Posted on 08/24/2006 11:46:32 AM PDT by TheDon
Round table: Representatives of county's Muslim and Jewish communities discuss whether there is common ground to bridge the gap between the two communities here and in mid-east.
Are "Muslim fanatics" at the root of Middle East unrest? Is Israel racist in its policy toward refugees who want to return there? Are there areas of common ground that could lead to better understanding between Jews and Muslims in Orange County? Events in the Middle East resonate here as increasing discomfort – even animosity – between some. Just days ago the Register asked self-described moderate leaders in those two communities – Hussam Ayloush, rabbis Heidi Cohen and Lawrence Goldmark, and Sheik Yassir Fazaga – who was unable to attend – to meet for a roundtable discussion. What could they say to each other and to their communities in an effort to build trust and understanding?
Rabbi Lawrence Goldmark: I think where we want to start is with the word "peace." Anything which causes peace to be postponed in the Middle East or here between us needs to be addressed.
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Ayloush: I think we need to acknowledge that these conflicts are about legitimate political grievances. And that the conflicts in Darfur, Palestine and Chechnya are very different with different solutions. The conflict in the Middle East is what, 55 or 60 years old? When did Islamism become a leading factor in the conflict? In 1983. With the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, which created Hezbollah. Before that, how come the Palestinian resistance was mainly Christian? Was that Christian fundamentalism? The others failed and the Islamists became more popular in the 1980s. But this is very nationalistic in Palestine. Two groups of people fighting over the same piece of land.
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'Peace' to the muslims mean all the Jews would be dead. The Rabbi better get a clue....
Hah! Try fourteen-hundred!
Muslim communities belong in Muslim countries.
"Before that, how come the Palestinian resistance was mainly Christian?"
WHAT?
I really don't want to "understand" them, I'd rather turn rattlesnakes loose in the house.
Monitor the beehives.
""Before that, how come the Palestinian resistance was mainly Christian?" "
Maybe he's talking about the Christian resistance against Rome, circa 50AD.
If America ever gets attack again, expect a HUGE angry backlash against all things Muslim. You are right, they would have no choice but to leave.
Michael said peace "is what the muslim gets after his slashes the infidels throat and dies" Sadly most Rabbi's in America are in a never never land about the realities of the islamic threat in America. But then again so are all of the Democraps.....
Michael Savage said peace "is what the muslim gets after his slashes the infidels throat and dies" Sadly most Rabbi's in America are in a never never land about the realities of the islamic threat in America. But then again so are all of the Democraps.....
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