WAAAA MOTASEMAAAAAH
I heard a Palestinian woman on
TV yelling this while the
Israeli
army was dragging her. Women in
Bosnia,
Kashmir and
Chichnia also yell similar yells when in despair!
Muslim women all over the world yell a similar yell when confronted with Anti Islamic armies. Is there any response in this modern day and age?
Just who is he and what is this yell all about?
Motasem was a famous
military figure in
Arab history in the early days of the
Arab conquest. For more history on the arab conquest, an excelent write up resides here:
Chronology of the Arab Conquest
While seated in his palace in
Sa'mer'ra short for Sor'ra man Ra'ah, a city in modern day
Iraq literally meaning: "pleased who see" because of the architectural beauty of its time. Motasem was discussing politics at one time, and socializing at other times with his guests and ministers.
A man walks into the
congregation and all eyes fall on him, the man had a despaired look in his eyes, Motasem asks him: " what news have you brought us from
Am'moria?" Am'moria was a town in modern day
Palestine.
The man says: I saw a Muslim woman in the Souq (market) bargaining with a
Roman sales man, they got into an argument and the Roman slapped her on her cheek. The lady started crying and yelled out: "WAA MOTASEMAH" in despair. The Roman Sarcastically said to the woman: What is he going to do for you? He is far away and will not hear your cries. The
Roman was laughing sarcasticly at her. I pulled my sword out of anger from the scene that I've just saw and pulled it back when I got surrounded by armed Romans. I was outnumbered, being outnumbered beats courage!
This type of news invoked the
wrath of Motasem exceedingly. Motasem looks out of his window towards Am'moria to the west and yells out: "Labay'kee ya em'ra'ah, Labay'kee" I hear you woman, I hear you. Labayk means to hear a call and to answer to it. Motasem prepares an army of 10000 soldiers and March out toward Am'moria. The only thing between him and the town now is its huge walls, he prepares catapults and starts besieging the town. Throwing huge rocks and balls of fire made from
oil, typical war instruments of the time.
Astrologers inside the town starts looking at the stars and predict that the Muslim army will not be able to conquer the town until the
olive and
orange picking season. News of this reaches Motasem and he is reminded of the Qur'anic verse:" he (
Allah) holds the keys of the unknown (future predictions and the sort)." Motasem Yells out: "La Njoom wa la Monajemeen" No to stars and no to astrologers.
The town falls after days of fighting and Motasem asks to bring the woman that yelled out his name and she is brought to him.
Did the Motasem answer your call? He says.
Yes he did. She says, All happy and smiling.
Arab women in Israel today also yell out: WAAA SADDAMAH.