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Top Gear Unable to Retrace Lawrence of Arabia Route Due to Islamic Terror

May 22, 2019 1:00 pm By Daniel Greenfield

Lawrence of Arabia’s route hasn’t grown any safer since. And, in part due to the Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt collaborating with Jihadists in the Sinai, is now completely unsafe.

As Top Gear found out.

 

The hosts have continued the format at their new digs, “The Grand Tour,” with the most recent special filmed in Mongolia. The next was to see the trio follow in the footsteps of Thomas Edward Lawrence, more commonly known as Lawrence of Arabia, by traveling from Saudi Arabia to Cairo, Egypt, via the Sinai Peninsula.

Unfortunately the special has been canceled due to terrorism fears, Clarkson revealed in a column published on May 12 in the Sunday Times. An alternative is planned, though, to be filmed in Slough, United Kingdom.

“This would be an epic journey, except it would mean crossing the Sinai Peninsula and, thanks to Isis, the chances of us all arriving on the other side with heads were slim,” Clarkson wrote.

 

This is yet another reminder of the tragedy of Islam.

So many of the world’s natural wonders are inaccessible due to the religious violence of a single group.

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  1. CRUSADER says

    May 22, 2019 at 3:14 pm

    Also on the trail….

    Sharia Crime Stoppers presents:

    Clare Lopez, former CIA Analyst
    and current VP for Research & Analysis at Center for Security Policy.

    Clare Lopez tells us how Turkey is returning to the Ottoman Reign, how they are doing it, and what is happening here on U.S. soil! Turkey’s involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR, and the USCMO umbrella that is providing political candidates for U.S. elections.

    CAIR has lead umbrella group: US Council of Muslim Organizations

    Turkey sponsored this group — as a foreign power working with Muslim Brotherhood.

    “Star Spangled Sharia” book showcases this….

    “Enemies Within” Series:
    Clare Lopez – Turkey NATO Ally No More

    http://www.SecureFreedom.org

    http://www.CenterforSecurityPolicy.org

  2. CRUSADER says

    May 22, 2019 at 3:27 pm

    Remember how the Turks altered TE Lawrence….
    ….whereupon he would soak his white cloak in blood.

    (“No prisoners!”)

    • CRUSADER says

      May 22, 2019 at 5:36 pm

      Under terms of Warfare, Israel held the Sinai for quite a while but gave it up after tough talks with Egypt over LAND FOR PEACE….

      Might’ve been better just to have held on to Sinai, have the Israelis influence the area, secure it, and utilize its oil reserves….

      • t. says

        May 22, 2019 at 10:58 pm

        ”This is yet another reminder of the tragedy of Islam.

        So many of the world’s natural wonders are inaccessible due to the religious violence of a single group.”

        I like this new way of bringing people’s attention to how widespread and disastrous Islam’s influence on the world, Daniel!

        • gravenimage says

          May 23, 2019 at 9:19 pm

          There are places I would love to visit that have been overrun by Muslims–but this is not a wise idea.

    • Mac-101 says

      May 22, 2019 at 5:44 pm

      I was thinkin about posting wasn’t Lawrence of Arabia a GAY Terrorist who lead murderous Muslim terrorist against a sick demented terrorist Ottoman Regime? ?

      • gravenimage says

        May 22, 2019 at 5:55 pm

        He’s an equivocal figure at best–not exactly the straight-forward hero many think.

        • Richard says

          May 22, 2019 at 8:13 pm

          Yes. I brought home a copy of his Seven Pillars of Wisdom from a college course I was taking. My Uncle Barton burned it.

        • Mac-101 says

          May 22, 2019 at 11:26 pm

          Richard, you were best off not readin it if I recall. It’s been 45 years since I read it but I was struck by how sick this “Hero” was!

      • CRUSADER says

        May 23, 2019 at 1:23 am

        Hard to say if Israel would’ve been created if TE Lawrence hadn’t accomplished what he had….

        • gravenimage says

          May 23, 2019 at 9:25 pm

          Hard to tell, CRUSADER–certainly the Ottoman Empire was never going to allow Jews to live in freedom–but Muslims Arabs have been pretty opposed to it, as well.

          As for TE Lawrence himself, he was of the same bloody mind:

          “T. E. Lawrence “of Arabia” Demanded Ethnic Cleansing of Jews From Jerusalem & Palestine; Should be “Assimilated” by Arabs”

          http://www.debbieschlussel.com/67990/t-e-lawrence-of-arabia-demanded-ethnic-cleansing-of-jews-from-jerusalem-should-be-assimilated-by-arabs/

          If any of his actions aided the establishment of Israel, it was unintentional.

        • Mac-101 says

          May 23, 2019 at 10:50 pm

          Thanks Gravin. I don’t remember his Ethnic cleansing demand. It’d be real interesting what the average British Elitist thought of Orientalism and what did Orientalism embrace back at the turn of the 20th century!

        • gravenimage says

          May 25, 2019 at 1:25 am

          Thanks, Mac.

          I think a lot of people in the West thought of Islam as “exotic” at the time, and were on their way to forgetting how dangerous it is.

  3. mortimer says

    May 22, 2019 at 4:34 pm

    President Sisi inherited a Sinai Peninsula filled with terrorists. It seems this highly trained military man has not been able to eliminate the terrorists in the Sinai completely.

    This must be a reflection of the depth of the general commitment to terrorism among Egyptian Muslims, rather than the competence of Sisi. The Egyptian police, army, navy and air force must all be on the take from the terrorists.

    • gravenimage says

      May 22, 2019 at 6:07 pm

      Al Sisi, like most Muslim leaders, only seems to be concerned about Jihadists when they present a direct threat to their own regimes.

  4. gravenimage says

    May 22, 2019 at 5:53 pm

    Top Gear Unable to Retrace Lawrence of Arabia Route Due to Islamic Terror
    ……………………..

    That pretty much says it all.

    And Thomas Edward Lawrence was raped by Turkish Muslim troops, so the route was not safe then, either.

    • Mac-101 says

      May 22, 2019 at 11:30 pm

      If I recall correctly he was flagellated severely also, so one each anniversary of his rape he’d flagellate himself like a Shia.

  5. John Allan says

    May 23, 2019 at 4:37 am

    A British article? Cancelled has two l’s.

    • gravenimage says

      May 25, 2019 at 1:28 am

      Top Gear is British, but this article is from Motor Authority, which may not be.

  6. ChrisLA says

    May 23, 2019 at 10:53 am

    There is a fascinating study of the subtle Islamic content of the movie Lawrence of Arabia — “Lawrence of Arabia as you Never Saw It” by Charles Martel and Louis Palme, available on Amazon. TE Lawrence wrote after the collapse of his mission, “Rebels, especially successful rebels, were of necessity bad subjects and worse governors. . . Anyone who pushed through to success a rebellion of the weak against their masters must come out of it so stained in estimation that afterward nothing in the world would make him feel clean.”

    • gravenimage says

      May 23, 2019 at 9:28 pm

      And what he says is also untrue. The Americans made a pretty good job of it–Muslim barbarians, not so much…

  7. Yokel says

    May 24, 2019 at 8:47 am

    Nobody has commented on the dig at Slough.

    Slough is a town with a VERY high immigrant proportion. If anyone reading this has better knowledge of the town than I, perhaps they could outline a route that would provide TV viewing as good as the journey the trio originally intended.

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