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Radical Reform and the Arab Agenda By Jimmy Bitton November 9, 2004 Since Israel’s birth in May 14, 1948, Arab countries have waged four full-scale wars against it in 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973. In each conflict, the struggling nation managed to inflict a humiliating defeat on the vastly larger and better equipped Arab armies. Henceforth, the overriding question that has continued to plague the Arab world is why was a small nation like able to crush the numerically larger and better equipped armies of several Arab countries, not once but four times in a row? In his book, 'The Arab Mind', the late renowned anthropologist Raphael Patai presents an account of Arab attempts to answer this question. There, one of the most influential of Arab intellectuals, Dr. Zurayk, argues that the war to “uproot Zionism” will not be achieved as long as Arabs remain in their present static condition. The road to victory, he insists, lies in radical changes in the situation of the Arabs, and in a complete transformation of their modes of thought, action and life. In Dr. Zurayk’s words: The roots of Zionism are grounded in modern Western life while we [in the Arab world] for the most part are still distant from this life and hostile to it. They live in the present and for the future, while we continue to dream the dreams of the past and to stupefy ourselves with its fading glory. In order to achieve their aim [defeating the Zionists], the Arabs must unite, become progressive, and establish a sound Arab being. Dr. Zurayk’s remedy to uplift Arab pride traumatized by the consecutive defeats is to attribute defeat to fixable “Arab shortcomings”. Such a proposition offers a pragmatic solution to the “Israel question” whereby victory once again seems attainable. With a strategy for victory within reach, the Arab world is now encouraged to make revolutionary changes to their largely static society for the sole and radical end of destroying Israel. In brief, Dr. Zurayk has suggested that Arabs can achieve victory by making the “enemy the exemplar.” Accordingly, with this doomsday scenario in mind, one should become familiar with the great body of evidence available to us and include it in any predictive discourse. One of the reasons there has not been any genuine peace initiative coming from the Arab world is that peace without an Arab victory would symbolize not only a capitulation but also an admission of helplessness. It does a lot more than just that. Many have to be questioning the teachings of their Koran:
Consequently, there arose the need to restore Arab national pride. It was for this reason that on September 1, 1967, at the Khartoum Arab Summit, Arab states adopted the dictum of “Three Nos” regarding Israel: “no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negations with Israel.” From an Islamic view, Israel symbolizes a breach in God’s law and a danger to the social and political balance in the world. Israel’s victory greatly disrupted aspirations of regional hegemony, which is founded on the notion that Muslims, the bearers of divine truth, are destined to be rewarded with triumph.
On November 5, 1978, a resolution was passed at the Thirteenth Arab Summit in Baghdad following the Egyptian government’s unilateral actions at the Camp David Accords of September 17, 1978: “The cause of Palestine is an Arab fateful cause; it is the essence of the struggle against the Zionist enemy.” [Palestine denies the Son of God - a major teaching of Islam] It should be noted that participants of the summit decided to boycott Egypt in response to its peace treaty with Israel. After the Taba crises, when Egypt demanded the strip of Sinai land from Israel to complete the Israeli withdrawal, the Arab world resumed its ties with Egypt. Though Egypt and Jordan both have maintained peace treaties with Israel, in 1999, Egyptian Defence Minister Muhammad Tantawi told his General Staff, “We must be prepared for war with Israel.” Also in complete violation of the peace treaty, Egypt recalled its Ambassador to Israel in 2001. More recently, Egypt conducted an offensive military exercise where it identified its “hypothetical” enemy as Israel (usually referred to as “the neighbour to the north”) because Muslims don't like saying the name Israel - a name that came from God - not man]. A recent publication by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace reports that the Egyptian curriculum does not recognize Israel as a sovereign state. With regard to Jordan, it should be said that there is a great discrepancy between the relatively warm relations between Amman and Jerusalem, and the sentiments of the Palestinian majority in Jordan who believe that the Hashemite rulers lack legitimacy. In other words, though the government of Jordan has made peace with Israel, the overwhelming majority of Jordanians have not.
Dr. Zurayk's comments and the many others coming out of the Arab world today are indistinguishable. Though many Arab states have professed a willingness to recognize Israel as a sovereign state providing the creation of a Palestinian one, the sacred prohibition of making peace with Israel remains the underlying policy.
The current sentiment of the mainstream Arab world, as is frequently exposed, is consistent with the official Arab position affirmed at the Khartoum Arab Summit. [which leaves one to ask - why do the leaders of the U.N. and of the west believe that a state called Palestine will bring peace? It's just another 'land for peace' deal - and they do not work...not with the commands of the Koran ]
At present, there are two opposing strategies being employed to destroy Israel: one being religious and social reform (an enlightened approach); and the other, the encouragement of exegetically inspired ideas of jihad (a dogmatic approach).
The latter is a direct outcome of the fact that Islam may recognize only religious rights for dhimmis (Jews and Christians) {not true] rejecting all national characteristics, while the former constitutes a radical, secular response to the challenge formulated by the Arabs themselves.
Jews and Christians believe that God sends His Son into the world - that it 'might' be saved} Jhn 3:17. [Some Jews don't believe Jesus is that Son]
Muslims are taught - [by one accuser who is not an eye witness of Jesus]
009.030 The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!
037.151 Is it not that they say, from their own invention,
037.152 Allah has begotten children? but they are liars!
019.088 They say: (Allah) Most Gracious has begotten a son!
019.089 Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!
The Koran calls all of the eye witnesses in the New Testament --- liars! and the Prophets of the old testament - liars.
Psa 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Those who believe in the Son of God are therefore - according to the Koran - 'Unbelievers'
The command concerning the 'Unbelievers' for Muslims is this:
009.029 Fight those who believe not in Allah
009.005 fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war.
002.191 Slay them wherever ye catch them
002.216 Fighting is prescribed for you
047.004 Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks. [Behead them]
004.095 Not equal are those believers who sit at home and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit at home. Unto all in Faith Hath Allah promised good: But those who strive and fight hath He distinguished above those who sit at home by a special reward.
What makes the voices of this world who preach 'Diversity' and 'Tolerance' - think that the devout Muslims will obey them over their allah?
They have prepared a sure recipe for a major bloodbath.
For the self-professing 'Christian' leaders who have been pushing the 'Diversity' 'Dialogue' and 'Tolerance' theme ... they have violated this command:
2Jo 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine of Christ [which preaches True Peace], receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
That is a command for the benefit of all!
Mat 25:32 Before Him [the King of kings] shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another.
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