Tawfiq Tirawi’s position here is entirely incoherent. The Qur’an says that Jesus was not crucified:
“And their saying, ‘Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.’ And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but another was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain.” (Qur’an 4:157)
If he wasn’t crucified, how could he be a martyr?
But anything will do to advance the “Palestinian” claim to be a people, the indigenous people of the area, and to fabricate a history for that people. Get the details of this and find out why it is being done in The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process.
“Jesus was not only ‘first Palestinian’ – he was ‘first Islamic Martyr,'” by Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch, December 29, 2019:
There were repeated new claims this week, by senior Palestinian leaders and the official press, that Jesus was a “Palestinian” and the “first Palestinian.” A senior Palestinian leader this week also referred to Jesus as the “first Shahid,” or Islamic Martyr, which many believing Christians find very offensive. According to the Islamic tradition, which the Palestinian Authority has repeated many times to its people, among the rewards that the Islamic Martyr receives in Islam’s paradise are 72 dark-eyed virgins. Whereas claiming that Jesus who was a Judean (Jew) was a Palestinian is nonsensical for believing Christians, saying he is now in Islamic Paradise with 72 virgins is seen by many as defamation.
Tawfiq Tirawi, senior Palestinian leader and Fatah Central Committee member posted on his personal Facebook page:
“This is blessed Christmas, The birthday of our lord Jesus the Messiah, the first Palestinian and the first Shahid (Islamic Martyr).”
[Tawfiq Tirawi Facebook page, Dec. 24, 2019]
Others claiming Jesus include Laila Ghannam, District Governor of Ramallah:
“The entire Palestinian people celebrates Christmas because we are proud of Jesus being Palestinian.”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Dec. 24, 2019]
Muwaffaq Matar, Fatah Revolutionary Council member and regular columnist for the official PA daily, wrote:
“If someone could win the Nobel Peace Prize every year forever, it is Palestinian Jesus son of Mary who was born in Bethlehem… Palestinian Jesus son of Mary was a victim…”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Dec. 26, 2019]
It should be noted that the expression by Tirawi “our lord Jesus” is not an indication of Palestinian acceptance of the principles of Christianity. According to Islamic tradition, as explained in the following quote by the top PA religious figure, PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein, Jesus is said to have been a Muslim who preached Islam:
PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein: “We’re talking about an ongoing chain [of prophets of the Islam], from Adam to Muhammad. It’s an ongoing chain, representing the call for monotheism, and the mission of Islam… The prophets were all of the same religion [Islam]… Jesus was born in this land. He lived in this land. It is known that he was born in Bethlehem… He also lived in Nazereth, moved to Jerusalem. So he was a Palestinian par excellence… We respect Jesus, we believe in him [as a Muslim prophet], just as we believe in the prophet Muhammad.”…
FYI says
1]Jesus was JEWISH
“We Jews know whom we worship because it is from the Jews that salvation comes”
John 4 v 22
This statement is in the Gospel :a book which allah claims he bestowed upon Jesus k5:46 and which at the time of writing of the koran ,he confirms as being TRUE {koran 3:3}
But try telling al lah the Arab god of islam ,al lah{“the BEST of deceivers” k3;54}that the Jews were given a CENTRAL role in YHWH/God’s plan of salvation.
“They{i.e the Jews and christians} are the worst of created beings”
koran 98 v 6
2]The koran insists that it is the Children of Israel who were given the prophethood {koran 45:16} so by the koran’s logic,only a Jew would qualify as an authentic prophet.
Jesus of course was Jewish and thus by the koran’s criterion of k45:16 would qualify.
muahmmed was NOT Jewish.
muhammed,laughably and ludicrously,since he was NOT Jewish would NOT qualify on that same criterion as an authentic prophet as he was NOT from the “children of Israel”, a necessary requirement according to the koran as to being an authentic prophet.
But then as we know, the koran and logic{and the presence of the Holy Spirit and the 2 chief commandments of God and the Exodus 20 laws,and the understanding of the central role of the Jews etc…}were separated at birth.
That koran is an ARAB book written for ARABS{koran 14:4} ,by ARABS, on behalf of their ARAB god al lah,the god who only speaks Arabic and has two right hands{sahih muslim 1827}
Any attempt to claim Jesus the Jew as a “palestinian” is to be dismissed as nonsense.
mortimer says
Excellent points by FYI.
It is preposterous to call Jesus by a name (‘Palestinian’) which came into usage 100 years after his death. That is called an ‘ANACHRONISM’.
Example: If a movie about ancient Egypt showed a Pharaoh wearing a wristwatch, the wristwatch would be an example of an ‘ANACHRONISM’.
Similarly, to call Jesus ‘Palestinian’ is an ANACHRONISM, because the Romans re-named JUDEA
as ‘Syria Palaestina’ in 135AD, about 100 years after the death of Jesus.
‘Syria Palaestina’ was a Roman province between 135 AD and about 390. It was established by the merger of Roman Syria and Roman Judaea, following the defeat of the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 AD.
ANACHRONISM is defined as the representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed.
ISLAM’S source texts are FILLED with ludicrous ANACHRONISMS, such as PHARAOH existing at the time of HAMAN (when they lived many hundreds of years apart) or Miriam the sister of Moses and Aaron assumed to be the same as the Virgin Mary (who lived .
Muslims think of ANACHRONISM as NORMATIVE ISLAM … thus their minds are discombobulated and asynchronicity is accepted as part of Islam.
Allah contradicts reality and logic and Muslims do not challenge it … Muslims censor the faculty of critical thought so they may remain in Islam.
The Koran was written by humans … confused, careless humans. Muslims imitating the Koran are careless and confused by real history. They have no use for it.
Wellington says
“Any attempt to claim Jesus the Jew as a “palestinian” is to be dismissed as nonsense.”
Completely agree, FYI, but the problem is that if you adhere to Islam you are already deeply mired in nonsense and so more nonsense added to nonsense = nonsense. Rather like 0 x 0 = 0.
gravenimage says
Grimly, FYI and Wellington, this vicious ahistorical bs is being pushed by Muslims, especially the “Palestinians”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Jesus
Jule Bacal says
And it must be dismissed Publicly, often and Clearly.
Jule Bacal says
Its power play to fit their story. First they steal Judaism and say Islam is the one and Only Abrahamic Religion because Jews were cursed by Allah (which is why they say Muslims must rule Israel and all Abrahams sites.)…and then try to steal Christianity by saying Jesus was not Jewish but part of what became Islam. They say Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus were all Muslim because Islam is the Only pure Religion. Islam says Christianity got off track, say God is Three so are pagan and is not legitimate. And of course Islam says Mohammed was the LAST prophet Of Abraham and Final word on how the world should operate.
Michael Copeland says
How was Jesus a “victim”?
He was not killed according to Islam.
Infidel says
Is Tarawi a Pali Muslim or a Pali Christian? If he’s a Pali Muslim, then it’s indeed self-contradictory, given the Muslim claim that Christ wasn’t crucified.
But what do Pali Christians – thinking the likes of Hanan Ashrawi here – think of the Islamic claim that Christ wasn’t crucified? Do they believe that, or do they believe, like Tarawi does, that he’s the first Pali martyr
There’s also that small factoid of Christ being a Jew. Had he dared stray into Bethlehem today, unidentified, he’d have been lynched by the Palis there
gravenimage says
I don’t think you’d find a non-Muslim this high in the Palestinian Authority, Infidel.
keya says
Islam is so fragile that it cannot stand on its own. So they have to claim the Lord Savior as their own to give islam more weight.
Billy Chickens says
The Quran is a book of lies, from the father of lies, who created a religion of lies, for a prophet who lied to followers of that religion who are liars.
Maria Costa says
OK: Jesus was a Jew; all his family were Jews. He had his circumcision at the Temple in due time.
He went to the Temple of Jerusalém to pray and to speak, and his followers did it too.
He had a different idea how the Torah was to be obeyed: some believe it, some didn’ t.
Palestina was not a name used by then -just later; and of course he was not a muslim, or Arab.
ToBeFrank says
Forgetting all the obvious reasons as to why Jesus was never a Palestinian; I’ll go with this reason, Jesus was never a Suicide Bomber.
ntesdorf says
Islamic thinking is so dualistic, muddled, schizophrenic, and absurd that every now and then they say something that for a brief instant seems to make some sense but a moment of reflections shows that this is an illusion.
gravenimage says
“Palestinian” top dog: Jesus “the first Palestinian and the first Shahid (Islamic Martyr)”
……………..
As Robert Spencer points out, calling Jesus a “Martyr” makes no sense since Muslims say that “prophet Isa” did not die.
But what do Muslims care about being logically consistent? They aren’t going to pass up a chance to lie about Christianity.
Even more offensive was Reza Aslan’s “Zealot”, where Jesus was portrayed as a “Palestinian” Jihadist. Just appalling.
Liz says
+1!
R Russell says
The Muslims have re-written a great deal of history, why should Jesus and Judah be exempt?
jca reid says
Muslims lay claim to EVERYTHING. This is because once Islam took hold it literally wiped out any progression & development in Human Endeavour. Its so-called “Universities” are at the bottom of world league tables. They STILL teach that the Sun orbits the Earth & is smaller than the Earth! As Churchill said – “No greater retrograde force exists.” Check it out in his book: “The River War.”, published around 1898-9. It’s available on youtube.com in various forms.
Trouble says
Blasphemous,highly offensive,historically inaccurate, false and vexatious.
Jesus was born a Jew in Bethlehem. Why aren’t christian leaders condemning this rubbish! Its an attack on Christian Doctrine, Christian faith and should be neutralised immediately.
Francis has a lot of explaining to do!
Islam arrived well over six hundred years after Jesus’s time, there were no moslems, there was no Islam there were no ‘Palestinians’ . Which part don’t they understand ?
Jesus eventually went to heaven.As much as they’d like to obfuscate Christian heaven does not consist of 72 blackeyed ( quite possibly blackeyed) virgins for the carnal pleasures of men who would need to be moslem as this is not in any Christian religion. To be clear-
Our Heaven is not a brothel.
Perhaps they could explain where do the pious, hijabwearing women go and do they get the virgins too! what would that make them, isn’t stoning the punishment for this sort of thing.
It was Yasser Arafat’s who named the various people who not unlike the open borders opportunist brigade in Europe today came across from today’s Jordan and squatted, most probably the bulk came when the Ottomans were the occupiers and possibly invited to oust the indigenous population.
This fellow being called top dog is an insult to dogs as even dogs know and mark their territory.