RE: Islam and Europe and Joe

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Sat 23 Nov 2002 - 18:40:31 GMT

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    > At 12:37 PM 22/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
    > >
    > >Hi, Scott,
    > >By 'anti-Semitic' I mean bigoted against any or all Semitic races,
    > >including Arabs. Islam, being a religion, would not be included,
    > >though of course many Muslims are Arabs and vice versa. My experience
    > >of bigots is that their bigotry can swing around at anytime to attack
    > >anyone who is 'different,' so it should not bring much comfort to
    > >Jews - or anyone else - that Joe has so far focused his anti-Semitism
    > >on Arabs and Muslims.
    >
    > I think that we need to separate Zionism, (an aggressive political
    > position which supports the creation of the Greater Israeli State,
    > genocide and ethnic cleansing), Judaism (the religion) and Jews (the
    > Jewish people). The area of land claimed by Zion is that which was
    > 'given' to Abraham and his descendants by his God in a 'vision'. I've
    > always thought that it was fairly suspect land deal (no witnesses).
    > See Gen. 15: 18-21. Personally I don't mind Judaism or Jews but I
    > think that the US backed Zionist movement is the most dangerous
    > political force in the World today. <snip>
    >
    I must disagree with you, and so must most of the non-Muslim world. The most dangerous political force in the world today, wreaking havoc and terror across the globe from Bali to Kashmir to Jerusalem to New York, is undoubtedly the memeset of Radical Islam.
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