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Bernard Lewis and islamic anti-jew
well worth reading. i know you admire bernard but.......
Since the late ninth century, the Shi’ites have been expecting the emergence of the hidden imam-mahdi, armed with divine power and followed by thousands of martyrdom-seeking warriors. He is expected to conquer the world and establish Shi’ism as its supreme religion and system of rule. His appearance would involve terrible war and unusual bloodshed.
Ahmadinejad, as mayor of Teheran, built a spectacular boulevard through which the mahdi would enter into the capital. There is no question that Ahmadinejad believes he has been chosen to be the herald of the mahdi.
Shi’ite Islam differs from Sunni Islam regarding the identity of the mahdi. The Sunni mahdi is essentially an anonymous figure; the Shi’ite mahdi is a divinely inspired person with a real identity.
However both Shi’ites and Sunnis share one particular detail about “the coming of the hour” and the dawning of messianic times: The Jews must all suffer a violent death, to the last one. Both Shi’ites and Sunnis quote the famous hadith [Sahih Muslim, Book 40, Number 6985] attributed to Muhammad: The last hour will not come unless the Muslims fight against the Jews, and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and the stone or the tree would say: “Muslim! Servant of Allah! Here is a Jew behind me; come and kill him!” Not one Friday passes without this hadith being quoted in sermons from one side of the Islamic world to the other.
The rise of Jewish nationalism — Zionism — has posed a predictable, if completely unacceptable challenge to the Islamic order — jihad-imposed chronic dhimmitude for Jews — of apocalyptic magnitude. As historian Bat Ye’or has explained [6],
…because divine will dooms Jews to wandering and misery, the Jewish state appears to Muslims as an unbearable affront and a sin against Allah. Therefore it must be destroyed by Jihad.
This is exactly the Islamic context in which the widespread, “resurgent” use of Jew annihilationist apocalyptic motifs — Sunni and Shi’ite alike — would be an anticipated [6], even commonplace occurrence.
Such is the state of ferment we find in the Muslim world of today. It was epitomized [17] by the openly expressed annihilationist sentiments of Muslim Brotherhood “Spiritual Guide” Yusuf al-Qaradawi which marked his triumphal return to Cairo Friday February 18, 2011. After years of exile, his public re-emergence [17] in Egypt was sanctioned by the nation’s provisional military rulers. Qaradawi, a vocal advocate [17] of Islam’s Jew-hating mainstream canon (like the late Al-Azhar Grand Imam Tantawi), used the occasion to issue a clarion call [17] for the jihad re-conquest of Al-Aqsa mosque, i.e., Jerusalem.
A message to our brothers in Palestine: I have hope that Almighty Allah, as I have been pleased with the victory in Egypt, that He will also please me with the conquest of the al-Aqsa Mosque, to prepare the way for me to preach in the al-Aqsa Mosque. May Allah prepare the way for us to (preach) in the al-Aqsa Mosque in safety — not in fear, not in haste. May Allah achieve this clear conquest for us. O sons of Palestine, I am confident that you will be victorious.
This pronouncement was met [17] with thunderous applause by the millions assembled in Tahrir Square celebrating the so-called Arab Spring.
Sadly, if predictably, Bernard Lewis in an April 2, 2011 Wall Street Journal interview [17], although wary of Qaradawi, ignored the immensely popular cleric’s mainstream, canonical jihadism and Jew-hatred. But Lewis did manage to reject his own repeated [17] 1950s characterization of Islam as authoritarian, even totalitarian, while burbling [17] his now oft repeated pieties about the putative tolerant, anti-authoritarian “tradition” of Islam, to cast a hopeful light on the Arab Spring:
The whole Islamic tradition is very clearly against autocratic and irresponsible rule.. We have a much better chance of establishing…some sort of open, tolerant society, if it’s done within their systems, according to their traditions.
Historian Robert Kaplan has dispassionately analyzed [17] the views of Bernard Lewis on Islamic Jew hatred. Kaplan’s discussion [17] provides broader insights which help elucidate how Lewis may have developed the other self-contradictory, or apologetic positions he has taken on Islamic authoritarianism and dhimmitude. As Kaplan explains [17], central to Lewis’s method are the invalid generalizations he proffers, absent any hard data, i.e., supportive facts.
Lewis puts Islam’s record regarding Jews in a favorable light mainly with the generalizations he makes rather than the particular facts he marshals. These generalizations, which crumble under the slightest scrutiny, are of four general types. One holds that the least onerous version of Muslim oppression is typical of Muslim practice….A second type of generalization claims that the worst of the behavior of Christians towards Jews was the norm… A third variety of generalization employed by Lewis claims that Muslim abuses are far less bad than the worst imaginable abuses by non-Muslims… A fourth type of generalization ascribes to “human nature” rather than Islam, with no basis of evidence, the unattractive characteristics exhibited by Muslims.
Kaplan describes [17] perhaps the most egregious example of the first type of generalization, as follows:
Lewis writes “dhimmitude was a minor inconvenience Jews learned to live with …under Muslim rule the status of dhimmi was long accepted with gratitude by Jews.” In making this improbable claim he gives no evidence or explanation. Could he mean that the Jews were grateful for not being killed?
Kaplan also demonstrates [17] how Lewis employs a cynical manipulation of semantics to negate the concept of Antisemitism in Islam.
How does Lewis reach the conclusion that Antisemitism is unknown to classical Islam? He defines Antisemitism as hatred of Jews according to Christian doctrine, not simply hatred of Jews. In doing so he distorts the ordinary meaning of “antisemitism” which in contemporary English means hatred of Jews.
Once again, it is illuminating to juxtapose [17] Lewis’s attempt to deny the existence of Antisemitism in Medieval Islam, with the conclusions [6] of S.D. Goitein, based upon the latter’s thorough philological and historical analyses of the primary source Geniza documents. Thus, in the specific context of the Arab Muslim world during the high Middle Ages (circa 950-1250 C.E.), Goitein’ s seminal analyses revealed [6] that the Geniza documentary record employed the term antisemitism,
…in order to differentiate animosity against Jews from the discrimination practiced by Islam against non-Muslims in general. Our scrutiny of the Geniza material has proved the existence of “antisemitism” in the time and the area considered here…
Goitein cites [6] as concrete proof of his assertion that a unique strain of Islamic Jew hatred was extant at this time (i.e., up to a millennium ago) — exploding Lewis’s spurious claim of its absence — the fact that letters from the Cairo Geniza material,
…have a special word for it and, most significantly, one not found in the Bible or in Talmudic literature (nor registered in any Hebrew dictionary), but one much used and obviously coined in the Geniza period. It is sinuth, “hatred”, a Jew-baiter being called sone, “a hater.”
Incidents of such Muslim Jew hatred documented [6] by Goitein in the Geniza record come from northern Syria (Salamiyya and al-Mar‘arra), Morocco (Fez), and Egypt (Alexandria), with references to the latter being particularly frequent.
A concluding example illustrates how Lewis’s Islamic apologetics — primarily via the same spurious method of “generalization” Kaplan identifies — morphs into frank moral confusion.
Friday, February 1, 2013
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Friday, December 7, 2012
zionism and demography
well worth reading
many attractive but very false ideas and conclusions. the good news is that hopefully the progressive/liberals that read the article will have few if no children and the world can move forward. all forecasts of shortages etc. have proven to be false. remember the 1960 conference of Rome which predicted collapses within ten years. the writer did pick up on the 9 billion estimate for 2050 down from the previous UN prediction of 12B. very low cost energy vitiates all the shortage arguments. and no doubt eventually man will emigrate from the earth.
many attractive but very false ideas and conclusions. the good news is that hopefully the progressive/liberals that read the article will have few if no children and the world can move forward. all forecasts of shortages etc. have proven to be false. remember the 1960 conference of Rome which predicted collapses within ten years. the writer did pick up on the 9 billion estimate for 2050 down from the previous UN prediction of 12B. very low cost energy vitiates all the shortage arguments. and no doubt eventually man will emigrate from the earth.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
verification?
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-noose-around-israels-neck.html
ask berel!
Zohar VaYeira 119a: (In the year (57)73): Then all the nations of the
world shall combine together against the daughter (or house) of Ya'akov
in order to drive her from the world. It is of that time that it is
written: "And it is a time of trouble unto Ya'akov, but out of it he
shall be saved" (Jeremiah 30:7) At that time all the souls in the
Heavenly storehouse of souls will be used up, and will need to be
re-created (that is the gilgulim of the 6 million Jews from the Shoah
will be alive in Eretz Yisrael)...And in the year (57)73 all the kngs of
the world will assemble in the Great City of Rome, Maryland?? (to
accomplish the above), and the Holy One Blessed Be He will shower on
them fire, hail, and meteorites until they are all destroyed, with the
exception of those who will not yet have arrived there yet (that is
those who were not so eager to come.) You see Daniel, there is nothing
to fear this time. G-d has the entire situation under control.
ask berel!
Zohar VaYeira 119a: (In the year (57)73): Then all the nations of the
world shall combine together against the daughter (or house) of Ya'akov
in order to drive her from the world. It is of that time that it is
written: "And it is a time of trouble unto Ya'akov, but out of it he
shall be saved" (Jeremiah 30:7) At that time all the souls in the
Heavenly storehouse of souls will be used up, and will need to be
re-created (that is the gilgulim of the 6 million Jews from the Shoah
will be alive in Eretz Yisrael)...And in the year (57)73 all the kngs of
the world will assemble in the Great City of Rome, Maryland?? (to
accomplish the above), and the Holy One Blessed Be He will shower on
them fire, hail, and meteorites until they are all destroyed, with the
exception of those who will not yet have arrived there yet (that is
those who were not so eager to come.) You see Daniel, there is nothing
to fear this time. G-d has the entire situation under control.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Mobs
- Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties [and] nations. It is the rule.
At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844- 1900)
Sunday, November 11, 2012
the masses
- Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties [and] nations. It is the rule.
At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844- 1900)
Thursday, November 8, 2012
nif
http://www.nif.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1448:it-wont-end-with-the-vote&catid=21:guest-voices
heavy wet snowstorm took down more trees and power lines including Lynn's last evening.'who knows when power will return to this third world country...
Sunday, September 23, 2012
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Saturday, September 15, 2012
Fwd: book
not finished reading but the authors are a bit confused about money supply and printing of money.
they claim huge increases in money supply will cause enormous inflation.
i too believe that eventually the USA will have serious inflation which may turn out to at least initially be constructive....
see attached money supply data and charts:
http://www.shadowstats.com/charts/monetary-base-money-supply
if anything there is a precipitous decline in various measures of money supply!!
they claim huge increases in money supply will cause enormous inflation.
i too believe that eventually the USA will have serious inflation which may turn out to at least initially be constructive....
see attached money supply data and charts:
http://www.shadowstats.com/charts/monetary-base-money-supply
if anything there is a precipitous decline in various measures of money supply!!
Annual Growth and Money Stock Levels Since 2006 (Scroll down for longer term charts)
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Longer Term Historical Charts (Note logarithmic scaling)
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Monday, August 27, 2012
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
goals
“The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That’s why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system.”
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/?smid=li-share
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/?smid=li-share
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Romney Interview
Do you support the two-state solution? Do you think that a Palestinian state should be established?
“I believe in a two-state solution which suggests there will be two states, including a Jewish state. I respect Israel’s right to remain a Jewish state. The question is not whether the people of the region believe that there should be a Palestinian state. The question is if they believe there should be an Israeli state, a Jewish state.”
we are doomed!
Monday, July 23, 2012
Re: Israel's massive energy reserves
great article.
do not send it to anybody.
do not send it to obama. he and his friends will get hysterical.
mike
On 7/23/2012 9:44 AM, Marshall Wise wrote:
> http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=7354
>
do not send it to anybody.
do not send it to obama. he and his friends will get hysterical.
mike
On 7/23/2012 9:44 AM, Marshall Wise wrote:
> http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=7354
>
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Fwd: Research Brief: Asian Americans Setting The Bar
all people are the same....
fascinating.
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Research Brief
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| Subject: | Research Brief: Asian Americans Setting The Bar |
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| Date: | Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:38:20 -0400 |
| From: | Center for Media Research <news@mediapost.com> |
| To: | mike@actionwise.com |
| Thursday, June 28, 2012 Asian Americans Setting The Bar According to a comprehensive new nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center, Asian Americans are the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are more satisfied than the general public with their lives, finances and the direction of the country, and they place more value than other Americans do on marriage, parenthood, hard work and career success. A century ago, most Asian Americans were low-skilled, low-wage laborers crowded into ethnic enclaves and targets of official discrimination. Today they are the most likely of any major racial or ethnic group in America to live in mixed neighborhoods and to marry across racial lines. These milestones of economic success and social assimilation have come to a group that is still majority immigrant. 74% of Asian-American adults were born abroad; of these, about half say they speak English very well and half say they don't. The modern immigration wave from Asia is nearly a half century old and has pushed the total population of Asian Americans, foreign born and U.S born, adults and children, to a record 18.2 million in 2011, or 5.8% of the total U.S. population, up from less than 1% in 1965.By comparison:
On the basis of the evidence so far, this immigrant generation has set a bar of success that will be a challenge for the next generation to surpass. As of now, there is no difference in the share of native- and foreign-born Asian Americans ages 25 and older who have a college degree (49% for each group), and there is only a modest difference in the median annual earnings of full-time workers in each group. The two groups also have similar poverty rates and homeownership rates. When it comes to language fluency, there are significant differences between the native- and foreign-born adults. Only about half of the foreign born say they speak English very well, compared with 95% of the U.S. born. Family formation patterns are also quite different. The U.S. born are much less likely than the foreign born to be married, a difference largely driven by the fact that they are a much younger group. (Among adults, the median age is 30, versus 44 for the foreign born.)
Asians recently passed Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants to the United States. The educational credentials of these recent arrivals are striking. 61% of adults ages 25 to 64 who have come from Asia in recent years have at least a bachelor's degree. This is double the share among recent non-Asian arrivals, making the recent Asian arrivals the most highly educated cohort of immigrants in U.S. history.
Asian Americans have a pervasive belief in the rewards of hard work. 69% say people can get ahead if they are willing to work hard, a view shared by a somewhat smaller share of the American public as a whole. And 93% of Asian Americans describe members of their country of origin group as "very hardworking"; just 57% say the same about Americans as a whole.
The immigration wave from Asia has occurred at a time when the largest sending countries have experienced dramatic gains in their standards of living. But few Asian immigrants are looking over their shoulders with regret. Just 12% say that if they had to do it all over again, they would remain in their country of origin. And by lopsided margins, Asian Americans say the U.S. is preferable to their country of origin in such realms as providing economic opportunity, political and religious freedoms, and good conditions for raising children. Respondents rated their country of origin as being superior on just one of seven measures tested in the survey—strength of family ties. For complete data, background and a to view a full report, please visit PewResearch here.
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arabs reject 2-states
yehuda,
http://www.israpundit.com/archives/47126
polls can produce any result.
forward to your friend.
regards,
mike
http://www.israpundit.com/archives/47126
polls can produce any result.
forward to your friend.
regards,
mike
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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בלי מלים...
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| Subject: | Fwd: בלי מלים... |
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| Date: | Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:55:53 -0400 (EDT) |
| From: | Gevaryahu <gevaryahu@aol.com> |
| To: | lorilowenthalmarcus@yahoo.com, mlwise@gmail.com |
| רצוי שתראו את הקטע הזה כדי לדעת מי זה אחמד טיבי האמיתי! הפיצו, כדי שנחיה בלי אשליות. איך נותנים לו להיות חבר כנסת במדינה יהודית? איה החוק נגד הסתה לרצח? YNET "הארץ" וערוץ 2 סרבו להקרין את הקטע הזה בחדשות. תחשבו לבד...מדוע ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Hvd1Z4_TY&feature=player_embedded |
Thursday, June 7, 2012
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Arab Oil and Dory Gold
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=
what defensible border nonsense at end of article?
what defensible border nonsense at end of article?
Friday, May 18, 2012
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what a beautiful EU lady!
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/eu-s-ashton-i-did-not-parallel-toulouse-attack-to-gaza-deaths-1.419746
short the EURO. last sale 132.25
"all should remember the young people who have been killed in all sorts of terrible circumstances - the Belgian children having lost their lives in a terrible tragedy and when we think of what happened in Toulouse today, when we remember what happened in Norway a year ago, when we know what is happening in Syria, when we see what is happening in Gaza and in different parts of the world - we remember young people and children who lose their lives."
short the EURO. last sale 132.25
"all should remember the young people who have been killed in all sorts of terrible circumstances - the Belgian children having lost their lives in a terrible tragedy and when we think of what happened in Toulouse today, when we remember what happened in Norway a year ago, when we know what is happening in Syria, when we see what is happening in Gaza and in different parts of the world - we remember young people and children who lose their lives."
Sunday, March 18, 2012
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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tom friedman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/opinion/trust-but-verify.html?_r=1&hp
make sure we deal in a principled way with the Islamists (and also, by the way, with Israel, as the Islamists will be watching for any double standard)
make sure we deal in a principled way with the Islamists (and also, by the way, with Israel, as the Islamists will be watching for any double standard)
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