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Is the Antisemitism That Is Rampant in Some Parts of the Muslim World Really Based on a Misinterpretation of Islam?
PJ Media ^ | 21 Feb 2023 | Robert Spencer

Posted on 02/22/2023 5:37:45 AM PST by Rummyfan

Moderate Muslim Raheel Raza published a heartwarming story in Canada’s National Post Monday, entitled “I’m a Muslim and I love Israel. Here’s why.” In it, she notes that “every moment of my first trip to the Jewish state was an awakening about the misinformation I had been fed.” Raza tells numerous stories about the kindness shown to her by Jews and Israelis, and in this torn and weary world, that is heartwarming indeed.

In the course of her lengthy article, however, she writes: “Hate is a terrible ideology, and it feeds antisemitism, which is rampant in some parts of the Muslim world. Much of this is based on ignorance of facts and misinterpretation of the faith.” Unfortunately, this is not only false but likely to foster a dangerous complacency in the face of a genuine threat.

This is because, much as Islamic spokesmen in the West deny the fact, hatred of Jews is deeply embedded in Islam’s holy texts. There is a strong native strain of anti-Semitism in Islam, rooted in the Qur’an. The Qur’an puts forward a clear, consistent image of the Jews: they are scheming, treacherous liars and the most dangerous enemies of the Muslims.

The Qur’an presents Muhammad as the last and greatest in the line of Biblical prophets, preaching a message identical to theirs. The identical character of their messages may seem odd to those who know very well that the Qur’an’s contents are quite different in character from those of the Bible, but the Qur’an has an ingenious explanation for this: the original message of all the Biblical prophets was Islam, and they were all Muslims. Only later did their followers corrupt their messages to create Judaism and Christianity.

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1 posted on 02/22/2023 5:37:45 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

“Moderate Muslim Raheel Raza published...”

Knowing how his ‘faith’ views Israel, he may well regret what he just published.


2 posted on 02/22/2023 5:41:27 AM PST by BobL
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To: Rummyfan

islam isn’t a religion, it’s a war plan. It’s them against everyone else. A long time ago in my martial arts training I learned about situational awareness. It’s a fact that the first party that knows there’s a fight going on, often wins. We can ignore the muslim threat but, realistically,the prudent path is pretty much at odds with the western notion of “fair play”; islam delendo est.


3 posted on 02/22/2023 5:45:34 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Rummyfan
"...they are scheming, treacherous liars and the most dangerous enemies of the Muslims. "

One could easily use that phrase to describe Islam.

4 posted on 02/22/2023 5:50:53 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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To: BobL

Do you know who Robert Spencer is? Robert Spencer knows there are no moderate muslims-This is what she calls herself, and what she truly believes. If you’ve read or watched any of his work-he teams up with David Wood and Sam Shamoun, to call out muslims and they point out how wicked and evil momo and the kran is. He This woman is the problem with the majority of muslims, they have no idea what the kran says. They are clueless as to the filth, depravity and evil it is filled with.
I have recently been studying this topic and I get sick to my stomach with some of the things it says.


5 posted on 02/22/2023 5:58:20 AM PST by GMThrust
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To: Rummyfan

He’d better go into hiding for the next 20-30yrs, after writing that.


6 posted on 02/22/2023 5:58:50 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Rummyfan

The vast majority of Muslims are far more moral and decent than the blood thirsty nut job who founded their religion. Unfortunately the blood thirsty nut job’s words and example are right there at the core doctrines of Islam and lead many to great evil.


7 posted on 02/22/2023 6:02:15 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: Rummyfan

In case you hadn’t noticed, many parts of the world are anti-everything but islam. It is the most intolerant “religion” on the face of the earth. They seek to utterly dominate, and will invariably create conflict with any non-muslims once they represent a large enough percentage of the population, wherever they are. This is a fact.


8 posted on 02/22/2023 6:20:45 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: muir_redwoods

hannity, is that you?


9 posted on 02/22/2023 6:22:03 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: teeman8r

Nope, I’m several clicks to the right of Hannity. And I held back quite a bit on the earlier post. Shoot, shovel and shut up figure prominently in my thinking.


10 posted on 02/22/2023 6:29:08 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Rummyfan

No. Next question?


11 posted on 02/22/2023 6:29:51 AM PST by Ingtar
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To: Rummyfan

Awww. Then open the flood gates to unlimited muslim immigration. They will see the error of their ways on our magical soil, just like the Somalis in Minnesotta and Dearbornistan.


12 posted on 02/22/2023 6:46:59 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Rummyfan

Muslims decide what’s really Muslim, and analysis by infidels means nothing.


13 posted on 02/22/2023 6:49:30 AM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: AndyTheBear
The vast majority of Muslims are far more moral and decent than the blood thirsty nut job who founded their religion.
I think Joseph Smith was a con man and a fraud, and the Book of Morman is invented nonsense, but I've never met a Morman who wasn't a deeply genuine and honest person.
14 posted on 02/22/2023 7:04:29 AM PST by jdege
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To: GMThrust

Moderate Muslims are apostates.


15 posted on 02/22/2023 7:27:48 AM PST by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: Rummyfan

“Moderate” moslems are the ones that watch while the “radical” moslems chop your head off.


16 posted on 02/22/2023 7:30:04 AM PST by gop4lyf (Gay marriage is neither. Democrats are the party of sore losers and pedophiles.)
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To: Rummyfan

Odd odd odd. Koran said Moh was the first believer, hence first muslim. Who was mohs witness in the Koran?


17 posted on 02/22/2023 7:46:47 AM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: jdege
I think Joseph Smith was a con man and a fraud, and the Book of Mormon is invented nonsense, but I've never met a Mormon who wasn't a deeply genuine and honest person.

Well there is a similarity there, but an important difference. The Mormons may well have been deceived by false doctrines but unless I am quite mistaken on the particulars of the Book of Mormon they are not commanded to be violently subjugate the infidel.

19 posted on 02/22/2023 7:55:05 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: ping jockey
Perhaps you have missed my point. Islam is a terrible influence to the degree it is actually faithfully followed. However most of the people unlucky enough to be under its shadow do not fully follow it.

By contrast Christianity has been a wonderful influence to the degree it is actually faithfully followed. However most of the people lucky enough to be in Christian parts of the world do not fully follow it.

The common person is far morally superior to Mohammad and far morally inferior to Jesus. Thus most Muslims are better than their founder just as most Christians are not as good as their founder.

Islam is desperately wicked, and some followers of Islam are too, the ones that really follow it. But for most Muslims they may be afraid to object to the evil and may go along with it or turn a blind eye to it, but they are not as evil as those who really follow it.

20 posted on 02/22/2023 8:01:28 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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