Saudi TV: Professor on the "Myth of the Holocaust"; Series About Jews in the Time of Muhammed

IMRA/MEMRI ^ | 11-18-05

[SJackson]

MEMRI: Saudi Professor on Saudi Al-Ikhbariya TV on the "Myth of the Holocaust"

The following are excerpts from an interview with Saudi political science professor Ahmad bin Rashed bin Said, which aired on Al-Ikhbariya TV on November 13, 2005.

For more on professor Ahmad bin Rashed bin Said, see:

MEMRI TV Clip No. 254 "Saudi Professor Ahmad bin Rashed Criticizes Arab Media for Lack of Support of Suicide Bombers (Archival)"

http://memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=254 .

MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 860 "MEMRI TV Monitor Project - Special Coverage of the Saudi Counter-Terrorism Conference and Jihad on Saudi TV,"

http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP86005

*Clip No. 926 - Saudi Professor Ahmad bin Rashed bin Said on U.N. Resolution to Commemorate the Holocaust: U.N. Resolutions Are Not Sacred

We must reject this resolution. We must not adopt it, and we must say that more than one holocaust have been committed against our peoples, even in modern times - if we decide to put ancient times behind us. We must ask, in all innocence: 300,000 people were killed in Bosnia - is this not a holocaust? Many massacres were committed throughout history, but they say... Do you know what they say? They say that the Holocaust is unique, unequaled, and can never happen again, and cannot be compared to any other massacre in history. One Jewish rabbi even said: [in English] "Holocaust can never be over." They want to inflate it with a lot of propaganda and pain.

If the U.N. wants to talk about the Holocaust, or about massacres... This is not the role of the United Nations. Let the U.N. talk about the Crusades, about the hundreds of thousands of Muslims killed by the European Crusaders throughout the Islamic world. Let the U.N. discuss the massacres committed against the Muslims in Andalusia, in Muslim Spain. Let it discuss many things. It is not for the U.N. to discuss history. Let it talk about reality, about avian flu, International Tree Day, about the international day of action against AIDS... That sort of thing. But when the U.N. discusses the Holocaust, that is part of the policy of force, the policy of hegemony, and of imposing facts on the ground.

TO VIEW THIS CLIP: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=926

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MEMRI: Saudi Iqra TV: Antisemitic Series About Jews in the Time of Muhammed

Special Dispatch - Saudi Arabia/Antisemitism Documentation Project November 18, 2005 No. 1026 Saudi Iqra TV Series on Jews in the Time of Muhammad: Jews' Plans to Eliminate and Destroy Islam

On November 15, Saudi Iqra TV began airing an Egyptian-produced series about the Prophet Muhammad and the Jews of Al-Madina. The series focuses on Nabtal, a "wicked" and "evil" Jewish figure from early Islamic history, who concocts a four-part plan to eliminate Islam. The following are excerpts from the series. TO VIEW THIS CLIP VISIT: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=922 .

It should be noted that in February 2005, Iqra TV aired another series on the Jews during the time of Muhammad. This series featured Jews, termed "pigs," who practiced voodoo against Muslims. TO VIEW THESE CLIPS VISIT: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=685 http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=686 http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=687

The Wicked Jew: Muslims' Most Bitter Enemy

Young girl: "What is today's story, Father?"

Father: "It is the story of a man about whom the Prophet said: 'Whoever wants to look at the devil, let him look at Nabtal.'

Young boy: "God forbid. Who is that man, Father?"

Father: "A Jew called Nabtal, Nabtal bin Al-Harith, who was a wicked, evil man. He was the Muslims' most bitter enemy, and he spared no efforts in harming them and conspiring against them."

[Scene changes: Nabtal, an evil-looking, bearded middle-aged Jew in pointed skullcap and robe, sneaks into his elderly mother's bedroom while she is sleeping and tries to take gold coins from a chest.]

Nabtal's mother: "What are you doing with that chest?"

Nabtal: "No, no, no. I don't want anything, mother."

Nabtal's mother: "Then why did you open it?"

Nabtal: "The truth is that I..."

Nabtal's mother: "You wanted to steal from me, you thief."

Nabtal: "I'm not a thief. I own this chest, and a person cannot steal his own money."

Nabtal's mother: "You wretched thing, may you die, not a day too soon."

Nabtal: "Mother, you wish me dead, even though you have nobody but me?"

Nabtal's mother: "Yes, I do, since you want to steal from me, as usual."

Nabtal: "Mother, why are you treating me so cruelly, although I am your only son?"

Nabtal's mother: "All sons give to their mothers, but you only take from me, and don't give me a thing."

Nabtal: "You know what I spend this money on?"

Nabtal's mother: "I don't know anything."

A Four-Part Plan to Eliminate Islam and Muslims

Nabtal: "You know I spend it on destroying Islam and the Muslims."

[...]

Nabtal's mother: "Are you making fun of me again?"

Nabtal: "This will be the last time, and we will win great victory, and achieve all our goals."

Nabtal's mother: "How much do you want this time?"

Nabtal: "A thousand dinars."

Nabtal's mother: "No, that's too much."

Nabtal: "It's not much if the goal is to eliminate Muhammad bin Abdallah and his call to Islam. Besides, I'll pay everything back when we triumph."

Nabtal's mother: "Here. My only hope is that Muhammad and his call to Islam jwill be completely destroyed."

[Scene changes: Nabtal sits at a table with two other Jews in pointy skullcaps, Pinhas and Shas.]

Pinhas: "I have drawn up four plans to eliminate Muhammad and his call to Islam."

Nabtal: "What is the first one?"

Pinhas: "The first thing we must do is to rekindle the animosity between the tribes of Aws and Khazraj."

Shas: "That's true, Pinhas. Muhammad has reconciled them, and made them forget their old animosity."

Nabtal: "We used to profit from that hostility before they converted to Islam, and we should profit even more now that they have converted."

Nabtal: "We will profit even more today."

Shas: "What is the second plan, Pinhas?"

Nabtal: "We will not give the deposits in our possession to the merchants and the wealthy men who converted to Islam."

Nabtal: "Well done, Pinhas, you've done well."

Shas: "This is a practical punishment for anyone who dares to abandon his religion and join Muhammad's religion, regardless of whether he is a polytheist, a Christian, or a Jew."

Nabtal: "At the same time, it is a simple way to get our hands on these deposits and add them to our wealth."

Shas: "What is the third means, oh great rabbi?"

Spreading False Rumors About Islam

Pinhas: "To spread false rumors about Islam."

Shas: "Excellent. Outstanding. And the fourth?"

Pinhas: "To invent false stories that will harm the Muslims."

Shas: "No, no, Pinhas. That will be hard to do."

Pinhas: "But it's the easiest of the four ways."

Shas: "How come?! They stick together, and cooperate, as if they were one."

Nabtal: "Let's begin to execute the first and second proposals."

[...]

[Scene changes: Shas and Nabtal are outside and see an acquaintance approaching.]

Nabtal: "Here is Amru bin Al-Nu'man Al-Baiyadi."

Shas: "Yes, that's him."

Nabtal: "It's time to carry out the first part of the plan you devised to rekindle the old hostility between the Aws and the Khazraj. He belongs to the Khazraj tribe. The Aws killed his Father in the Battle of Bo'ath."

[Amru approaches the two.]

Amru: "Look who's here... Rabbi Nabtal and Rabbi Shas."

Nabtal: "Welcome, my dear friend, son of a dear man."

Shas: "How are you, my child?"

Amru: "We thank Allah for the grace of Islam."

Nabtal: "I saw you walking arm in arm yesterday with Abdallah bin Al-Khudheir of the Aws tribe."

Amru: "He is my dear friend."

Nabtal: "Your dear friend?! I can't believe what I'm hearing."

Amru: "Why not?"

Arousing Hostility Amongst the Muslims

Shas: "Have you forgotten what his Father, Khudheir, did to your Father, Nu'man? He killed him. Not only did he kill him, but he mutilated his corpse abominably."

Amru: "True, but Islam has washed away the hostilities of the past, and has united us in friendship, love, and brotherhood."

Nabtal: "Friendship, love, and brotherhood towards someone whose Father killed your Father and mutilated his corpse?! He slashed open your Father's stomach, and took out his liver."

Amru: "Enough, enough. I don't want to hear any more such incitement."

Nabtal: "I was your Father's friend, so I was sad to see you walking with the son of your Father's murderer, and then calling him your dear friend."

Shas: "No, Amru. No. It's not proper for you to say such things that reduce your masculinity, your honor, and your courage, which we all know and value."

[Abdallah bin Al-Khudheir approaches his friend Amru and extends his hand.]

Abdallah bin Al-Khudheir: "Hello, my good friend."

Amru: "Enough with this hypocrisy. Take out your sword."

[Amru draws his sword.]

Abdallah: "Unbelievable! What's happened?"

Amru: "If you don't take out your sword and fight me, I will kill you on the spot!"

Abdallah: "Won't you explain this surprising change in our relationship?"

Amru: "I don't have time to explain."

Abdallah: "Then you force me to do something I don't want to do."

[A swordfight ensues between Amru and Abdallah, as Nabtal and Shas look on gleefully. Scene shifts back to father and children.]

Father: "The Jews were very interested in arousing the old hostilities between the Aws and Khazrij tribes of Yathrib."

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[A Jovial Cad]

Ah, yes. That great "myth":

...those lying eyes of ours afflict us again.

[sheik yerbouty]

Is there nothing too vile for the Saudis and their minions?

[Restorer]

Let the U.N. talk about the Crusades, about the hundreds of thousands of Muslims killed by the European Crusaders throughout the Islamic world. Let the U.N. discuss the massacres committed against the Muslims in Andalusia, in Muslim Spain.

Fine. Let's put all the massacres committed by Christians (for religious reasons) in one column so they can be compared to all those committed by Muslims (for religious reasons) in the other column.

It is not logical to discuss the crimes of the Crusades without also discussing the crimes of Jihad. After all, the Crusades were a belated and relatively short-lived Christian attempt to import the Muslim idea of Holy War into Christianity.

Christianity has not proven very receptive to the idea of Holy War, whereas it is absolutely integral to Islam.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

This just the same bogus propaganda that some black leaders and Liberals were promoting to blacks with a few years ago here in the USA.
This is the same line that has been heard from people like Farrakhan and other liberals leaders.

[Alouette]

Mahomed had an astrologer at his court called Bucheran, who was a very great enemy of the Jews, and urged the prophet constantly to persecute and exterminate them entirely, so that Mahomed at length listened to the proposition, since he had without this already a hatred towards them, because they had not aided him in his campaigns according to his expectation; wherefore the whole Jewish population under his rule, ran great danger of being entirely cut off. Rabbi Shallum, son of the then Resh Gelutha, in Babel, perceiving this dreadful predicament, went to Mahomed, and offering him his submission, friendship, and services, endeavoured to enter with him into a friendly compact. Mahomed accepted his proposition with pleasure, conceived a great affection for him, and took his daughter, a handsome young girl, for wife; he made him also a general in his army, and gave him the name of Abu Bachr al Chaliva al Zadik, literally: The father of the maiden, the descendant of the righteous; this means, that of all his wives, who were either widows or divorced women, this one was the only one who had never been married before, and then she was the granddaughter of the celebrated chief of the captivity; therefore, the descendant of the righteous. This occurrence induced Mahomed to give up his terrible intention to destroy the Jews in his country, and thus did Rabbi Shallum save his people.

Abu Bachr and Aliman now resolved among themselves to remove the dangerous enemy of the Jews, Bucheran. One evening Mahomed, Bucheran, Aliman, and Abu Bachr, were drinking together; the latter two soon saw that Mahomed and the astrologer were strongly intoxicated, and lay stretched out in a deep and profound sleep. Abu Bachr thereupon drew the sword of Mahomed from its scabbard, cut off therewith Bucharan's head, and put the bloody sword back into its receptacle, and both then lay themselves down quietly near Mahomed to sleep. When Mahomed awoke and saw his friend lying decapitated near him, he cried out in a fury: "This terrible deed has been done by one of us three in our drunkenness!" Abu Bachr thereupon said quite unconcernedly: "Let each one draw his sword, and he whose weapon is stained with blood, must needs be the murderer!" They all drew their swords, and that of Mahomed was completely dyed with fresh blood, which proved thus clearly to his satisfaction that he had murdered his friend. He was greatly grieved at this discovery; cursed and condemned the wine which was the cause of this murder, and swore that he never would drink any more, and that also no one should do so who wishes to enter heaven. This is the cause why wine is prohibited to the Mahomedans.