Company Sells Gun Oil Laced with Pig Fat to Deny Muslims Paradise
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UPDATE: The manufacturer of Silver Bullet Gun Oil, who goes by the name Midnite Rider, contacted Hatewatch late last night in response to an interview request. In the brief E-mail exchange that followed, he continued his attack on Islam and refused to reveal his identity. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 have 24 hour full security detail like our president,鈥 he wrote. In response to concerns the story raised, his only reply was that he hoped his gun oil would offend Muslims. 鈥淚t is designed as an affront to an entire belief structure,鈥 he wrote. 鈥淵ou have seen what the people this oil is designed for did to folks who draw simple cartoons or burn certain pieces of paper, right? Benefiting mankind does not exempt one from the wrath of the insane.鈥
A mysterious company called Silver Bullet Gun Oil has begun selling a line of products for automatic weapons that allegedly contains 13% liquefied pig fat for the expressed purpose of killing Muslims and denying them 鈥渁 place in paradise,鈥 Hatewatch has learned.
鈥淣o longer is paradise guaranteed to the so-called 鈥楳artyrs鈥 who die for Allah,鈥 one YouTube video advertisement proclaims in text. 鈥淵ou are fools, on a fool鈥檚 mission. Lied to and led by False Prophets and Cowards. 鈥 You cannot win, and Will be consigned to Allah鈥檚 Hell for eternity if you die from a weapon using Silver Bullet Gun Oil!鈥
Consumption of pork is forbidden in Islam. So the belief behind the oil is that a person killed with a bullet that travels down the barrel of a gun greased in pig fat would be desecrated. Even if the gun oil is never used, the manufacturer boasts, its mere existence will terrorize Muslims and result in an effective 鈥渃ounter-Islamic terrorist force multiplier.鈥
It could also provoke violent backlashes from Muslims who feel their faith is being attacked. In early April, at least 20 people were killed in riots in Afghanistan provoked by Terry Jones, a Florida pastor who burned a Koran.
The oil鈥檚 manufacturer goes by the nom de guerre, 鈥淢idnite Rider 鈥 Servant of Yahweh,鈥 an Old Testament name for God, but his real identity is unknown. Despite that anonymity, several things are clear: the oil is being marketed to soldiers and Marines deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and it is designed to amplify the kind of anti-Muslim sentiment spread by such groups as Brigitte Gabrielle鈥檚 ACT! for America, 鈥檚 Stop the Islamization of America, and others.
Hatewatch recently purchased several bottles of the gun oil to determine if the company was real. The gun oil arrived in a box postmarked from Courtland, Va., a town of about 1,300 people 50 miles southwest of Norfolk. Included with the gun oil were decals and playing cards 鈥 the ace of spades printed with the words 鈥淥ne Shot, One Soul鈥 to put on the bodies of dead Muslims. Also included in the package was a biography of a World War I American general who supposedly executed 49 Muslims in the Philippines with bullets soaked in pig鈥檚 blood.
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Midnite Rider makes the dubious claim that police tactical teams and 鈥渕any members鈥 of all U.S. military branches use the oil. It could not be determined if there is any truth to this claim. He continues: 鈥淢any, many of allah鈥檚 [sic] misfits, murderers and morons have been turned away from his gates of 鈥楶aradise鈥 due to their stench of swine,鈥 he brags. Hatewatch today sent a message to the manufacturer through its website seeking comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Several testimonials on the site are attributed to military members offering reviews of the product. One, written by a man identified as 鈥淢att M,鈥 begins, 鈥淢idnite Rider, you are a [sic] honest to goodness 100% USDA, grade AAA shining F------ GENIUS. 鈥 This is the most brilliant mind f------ warfare idea I鈥檝e ever seen.鈥 Another testimonial is attributed to a supposedly moderate Muslim soldier. 鈥淵our product is great,鈥 he writes. 鈥淥ld school propaganda type shit with teeth.鈥
It is also impossible to determine if the testimonials are real, or if the company has made any sales directly to military personnel, but several online forums for firearms enthusiasts touted the oil. Boyd Collins, a civilian spokesman for the U.S. Army Materiel Command, which oversees the Army鈥檚 equipment, said he had never heard of the gun oil, though he conceded that a soldier or Marine could theoretically purchase the oil on his or her own and use it on the battlefield.
Since the war in Afghanistan began in October 2001, a number of companies have sold products to soldiers that have painted the U.S. military as party to nothing less than a holy war. Last year, the U.S. military was criticized after purchasing riflescopes from Trijicon engraved with Bible passages. Also last year, a military veteran who worked at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was turned away from post because his car was emblazoned with anti-Islamic decals, including a sticker that said "ISLAM = TERRORISM."
Advertisements for the oil appear prominently on the webpage of the Arizona Citizens Militia (ACM), a border militia the Southern Poverty Law Center lists as an antigovernment 鈥淧atriot鈥 group. ACM said the advertisements were placed there arbitrarily, but declined to comment further.
Midnite Rider offers a glimpse for his rationale behind creating the oil 鈥 and brags about covertly selling thousands of bottles since 2005 鈥 in an essay titled 鈥淧olitical Correctness, Refuge of the Weak.鈥 鈥淚f you do not put forth a strong front, instilling fear of retribution for acts of terror, you will be perceived as having weakness which can and will be exploited.鈥
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