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Debbie Schlussel skewers Richard Gere in his latest role as "Officer of Jihad":
When Richard Gere played an “American Gigolo” in 1980, who knew he’d actually become one, twenty-five years later?This week, Gere is pulling tricks for jihadist Palestinian Johns supporting terror.
Gere’s not just claiming to speak for “the entire world” in ads for Sunday’s Palestinian elections.
He’s co-starring with two Palestinian terrorism supporters, Sheikh Taissir Rajab Al-Tamimi and Atallah (a/k/a Theodosios) Hanna....
There’s Al-Tamimi, the Palestinian Authority’s Chief of Judges and chairman of its Islamic law high council.
He uttered these words: “Islam is escalating and cannot be resisted. I pray that Allah may tear apart America just as the Soviet Union was torn apart.”...
In 1994, Al-Tamimi said, “The Jews are destined to be persecuted, humiliated, and tortured forever, and it is a Muslim duty to see to it that they reap their due. No petty arguments must be allowed to divide us. Where Hitler failed, we must succeed.”...
Then there’s Gere’s other co-star in the Palestinian Get-Out-The-Vote ad: Hanna, the Greek Orthodox Church’s Arab spokesman in Jerusalem.
Well, sort of.
Hanna was fired by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate because of his open support for terrorism. But Hanna continues to claim he speaks on behalf of the Church, anyway.
He has repeatedly expressed his support for homicide bombers and “all forms and methods” of “resistance,” not only against Israel, but also U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
Hanna proudly paraded his views to HAMAS’ news agency:
'These martyrdom freedom fighters are the heroes of the people, and we are proud of them. We categorically reject suspicious attempts to cast suspicion on their deeds. They are not suicidal, as some are claiming. Nor are they terrorists, as others are claiming. They are resisting the occupation.”
Hanna also said, “We support the martyrdom [suicide] operations without any reservations, regardless of what skeptics and opponents of this form of resistance are saying.”
In a January 2003 sermon marking the Epiphany and the baptism of Jesus, Hanna said, “We do not believe in so-called 'peace with Israel' because peace cannot be made with Satan. Israel is the greatest Satan. No concession and no truce must be made [with Israel]. Any type of peace with this entity is concession, submission, and retreat from pan-Arab and national principles…. We encourage our youth to participate in the resistance, to carry out martyrdom attacks.”...
When playing a male prostitute, Richard Gere should stick to the silver screen. While he may be a newly anointed “Officer” of the jihad, he’s definitely no “Gentleman.”
Posted by Robert at January 8, 2005 8:42 AM
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Always nice to see some star comming out of his or her villa and preaching to the common folk.
His Buddhist brethren will be surely glad to hear him speaking about Jihad while so many of them suffered a cruel death due to the islamo-iconoclastic invasions in Central Asia and on the Indian subcontinent.
cheers!
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at January 8, 2005 9:05 AM
I loathe this cretin with every ounce of repulsion his presence elicits.
If he loves the "palestinians" so much, it's probably because as a Buddhist (ahem) he somehow identifies with them as victims of an "oppressive" regime.
In his warped view, he likely equates these Arabs with the Tibetan Buddhist monks who are under threat from the Chinese.
The two groups obviously have something in common, both are very accomplished suicide operatives:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/003437.php
Kamikaze pilots were Buddhists. Explain that Mr. Gere.
at January 8, 2005 11:25 AM
Andrew,
I am sorry, but Buddhism has almost nothing to do with "Kamikaze".
The roots of this fighting method have more to do with Shinto and Bushido if I am not mistaken.
As far as I know there exist or better existed some small Buddhist shools that influenced Bushido codex which was the fundament of Kodo militarism as well.
I am not a Buddhist believer but I think that a lot of the Buddhists whether they are Tibetans, Indians, Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, and Japanese would deny any relationship between Buddhism and Jihadism.
Is there any reasonable reader who studied Buddhism? Shiva, where art thou?
Posted by: nippon at January 8, 2005 11:44 AM
Nippon
"Kamikaze' ('divine wind') is the name given to the typhoon that destroyed the Mongol fleet launched by Kublai Khan against Kyushu in the thirteenth century. Nichiren, a dissident Buddhist priest, had warned the Kamakura Shogunate of the danger of attack, whilst the Emperor Kameyama had prayed for Japan to be saved." In fact Nichiren asserted that the Shinto God of war was the re-incarnation of Buddha himself.
http://www.pbase.com/neilthomas_bham/kamikaze
The Shinto and Buddhist religions merged in the 19th century, then split again later. The interaction of the two religions heavily influenced one another:
"Soon, Buddhist temples in Japan began to incorporate Shinto shrines into their landscape and vice-versa with the Shinto shrines. Shinto priests began to perform their jobs just as the Buddhist monks and teachers did. This blending continued until the 19th century when the two religions were forced to separate once again into two distinct religions. This is where the Emperor Meiji, venerated now as a great kami, comes into play."
http://student.vwc.edu/~jfgrissett/historical_background_of_the_shi.htm
From a Zen Buddhist Site:
"However, Buddhism, the very teaching which was suppose to dislodge violence, actually gave Zen Buddhists an out so they could continue to practice their arts of war--whether they be archery, swordsmanship, or kamikaze piloting."
http://www.pranayama.org/messages/message_06-09-02.html
Here is a memorial at a Buddhist temple honoring a deceased Kamikaze pilot, Mr. Hasegawa-San.
"The students spent most of the day at the Buddhist temple Tenryuji. Upon arrival, a somber event awaited the students as they paid their respects at a special gravesite."
http://www.lonesailor.org/myex080604.php
Not all Kamikaze were Buddhists many were Shinto as well, but the history of the two religions complicates things significantly. It is clear though that the two religions clearly have something to do with each other.
at January 8, 2005 12:55 PM
Yes, Andrew, everything you posted is right.
I know that syncretism makes all a little bit complicated...Just think about the A'um sect several years ago.
The sense of my short thread was redarding the great teachings of Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism.
Now, that is a religion compared to Islam!
at January 8, 2005 1:01 PM
Nippon:
Correction, the URL I reference is actualy a Pranayama site featuring an article on Buddhism.
Also, see this link to dispell the myth that Buddhists are all meditating peace worshipers, singing the Ulm and attaining one with the universe:
Christians Persecuted in Asia. And Even the Buddhists Are on the Enemy’s Side - by Sandro Magister
http://213.92.16.98/ESW_articolo/0,2393,42205,00.htm
Posted by: Andrew at January 8, 2005 1:07 PM
Nippon
"The sense of my short thread was redarding the great teachings of Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism.
Now, that is a religion compared to Islam!"
Please explain, I'd like to know more.
Also Nippon, I wanted to make sure you are aware of the following German language site devoted to Islam which I have dubbed "Islamic Horror for Germans 101".
If you have German friends who wish to learn the reality of Islam, please save this in your bookmarks to give them. German language sites like of this quality are very rare.
http://www.schule.dk/islam/islam.htm
at January 8, 2005 1:13 PM
yes, Andrew I know this site two years now...I also read Bat Yeor and a lot more.
Posted by: nippon at January 8, 2005 1:15 PM
Two years? It must be well maintained. Did you read the article by Col. Qaddafi at the bottom (in English)? I wonder if interior minister Güenther Beckstein has seen it.
Posted by: Andrew at January 8, 2005 1:19 PM
"Also, see this link to dispell the myth that Buddhists are all meditating peace worshipers, singing the Ulm and attaining one with the universe:"
Andrew, I studied Chinese and can read Daoist, Confucianist and also Buddhist scriptures.
I know you are right.The Buddhist Japanes murdered millions of Chinese and the Chinese with a long Buddhist tradition murdered and conquered too
My point is: The core of Mahayana or what ever Buddhist scripture, except those of the "Black" schools cannot be compared to Jihadism which belongs to the core of Islamic teachings.
Entschuldige bitte, aber ich moechte jetzt mit meiner Freundin Spaghetti kochen, ich schreibe Dir das naechste Mal.
Posted by: nippon at January 8, 2005 1:21 PM
Du weisst ja wie Frauen sind...:-)
Ich wuerde sehr gerne jetzt weiter mit Dir diskutieren.
at January 8, 2005 1:23 PM
How very annoying! Theology aside, why do we insist on paying attention to the pronouncements of celebrities that have no bearing whatsoever on the subject at hand? To say that Gere is "only an actor" would denigrate actors, not my intention, but being an actor and a celebrity can only serve in the role of propaganda, not substance, unless he has other qualifications.
Posted by: epg at January 8, 2005 1:33 PM
Nippon,
Ja, ich weiss, dass Du im Orient studiert hast. Auch weiss ich, wie schwer Frauen sein können. Meine Meinung mit dem link von dem hervorragenden Sandro Magister war nicht an dich gerichtet, sondern für leute, die keine Annung vom Thema haben.
Posted by: Andrew at January 8, 2005 1:46 PM
Suggest everyone go to Little Green Footballs and
read hilarious article 'Intifada on Richard Gere.'
Never seems to occur to these Liberal Actors that they would lose their status, rights and millions under Sharia Law. Infidel actors are sons and daughters of Satan and deserve to be hanged in public with their supporting casts according to likes of the Taleban.
at January 8, 2005 4:07 PM
How much longer will the greater part of the American public tolerate fools such as Gere and
his ilk,it is you who have made these people who
they are,you have tolerated their endless rants
about where they know best, and the rest of the
world is wrong.Gere has always paraded himself as a man of the highest morals,which if it were true would be admirable,but it could not be further from the truth.This in your face Hollywood Passive aggression aimed at anyone who doesn't agree with them has got to stop, and it
is up to you the good american people to end the
already fading careers of these egocentric actors
who yearn to be seen as anything but an actor.
at January 8, 2005 9:51 PM
One wonders if people like Gere will ever realize that is the likes of them that the jihadists point to, when it comes to 'corrupt' western values? Along with the MSM and leftist academia that kj enjoys so much.
Posted by: Gary at January 9, 2005 10:23 AM
Along with the MSM and leftist academia that kj enjoys so much.
Yeah, Gary. A Zionist like me just LOOOOOVES the ISM, MSM, whatever. Too bad about all that leftist academia. I guess not everyone can afford to attend Pepperdine or Bob Jones.
Gary, every time you attempt to debate me, I sh*t in your hat and pull it over your ears. By the way, how was your vacation at the "Cross Bar Hotel" a.k.a. "The House of Bad Decisions"? Hope you didn't drop the soap too many times. Maybe you made a few new friends.
Gary, everything you say makes me think that you hate liberals more than Muslims. A true mark of a fanatic is that they always have the same answer. For some fanatics, the answer is always "Blame the JOOOOZ!" For some, it is always "Blame the Crusaders!" For some, it is always "Blame the Lib'ruls!"
Maybe one day you and I will meet at a big Jihadwatch convention or something. You will make a nice warm-up for me before I face DC Watson. (With words only, of course.)
Gere is a fool, plain and simple. He's not a plain, old Buddhist, but a Tibetan Buddhist. Or so I thought.
There's nothing wrong with being a Buddhist. At least the Buddha Sutra doesn't say "KILL KILL KILL" like a certain other two "Holy" books.
Gere is JUST an actor. So is Rambo, Stallone, and Reagan, and Ah-nold. I have NEVER put much faith in anything an actor has to say about anything except acting. Anyone that does is a fool and a dupe.
Gere should be ashamed of himself. Always before, his BIG CAUSE was the ruin of Tibet at the hands of the Red Chinese. Two million killed out of a population of eight million; thousands of ancient temples destroyed; millions of priceless documents destroyed; the Dali Lama's temple turned into a brothel; an entire religion driven into exile (primarily Darmhasala, India. They better hope that Kashmir doesn't go to Pakistan, or they will have to move again.)
The most amazing thing about the Chinese sack of Tibet is that they are atheists and not Muslims. Usually when a people is so thoroughly wrecked, it is the Mobots that are the wreckers.
I guess Gere finally glommed onto the new cause du jour: the poor, suffering, victimized "palestinians." [vomits]
Perhaps Gere never realized that the main reason that NOBODY CARES about the Tibetans is because everyone is preoccupied (no pun intended) with the so-called "palestinians."
Richard, does the money stink? I hope not. Tibet and the genocide, ethnocide, exile, rape, mass murder, and suffering DOESN'T EVEN COMPARE to your precious "palestine."
What a joke. Dick Gere, thy name is "Whore."
And Gary, yours is "putz."
Posted by: kj at January 10, 2005 11:40 AM
Always nice to see some star comming out of his or her villa and preaching to the common folk.
You mean like Charles Heston, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and James Woods? Or just the lib'ruls? Never mind, don't answer.
"Also, see this link to dispell the myth that Buddhists are all meditating peace worshipers, singing the Ulm and attaining one with the universe:"
What is this crap? Are you trying to make us think that Buddhists are anywhere near as violent as Muslims, or trying to sell us some bible-thumping fairytale?
Infidel actors are sons and daughters of Satan and deserve to be hanged in public with their supporting casts according to likes of the Taleban.
Faith and Begorrah! We've got ourselves a Muslim comenter!
Posted by: kj at January 10, 2005 1:20 PM
"Always nice to see some star comming out of his or her villa and preaching to the common folk.
You mean like Charles Heston, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and James Woods? Or just the lib'ruls? Never mind, don't answer."
I mean all of them. An Austrian elected US President? Uahahah!!!
at January 10, 2005 1:33 PM
I don't argue with you at all, kj. As soon as I even suspect the post is by you, I scroll past it. Not worth the effort to read unless it is specific to the article.
Posted by: Gary at January 10, 2005 1:48 PM
And you still lie about returning and answering responses to your 'questions.' When one actively watches for them for several weeks and nothing from you appears, one wonders how long you will keep up your 'revisionist' view of things.
Posted by: Gary at January 11, 2005 10:26 AM
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