Posted on 11/16/2001 1:16:15 PM PST by ExiledInTaiwan
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According to a tradition of theirs, the green colour is considered holy among the Mahomedans. Only Serifs (saints), and especially those who have made the holy pilgrimage to Mekka, are allowed to wear a green turban and a green cloak; but this is strictly interdicted to any other, especially to a non-Mislamin, and is considered as an infringement on their religion, and as blasphemy, and therefore severely punished. For this reason they call the prophet Elijah "Al Chatr," the Green; and the spot where he is said to have shown himself, according to their tradition, is also called "Al Chatr." It is now some years ago that a highly respected English lord was ill-treated in the public street of Constantinople, because the pious believers observed that he wore green pantaloons. Soon after my arrival in Jerusalem, my mother-in-law stood one day near the door of my house, when suddenly a furious Mahomedan rushed upon her with a drawn dagger, and she was only able to escape the deadly weapon by a precipitate flight. Her offence was, that she wore for her head-dress a green shawl.
But of late they are not so particular any more, thanks to the enlightened policy of Mahmud Ali, of Egypt; still it would not be advisable to appear even now with a green garment, if one would not desire to be exposed to a brutal persecution on the part of some fanatical Arab.(from:Descriptive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestine. By Rabbi Joseph Schwarz)
Hmmmmm? What kind of holiness requires an AK47?
Indeed, Romulus. However, I would caution you about taking that discussion out of context. Veronica's statement is true depending on it's interpretation. Most Jews do totally support the idea of Israel and the idea that Jews have a right to live in peace and security.
Yeah. It must have been those fanatical Jews getting blown up in school and other civilian buses or in pizzerias or shot on the roads that turned you.
Maybe the rant you hear is the death agony of toddlers getting blown up.
A cycle is a thing that repeats over and over. It is not maintained by who starts it, and that is highly questionable, but by those who keep adding the opposing force necessary for it to keep turning. Both sides have to be equally at fault or the cycle would end.
What's wrong with this picture?
A lie. This is not true in areas run by the PA. Check it out! Pallies are responsible for their own water in those areas.
Israel is being attacked and Israel shoots back. This is not WW2 you know. These Jews have guns and thank G_d for that. If the Pallies had the F16 fighter airplanes instead of the Jews having them, Israel would have been gone years ago.
What would you be saying if the Palestinians were opposing the Jews out of Israel? You would be saying >>> Good riddance to them............ There should never have been an Israel in the first place.
There is nothing Israeli Jews could do to make you happy short of agreeing to destruction.
The shallow wells pick up pollutant ground-water run-off and that water eventually makes its way back to the aquifers in the Jordan Basin.
Lots of little wrinkles that most Americans don't know a thing about.
The Israelis haven't spent much money on waste water mgmt for the occupied territories so the raw sewage from the settlements is pumped away from the settlements and dumped on Palestine land.
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