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| "An Islamic Anti-Jewishness" | |
| 2003-04-19 | |
Anti-Jewishness and anti-Judaism constitute a major political instrument in the hands of both state governments and Islamist organizations to mobilize the entire region for the destruction of Israel. Both governments and islamic leaders are using anti-Jewishness incitement as a most effective instrument of popular mobilisatin in order to reach to the grassroots and get results. Therefore, with the spread and expansion of militant radical Islam, anti-Jewishness and anti-Judaism will continue to intensify in the Muslim World. Among the Islamists, presently the most vibrant and rapidly expanding segment of the Muslim World, the very existence of a Jewish state called Israel constitutes a contradiction of major Qur'anic tenets. On the most basic level, the mere existence of a political entity run by the Jews, particularly on a land claimed by Islam, is a profound challenge and affront to Islam that is political and not only religious in essence. Thus, Israel is unacceptable under any circumstance. The Arab defeat in the 1967 Six-Day War stunned the entire Muslim World and turned into a catalyst of revolutionary politics. The Muslims discussed the defeat in apocalyptic terms, calling it 'The Second Naqbah.' Many of the highly educated Arab intellectuals returned to traditionalist Islam in their search for the roots of the disaster. The Arabs were defeated because "in their apostasy, they rejected the spiritual and moral values, and adopted firstly the ignorant nationalism, and then, the infidel Marxist socialism." The Arab World "was injured by a dangerous ideological disease called 'revolutionary socialism' that is more lethal than the most dangerous of plagues," and which origins are in the Judaism. The defeats resulting from modern ideologies are contrasted with the victories over the Crusaders. Unlike the Jihad against Israel, the Jihad against the Crusaders was so triumphant solely because "the unifying factors of the Arabs at that time, which delivered them victory, was Islam and not Arab nationalism." Therefore, for the Arabs to be able to successfully confront Israel, "there is no escape from spreading the religious culture among the Arab and Muslim soldiers and the military men, so that the spiritual values would constitute impulse to Faith and victory, and for distancing from destructive dogmas." Thus, in the late-1960's, Arab intellectuals began advocating that the socialist regimes in the Muslim World had failed, and that the emergence of Islamist militant revivalism constituted the altenate for the future. Thus, there emerged a need for the formulation of a coherent Islamist doctrine both explaining the Second Naqbah and seeking solutions for the Jewish problem. A turning point in this process was the conduct of the Fourth Conference of the Academy of Islamic Research in the al-Azhar Islamic University in Cairo, in September 1968, in which close to a hundred experts from around the Muslim the World defined and legislated an Islamic policy of resistance toward the Jews. The conference reaffirmed and stressed the Qu'ranic virulent hostility toward the Jews, and studied the history of continuous Jewish crimes against Islam from the days of the Prophet to the Six Days War. Deliberating on the future of Islam, experts noted that the arrival of "the resurrection i.e. the final salvation" of the Muslim World "is made conditional upon the battle against the Jews that has to precede it." The conference urged Arab and Muslim governments to prepare for the fateful struggle for the destruction of Israel, and, until that day, provide weapons and other support for Islamist "volunteers" so that they can continue the Jihad against Israel in the meantime. The Conference Conclusion leaves no doubt: "The sacred duty of every Muslim in this Islamic mobilization is two fold: to thwart the destructive falsehoods spread by Zionism and to work for the triumph of Islam and the liberation of Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa [in Jerusalem]." | |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #13 Actually, I don't think it is a cause, but rather an excuse. The Arabs are taught to hate anything that is offensive to Islam. |
| Posted by: George 2003-04-20 06:29:02 |
| #12 this site is truly repulsive in it's racism against jews. I failed to find those caricatures you promised me, Dave, but I did find the official site email: If anybody feels so inclined, you may email long and hard! ri@abbc.com |
| Posted by: anon1 2003-04-19 22:28:53 |
| #11 George, your assumption continues to be that the Arabs are mad at us because of Israel. Osama's reason for attacking us wasn't Israel, but U.S. Soldiers in Saudi Arabia. Israel was a good secondary cause, but not the primary. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-04-19 20:58:39 |
| #10 In truth, we have to trust Israel, not just because we/them have the same interest. But, as mentioned before, they really are the most free country in the middle east. But, we just can't let them wave a stick at a hornets nest all the time we have to put pressure on them too. We just can't give them carte blanche. Unfortunately, I don't think the Arabs want to work with the modern world, but that remains to be seen. My feeling is they have to give in to the Palestinian State and then see what happens. I really believe that all Israel wants is security. And, I would like to see the survival of the Isreali state. But, what I'm most interested in is the survival of the US. I don't want to see a nuke in a ship on the Delaware river take out the city of Philly because of some misguided allegence. Congress needs to relize that the national security of the US takes president over any other foreign country. But, living in europe has really made me believe that the Arabs want the total destruction of Isreal; as do many europeans. They blame Isreal for just about all of the worlds problems. My opinion is the US needs to say publically that it will protect Arabs and Isrealis equally. At the end of the day we all know what the result will be: # of Kills: Islamofascism 0, US 100. |
| Posted by: George 2003-04-19 19:47:58 |
| #9 George, then who in the ME do we trust? |
| Posted by: Scott 2003-04-19 18:03:30 |
| #8 Sharons comments always seem to be shrouded in mystery. However, Netanyahu has made that claim on a few occasions. The AIPAC does have a great deal of control over our congress, likend to the NRA to gun gun control. The only difference is the AIPAC doesn't have the second amendment protection, so it requires so much more money to lobby for a foreign country. |
| Posted by: George 2003-04-19 17:42:09 |
| #7 Wow! That site is wild. I never dreamed the Islamic movement was so far reaching. I did see something that I thought deserved a legitimate answer - Did Ariel Sharon actually say in an argument with Shimon Peres, "don't worry about America... we control America"? |
| Posted by: Scott 2003-04-19 17:27:47 |
| #6 The entire problem with Islam is that it's a direct contradiction of the Torah. Islam refutes the basis of God's Plan to the Jews, given in Exodus. Instead, it deliberately proposes giving the Islamist "permission" to do whatever they want, except for a few basic proscriptions. Case in point: the Ten Commandments. Note that none of these actually make the translation into the Koran, although the Koran is supposedly based on the Torah. The rules requiring Jews to release slaves after seven years is another point where Islam has warped these teachings into something the Imams want. The contradictions between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam force Islam to ignore any chance of coexistence. The basic contradictions between JudeoChrisitan beliefs and Islam are profound, and cannot be "explained" away. Therefore, the only way Islam can resolve these contradictions is to destroy JudeoChristian thought. This is going to continue to be ugly as long as there are tenets to any of these three major faiths. I'm more and more convinced the AntiChrist will arise from Islam than from any Christian or Jewish sect. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-04-19 14:45:02 |
| #5 Among the Islamists, presently the most vibrant and rapidly expanding segment of the Muslim World, the very existence of a Jewish state called Israel constitutes a contradiction of major Qur'anic tenets. On the most basic level, the mere existence of a political entity run by the Jews, particularly on a land claimed by Islam, is a profound challenge and affront to Islam that is political and not only religious in essence. Thus, Israel is unacceptable under any circumstance. Exactly what I've been saying. However, the author doesn't point out the real affront to Islam: The veracity of the Koran and the Prophet is based partly on literary considerations and mostly on victories in battle. This article at my site explains this in more detail. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-04-19 13:57:29 |
| #4 They won't admit it, but they need that Army-based policy of NK and their problems will be solved, heh heh. Actually they need some serious rewiring, or they will continue at what they are doing and will fall in a very violent way, taking alot of innocents with them. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-19 12:15:14 |
| #3 Roger Garaudy, and not a single mention of Gabriel Cohn-Bendit or Thierry Meyssan, or any other great french thinker! That's an outrage! Hey, we practically invented holocaust denial! |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-19 11:46:43 |
| #2 Based on this excerpt; looks like the cluetrain is leavin the station without a few riders. As long as Arabs cling to medievil notions like those expressed above, they are not going to have any chance of winning ANY wars against Isreal. If they can't field a modern army (which means having a country with a real capitalist economy) they will continue to loose war after war. |
| Posted by: Leigh 2003-04-19 11:29:09 |
| #1 "Radio Islam." Wow, that's quite a website- complete with The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion, caracatures of hook-nosed Jews, the whole nine yards. Pretty revolting stuff. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2003-04-19 11:10:33 |