Posted on 04/25/2007 11:52:08 AM PDT by pabianice
If that is the alternate choice, I would prefer they remain slaves.
As always, they are victims.
What a crock!
I expect the author had just made the “fatwa” list.
Because they’ve been buggered by their religion!
“It’s all the West’s fault, oh, and all those nasty Ottoman Turks. If it weren’t for the West, we would be in charge of the world and everyone would be as miserable as we are.”
Okay, first question should be, is this guy advocating the overthrow of the semi-pro-western governments such as the Saudi royal family?
Some of the blame goes to Mohammed, the deranged. And his Allah, the deranged god.
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries!
Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries.
Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property; either as a child, a wife, or a concubine; must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities.
Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.
Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.
It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science; the science against which it had vainly struggled; the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.”
Winston Churchill, The River War, 1899
This old trope..... Israel is a nation of about six million. Just what threat do those six million Israelis represent to the hundreds of millions of Arabs surrounding them?
The apartheid state? Sounds like the author has been reading Jimmy Carter.
Only the myopia of Islamic Supremacists would find Israel to be an apartheid state and NOT to be able to find Saudi Arabia to be even more discriminatory.
Jews cannot enter the country of Saudi Arabia.
Non-muslims cannot enter the cities of Mecca and Medina.
Non-muslims cannot practice their faiths.
Non-muslims have lesser rights and protections under the law.
Yeah, it’s all “da jooz” fault.
They are stuck following a first millinium warlord, wiping their butts with their hands, and deying the antiseptic effects of alcohol as a cleaner.
They need reforms. Reforms that will never come. There are BILLIONAIRES in the Islamic world. They have many wives and many slaves. They rape women and then murder their victims. It’s good to be “the king”.
When they wake up to real truth they will reject the moon god’s cult and return to the original biblical text as Jews or Christians.
The author wants to overthrow Middle Eastern dictators so that Arabs will have a better chance of being dictators over others. Good luck with that kind of thinking!
Article written by - Batarfi known now as Batarfi the headless
It’s a start. But the author decries blaming others, then goes on to blame others.
“If we have any chance of getting back to our glorious days, when we ruled and enlightened the world from the walls of China to the gates of France, and from the jungles of Africa to the summits of Samarkand, we must change.”
Stop thinking about your glory days and ruling the world. This part of your problem. One of the biggest parts.
“Rights are taken not given away.”
Not always true.
It's interesting that the Muslim Turks are grouped with other foreign occupiers in this article.
Don't forget to blame the Jews also!
Another thing. I don’t recall that the Arabs per se ever enlightened the world in any meaningful way at any time in history, except as acting as a conduit for some the ideas of other peoples they were able to gain control of.
One reason that America is so successful is because we accept the concept that if you succeed, OK with us, and we don't care about color, religion, gender or any other non-important factor. You win, hooorah, we all win. Dummies.
“Why are the Arabs so low in so many measurements?”
Try raising your eyes and hands, rather than your behinds, to Heaven.
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