In “Islamic Anti-Semitism Must Be Confronted” in Breitbart today, Pamela Geller torpedoes the arrogant Islamic supremacist Qasim Rashid’s whitewashing of Islamic anti-Semitism in Time Magazine.
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Qasim Rashid begins his attack on our American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) ads against Islamic anti-Semitism by stating: “New bus ads in DC say the Qu’ran [sic] promotes Jew-hatred. It’s a meritless, dangerous accusation.” He even claims that “Islamophobes are fabricating the myth that Islam promotes Jew-hatred by taking out ads on D.C. buses.”
It’s “Islamophobes” who are “fabricating the myth that Islam promotes Jew-hatred”? How odd, then, that so many Muslims have bought into that “myth,” including Hamas lawmaker Yunis Al-Astal, who recently declared that the Qur’an directs Muslims to “massacre” Jews; and Senior Palestinian Authority official Abbas Zaki, who said in March: “I believe that Allah will gather [the Jews] so we can kill them.”
Rashid, however, appears more interested in defaming us rather than really combating this Islamic anti-Semitism, as he characterizes our ad as “promoting pictures of Adolf Hitler,” as if we were pro-Nazi, when what it actually depicts is the Mufti of Jerusalem, one of the world’s foremost Muslim leaders of that time, meeting with Hitler.
Likewise disingenuous is Rashid’s claim that “nothing in the Qur’an or in Prophet Muhammad’s example supports the myth of ‘Islamic Jew hatred.’” He discusses two Qur’an verses at length, purporting to prove that they aren’t as anti-Semitic as they appear. But he ignores others that are much worse than the ones he discusses, such as 3:181-182, which excoriates the Jews for “slaying of prophets against all right” and says they are bound for hellfire; 5:51, which tells Muslims: “Do not take the Jews and the Christians for your allies”; 5:64, which says that the Jews are “rejected” by God; 5:82, which says that “of all people, the most hostile to those who believe are the Jews”; 9:29, which tells Muslims to fight against the “People of the Book” (Jews and Christians) “until they pay the jizya [poll tax] with willing submission and feel themselves subdued”; and 9:30, which claims that “the Jews say, ‘Ezra is God’s son’” and exclaims: “May God destroy them!” And there are others also.
Rashid claims that “far from ‘Jew hatred,’ the Qur’an 2:63 repeatedly declares that the Jews shall attain eternal paradise.” However, the two most popular English translators of the Qur’an, Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, as well as Muhammad Asad, translator of the allegedly “moderate” Qur’an that the Council on American-Islamic Relations is giving away for free, all feel it necessary to add parenthetical glosses that make the passage mean that Jews and Christians will be saved only if they become Muslims. And according to Ibn Abbas, the cousin of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, this verse was abrogated by Qur’an 3:85: “If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).” Also, Qur’an 98:6, which says that Jews who do not accept Muhammad as a prophet and become Muslims are “the most vile of created beings.”
Rashid spends a great deal of time excoriating Christian anti-Semitism, and it rightly should be excoriated; however, it is not Christians who are responsible for the sharp recent rise in anti-Semitism in post-Christian Europe; it is that continent’s rapidly increasing number of Muslims. Yet while noting that “anti-Semitism is a worldwide epidemic,” Rashid ignores the fact that its highest levels are found in Muslim countries.
Most dishonestly of all, Rashid claims that “per Islamic teaching, Prophet Muhammad treated Jews as equals and with compassion.” He doesn’t mention that Muhammad exiled two of the three Jewish tribes he found in Medina and massacred the third, and then massacred the exiles at the oasis of Khaybar in northern Arabia, giving rise to the chant that jihadis repeat even today: “Khaybar, Khaybar, O Jews, the army of Muhammad will return.” Rashid claims to want to “root out anti-Semitism wherever it exists,” and yet he criticizes our ads for focusing on one of its primary sources. Does he really want to stop Islamic anti-Semitism, or allow it to grow and fester while the larger population remains ignorant and complacent about it? If he is sincere in his opposition to it, I hope he will drop his wrongheaded and defamatory opposition to our ads and join us in fighting this growing scourge.
Concerned says
We appear to be in sate of limbo at the moment. I can’t think of anybody that does not think that Islam poses a danger to civilization, except MSM, lefties, apologists and of course muslims.
And to be honest Islam is winning. I can’t see any western organisations that are anywhere near capable of dealing with this rising tide…
Allowing people to express opinions on radio, net etc is all good because at least it lets us feel we are not alone.
But we have nothing to compare with the muslims when it comes to getting out and doing something.
I’ve looked online and seen the passion and energy shown by muslims when they are angry.
We have nothing in comparison.
I’m tired of reading about how nasty this religion is. We know it.
I’m no leader but like millions of others I’m waiting for an intelligent group to come along that can focus our energy in the Defence of our hard won freedoms.
Tim Arnolod says
The US constitution guarantees my right to criticize the government and other religions. When Muslims attempt to convince me and others to waive our constitutional right and fall under Sariah anti- blaspheme rules, and people obey, it is a bigger travesty than they can possibly imagine. It nullifies the deaths of all the soldiers that died to secure our right to speak out. It also renders null and void the constitution and the utility of our government. We need to focus our attention on those institutions that cowardly submit to the anti-blasphemy demands of the Muslim. Fight Back. Muslims think they will take over America, but they don’t realize that even if they remove every member of our military that there is approximately 1 gun in every home. We are all armed, and will gladly fight for freedom as our forefathers did.
OldBlackCat says
Well said! as a former military member, and a widow of a navy veteran, and a woman who is FREE and INDEPENDENT – and well armed – I hate what islam stands for – the subjugation of all FREE PEOPLE! No way will I ever ever ever bow to islam, to muslims or that barbarian of a pedophile prophet! Never! I bend my knee down only to God and Jesus Christ, Son of God. WHen Obama said that about “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam” and then his appeasement to us Christians by: ” But to be credible, those who condemn that slander must also condemn the hate we see and the images of Jesus Christ that are desecrated or churches that are destroyed. Or the Holocaust that is denied.”
The KORAN calls for the attack and destruction of CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES! The hatred of Jews, Christians and other non-believers!’ The Koran is just hate speech, clear and simple.
I plan on again writing to my Congressmen and Senator and a cc to the White House. The more ALL OF US WRITE AND PROTEST the better! Muslims are ONLY .6% of the US Population and we need to keep it below 1% or we will be having the same problems in Britain and Europe! Write, write, write! Even to newspapers, to CNN (Commie News Network) and I support Robert and Pamela and Dr. David Wood BY MAKING DONATIONS of $20 or $50 – TAX DEDUCTABLE! Let’s us FUND our PROPONENTS OF FREEDOM here folks! LOVE and HUGS TO ALL !!!
OldBlackCat says
I totally agree with you. How do we organize? Robert Spencer and Pam have a good head start. then perhaps we need to have another group. I have written both my Congressmen and our Senator. Time to write them again! Push, push, push as much as muslims push push push. I would propose a group. “We the Free People against the koran!” the Jews, the Christians, the gays, the non-believers, the atheists, i.e. ALL the FREE PEOPLE! ban against anything islam, muslim and that hate-filled koran waving be brought up in the light to be examined in the clear light of OUR LAWS of the USA. Visiting aliens against the Constitution and the BIll of Rights need to return to country of origin. Starting in Dearborn Michigan, then go to CAIR to check immigration status!
raylanfear says
Anwar Awlaki, was an imam at a Mosque in America, now we have over 2500 Mosques and some of them do breed in grown homeland terrorists. Is there really moderate Muslims and how can you really tell the difference?
We have yet to learn from the tragedy of 9/11. After over a decade of violence and terror from Islam, it has not been resolved. Ayaan Hirsi Ali perhaps said it best, “Violence is inherent in Islam”. It must be noted that Ayaan has won every single debate on the subject as to whether or not Islam is a religion of peace. It is not. She speaks from experience as a former Muslim, and speaks out against radical Islam and Sharia Law. She has been accused of hate speech and has death threats on her life, merely for telling the truth.
There was a time when our government thought that Anwar Awlaki (American born terrorist and Iman preacher at a Virginia Mosque and main recruiter for al Qaeda) was a moderate Muslim, and actually invited him to speak to members of Congress and our military officers.
He had them all fooled, using taqiyya (The practice of concealing one’s beliefs in dangerous circumstances originates in the Qur’an, which deems blameless those who disguise their beliefs in such cases.[8] The practice of taqiyya in difficult circumstances is considered legitimate by Muslims of various sects. Practically, taqiyya is any form of lying, deceit, misleading, half-truths or related practices condoned by Islamic doctrine to further the growth of Islam or to protect the individual from harm. Taqiyya is one of the reasons we are “surprised” by acts of violence or terror from those previously considered to be “moderate” Muslims. .”
In other words it is OK for Muslims to lie to accomplish their mission. He was an American born terrorist who incited English speaking Muslims to commit terrorist acts. He preached to 3 of the 9/11 hijackers and was linked with Nidal Hassan who committed the Fort Hood massacre. Awlaki preached a hateful ideology an inciting violence against America and a leader of al Qaeda.
A good friend of Anwar Awlaki is Ism Suhaib Webb who worked alongside of Awlaki and also joined al Qaeda. Where do you think Ism Sahib Webb is today, almost too shocking to believe but he teaches the future of Muslim leadership in America at a college in Claremont, California called Bayan College (Bayan known for Honest Man?) How pathetic and perhaps dangerous?
Why he was even allowed back into the United States for his known terrorist connections why was he not arrested let alone teaches at a college? He apparently has convinced the government that he is a moderate Muslim, (will we never learn that it’s OK to lie?) Just Google “theprojectmuslimbrotherhood” their doctrine to destroy America from within by stealth jihad, lies and deception just like Anwar Awlaki, who had the majority of our governments convinced, he was just a moderate Muslim. . Anwar Awlaki, the leader of Al Qaeda was killed in a drone attack by President Obama. Authorized drone attack on 9/20/2011.
The mainstream news has no idea that this man “Ism Suhaib Webb” is now teaching at Bayan College, nor do they care. . Also on the staff, is Salam Al Marayati, who has defended terrorist acts and the groups that carry them out? Dr. Asifa Quraishi Landes who defends Sharia law is also on the staff there. Perhaps this college should be investigated, or at least the entire faculty investigated. We need to see what is really being taught there, before we have another “clone” of Anwar Awlaki in America. What is your thoughts America? Please comment.
Cathy says
I will comment…
We need to expose and remove trash like this from our children’s collages. You should contact the head of this collage and ask them what is going on and why they have a terrorist teaching classes. If this is an elected board, do everything you can to remove them. Is this a community collage or a state funded collage? We let these things happen because we do nothing to stop them, partially because we can’t imagine that people like this exist.
OldBlackCat says
Yes Ryalan, you are correct. I have written both my Congressmen and Senator (I’m from Virginia) about these muslim immigration issues. I am a free woman, a widow and believe that our population of muslims needs to be kept below the present .6% of is shown on the US Census of 2010. We should send these names to our representatives and demand their trial for treason or remove them from the USA.
jewdog says
I did not read this guy’s essay in Time, but I challenge anyone to ever find an instance of genuine self-criticism, where a Muslim actually admits that the Islamic texts contain any unambiguously repellent or hateful statements, without hedging.
You won’t, because the Koran is the unerring word of Allah and Allah doesn’t ever do wrong. In any case, real criticism could be construed as blasphemy or apostasy, both capital crimes.
And that, in a nutshell, is why Islam has not evolved and has stagnated for centuries.
By the way, Time should do the right thing and let Robert or Pamela reply. Ha!
richard Sherman says
The sociopath MUHAMMAD PERSONALLY DECAPITATED 900 UNARMED Jews of the Banu Quarayza tribe and then enslaved approximately 1000 Jewish girls and women. Hitler, Himler, Heydrich, etc simply copied MUHAMMAD in their slaughter of unarmed Jews.
Sweetness says
I just Love all these JW comments and the posters! Yes, even the vile ones. I miss Malem. I’m thinking about writing a book called, “Islam is evil. Any questions?” all of you could contribute! Or we could all write 3000 books with that same title. I’m sure that we would not run out of examples or answers. The race is on!
Champ ♥ says
Thank you, Sweetness! 🙂
And I love the title of your book; as it gets right to the point. Yes, islam is evil–no question about it.
mortimer says
The Koran is a duplicitous document divided in two between the Meccan and Medinan verses.
It is obvious that Mohammed’s preaching of religion was a failure, but his preaching of torture, enslavement, rape, plunder and conquest hit the spot with primitive, greedy desert men.
Islam’s high conversion rate in jails reflects the appeal of Islam to the criminal mind.
mortimer says
The Muslim Brotherhood copied Mussolini’s fascists and those of Hitler. The Muslim Brotherhood is the Egyptian equivalent of the Nazi Party.
ben t says
Google B’nai Brith’s documentary “RIGHTEOUS ENEMY” and Wall Street Journal columnist Dorothy Rabinowitz’ ” AN ARMY OF SHINDLERS:” of 8/20/09. I am not in any way a supporter of fascism or an ant-semite but, truth be told, ITALIAN FASCISM WAS NOT ANTI-SEMITIC!! On the contrary, glory-hound Mussolini was trying to recreate a MULTI-CULTURAL, MULTI-RELIGIOUS, MULTI-ETHNIC, MULTI-RACIAL ROMAN EMPIRE!!!!! This is exactly the opposite of Hitler’s idiotic racist BLOND, NORDIC ARYANISM.
Read history!! Abandon leftist sterotypes!
traeh says
The Head of the Fatwa Committee at Al-Azhar University, the chief center of Islamic and Arabic learning in the world, lists one good quality and twenty evil qualities of the Jews according to the Qur’an
The following article, with its numbered list of Qur’an-sourced statements of anti-semitism, used to be posted at IslamOnline.net, but the scandal of it apparently made Islam Online decide it prudent to remove the article for the time being. It can still be found, however, at numerous other sites on the web by pasting some of the below text into Google. Sheikh ‘Atiyyah Saqr (died 2006), the Head of the Fatwa Committee at Al-Azhar University, the chief center of Islamic and Arabic learning in the world, wrote the article. Here it is:
End of the Al-Azhar Sheikh’s Qur’an citations about the Jews.
— Quoting Islam
Richard James says
The fact that muslims use phoney exegesis of Koranic verses like these about jews, that in public they deny the realities of their religion to us kuffaar, that they indulge endlessly in taqiyya and kitman, is evidence that they know at a deep level that their religion is evil and unacceptable.
All other believers in the major religions see their own religions as good news to be offered to others openly to others and celebrated, or as something private for themselves. Only muslims lie about their religion, only islam insists on the need for lying about islam.
Can you imagine what a horrible mental and spiritual experience it must be to be a muslim, knowing that the religion to which you have given your energy, your commitment, your soul, is so loathsome that you have constantly to lie about it?
It must feel bad – but still nowhere near as bad as being a non-muslim who has to live around those lying, murderous, evil muslims, as I do.
The journalists at Time Magazine, like those at NYT and those at the Guardian in the UK, and their like in our media, educational, and political establishments who enable this evil, deserve to be treated with the same lack of pity as muslims should be, come the day that the tide in the West finally turns against islam, which it will.
Tim Arnold says
Very well put!
dumbledoresarmy says
“Can you imagine what a horrible mental and spiritual experience it must be to be a muslim, knowing that the religion to which you have given your energy, your commitment, your soul, is so loathsome that you have constantly to lie about it?”
There are probably some. One can see that in the EX-Muslims, like Hirsi Ali, NOnie Darwish, Magdi Allam, Wafa Sultan, Mark Gabriel: gifted by God (I believe) with a strong natural sense of empathy and with a questioning mind; willing and able to hear that still small voice of conscience, or that niggle of curiosity, openness to Reality, able to think outside the box of their brainwashing, and brave enough to *act* on that Voice, follow that “niggle”, all the way up and out of the darkness into the light.
But then there may be others…others for whom *telling the lies is FUN*.
It’s not so hard to imagine, because such people occur in all human societies. We’ve *got* people like that among *us*…the professional conmen, and the psycho serial killers. They view other human beings as Things, as Prey, to manipulate, to rip off, to hurt, for fun and profit. Or to destroy, also for fun.
In our society, people like that are usually identified as criminals, and once we realize that somebody is up to that sort of cr*p, we hunt them down and put them in prison.
But…imagine people like that, born into the Ummah! It’s a perfect fit. *They* are the desired Norm! They are free to do their thing – to anybody weaker than themselves, and of course to non-Muslims, who are framed as Lawful Prey and as Mortal Enemy (so doing evil sh*t to Infidels is just what Infidels deserve).
Worse: in *Islam* those who are born with a normal measure of intelligence and empathy – born “neurologically normal”, so to speak [ie what we would call normal] are subjected to a brainwashing and indoctrination…and ABUSE…process that is designed to reprogram them into…the type of evil personality I have just described. To *make* them into ‘clones’ of mohammed, passive vehicles of the Islam Program.
To *train* them, from toddlerhood on up, to view Infidels in much the same way as a conman and a psycho serial killer, here among us, views his victims. With predatory contempt.
Myxlplik says
And journalists wonder why their profession is dying. We don’t trust you to tell the truth. We use you for general information and totally ignore the rest.
Soon human journalists will be obsolete.
http://www.wired.com/2012/04/can-an-algorithm-write-a-better-news-story-than-a-human-reporter/
RodSerling says
OT: “Italy: Muslim Destroys Public Library – Reason: No Qurans To Be Found On The Shelves”
http://islamversuseurope.blogspot.ca/2014/05/italy-muslim-destroys-public-library.html
From:
http://fr.novopress.info/166886/italie-bibliotheque-municipale-na-pas-coran-senegalais-detruit/
Corroboration:
http://www.genova24.it/2014/05/non-ce-il-corano-24enne-infuriato-distrugge-biblioteca-busalla-arrestato-67526/
http://www.genovatoday.it/cronaca/busalla-biblioteca-arresto.html
Dennis Trisker says
I have heard from the mouth of Muslims, in the Middle Eastern countries where I have lived, blaming every problem that they had on the Jews.