Corpse. At the sight of her, Corpse recoils.)
INTERROGATOR
(to Corpse) You wanna Coke?
(to Jennifer) Get him a Coke. And get me a coffee.
INTERROGATOR
(to Corpse) If you have stared this matter of yours in order to become rich, we will pay you from our own money until you are the wealthiest among us. If it is honour that you seek, we are prepared to make you our leader. On the other hand, if what you experience is some sort of evil spirit which you cannot control, we will seek you medical treatment and will pay for whatever is required until you have been cured. Otherwise, we have done everything we can.
CORPSE
I am not after your money, and I do not seek a position or a crown. God has made me His messenger and revealed to me a book and instructed me to give you a message of good tiding and a warning. I have conveyed God’s message to you as best as I could and I have given you good counsel. If you accept it from me, it will be good for you in this life and in the life to come. If you turn it down, I will continue to preach it until God settles the issue between us.
8.
All Effort is Gripless
(Stage Directions: Jennifer re-enters with clothes for Corpse. Interrogator helps Corpse to dress during the first recitation of the poem. Jennifer & Robert perform accompanying movement during the second recitation, while Interrogator re-ties Corpse.)
Jennifer & Robert (w/ Robert as an echo):
on his back all effort is gripless.
it was his birthday and he drowned
saving his tears so he and tears could be alone
so oohs and aahs and replies
are, and that is all it can ask
for whom NO doesn't get any more simple
Corpse:
The believers have direct assurance from Allah(Exalted Is He)
Jennifer & Robert (together):
on his back all effort is gripless.
Corpse:
..we have Allah(Exalted Is He)'s protection and promise..
Jennifer & Robert:
it was his birthday and he drowned
Corpse:
how can our end be bad if we stick to the truth and believe firmly in Allah(Exalted Is He)?
Jennifer & Robert:
saving his tears so he and tears could be alone
Corpse:
how can our end ever be bad if we realise that it is to Allah(Exalted Is He) we return
Jennifer & Robert:
so oohs and aahs and replies
Corpse:
worshipping Him(Exalted Is He) is our purpose?
Jennifer & Robert:
are, and that is all it can ask
Corpse:
how can our end be bad if our heart is with Allah(Exalted Is He)
Jennifer & Robert:
for whom NO doesn't get any more simple
Corpse:
our intentions are for His pleasure alone.
9.
Anyone of the Book
(Stage Direction: Jennifer crosses stage leftt to Robert.)
Jennifer:
I can marry anyone of the book
but, it is time to start judging by covers!
10.
Guantánamo Bay at a Hotel in Abu Dhabi
(Stage Directions: Interrogator pulls Corpse off stage, through the audience, and out the exit. Peter & Molly slowly sink behind the TVs downstage right.)
INTERROGATOR
come on.
PETER
I think there’s a mistake in this bill.
INTERROGATOR
you know.
MOLLY
I've made three telephone calls.
INTERROGATOR
so, come on.
PETER
I've taken a beer from the mini bar.
INTERROGATOR
you can trust us.
MOLLY
Could I have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
its alright.
MOLLY
Nevermind.
INTERROGATOR
let us help you with that.
PETER
Do You speak English?
INTERROGATOR
everything's fine, right?
MOLLY
Please write it down.
INTERROGATOR
There’s nothing else we can do.
PETER
I don't understand.
INTERROGATOR
so, whadya say?
MOLLY
You can try that as many times as you want until you feel confident.
INTERROGATOR
your free to decide.
PETER
Does the price include breakfast?
INTERROGATOR
because we care….
MOLLY & PETER
We'd like to move to another room.
INTERROGATOR
but you should do it.
MOLLY & PETER
We'd like to speak to the manager.
INTERROGATOR
really you should.
MOLLY & PETER
May we have the bill please.
INTERROGATOR
it Is your god-given mission to see this through.
MOLLY & PETER
We think there's a mistake in this bill.
INTERROGATOR
so do it.
MOLLY & PETER
We’ve made three telephone calls.
INTERROGATOR
for the love of your savior
MOLLY & PETER
We've taken a beer from the mini-bar.
INTERROGATOR
for the hearts of your people
MOLLY & PETER
Could we have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
so that the darkness may forever be vanquished
MOLLY & PETER
Could we have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
you Must
MOLLY & PETER
Could we have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
We must,
MOLLY & PETER
Could we have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
boldly with vengeance
MOLLY & PETER
Could we have the receipt?
INTERROGATOR
reckon this wrong on humanity.
11.
Tamburlaine
(Stage Directions: Slave [Peter] rearranges TVs while Tamburlaine [Interrogator] re-enters from audience.)
Slave:
(to Tamburlaine)
Unity is like the fingers
You cannot wash your face
with only one.
TAMBURLAINE
Blood is the God of War’s rich livery.
Now, Connie, where’s their Turkish Koran
And all those heaps of superstitious books
Found in them temples of that Mahomet
Whom they think is a god? They shall be burnt.
USUMCASANE (Connie)
Here they are, my lord.
TAMBURLAINE
Ah, yes. Let there be a fire presently.
In vain, I see, men worship Mahomet.
My word hath sent millions of Iraqis to hell,
Killed all their priests, their kin, and their friends,
And yet I live untouch’d by Mahomet.
There is a God, full of revenging wrath,
From whom the thunder and the lightning breaks,
Whose scourge I am, and Him will I obey.
So, Connie, fling ‘em in the fire!
Now, Mahomet, if you have any power,
Come down yourself and work a miracle.
You art not worthy to be worshipped
That allows flames of fire to burn the book
Where the total of your religion rests.
Why don’t you send a furious whirlwind down
To blow your Koran up to the heavens,
\Where men report you sit right by God himself?
Or vengeance on me, Tamburlaine
Who shakes my fists against your majesty?
Well, soldiers, Mahomet remains in hell;
He cannot hear the voice of Tamburlaine.
Seek out another godhead to adore---
The god that sits in heaven, if any god,
He, is my God alone, and none but He.
12.
I Want to Look at the Dead
Alasdair:
I want to look at the dead
I want to see
Nigel:
I want there not to be pictures
But we must see
Robert:
I want to free the hundreds
Hear that rust screech
Jennifer:
I want to be there with
the drip in front of me
Alasdair:
I want to count the bed sheets
and untie the stolen shirts
Nigel:
I want to hold them
and say that the this is not the end
Robert:
red and wringing
around their dead necks
13.
Man & Jinn
(Stage Direction: Man & Jinn are center stage, while Jennifer [downstage right] & Robert [downstage left] make origami cranes.)
MAN
"Are you a jinn' or a human being?"
JINN
I am a jinn', of course.
MAN
Where are you going?
JINN
I am on my way to Mecca
MAN
What, with no provision for the journey, and no camel to ride on?
JINN
There are those who travel on the basis of absolute trust in the Lord. Absolute trust means that you devote yourself totally to your Lord, and that you turn your attention away from all those who are beneath him.
MAN
(SILENCE)
Jennifer:
“There are many ways to kill an Arab.”
JINN
It means that you let your self-management become absorbed into His management and that you are perfectly satisfied with Allah(Exalted Is He) as a Trustee, as a Manager and as a Helper.
MAN
And Allah is sufficient as a Trustee?
Jennifer:
“You can shoot them down in public places,”
Robert:
“or torture them to insanity in closed rooms and call them terrorists.”
JINN
It means abstaining from self-motivated activity, in complete reliance on the Creator of the earth and the heavens.
Jennifer:
“You can surround their villages – making sure their women and children are inside –“
Robert:
“and use machine guns until no one moves.”
MAN
On what basis have you developed this special condition of yours, this absolute reliance on the Creator?
JINN
On four particular elements, namely: (1) I came to realize that my sustenance will not be consumed by anyone other than myself, so I should not be concerned about it;
Jennifer:
“You can even enter their safe university homes,”
JINN
(2) I came to realize that my work will not be done by anyone other than myself, so I must be busy about it;
Robert:
“with long, serrated Rambo-knives,”
JINN
(3) I came to realize that death may come suddenly and unexpectedly, so I must waste no time in order to forestall it;
Jennifer:
“and stab until death occurs.”
Robert:
“For good measure, stab the family too.”
JINN
(4) I came to realize that I am in the sight of Allah(Exalted is He) in every condition and circumstance, so I must behave with due modesty under His gaze.
MAN
And what is absolute reliance on the Creator?
JINN
It is receiving from Allah(Exalted Is He).
It is the conscious acknowledgment of the Provider of the sustenance of all creatures.
Jennifer:
“As we said, there are many ways to kill and Arab.”
JINN
It means that you do not disobey Allah (Exalted is He) on account of your sustenance.
MAN
It means that even if you were to stick your hand into the mouth of the great sea monster, as far as the wrist, you would fear nothing other than Allah?
JINN
Absolute trust in the Lord means that even if the serpent that is coiled around the Heavenly Throne were to take an interest in you, you would fear nothing other than Allah(Exalted Is He).
Robert:
“The problem is, ideas of freedom and revenge do not die so easily;”
MAN
I now propose to take my leave, so I request you to provide me with a useful lesson.
JINN
The useful lesson provided by creatures is not a useful lesson!
Jennifer:
“They live on in these deaths, and we call them martyrs.”
MAN
So I understood this to be a useful lesson, and took my leave.
14.
The Battle of Uhud
(Stage Directions: The “bed” of TVs is reconstructed. Peter lays down on it. As the Jinn speaks, he places his shirt first over Peter’s head, and then over Peter’s feet. Finally, the Jinn covers Peter’s head, lays down center stage, and becomes the Corpse.)
Jinn:
After the battle, the Prophet and his companions went through the battlefield, bidding farewell to the martyrs. When they came to Musab's body, tears flowed. Khabbah related that they could not find any cloth with which to shroud Musab's body, except his own garment. When they covered his head with it, his legs showed and when his legs were covered, his head was exposed and the Prophet instructed:
"Place the garment over his head and cover his feet and legs with the leaves of the rue plant."
The Prophet felt deep pain and sorrow at the number of his companions who were killed.
15.
A couple in bed (cont. . . .)
PETER
a lot of people were killed including both the
pilot and the co-pilot.
MOLLY
Jesus.
PETER
So, there's a story with a moral.
MOLLY
Yeah.
PETER
It's not like a pointless story.
MOLLY
Well, I don't believe in dying anyway, really.
PETER
You mean you believe in an afterlife.
MOLLY
No.
PETER
Reincarnation.
MOLLY
No.
PETER
Well, what do you think has happened to all these people?
MOLLY
They died. But that doesn't mean I believe in dying.
PETER
No.
(PAUSE)
That's not even necessarily rational.
MOLLY
Right.
CORPSE
Silence.
MOLLY
Like, the last election I went to the polls vote and stood
in line for a couple hours and when I got up there these people at a
card table said well, you're not registered in this district. Not
registered? I've lived in this neighborhood for eight months, you
know what I mean? I've been here longer than anyone except the
Arabs. Plus, I'm an American.
PETER
Silence.
MOLLY
That was good, hunh? So naturally they called the cops, and it turned
into this big unpleasant scene, and I wind up in jail for the
night--that's what happened the last time I tried to vote. And you
think, okay, what's the loss, cause she doesn't know anything
anyway, but I'll tell you what I know: each man is an expert in the
conditions of his own life. You know who said that? Mussolini or someone
like that. You know, Pol Pot. And I am a fucking expert in the
conditions of my own life.
PETER
Is this relevant?
MOLLY
To what?
PETER
To what we were talking about.
MOLLY
What were we talking about?
16.
Flight 93 (cont. . . .)
(NOTE: Centre Exec Jet 956 is a tape-recorded voice that Cleveland will operate.)
(Stage Direction: the “plane” is reassembled.)
0935:
N°2:
"No more."
N°1:
"Down, down, down, down."
N°2:
"No, no, no, no, no, no...."
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°2:
"Sit down, sit down, sit down."
N°1:
"Down."
N°2:
(In Arabic:) "What's this?"
N°1:
"Sit down. Sit down. You know, sit down."
N°2:
"No, no, no."
N°1:
"Down, down, down, down."
Flight Attendant:
"Are you talking to me?"
N°2:
"No, no, no. [Unintelligible.]"
N°1:
"Down in the airport."
N°2:
"Down, down."
Flight Attendant:
"I don't want to die."
N°2:
"No, no. Down. down."
Flight Attendant:
"I don't want to die. I don't want to die."
N°2:
"No, no. Down, down, down, down, down, down."
Flight Attendant:
"No, no, please."
N°2:
"No."
0937:
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) That's it. Go back."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) "That's it. (In English) Sit down."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) "Everything is fine. I finished."
0938:
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Yes."
0939:
N°1:
"Ah, here's the captain. I would like to tell you all
to remain seated. We have a bomb aboard, and we are
going back to the airport, and we have our demands.
So, please remain quiet."
Cleveland:
"Okay. That's 93 calling?"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) One moment."
Cleveland:
"United 93. I understand you have a bomb on board. Go
ahead.
Centre Exec Jet 956: (Recorded voice)
"And centre exec jet 956. That was the transmission."
Cleveland:
"Okay. Ah. Who called Cleveland?"
956:
"Executive jet 956, did you understand that
transmission?"
Cleveland:
"Affirmative. He said that there was a bomb on board."
956:
"That was all that you got out of it also?"
0940:
Cleveland:
"Affirmative."
956:
"Roger."
Cleveland:
"United 93. Go ahead."
956:
"United 93. Go ahead."
Flight Attendant:
"Ahh."
N°1:
(In Arabic:) This green knob?"
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Yes, that's the one."
0941:
Cleveland:
"United 93, do you hear the Cleveland centre?"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) One moment. One moment."
"[Unintelligible.]"
Cleveland:
"Oh man."
0944:
N°1:
(In Arabic:) "This does not work now."
0945:
N°2:
"Turn it off."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Seven thousand."
N°2:
"(In Arabic) How about we let them in? We let the guys
in now."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Okay."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Should we let the guys in?"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Inform them, and tell him to talk to the
pilot. Bring the pilot back."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) In the name of Allah. In the name of
Allah. I bear witness that there is no other God but
Allah."
0947:
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Allah knows."
0948:
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°2:
"Set course."
0949:
"[Unintelligible.]"
0951:
"[Unintelligible.]"
"[Unintelligible.]"
0952:
"[Unintelligible.]"
"[Unintelligible.]"
0953:
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) The best thing - the guys will go in,
lift up the [unintelligible] ... and they put the axe
into it. So, everyone will be scared.
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Yes."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) The axe."
"[Unintelligible.]"
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Up, down. Up, down.
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) What?
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Up, down.
Passenger:
"Ahh."
Passenger:
"Ahh."
"[Unintelligible.]"
Passenger:
"Ahh."
N°2:
"Shut them off."
1002:
N°2:
"Shut them off."
N°1:
"Go."
N°2:
"Go."
N°1:
"Move."
N°2:
"Move."
N°1:
"Turn it up."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Down, down."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Pull it down. Pull it down."
N°2:
"Down. Push, push, push, push, push."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Hey. Hey. Give it to me. Give it to me."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Give it to me. Give it to me. Give it to
me."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Give it to me. Give it to me. Give it to
me."
"[Unintelligible.]"
1003:
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest."
N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest."
N°1:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest."
N°1 & N°2:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest."
Passenger:
"No."
N°1 & N°2 & Flight Attendant:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest. Allah is the
greatest."
All:
"(In Arabic:) Allah is the greatest. Allah is the greatest."
17.
Imam
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