\n\u201cOn the morrow of a persecution in Europe in which they had been the
\nvictims of the worst atrocities ever known\u2026 the Jews\u2019 immediate
\nreaction to their own experience was to become persecutors in their
\nturn\u2026 In 1948, the Jews knew, from personal experience, what they were
\ndoing; and it was their supreme tragedy that the lessons learnt by them
\nfrom their encounter with the Nazi German Gentiles should have been not
\nto eschew but to initiate some of the evil deeds that the Nazis had
\ncommitted against the Jews\u201d <\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\n— Famed British Historian Professor Arnold Toynbee\n<\/p>\n
\n*~*~*~*~*\n<\/p>\n
I wholeheartedly agree with Professor Vasillopulos’s \nWhile Israel can tell the world \u201cNo\u201d, the Arabs sadly don\u2019t even know the word exists.\n<\/p>\n In 1949, President Truman was so outraged (the man responsible for \nIsrael rejected Truman’s proposal while the Arabs accepted it prompting \nSince then many U.S. politicians have quietly expressed their anger and Yet, while we as Arabs and Muslims can reiterate the historical There is no true political, economic, social or media presence for I, strongly, believe that we as Muslims must blame ourselves for our That is why as a Muslim I am deeply proud of the Turkish government \nMuslim wealth is bailing out western economies and not benefiting the \nEach of us as Muslims is responsible for learning, implementing, and \nWe need a renaissance of intellect, of education, scientific and \nI share the pessimism of Muslims around the world that we’re not ripe \nEither we change, die, or die trying.\n<\/p>\n \nNote:<\/i><\/b>\n<\/p>\n [1]. Obama and Palestine: Predictable disappointment<\/i> Source:<\/p>\n by courtesy & \u00a9 2009 Mohamed Khodr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Mohamed Khodr (Monday, October 12, 2009) “I, strongly, believe that we as Muslims must blame ourselves for our state of affairs and avoid the usual scapegoating that “powerful forces” such as Israel, the E.U., and America hinder our progress or our justified right to reclaim our lands and resources. Our “intellectuals” have adopted and…
assessment<\/a>
\n[1] on the hypocrisy, double standard, and marked subjugation of U.S.
\nforeign policy vis a vis Palestine to Israel’s interests and its
\npowerful American lobbies who have unprecedented influence on Congress.
\nIsrael’s very creation arose out of western colonialism, first the
\nBritish who had the audacity to gift a land they did not own, a land
\nunder Ottoman rule, to European Jews out of domestic political
\nexpediency, followed by America, a government ruled by corporations and
\nspecial interests, in this case the powerful Jewish lobby. Israel’s
\nethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians from their land in 1948 –
\n1949, its total destruction of 450 Palestinian villages, including
\nmosques and churches, was simply accepted by western colonial powers as
\na necessary consequence of an Arab military onslaught on the small
\nJewish state, a blatant proven lie as documented by Israel\u2019s own
\ndocuments. Tragically Israel\u2019s brilliant propaganda, media campaigns
\nand effective political public relations to indoctrinate western
\npopulation were successful. The Arabs were too incompetent to even
\nunderstand the use and power of such instruments. Israel\u2019s prowess to
\ninfluence and determine western public opinion has allowed it to defy
\nall international agreements, laws, U.N. Resolutions, world opinion,
\neven U.S. policy as evidenced by Obama\u2019s forced backtracking on his
\ninitial call for Israel\u2019s freezing illegal settlements. Obama\u2019s silence
\non the Goldstone Report once again shows who runs U.S. foreign policy
\nin the Middle East.\n<\/p>\n
\nIsrael’s creation) by the mass expulsion of Palestinian refugees he
\nconvened the Lausanne Conference in Switzerland to pressure Israel to
\nstop its ethnic cleansing and accept UN Resolutions 181 (Partition of
\nPalestine) and 194 (right of return of Palestinian refugees). <\/p>\n
\nhis envoy Ambassador Mark Etheridge to write Truman: ” Since we gave
\nIsrael birth we are blamed for her belligerence and her arrogance and
\nfor the cold-bloodedness of her attitude toward refugees\u2026Israel must
\naccept responsibility\u2026.her attitude toward refugees is morally
\nreprehensible\u2026.Her position as conqueror demanding more does not make
\nfor peace.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nfrustration at Israel’s continued Zionist expansionism in the Holy
\nLand, but none have ever had the courage to stand up to this little
\nnation while in office that manipulates the most powerful nation on
\nearth to pay and die for Israel’s wars from Lebanon, to Iraq, Saudi
\nArabia, Yemen, the Gulf, Afghanistan, and now the deja vu campaign to
\n“bomb, bomb, bomb” Iran.\n<\/p>\n
\nfacts regarding the rogue nation of Israel and its chosen method of
\nexistence that wholly depends on wars, assassinations, terrorism, mass
\nimprisonment and the wholesale starving siege of Gaza, we should be
\nhonest with ourselves and proclaim that Arab political and economic
\nincompetence, paralysis, hypocrisy, backbiting, and self sabotage
\nregarding Palestine is the other side of the coin to decades of
\nPalestinian suffering. Fifty seven Muslim nations, 1.6 Billion Muslims,
\n50% of the world’s oil wealth, 60% of its gas wealth, trillions of
\ndollars of investment in western governments and institutions, are
\nshamefully paralyzed to face one small nation of 6 million Jews.
\nWestern politics revolves around money, media manipulation, myths,
\nlies, and propaganda, something Arabs are well accustomed to in their
\nown nations.\n<\/p>\n
\nArabs and Muslims in America. They are silent, fearful, uneducated and
\ninexperienced in living and dealing with America’s culture, tend to
\nherd themselves by ethnic group and fight whether there should be a
\nbarrier between men and women in the mosques, or whether Muslim men and
\nwomen can gather for a lecture, yet allow such women to mingle, work,
\nand go to school with Non-Muslims.\n<\/p>\n
\nstate of affairs and avoid the usual scapegoating that “powerful
\nforces” such as Israel, the E.U., and America hinder our progress or
\nour justified right to reclaim our lands and resources. Our
\n“intellectuals” have adopted and imitated the Western mantra that
\nprogress can only come if one abandons religion. Rather than Islam
\nbeing the problem, Muslims are the problem and Islam is the solution.\n<\/p>\n
\nand the Turkish people for being the sole Muslim nation to publicly
\nrepudiate Israel on its slaughter in Gaza. While Arab leaders convene
\n“summits” on Palestine their private agenda is to attack Hamas and
\nHezbollah, the only two resistance parties in the entire MidEast
\nagainst Israel. The shame and betrayal of Mahmoud Abbas to withdraw
\nconsideration of the Goldstone Report is another hallmark that even
\nArabs don’t value Arab blood as long as their chairs are protected. <\/p>\n
\ncurrent confused Muslim generation lost between little faith and
\noverwhelming American cultural influence. Why is our wealth not
\nbuilding schools, hospitals, roads, better roads, working on finding
\nprecious water, creating manufacturing jobs, building sewage plants,
\ncollecting garbage and using the media to improve our knowledge of
\nIslam, its morals, and goodly behavior. We build towers, buy luxurious
\ntoys such as planes, cars, and camels, while neglecting the betterment
\nof human lives. Arab Satellite channels open their programs with
\nreadings from the Quran only to follow up with a music video of barely
\ndressed women gyrating their bodies to the most obnoxious simplistic
\ndrum beat. <\/p>\n
\nprotecting our faith. Each of us is responsible for ourselves, our
\nfamilies, our neighbors, community, nation, and Ummah. Our silent
\nacceptance of our corrupt till death do we part rulers has led to our
\nfailed societies. <\/p>\n
\nanalytical and skills, in fact, a rebirth of a highly motivated Ummah
\nthat rejects the status quo and begins the journey to a faith based
\nenlightenment that can only result in our victory against our own
\ndemoralizing failures and the ultimate victory of salvation in the
\nhereafter. <\/p>\n
\nfor a personal and nationalistic revolution, but what’s the
\nalternative? Should Muslim blood saturate the earth to replace our
\nstolen oil before we awaken to our demise? <\/p>\n
\nby Christopher Vasillopulos, October 12, 2009, Today’s Zaman<\/i>
http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ygy8zvt<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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