Posted on 09/11/2019 11:31:40 PM PDT by robowombat
September 11, 2019 Special Dispatch No.8272
Jordanian Journalist: Muslims Are The True Victims Of 9/11 – Since Then, Six Million Muslims Have Been Killed In Wars Against Them Launched By The West
To mark the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, columnist for the Jordanian Al-Dustour daily Ismail Al-Sharif, a previous CEO of the paper, wrote that the Muslims are the real victims of the attacks. Since September 11, 2001, he claimed, "no fewer than six million Muslims" have been killed in direct and indirect crimes and wars launched against Muslims by the West.
He explained that after the fall of the Soviet Union, the U.S. and the West needed a new enemy to fight and chose Islam, as they saw it as a threat to Western civilization, and that ever since, and in particular ever since 9/11, the West has provoked wars in various Arab countries – Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and others. It is fanning the flames of these wars to this very day, he added, thus allowing Muslim blood to continue to be shed as they are slaughtered in droves. He urged Muslims to adhere to Islam and to instill its lofty values in their children, because this, he added, is the only way to become stronger and change the situation.
Ismail Al-Sharif (Source: Al-Dustour, Jordan, September 8, 2019)
The following are translated excerpts from his column:
"In a few days it will be the 18th anniversary of the events of September 11, [2001], and on television we will see the victims' families shedding tears for their loved ones and hear commentary attempting to prove that this operation was nothing but a big conspiracy. Obviously, the president of the world's most powerful country [the U.S.] will deliver a speech in which he will say: 'These events have made the U.S. stronger.' "[Meanwhile,] in other parts of the world, mothers will weep for children who died in an attack in the springtime of their lives; people will be arrested for no reason; refugees will be expelled; and people will be tortured. The common denominator of all these people is that they are Muslims – the greatest victims of the September 11 events. We will perhaps debate the question of whether the events were [indeed the result of] a conspiracy, or whether bin Laden planned them in a cave in Afghanistan. In this context, it should be mentioned that the well-known
British journalist Robert Fisk wrote in one of his books that he had met with bin Laden in a cave in Afghanistan, and that bin Laden was eager to know what was happening in the world since the [only] source of information he had at the time was a two-month old copy of Newsweek!...
"The Muslims are the greatest victims of the September 11 events. This has to do with the period that preceded that fateful day in the history of mankind. Perhaps it all began on the day Germany tore down the Berlin Wall, heralding the demise of the Soviet Union. This is because the American empire always needs an enemy to provide it with a motive to act, to [allow it to] develop, and to [provide it with someone to] exploit so that it can control both its own people and the resources and natural wealth of other peoples. In addition, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, [Western] arms dealers, researchers, politicians, and lobbyists found themselves out of work, and a new enemy needed to be created in order to reactivate this machine. This time, the enemy was Islam. "Obviously, Islam was not selected at random, but deliberately. The best minds developed theories stating that liberal capitalism is the pinnacle of human development and cannot be superseded and that Islam is the greatest enemy of capitalism because it is able to subsume other civilizations and ideologies. Therefore [they said] a clash between these two civilizations [Western and Islamic] is inevitable. In addition, every Islamic renaissance directly threatens Europe.
"The war on Islam indeed began, and over the last two decades we have witnessed intense and growing violence against Muslims in various countries around the world. The number of victims – whether as a result of direct war, civil conflicts, or military interventions, or [intervention by] pro-West regimes – is no fewer than six million.
"This is no coincidence. It is the result of a confluence of complex international dynamics that led to a massacre of Muslims. Let us examine several examples:
"The 2003 [Gulf War] in Iraq, which was the start and the first domino [in the cascade]. Everything that is happening today is the result of the fall of Baghdad, following which the U.S. fanned the flames of an exhaustive sectarian war and thwarted [the rehabilitation] of the country. [As a result,] more than a million Iraqis were killed.
"The Syrian revolution: According to the Syrian Center for Policy Research, 11.5% of the Syrian people were killed as a result of the war. The West, together with its agents and collaborators, armed the extremist factions, leading to a struggle against violence by violent means. The [Syrian] regime then obtained the help of foreign elements, once it [found itself] unable to halt these factions by itself. In this context, it should be mentioned that many new studies indicate that the U.S. was never interested in toppling [Syrian President Bashar] Al-Assad – only in weakening Syria.
"Libya: Documents note that the [international] coalition forces focused their actions against Libya's infrastructures, deliberately attacking the water infrastructure and cutting off water to 70% of the Libyan people. [The coalition] also armed various factions which were fighting each other. The war there is ongoing, costing more lives every day.
"Yemen: It is reported that its infrastructure has collapsed and its people have no access to water, food, or healthcare. Cholera has spread, and Yemen is on the brink of famine. The reports state that more than half a million Yemenis have died in this war.
"In other places too, Muslims are allowed to be killed: In India, violence against Muslims has risen, so that 86% of victims of violence [there] are Muslims; in Afghanistan and Pakistan, half a million people reportedly died immediately after the events of September 11; over a million Muslims were expelled from Myanmar, and in China over a million Muslims have been sent to reeducation centers,[1] amid Arab silence and even encouragement.
"Islamophobia has reached an unprecedented scope, and we see and hear of hate crimes against Muslims every day. These crimes, which amount to mass extermination, are perpetrated by the U.S. and its allies either directly or by means of proxy wars and by cultivating warring sides so as to fan the flames of the conflict.
"What then is the solution, in the face of this cruel campaign? I recall the words of [Second Caliph] Omar Al-Khattab [ruled 634-644], who said: 'We are a nation that Allah strengthened by means of Islam, and the more we seek power through anything other than Islam, the more Allah will humiliate us.'
"Thus, change begins with us, as people, through a true understanding of the essence of our Islam which is based on justice, equality, love, generosity, morality, and democracy. If we follow these values and instill them in our children, perhaps we will sow the seeds of a change that will come soon."[2]
[1] The reference is to allegations that in response to Islamic terrorism, China has sent hundreds of thousands of members of the Uyghur Muslim minority to "reeducation centers" in Shenyang Province in the west of the country. China denies these claims.
[2] Al-Dustour (Jordan), September 8, 2019.
The writer works some information in on who set off the fireworks in Syria, Iraq Libya and Yemen. Unfortunately the 'Bush Democracy Project' was responsible for the civil war that ensued, Hildabeast wanted Khaddify overturned for murky reasons the Clintons best know, but probably have something to do with the Libyan dictators large stash of gold bullion, and Syria's civil war is a fragrant blossom from the BHO-Brennan 'Arab Spring'.
This is interlarded with the standard Arab paranoia such as it should be mentioned that many new studies indicate that the U.S. was never interested in toppling [Syrian President Bashar] Al-Assad – only in weakening Syria. No Ismail the US really wanted the heretical Alawite Assad regime gone so there could be a real Arab Spring for the Sunni loonies and genocide for the Christians and Alawites.
al-taqiyaa at its “best”
Barf alert needed.
And not.
The title alone tells you all you need to know and muslim victim mentality gags me. It’s just trying to guilt trip us. THey know what they are saying and that they are trying to manipulate us.
In comparison to this bozo’s; ‘events of September 11’, Rep. Omar’s description; ‘some people did something’, stands as a paragon of specificity.
Here is my attempt at opacity.
Islam = ISIS
ISIS = Islam
We haven’t always made the best choices since 9-11 but the Syrian conflict in particular has little if any connection to that event. Our choices may have shaped the outcomes but if we had just stepped aside and perhaps ignored the region entirely as a response, different forms of mass killing or repression would have almost certainly arisen.
The problems faced by the region today stem mostly from their irrational hatred of Israel and the Christian west (as they see us) — where non-western cultures are not contaminated by such attitudes, as in India or Japan, we see examples of non-western cultures advancing and making progress more or less compatible with our own.
The question is, who’s going to tell them (effectively, since I just did and I’m hardly the first), and and when are they going to change their ways? The only hope I see for that is conversion from a false religion to one with a true foundation.
This reminds me of the kids who killed their parents and claiming victimhood status because now they are orphans.
Funny thing is, the West is (figuratively) taking the orphans in!
The Chinese are no dummies. That sob story don’t play with them.
This guy must have gone to the same journalism school as Baghdah Bob.
Obviously it is OK for muslims to kill other muslims as long as they are of different sects.
That would be like Lutherans killing Methodists or Catholics killing Baptists. That happens all the time, right?
That’s what Omar wanted to say today.
“rodomontade”.
Learned a new word today. I’ll add it to my arsenal.
Thanks! ‘Pod
Thus, in less than a generation, a large segment of Muslims have gone from celebrating the 9/11 attack on America as a deserved blow from Allah against the great infidel power to now claiming that they are the true victims of the attack and the US reaction to it. Yet if that proposition is accepted as true, the obvious lesson is somehow missed: do not attack the USA.
There is a lesson for the US in the failure of Muslim societies to adopt democracy and modernity or even accept the obvious when given the chance to do so. Islam is profoundly regressive and is naturally congenial to autocracy. Instead of promoting democracy as if a grass lawn can be sown on a bare concrete slab, the better course may be to have a set of rules that offers safe harbor to Muslim autocrats who behave: no genocide; no WMDs; no terrorism; no wars; and no hateful teachings against the USA and the West.
Keep to those restrictions and you get to abuse and exploit your people within traditional limits without the US despatching a flight of cruise missiles against you.
Cringeworthy. Horse. Sh*t.
I read this with as much skepticism as any FReeper, if not more. But one thing that is just common sense keeps coming back to me. Financing war is incredibly expensive. RPGs, AKs, etc. don’t grow on trees and the ammo ain’t cheap, either. And then you have to feed, clothe, and at least occasionally shelter troops. Yesterday we remembered the 911 operation against us cost millions just in transportation, flight school, hookers, and booze. The Bush admin didn’t want us to know it was the Saudis but, it was the Saudis. So my question is who is paying the freight for AlQueda now? In Syria, in Afghanistan, etc.? It would seem our media is uninterested in this question. Does the CIA know who it is? IMHO an intelligent electorate would cut all funding from this stuff until we get some answers. Answers that have been denied us for almost two decades.
The financing for Al Queda comes from wealthy Arabs and ruling families in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf and from criminal activities like the drug trade, antiquities, and routine smuggling.
. I would not say Islam is congenial to tyranny, simply because it can't even live with itself so it is never in a peaceful state . It can only exist in anything approaching a stable country with some sort of brutal regime clamping down on the behavior that their foul religion demands. Turkey seemed to be the only exception I've seen and it proves Islam can only be stable under some brutal form of Government as Erdogan is busy becoming Europe's next Hitler.
My solution to the problem of Islam is isolate it like the mind plague it is. Most important is, never, ever, give it any respect for it is simply too evil a construction to deserve any.
So why are we killing them when we could just cut off their funding?
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