The late Anwar Shaikh, a scholar of Islam who lived in the West, argued in his Islam: The Arab National Religion that Islam has always been a “vehicle for Arab supremacism.” It’s not hard to see how he came to that conclusion. The Qur’an, after all, was delivered to an Arab, and in his language. The Qur’an ideally should be read, recited, and memorized, in the original Arabic. Muslims prostrate themselves in prayer five times a day, always turned toward Mecca, in Arabia. If they can afford it, Muslims should at least once in their lives make the hajj to that same Arabian city of Mecca. So great is the prestige of the Arabs in Islam that non-Arab Muslims, especially converts, frequently adopt Arab names. Many Muslims, too, especially in Pakistan, add the honorific “Sayid,” indicating — falsely — that they are descended from the Quraysh, the tribe of the Prophet.
Recently a Jordanian Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister, Mohammed Nouh Qudah, spoke in a television interview about the superiority of Arabs to all others. His story is here at memri.org. He said:
When the Arabs received Islam, it came with the idea that they are the masters of the world. Today, some people want us to manufacture planes, cars, and trains and then compete with Europe and America, but this is not the purpose for which we were created. When Allah created us as ‘peoples and tribes’ [as the Quran says], He endowed us Arabs with thought and guidance and He created the other peoples as students who follow our guidance. They are the ones who should work. This way, our thought and their work complement each other, and this is how the world is built. This is why God said in the Quran: ‘…and We raised some of them above others in ranks.
Since “the Arabs” have not shown any ability to “manufacture planes, cars, and trains” or to compete with either the West, or the East, in building a modern economy, MP Mohammed Nouh Qudah has a soothing explanation. The Arabs were never supposed to work. They are too good for that. They will provide “guidance” to all the other, inferior peoples, for “they [the non-Arabs] are the ones who should work.” It’s a perfect combination.
We are the masters of the world. I’m not saying this out of a sense of superiority. No, no. I say this as a way to put things in order. This is why God sent the message to the Arab nation. He instilled in the Arabs traits of leadership that He did not bestow upon others. I say to my brothers who watch us from Europe, America, or elsewhere: Go to any school, where there are children. Look at the way the children move, and you will notice that the Arab children are different from the children from the rest of the world. It shows! Take them on a trip, and you will see that the Arab children are different. This is not about castes, about racism, or about discrimination. I am talking about traits and different genes.
Not since the heyday of Hitler, with the Nazis singing the praises of the pure Aryan race, has there been such a claim of racial superiority. “We are the masters of the world.” How does this differ from Hitler’s message? For “Aryan,” read “Arab.” But Mohammad Nouh Qudah doesn’t want to be misunderstood. He doesn’t make this claim “out of a sense of superiority.” No, not at all. But he has merely fulfilled his solemn duty to tell the truth, to make sure everything is “put in order.” No need for mental chaos or confusion. We Arabs are too modest. We need to recognize that we are born leaders. We provide “guidance” to all other peoples. We have traits of leadership in our genes that no other people possesses. Just look at our leaders throughout history. True, the Mongols conquered us, and then so did the Ottomans, and finally the Europeans, but we have thrown over all those yokes, and now we lead the world.
Why, just look at what we have accomplished in Libya, Syria, Yemen. Look at the advances we have made, harnessing the world’s “workers” to create endlessly rich and vibrant societies under our permanent guidance. Just look at our unrivaled advances in the 22 Arab states, and compare those with any group of 22 Western states, those backward lands in Europe and North America that continue to claim that they are the civilized ones! We have always been in the lead in every field – in art, literature, science, philosophy, political thought. Our Arab authors are translated and studied throughout the world. Our universities are the best in the world. If Arabs have not received their fair share of Nobel Prizes in science – they have two – that is only because of the extreme envy and resentment of the Arabs by the Scandinavians who select the recipients. There is no need to mention our achievements by name; the whole world knows what we have accomplished, and is quite literally dumbstruck with admiration. There was a report some years ago, by some U.N. group, which said – as if it were an embarrassment – that Spain translated more works in a single year than the Arabs had done in their entire history. But there’s a very good explanation for that. Spain needed to translate so many books because it had such a deep need to learn from others; its own culture became so impoverished when the Arabs were expelled. Why don’t we translate more? Isn’t the answer obvious? It has nothing to to do with a lack of curiosity. We Arabs, with our natural genetic superiority, produce all the intellectual literature, in every field, that we need. We simply have no felt need to rely on translations from non-Arabs. We have our mental riches, ever-expanding, right here at home, in the vastness of our lands from Morocco to the Gulf, produced by our own people, written in our own language.
There are so many examples of this Arab leadership, this natural superiority, this inherent right to guide and lead others while all those others must do the world’s work. Think of Qatar. The Qatari Arabs, like the other Gulf Arabs, represent the purest strain of “Arab,” with no admixture of Turkish, Persian, Berber, Jewish, African, or European blood. Only 12% of the population are Qatari Arabs. The other 88% are a mixture of every kind of human. It is they who do all the work, while the Qatari Arabs, recognizing that leisure is the basis of culture, cultivate their minds. And what do we see? We see Qatari literary works that astonish the world, Qatari artistic creations that fill the world’s museums and enthrall so many visitors and collectors, Qatari music that enchants audiences everywhere. And much the same glorious outcome can be observed in Saudi Arabia, where the leisured Saudi Arabs lead deeply cultivated lives, made possible by the work of so many hard-working foreigners, and produce immortal Saudi literary works, Saudi works of art, Saudi symphonies. That is as it should be. It is in our genes.
I don’t say that out of any particular sense of superiority. After all, none of us is responsible for our genes. If we Arabs have all been blessed by Allah with a superior genetic makeup, we should be not boastful – we had nothing to do with our genes – but humbly grateful for this state of affairs. In the same way, we should not despise non-Arabs for their genes, that make them fit only to be workers, not creators, nor “guiders” of men. They did nothing to deserve that; for them too, it’s purely a matter of heredity. None of us can go against the will of Allah. All of us must accept our station.
Mount Zion says
Can you imagine if a white christian guy had said that God created white people superior to all other human beeings ? All hell would break loose.
mortimer says
Yep, but Jordan has an average national IQ of 84, whereas Austria, New Zealand, Japan and Hong Kong have average national IQs of 104.
R Thomasson says
@Mortimer. IQ is the magic word that makes the difference. Nobody want to be ruled by stupid ignorant people ….If he is not infected by political-correct multicultural plague.
Kepha says
What a stunning contrast to the self-critical stance of the Hebrew Scriptures!
gravenimage says
*So* true, Kepha.
Of course, Muslims use this as a cudgel against Jews and Christians, saying, ‘see how bad they are? Even their own scriptures say so!’
Islam has no concept of self criticism or self improvement.
Kepha says
You have identified one of the reasons why I cannot believe that Islam is of God.
elee says
So THAT’s why al Lah told them to go enslave the rest of the world and destroy all its cultures!
Tony Naim says
ABOLISH DHIMMITUDE- social, political, economic and religious discrimination against Christians and Jews under Islam
mortimer says
Mohammed Nouh Qudah wants to revive the Arab slave society of the past.
Tony Naim says
He is not the only one. All Arab rulers will try to achieve a caliphate revival if they think for a second they can ever succeed.
Dhimmitude is a sociopolitical system no different than slavery.
Abolishing it and monitoring Islamic jurisprudence activity to make it compliant with international law and human rights standard will put to rest once for all political Islam, and the vicious hatred, discrimination, violence that come with it.
Will end the war on terror( Iraq and Afghanistan are the 2 longest wars in US history)and it will legitimize Israel as a Jewish state in the Middle East.( the deepest issue with Israel is NOT refugees or land – it is the control of the Temple Mount and the inability of Muslims to accept Jews or Christians as equal in terms of rights and obligations.)
It is crucial for our government to make the Islamic world understand our awareness of all the inequities in Dhimmitude, and our firm inability to live with it.
Miguel Ángel says
I am eager to learn more about the heinous nature of these evil people. And they are very evil. I see islam as the devil now, I didn’t before. Why isn’t any west country exposing statements such as this? I don’t understand. President Trump must know how bad this is, my country uk is so impoverished now of anything British. I thought boris would have some words of thought. These islamic state lovers must be called out. I’m so grateful for the likes of robert Spencer. I’ve been very ignorant of the fact of how big this problem is; I did have an extent of knowledge, but, for example, the UK does not air or print anything about usa affairs unless against trump. The shootings by muslims were hushed. I didn’t know the US had a massive massive problem with islamists in the way such as Britain has, I have kept aware of domestic ongoings but I’ve had to research independently for news in my country from other sources. I am aghast after the scale of the problems in the US. I fret and worry about these issues for the west as a whole. But UK is so tolerant of their evil behaviour it is unbelievable. Thank u for posting your comments. That goes for all who make a contribution on here . Take care amigo
PRCS says
“and our firm inability to live with it”
Make that a firm frefusal to live with it.
gravenimage says
It is notable that one of the very first things the Islamic State did was reinstate slavery and sex slavery.
Rarely says
So laziness, chronic self-indulgence, lack of curiosity (scientific and otherwise), absence of conscience, viciousness, intolerance, ignorance and an absence of constructive imagination are genetic? Therefore none of them is responsible for their own actions. Interesting mind set. But, then again, some people believe they are Napoleon and even more believe that Elvis is still alive.
Mitch Kumstein says
What about a wife……….???
Tuvia Fogel says
This is of course Mein Kampf – almost word for word.
Nicu says
Muslims collaborated with Hitler it’s a fact – Erdogan is a huge Hitler fan — when will people realize that THEY are the new Nazis ???
gravenimage says
Pious Muslims *hate* Infidels–yet they so often make an exception *for Hitler*. Very telling.
FYI says
al Lah the Arab clearly fashioned the Arabs{the muttahfaqirs} in his image with his TWO RIGHT HANDS.
The mutthafaqirs must not be allowed to rule the world.
{Sunan an Nasa’i 5379 Hadith 1/Sahih Muslim 1827;allah the god with TWO RIGHT HANDS.The same Arabic expression appears in both references}
mortimer says
Mohammed Nouh Qudah announced Arab racist supremacism with glistening hubris.
However, history does not support his claim that Arabs are natural leaders. When Arabs burst out of Arabia and conquered from southern Europe to the borders of China, they were benefitting from a time of plagues in the East as well as in Europe. The old empires were unable to defend themselves, but that did not last long.
Once the Arabs got everything they could steal, they thought they could insult Genghis Khan and get away with it. Their hubris brought the Chinese to Baghdad where they burned everything, slaughtered everyone in the country and salted the fields. The Arabs never ruled an empire after that. It was CENTRAL ASIANS who took over Islam from then on.
The Arabs have been pitiful failures ever since.
Mohammed Nouh Qudah is smoking some funny chemicals.
Tony Naim says
The Mardaites were tribes brought in from Eastern Europe by Heraclius and settled in Mount Lebanon to halt the Arab conquest in its earliest stage. They were extremely successful. They gave hell to Mu’awiya. Until the Byzantine Emperror Justianian ( Heraclius successor) pulled them out as a package deal with Mu’awiya, with the promise the Arabs will stop their maritime attacks on Constantinople.
The stupidest strategic mistake in World history. Mu’awiya, of course, was a liar.
As soon as the Mardaites left, his troops were free to expand their campaigns East and west, from India to Spain.
Wellington says
I think you meant Mongolians, mortimer, and not Chinese.
Kepha says
+1. However, the man whom the Mongols put in charge of Baghdad after taking it was Guo Kan, a Han Chinese who had commanded troops of his own nationality incorporated into the Mongol forces. There were Armenians, Turks, and all sorts of peoples in Hulagu Khan’s forces, as well as Mongols.
mortimer says
Inbreeding for 50 generations in Arab regions has caused a severe drop in national average intelligence as well as some of the worst general health in their populations due to illnesses passed on through inbreeding.
National average IQs : Saudi Arabia 84; Jordan 84; Tunisia 83; Egypt 81; Lebanon 82.
The inbreeding is so severe in the Arabian Peninsula that all those countries have compulsory genetic counselling before a marriage license is issued.
Mohammed Nouh Qudah is pulling his ideas right out of his Arabian Nights fantasies.
Cicero says
And Lebanon was the most outward looking and progressive Arab country in the Middle East ! What happened ? Please can someone please explain to me ?
Tony Naim says
In 1305, the mamluks raided Mount Lebanon, wiped out 90% of its Christian population, as punishment for aiding the crusades. It took 500 years for the Christian community there to reestablish itself. The 18th century brought in European and American missionaries to Beirut. World class schools were built. Most Lebanese (Christian and Muslim)are educated according to western standard, many are multilingual ( fluent in French,Arabic and English).
2 American/Lebanese serve in President Trump cabinet: Esper and Azar. The first one Maronite, the second Greek Orthodox. I think their IQ is more than 82. They both understand quite well what radical Islam is!
Cicero says
Thank you ! And the relatively recent tilt in the demographics in favour of Islam – how and why did that come to pass ?
Nicu says
Lebanon was Christian – Islam happened !
gravenimage says
Cicero, Lebanon was the most progressive Arab country because it was *majority Christian*.
They foolishly allowed hordes of “Palestinian” Muslims in in the early 1970s. and they started a “civil war” there–really, a Jihad attack against the Christians. Beirut went from “The Paris of the Levant” to a watchword for war and barbarism in just a few months.
Lebanon has never recovered, and now serves as a base for Jihad terror group Hizb’allah.
Brigitte Gabriel, a Lebanese Christian, writes movingly about this.
James Lincoln says
mortimer,
The inbreeding also causes increased aggressiveness which we often see as muslims being easily triggered.
The low IQ also prevents a lot of introspection, critical thinking, etc.
PRCS says
“I don’t say that out of any particular sense of superiority.”
One guy out of a billion+ Muslims.
And he’s lying.
mortimer says
Muslims are the champions of OPPOSITE-SPEAK.
Cicero says
Yes and that is why there is a high rate of mental illness amongst some Muslim communities . It starts as soon as the new born baby has whispered in its ear “ Allah ho Akbar “ OPPOSITE SPEAK begins from that very moment in a Muslims life
Wellington says
Looked at another way, if you’re a Muslim and not an Arab, you’ve been had.
David Grisez says
This Jordanian MP is holding to the same philosophy as Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, that the Aryan people of Germany were the superior people and destined to rule the world. The end result was World War 2.
I would not be surprised if the German Nazis picked up this philosophy of superiority from Islam. Now we have this person saying the same thing as Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. This is another excuse being used for Islamic Jihad to conquer the world.
Nicu says
Hitler respected Muslims a lot and they fought for him !
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
“Qatari music that enchants audiences everywhere”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fwf45pIAtM&list=PLsw36qL4w7RXWpUpw1P-LnwqlRlQmtrrW
Quazgaa says
Kitch.
Igor Slamoff says
Anwar Shaikh has always called himself a Marxist. That shows that the glib equation
Marxist = politically correct nincompoop
does not always hold true.
gravenimage says
Arabs Über Alles
……………….
Yes–Islam is all about Arab surpremacism.
infidel says
megalomania to the ultra extreme…. Islam and Muslims for U..
Michael Copeland says
“Qatari music that enchants audiences everywhere”?
“Saudi symphonies”?
Has Mohammed Nouh Qudah not learnt that music is haram, forbidden, in Islam?
If he were “Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong” he would be……
“Righting the Wrong by Hand……such as by breaking musical instruments”
(Manual of Islamic Law, “Reliance of Traveller”, q5.6).
R Thomasson says
The former masters of the world were nations with a high IQ levels. The Romans for example were the most intelligent folk that ever lived. Their technology, their administration and their building techniques were admirable. A good example for their technical abilities are the Porta Nigra and the Roman Bridge in the German city Trier. The Roman bridge is about 2035 y.o. Whole European history had passed on it. From the Huns to the heavy tanks of the allied forces in WWII. Today pass daily heavy trucks on their way to Luxembourg, and the whole city traffic. In all the time the bridge exists, it needs only light maintenance as cleaning. The Porta Nigra had sustained heavy bombings during WWII. The bombs could not destroy it. Genghis Khan folk (the Mongols) belongs to top 10 IQ of the world. Let see what the Muslims represent? Apart from not even one Noble Prize winner, coming from one of their 55 countries. The most intelligent Muslim country is Malaysia on place 45 on the world chart with IQ average of 93, Arab countries are laying far behind with an IQ of 83 and lower. With those poor capacities, the chances to rule the world are very poor. https://www.worlddata.info/iq-by-country.php
IsraelFTW says
It was hard to understand where the actual words of the Arab ended and the satire began. It could all have been said by that moron.
Michael Copeland says
“On account of their savage nature, the Bedouins are people who plunder and cause damage. They plunder whatever they are able to lay their hands on without having to fight or to expose themselves to danger. They then retreat……
… they raid, plunder, and attack that territory repeatedly, because it is easily (accessible) to them. Eventually, its inhabitants succumb utterly to the Bedouins and then are pushed around by them in accordance with changes of control and shifts in leadership. Eventually, their civilization is wiped out.”
Ibn Khaldun
OLD GUY says
Masters of the world are they now. Muslims and the Arab world would still be living in caves and tents if the western oil companies hadn’t shared the oil profits with these idiots. And yes they do want to rule the world in their barbaric way of violence and hate for the rest of humanity that had passed them by.
William Garrison says
Hugh: I cannot find this book “Islam: the Arab National Religion” listed in Shaikh’s various bios. Not on Amazon, not on WorldCat. I see you referred to it in your 2008(?) article. Is the correct title: “Islam: the Arab National Movement” ? Or can you provide me with a publishing house name & date & ISBN?
William Garrison says
a PDF of “Islam: the Arab National Movement” is at: https://archive.org/stream/ISLAMTHEARABIMPERIALISMAnwarShaikh/ISLAM+THE+ARAB+IMPERIALISM+-+Anwar+Shaikh_djvu.txt