[elhombrelibre]

Ping.

[marktwain]

This essay captures the double standard of Muslims quite well.

[popdonnelly]

You have to understand that outrage at Israeli actions is a power play engineered by Arabs and various anti-Semites.

[sionnsar]

I think it says more about the Arab (not Muslim) worldview, as expressed in the book "The Arab Mind" by Raphael Patai.

That worldview is comprised of a series of circles of alliances and enmities, roughly expressed in the quote: "I against my brother; I and my brother against our cousin; I, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors; ..."

In such a system it is perfectly reasonable for other Arabs to hate the Palestinians and yet jump to their defense if the (perceived) assault comes from outside the ring of alliance with the Palestinians.

I admit I am no expert in all of this (the book was from my father-in-law's collection and he worked successfully with these people) but I perceive a difference from the Iranian Muslims I know here, who range from devout to non-practicing.

LoM, can you chime in? A Baha'i Iranian friend here noted how different the Iranians are here in America -- they all get along, Sunni & Shi'ite (I seem to recall), Muslim & Christian, even Muslim & Baha'i (I seem to recall).

But for contrast, another Baha'i Iranian we know will NOT self-identify to Arab Muslims here.

[Spirochete]

By week's end, much of the camp had been turned into deserted rubble.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

[SJackson]

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