And Israel’s population is 5x that of Gaza. Is this really a metric you want to stand on?
[And Israel’s population is 5x that of Gaza. Is this really a metric you want to stand on?]
An interesting footnote is that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were chosen because so many Japanese cities had suffered close to 50% destruction of their physical structures. By picking two relatively intact Japanese cities for the maiden live A-bomb tests in Japan, war planners hoped to get a true picture of its destructive potential in a realistic environment unmarred by the effects of earlier high explosive or incendiary attacks.
The Islamic Rapture calls for the extinction, not just of Israel, but Jews everywhere. Muslims kind of believe it, but aren’t too eager to risk their lives testing out this core Islamic belief, for now.
Hadith narrated by Abi Hurira:
“The last hour won’t come before the Muslims would fight the Jews and the Muslims will kill them so Jews would hide behind rocks and trees. Then the rocks and tree would call: oh Muslim, oh servant of God! There is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only “Gharkad” tree, it is of Jews’ trees.”
Explanation of words
“Last Hour: the hereafter will not come
“Gharkad”: a big tree with thorns and the Jews grew it a lot in Palestine those days
Teachings of the Hadith
1/ It’s fate decided by Allah that the Muslims and Jews will fight till the end of the world.
2/ The Hadith predicts for the Muslims God’s victory over the Jews.
3/ The victory for the Muslims because they are right, and who ever is right is always victorious, even though most people are against him.
4/ God grants victory to the Muslims if they have a true will, if they unite, hold on to God’s sharia, if they go by God’s ruling, if they are patient.
5/ The material strength won’t be enough to warrant victory, it is necessary to invoke God seek his support.
6/ Who ever is with God, God is with him; no matter what hardships and ordeals one would undergo what counts is the final result.
7/ Jews and Christians are the enemies of believers they will never approve of the Muslims, beware of them.]
In all religions, there’s a “my deity is stronger than your deity” dynamic that has come to us probably long before the written word. Military victories strengthened a faith, while defeats weakened it. Part of the reason Muslims drifted from Islam towards a blend of Marxism and Fascism was because they were militarily virile, whereas Islam had seen defeat after defeat for centuries. By erasing Hamas, Israel will be doing the non-Islamic world a service. It will signal to all Muslims that Allah is a feckless deity incapable of protecting his most devout followers. The more Muslims fall away from the religion, the fewer the problems we will have with Muslim minorities.