re: #27 buzzsawmonkey

I think you’re stretching a point, a bit. The “compassionate and merciful” was cribbed by Islam from the Torah; “Adonai, Adonai, El rachum v’chanun…”

I’ll give you a ding for noting the crib, but since most people are more familiar with the appellations because of their subsequent use by Islam, the inclusion of these terms cannot be understood except as a nod (or bow) toward Islam.

I remind you that Fallujah was famous as a religious center long before Islam (known in those days as Pumbedita); the place is still noted for the intensity of religious activity there, but it, too, was stolen from the Jews by Islam. Much the same thing here, I think.