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An Iraqi Tells the Truth, and Takes His Life In His Hands

Aug 6, 2018 9:12 pm By Hugh Fitzgerald

At Memri.org, an astonishing act of truth-telling was recently posted. It’s by a Muslim Arab writer, Ali ‘Abd Al-Karim Al-Sa’di,  who describes his own people, accusing them of being, among other things, “racist, greedy, with expansionist aspirations, and hating the other” — all traits they attribute to Israel — and raising their children to hate all those who are not Muslim Arabs.

The piece speaks for itself, in its nonstop denunciation of Muslim Arabs. The most amazing thing about this piece is not its truthful and outspoken contents, but the fact that its author has not yet been killed.

MEMRI first describes his piece, and then provides a partial transcript:

In an article posted February 28, 2018 on the liberal Arab website Al-Hiwar Al-Mutmaddin (ahewar.org),[1] Iraqi Muslim Arab writer ‘Ali ‘Abd Al-Karim Al-Sa’di harshly criticized Muslim Arabs, saying they are racist, greedy, harbor expansionist aspirations, and hate the other – yet, by a double standard, they attribute all these traits to Israel, and raise their children to hate it and also to hate all those who are not Muslim Arabs. For example, he wrote, the Arabs and Muslims vilify Israel for occupying Palestine, and accuse it of grave crimes and evil intentions, but at the same time take pride in their own conquest of more than 20 lands in the early Islamic era….

Al-Sa’di concluded by condemning the Muslims’ appropriation of God, the next life, and Paradise, excluding from them non-Muslims; he called it “a corrupt, racist, and Nazi idea” and added that all this makes him ashamed to be an Arab.

The following are translated excerpts from Al-Sa’di’s article:

“We always hear that Israel is the source of racism and crime, that it hates the Arabs and Muslims, that it is greedy, that it has expansionist intentions, and other accusations and slogans of this kind, with which they have filled our heads since infancy. I hear [these slogans] recycled at home, on the street, in the school, at the mosque, and in the media. Unfortunately, I was once one of the herd that accepted the ideas, or a particular ideology, imposed by the ruling class, without awareness or analysis. At the same time, sometimes I can forgive myself, because a decade ago, when I was part of the herd, I was only 17. But after I wised up and began to think and ask myself many questions, I realized that these accusations directed against Israel attributing to it racism, expansionist aspirations, greed, and crimes were traits in which we ourselves – not Israel – excel, and are expert. Why, then, do we accuse the other of them?

“I will explain this forthwith. As an Iraqi Muslim Arab citizen, I will talk about my country Iraq, which was [originally] neither Arab nor Muslim. Everyone is aware of the cultures in it, and of its archeology, and also of the history of the Sumerians, the Babylonians, the Assyrians, and the Kurds in it. These peoples are neither Arabs nor Muslims, but at the time of what the Muslims call the futuhat [i.e. the Arab conquests during and after the time of the Prophet Muhammad], and in which they take pride, they conquered Iraq and forced Islam and [the Arab] ethnicity upon [the residents, telling them]: ‘Pay the jizya [poll tax] or convert to Islam’… and thus they Arabized and Islamized [the region] and raised in it the ethnic [Arab] and Islamic flag, at the expense of the other ethnicities and religions, through murdering millions….

‘”As we know, the borders of the [ancient] Arab state are only the Hejaz and Yemen, and within them lived Jews, Christians, and many opponents of Islam, who were all murdered and destroyed in the Battle of Banu Qurayza,[5] and there are Muslims who are ashamed of this [Battle] and attempt to rewrite [its history]. Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, and other countries are not Arab countries, but they became so by force of invasion, and by force of murder and massacre [of their residents]. The Arab conquests [in early Islam] that came to India and Europe and other places failed, and praise Allah for that, because, had they been successful, these countries would have now been Arab-Islamic, and the Arabs would have called them ‘the source of Arabism’ [manba’ al-‘urouba], just as they call Iraq ‘the mind of the Arabs’ [jamjamat al-‘arab].

“The following is an example connected to the Arab Muslims’ attitude towards the Sabians: When I was an elementary school pupil, we had in our class pupils of the Sabian religion. We would ridicule them and exclude them, and when one of them brought us food or water, we would throw it into the garbage in front of him, without thinking about how he felt. Do you know why? Because we were raised to believe that the Sabians were unclean and that contact with them would befoul the body, so we must not eat or drink anything that is theirs. That is what we heard, and we did it without analyzing it for ourselves, because we were young. In addition to this, there were dozens of false accusations that we were taught about them, some of them shameful.

“But as time passed, I knew for sure that everything they told us was a lie, and I realized the power of the racism and hatred of the Arabs towards others. It is an indescribable phenomenon, most shameful and frightening. Hatred [of these others] only because of differences of race, ethnic group, or religion is unjustified. By Allah, is this fair? Is this just? Is this true? Who, then, are the racist Nazis who lust for expansion and occupation? Even their idea about God, the life of the world to come, and Paradise is loathsome, racist, and Nazi. They always claim that ‘the Quran is Arab and the language of the denizens of Paradise is Arabic!’ They think that the Creator and Paradise are theirs and theirs alone….

“Why is the occupation of one single land by Israel – assuming that it is indeed occupation – considered a crime that is forbidden by Islamic law, while your occupation and attacks on more than 20 countries [in early Islam] are allowed according to that same religious law, and you see these as welcome occupations?! Worse, you also regret that the rest of the attacks didn’t go so well, like in Andalusia, India, and other places. What nerve!

“I regret that for 17 years of my life I was misled. I feel that this regret has aroused in me an internal counter-reaction, causing me to hate my affiliation, my origin, and my ethnic group, and from now on I will feel shame when I say I am Arab.

“What the Arabs think and what they do is a bizarre combination of double [standard] and contradiction… that in my view belongs in mental institutions. But I don’t know why the world allows them to carry out their nonsense, and tolerates them! And when will the Arabs notice that they are mentally handicapped?!”…

Read the whole thing here.

Nothing further need be added to this indictment. Indeed, it needs to be left to speak for itself. It’s a furious outburst of candor from a Muslim Arab who can no longer contain himself at the spectacle of so much hate and hypocrisy from his own people. He’s a brave man. And we who, unlike him, are not risking our lives, should pay him the tribute of reading carefully what he has to say. He has earned that. And may he somehow survive.

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  1. gravenimage says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 9:34 pm

    An Iraqi Tells the Truth, and Takes His Life In His Hands
    …………………

    Ali ‘Abd Al-Karim Al-Sa’di is a brave man.

    By the way, his wearing a goatee has been denounced in Iraq as both “gay” and “Jewish”. Young men have been murdered there just for this.

    • mortimer says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 6:04 am

      ARAB RACISM is the dirty hidden secret of Islam. Arabs take it for granted that they are the chosen and SUPERIOR race if not the SUPREMACIST race.

      All Muslims of OTHER RACES … Indonesians, Hindustanis, Africans, etc. all SOON LEARN that Arab Muslims always come first: they are given the best seats, first places in the dining hall, etc.

      ARAB RACISM is NORMATIVE Islam, rather than an aberration. Many converts to Islam LEAVE ISLAM because of ARAB RACISM.

      • christianblood says

        Aug 7, 2018 at 7:44 am

        mortimer posted

        (…ARAB RACISM is the dirty hidden secret of Islam. Arabs take it for granted that they are the chosen and SUPERIOR race if not the SUPREMACIST race…)

        True and Saudi Arabia is the worst, the most supremacist and most barbaric of all Arabs and yet American presidents and other American and Western elites love them, support them in their jihad and bow down to their tyrants and dance with them holding islamic swords! See the video below proving all that: Shame! Shame!

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f35TUFmCtYY

        Jesus says it all!

        (…You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel…) LOL!

        St. Math 23:24

        • Chand says

          Aug 7, 2018 at 9:14 am

          yes, christianblood. That is because the Americans now consider Iran to be a bigger threat than the Saudis and the Sunni states. Just as they thought Marxist atheism was a bigger threat than Islamic Jihadism forty years ago.
          A big mistake again.

        • Terry Gain says

          Aug 7, 2018 at 9:33 am

          Chand

          KSA is exporting terrorism by funding the building of Mosques. Democrats are In favor of importing terrorists. Iran is developing nuclear weapons. KSA is not. President Trump has a lot on his plate. He will turn his full attention to KSA once the mullahs are deposed.

        • christianblood says

          Aug 7, 2018 at 10:48 am

          Terry Gain

          Iran is hated by the US neocons for being independent and not being a US puppet! Neocons are playing the nuclear card and other cards like “terrorism” card to destroy Iran. Remember the WMDs in Iraq???

          And if KSA is exporting terrorism as you rightly acknowledge why then both US and Israel are currently helping Saudis (KSA) develop nukes? More below:

          https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180221-us-may-open-path-for-saudi-arabia-to-acquire-nuclear-weapons/

          https://www.mintpressnews.com/israel-saudi-arabia-nuclear-weapons/243256/

        • christianblood says

          Aug 7, 2018 at 10:58 am

          Chand

          You are right, it is indeed a big mistake, especially after the nonsense WMD story in Iraq which they exactly doing again against Iran, and to some extent Syria! BTW, it is not just Iran that the profoundly ATHEISTIC liberal imperialist West is threatening it is also Russia and you see all the hysterical Russo-phobia which being fed to Western societies daily and Nato forces being bushed further and further into Russian borders! You wonder how long will this craziness go on and humanity can exist peacefully on this planet?

          BTW, General Wesley Clark warned the world about this whole thing several years ago, watch what he had to say at the video clip below:

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 7, 2018 at 9:55 pm

          I see that Christianblood is once again lauding the savagery of Shari’ah, claiming that it is merely a form of “independence” against the United States.

          He would rather that Iran is hanging gay people and stoning women to death than that it shared any American values. *Ugh*.

    • J D S says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 9:28 am

      BRAVE, No! MOST BRAVE!…This alone should be enough to call for his death and I quote….”But I don’t know why the world allows them (Muslim Arabs) to carry out their nonsense…AND WHEN WILL THE ARABS NOTICE THAT THEY ARE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED” end quote.
      A man that speaks the truth is worth more than fine gold and a Muslim who speaks the truth is THAT fine gold.

    • J D S says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 9:48 am

      Can’t post….WHY?

  2. Diane Harvey says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 10:41 pm

    No Golden Rule in Islam.

    And it shows.

    • mortimer says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 6:09 am

      No Golden Rule anywhere, because Allah was not the same god as Jehovah who put it the OT and NT. Moreover, there is not just DUALISM in ethics for dealing with Muslim ‘brothers’ versus the dirty KUFAAR, but there different TIERS of good or bad treatment in Islam. An Indonesian or black Muslim is not treated as well as a Pakistani Muslim, etc.

      Soddy Barbaria has the HIERARCHY of treatment enshrined in LAW:

      In the April 9, 2002 issue, The Wall Street Journal published the concept of blood money in Saudi Arabia. If a person has been killed or caused to die by another, the latter has to pay blood money or compensation, as follows.
      100,000 riyals if the victim is a Muslim man
      50,000 riyals if a Muslim woman
      50,000 riyals if a Christian man
      25,000 riyals if a Christian woman
      6,666 riyals if a Hindu man
      3,333 riyals if a Hindu woman
      According to this hierarchy, a Muslim man’s life is worth 33 times that of a Hindu woman. This hierarchy is based on the Islamic definition of human rights and is rooted in the Quran and Sharia (Islamic law). How can we talk of democracy or human rights for Muslims when the concept of equality is nonexistent in Islam ?

      • Aton says

        Aug 7, 2018 at 6:48 am

        Yes he (she) is the same god. The Israelite god is called Yahweh, Shaddai, Adon, El, Elohim, and Eloah. The latter can also be oronounced Alah, as it is spelt with an aleph.

        This is where the Arab Allah came from. The same god, the same holy-book stories.

        Aton

        • Terry Gain says

          Aug 7, 2018 at 9:36 am

          Nonsense.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 7, 2018 at 10:02 pm

          Aton, the vicious deity of Islam has nothing to do with the loving God of the Bible.

      • J D S says

        Aug 7, 2018 at 9:38 am

        A man who speaks the truth is worth more than gold, yes even find gold, but a Muslim who speaks the truth is THAT fine gold.

      • J D S says

        Aug 7, 2018 at 10:27 am

        +1

  3. Capungmerah says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 12:42 am

    I always pray all countries in this world in peace and freedom withouth war….

  4. narahari says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 1:06 am

    There are indeed a handful of Muslims who realize the truth of Islam.

  5. Z says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 2:06 am

    For doing this odds are he would had been killed anyway. This poor brave man

  6. JDow says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 2:24 am

    Mohammedans will never “get it.” After all, they are the blithering idiots who on one hand declare the Earth is flat like a rug and on the other hand aim their mosques according to great circle routes, which would not exist on a flat Earth.

    {^_^}

    • mortimer says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 9:17 am

      Dow, it takes them many years of agonizing inner dialogue to ‘get it’, because they know their brother or father will kill them if they actually ‘get it’.

      This stops a lot of honest inner dialogues cold.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 7, 2018 at 10:06 pm

        This is true. The death penalty for “blasphemy” and apostasy is intended to do just that.

  7. Buraq says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 2:30 am

    This phenomenon seems to be popping up more and more. Here is another MEMRI video with an Egyptian TV host, Youssef Al-Husseini voicing thoughts that could lead to serious trouble for him. I thought this was a one-off. But no, maybe this truth telling will become more frequent. I hope so.

    • Carol the 1st says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 9:05 pm

      Youssef Al-Husseini (above) is host of a show on the Egyptian channel OnTV. It’s quite amazing that he got away with these declarations (made after the truck attack on the Finsbury Park mosque). His opening remark is a contradiction of his other courageous remarks however:

      “How can anyone decide to carry out a terror attack near a place of worship – near a mosque, a church, or any temple where God is worshipped?”

      This is jarring to the Western mind because “we know them by their fruits” (and not by their convenient self-delusions). God is invariably benevolent to all in proper “religions” and so muslims imagining themselves and their mosques as innocent seekers and cultivators of what is “good” is totally delusional, schizophrenic craziness.

      Al-Husseini replies to muslims who like to claim they are persecuted and there are “conspiracies”. How ludicrous to hear accusations like this coming from people who enshrine the doctrine of AL WALA WAL BARA (LOYALTY to muslims and EMNITY to all others)!??!

      The yogis claim you can’t progress spiritually if your actions betray and belie what is sacred. Over 1400 years far too many muslims (and their complicit enablers) certainly seem to bear out this truth.

      • Carol the 1st says

        Aug 7, 2018 at 10:27 pm

        Let Anwar Al-Awlaki himself share his uplifting words (set to soothing music of course!):

        Al Wala Wal Bara

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 10:10 pm

      +1

  8. joydbrower says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 3:25 am

    What an amazing statement/confession/manifesto!! May Allah/God keep him safe and able to spread his truly “Good Word” to other Arab Muslims,most of whom, as he has stated, are lost in a haze of hated and intolerance. Their lives truly are both pathetic and regrettable!

  9. mortimer says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 5:56 am

    Writer Ali ‘Abd Al-Karim Al-Sa’di is a real man. He stands up to evil bullies without regarding the personal cost… just because it’s the RIGHT thing to do.

  10. duh swami says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 6:31 am

    Fake religions eventually die off due to being ‘found out’…When Islam is ‘found out’, an apostate is born…

  11. Jaladhi says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 6:51 am

    Honest and truthful Muslim is a rarity as this guy is. If all Muslims become like him Islam will disappear in the dustbin f history!! Sooner the better!!

    • Michael Copeland says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 9:04 am

      ….and thinking and critical, two qualities Islam strives to extinguish.

  12. FYI says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 6:56 am

    allah completely missed those essential 2 chief commandments didn’t he?
    These are found in Judaism AND Christianity but NOT in islam.

    These laws are based on LOVE and islam does not subscribe to them.

    allah couldn’t be bothered by all that “love thy neighbor” mullarkey?Why love when allah teaches his muslims to hate.

    “The whole law of Moses and the prophets depend on these 2 commandments”
    Matthew 22 v 40

    ..and yet we see allah completely missed them in his “perfect” book.

    But then allah reveals in koran 4:171 that he doesn’t know where God’s wisdom comes from..

    “say not “three” Cease!It is better for you”;how on earth does allah think he is God when he doesn’t even know where God’s Wisdom comes from?…he must be deluded..

    Which of course he is because he is “the best of deceivers”k3:54.
    he’s even managed to deceive himself.A deceiver’s mind is full of ..deceit.

    Inquiring soul;{holding up 3 fingers}Hey,allah?how many fingers am I holding up?3?

    allah Cease!say not 3:it is better for you.

    Inquiring soul:how can you not know where God’s Wisdom comes from;the Holy Spirit

    allah:the..holy..what..now?Does it have the number 3 in it?Cease,say not three!It is better for you.I hate the number 3.

    • Stan Cook says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 9:11 am

      I am constantly reading about things allah says or allah does. Writers are quoting a thing that has never been proven to exist.

    • dhans says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 11:58 am

      He missed more than two, he missed all ten. How could something that claims to be an Abrahamic faith lack the ten commandments?

  13. Giacomo Latta says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 8:48 am

    We need to hire him as a professor of religious studies and political science at one our many Marxist universities. I don’t know that he’ll be any safer there than in Egypt, though.

  14. Miladmeah says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 8:59 am

    This article made me shake tremble and cry. Kept it down and picked up again several times. After finishing reading wanted to read again. Awfully painful to read the truth and enlightening.

    • Jaladhi says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 10:04 am

      How many educated Muslims will quit Islam after reading the article? I have no hope from average regular Muslim who will be after the blood of this Iraqi!!

  15. peter says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 9:10 am

    He would be the first refugee I trust.

  16. duh swami says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 2:50 pm

    Iblis is stealing my comments…Last night Iblis sneaked into the house and stole my shoes and a Snickers candy bar I had been saving for five years…If I can’t get an Iblis trap at the hardware store, I may have to invent one…

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 10:16 pm

      Jihad Watch is still having some technical problems.

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