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ـ قال النبي (ص) : عنوان صحيفة المؤمن : حب عليّ
ـ قال النبي (ص) : لا سيف إلاّ ذو الفقار ولا فتى إلاّ عليّ (ع
ـ قال النبي (ص) : حامل لوائي في الدنيا والآخرة علي (ع
ـ قال النبي (ص) : أمَرني ربي بسد الأبواب إلاّ باب عليّ
ـ قال النبي (ص) : الصديقون ثلاثة : مؤمن آل ياسين ، ومؤمن فرعون ، وأفضلهم علي (ع
قال النبي (ص) : مَن سرّه أن يحيا حياتي ، ويموت مماتي ، فليتول من بعدي عليّ (ع
ـ قال النبي (ص) : نادى المنادي يوم القيامة : يا محمد نعمالأب أبوك ، وإبراهيم ، ونعم الأخ عليّ (ع)
ـ قال النبي (ص) : لكلّ نبي وصي ووارث ، ووصيّي ووارثي : عليّ (ع
ـ قال النبي (ص) : الّلهم لا تمتني حتى تريني وجه عليّ (ع
ـ قال النبي (ص) : خلقت من شجرة واحدة أنا و عليّ (ع
ـ قال النبي (ص) : أعلم أمتي من بَعدي : عليّ (ع
قال النبي (ص) : زينوا مجالسكم بذكر عليّ (ع
ـ قال النبي (ص) : أقضى أمتي عليّ (ع
ـ قال النبي (ص) : أنا المنذر والهادي من بعدي : علي (ع
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Geert Wilders : Islam Is the Forthcoming Threat to the West
THE ISLAMIZATION OF EUROPE
By Geert Wilders
Here is the speech of Geert Wilders, a Dutch Parliamentarian and chairman of the Party for Freedom, the Netherlands, at the Four Seasons, New York, introducing an Alliance of Patriots and announcing the Facing Jihad Conference in Jerusalem.
The speech was sponsored by the Hudson Institute on September 25, 2008.
Dear friends,
Thank you very much for inviting me.
Great to be at the Four Seasons.
I come from a country that has one season only: a rainy season that starts January 1st and ends December 31st. When we have three sunny days in a row, the government declares a national emergency. So Four Seasons, that's new to me.It's great to be in New York. When I see the skyscrapers and office buildings, I think of what Ayn Rand said: 'The sky over New York and the will of man made visible.' Of course. Without the Dutch you would have been nowhere, still figuring out how to buy this island from the Indians. But we are glad we did it for you. And, frankly, you did a far better job than we possibly could have done.I come to America with a mission. All is not well in the old world. There is a tremendous danger looming, and it is very difficult to be optimistic. We might be in the final stages of the Islamization of Europe.
This not only is a clear and present danger to the future of Europe itself, it is a threat to America and the sheer survival of the West. The danger I see looming is the scenario of America as the last man standing. The United States as the last bastion of Western civilization, facing an Islamic Europe. In a generation or two, the US will ask itself: who lost Europe? Patriots from around Europe risk their lives every day to prevent precisely this scenario form becoming a reality.
My short lecture consists of 4 parts.
First I will describe the situation on the ground in Europe. Then, I will say a few things about Islam. Thirdly, if you are still here, I will talk a little bit about the movie you just saw. To close I will tell you about a meeting in Jerusalem.
The Europe you know is changing. You have probably seen the landmarks. The Eiffel Tower and Trafalgar Square and Rome's ancient buildings and maybe the canals of Amsterdam. They are still there. And they still look very much the same as they did a hundred years ago.But in all of these cities, sometimes a few blocks away from your tourist destination, there is another world, a world very few visitors see - and one that does not appear in your tourist guidebook. It is the world of the parallel society created by Muslim mass-migration. All throughout Europe a new reality is rising: entire Muslim neighbourhoods where very few indigenous people reside or are even seen. And if they are, they might regret it. This goes for the police as well. It's the world of head scarves, where women walk around in figureless tents, with baby strollers and a group of children. Their husbands, or slaveholders if you prefer, walk three steps ahead. With mosques on many street corner. The shops have signs you and I cannot read. You will be hard-pressed to find any economic activity.
These are Muslim ghettos controlled by religious fanatics. These are Muslim neighbourhoods, and they are mushrooming in every city across Europe. These are the building-blocks for territorial control of increasingly larger portions of Europe, street by street, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, city by city. There are now thousands of mosques throughout Europe. With larger congregations than there are in churches. And in every European city there are plans to build super-mosques that will dwarf every church in the region. Clearly, the signal is: we rule.Many European cities are already one-quarter Muslim: just take Amsterdam, Marseille and Malmo in Sweden.
In many cities the majority of the under-18 population is Muslim. Paris is now surrounded by a ring of Muslim neighbourhoods. Mohammed is the most popular name among boys in many cities. In some elementary schools in Amsterdam the farm can no longer be mentioned, because that would also mean mentioning the pig, and that would be an insult to Muslims. Many state schools in Belgium and Denmark only serve halal food to all pupils. In once-tolerant Amsterdam gays are beaten up almost exclusively by Muslims. Non-Muslim women routinely hear 'whore, whore'. Satellite dishes are not pointed to local TV stations, but to stations in the country of origin. In France school teachers are advised to avoid authors deemed offensive to Muslims, including Voltaire and Diderot; the same is increasingly true of Darwin.
The history of the Holocaust can in many cases no longer be taught because of Muslim sensitivity. In England sharia courts are now officially part of the British legal system. Many neighbourhoods in France are no-go areas for women without head scarves. Last week a man almost died after being beaten up by Muslims in Brussels, because he was drinking during the Ramadan. Jews are fleeing France in record numbers, on the run for the worst wave of anti-Semitism since World War II. French is now commonly spoken on the streets of Tel Aviv and Netanya, Israel. I could go on forever with stories like this. Stories about Islamization.
A total of fifty-four million Muslims now live in Europe. San Diego University recently calculated that a staggering 25 percent of the population in Europe will be Muslim just 12 years from now. Bernhard Lewis has predicted a Muslim majority by the end of this century.Now these are just numbers. And the numbers would not be threatening if the Muslim-immigrants had a strong desire to assimilate. But there are few signs of that. The Pew Research Center reported that half of French Muslims see their loyalty to Islam as greater than their loyalty to France. One-third of French Muslims don’t object to suicide attacks. The British Centre for Social Cohesion reported that one-third of British Muslim students are in favour of a worldwide caliphate. A Dutch study reported that half of Dutch Muslims admit they 'understand' the 9/11 attacks.Muslims demand what they call 'respect'. And this is how we give them respect. Our elites are willing to give in. To give up. In my own country we have gone from calls by one cabinet member to turn Muslim holidays into official state holidays, to statements by another cabinet member, that Islam is part of Dutch culture, to an affirmation by the Christian-Democratic attorney general that he is willing to accept sharia in the Netherlands if there is a Muslim majority. We have cabinet members with passports from Morocco and Turkey.
Muslim demands are supported by unlawful behaviour, ranging from petty crimes and random violence, for example against ambulance workers and bus drivers, to small-scale riots. Paris has seen its uprising in the low-income suburbs, the banlieus. Some prefer to see these as isolated incidents, but I call it a Muslim intifada. I call the perpetrators 'settlers'. Because that is what they are. They do not come to integrate into our societies, they come to integrate our society into their Dar-al-Islam. Therefore, they are settlers.Much of this street violence I mentioned is directed exclusively against non-Muslims, forcing many native people to leave their neighbourhoods, their cities, their countries. Politicians shy away from taking a stand against this creeping sharia. They believe in the equality of all cultures. Moreover, on a mundane level, Muslims are now a swing vote not to be ignored.Our many problems with Islam cannot be explained by poverty, repression or the European colonial past, as the Left claims. Nor does it have anything to do with Palestinians or American troops in Iraq. The problem is Islam itself. Allow me to give you a brief Islam 101.
The first thing you need to know about Islam is the importance of the book of the Quran. The Quran is Allah's personal word, revealed by an angel to Mohammed, the prophet. This is where the trouble starts. Every word in the Quran is Allah's word and therefore not open to discussion or interpretation. It is valid for every Muslim and for all times. Therefore, there is no such a thing as moderate Islam. Sure, there are a lot of moderate Muslims. But a moderate Islam is non-existent.
The Quran calls for hatred, violence, submission, murder, and terrorism. The Quran calls for Muslims to kill non-Muslims, to terrorize non-Muslims and to fulfil their duty to wage war: violent jihad. Jihad is a duty for every Muslim, Islam is to rule the world - by the sword.
The Quran is clearly anti-Semitic, describing Jews as monkeys and pigs.The second thing you need to know is the importance of Mohammed the prophet. His behaviour is an example to all Muslims and cannot be criticized.
Now, if Mohammed had been a man of peace, let us say like Ghandi and Mother Theresa wrapped in one, there would be no problem. But Mohammed was a warlord, a mass murderer, a pedophile, and had several marriages - at the same time. Islamic tradition tells us how he fought in battles, how he had his enemies murdered and even had prisoners of war executed.
Mohammed himself slaughtered the Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza. He advised on matters of slavery, but never advised to liberate slaves. Islam has no other morality than the advancement of Islam. If it is good for Islam, it is good. If it is bad for Islam, it is bad. There is no gray area or other side.
Quran as Allah's own word and Mohammed as the perfect man are the two most important facets of Islam. Let no one fool you about Islam being a religion. Sure, it has a god, and a here-after, and 72 virgins. But in its essence Islam is a political ideology. It is a system that lays down detailed rules for society and the life of every person. Islam wants to dictate every aspect of life. Islam means 'submission'.
Islam is not compatible with freedom and democracy, because what it strives for is sharia. If you want to compare Islam to anything, compare it to communism or national-socialism, these are all totalitarian ideologies. This is what you need to know about Islam, in order to understand what is going on in Europe.
For millions of Muslims the Quran and the live of Mohammed are not 14 centuries old, but are an everyday reality, an ideal, that guide every aspect of their lives. Now you know why Winston Churchill called Islam 'the most retrograde force in the world', and why he compared Mein Kampf to the Quran. Which brings me to my movie, Fitna.I am a lawmaker, and not a movie maker. But I felt I had the moral duty to educate about Islam. The duty to make clear that the Quran stands at the heart of what some people call terrorism but is in reality jihad. I wanted to show that the problems of Islam are at the core of Islam, and do not belong to its fringes. Now, from the day the plan for my movie was made public, it caused quite a stir, in the Netherlands and throughout Europe.
First, there was a political storm, with government leaders, across the continent in sheer panic. The Netherlands was put under a heightened terror alert, because of possible attacks or a revolt by our Muslim population. The Dutch branch of the Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir declared that the Netherlands was due for an attack. Internationally, there was a series of incidents. The Taliban threatened to organize additional attacks against Dutch troops in Afghanistan, and a website linked to Al Qaeda published the message that I ought to be killed, while various muftis in the Middle East stated that I would be responsible for all the bloodshed after the screening of the movie. In Afghanistan and Pakistan the Dutch flag was burned on several occasions. Dolls representing me were also burned. The Indonesian President announced that I will never be admitted into Indonesia again, while the UN Secretary General and the European Union issued cowardly statements in the same vein as those made by the Dutch Government. I could go on and on. It was an absolute disgrace, a sell-out. A plethora of legal troubles also followed, and have not ended yet.
Currently the state of Jordan is litigating against me. Only last week there were renewed security agency reports about a heightened terror alert for the Netherlands because of Fitna. Now, I would like to say a few things about Israel. Because, very soon, we will get together in its capitol.
The best way for a politician in Europe to loose votes is to say something positive about Israel. The public has wholeheartedly accepted the Palestinian narrative, and sees Israel as the aggressor.
I, however, will continue to speak up for Israel.
I see defending Israel as a matter of principle.
I have lived in this country and visited it dozens of times. I support Israel. First, because it is the Jewish homeland after two thousand years of exile up to and including Auschwitz, second because it is a democracy, and third because Israel is our first line of defense.Samuel Huntington writes it so aptly: 'Islam has bloody borders'. Israel is located precisely on that border. This tiny country is situated on the fault line of jihad, frustrating Islam's territorial advance. Israel is facing the front lines of jihad, like Kashmir, Kosovo, the Philippines, Southern Thailand, Darfur in Sudan, Lebanon, and Aceh in Indonesia. Israel is simply in the way. The same way West-Berlin was during the Cold War.The war against Israel is not a war against Israel. It is a war against the West. It is jihad. Israel is simply receiving the blows that are meant for all of us. If there would have been no Israel, Islamic imperialism would have found other venues to release its energy and its desire for conquest.
Thanks to Israeli parents who send their children to the army and lay awake at night, parents in Europe and America can sleep well and dream, unaware of the dangers looming. Many in Europe argue in favor of abandoning Israel in order to address the grievances of our Muslim minorities. But if Israel were, God forbid, to go down, it would not bring any solace to the West.
It would not mean our Muslim minorities would all of a sudden change their behavior, and accept our values. On the contrary, the end of Israel would give enormous encouragement to the forces of Islam. They would, and rightly so, see the demise of Israel as proof that the West is weak, and doomed. The end of Israel would not mean the end of our problems with Islam, but only the beginning. It would mean the start of the final battle for world domination. If they can get Israel, they can get everything. Therefore, it is not that the West has a stake in Israel.
It is Israel.It is very difficult to be an optimist in the face of the growing Islamization of Europe. All the tides are against us. On all fronts we are losing. Demographically the momentum is with Islam. Muslim immigration is even a source of pride within ruling liberal parties. Academia, the arts, the media, trade unions, the churches, the business world, the entire political establishment have all converted to the suicidal theory of multiculturalism. So-called journalists volunteer to label any and all critics of Islamization as a 'right-wing extremists' or 'racists'. The entire establishment has sided with our enemy. Leftists, liberals and Christian-Democrats are now all in bed with Islam.
This is the most painful thing to see: the betrayal by our elites. At this moment in Europe's history, our elites are supposed to lead us. To stand up for centuries of civilization. To defend our heritage.
To honour our eternal Judeo-Christian values that made Europe what it is today. But there are very few signs of hope to be seen at the governmental level. Sarkozy, Merkel, Brown, Berlusconi; in private, they probably know how grave the situation is. But when the little red light goes on, they stare into the camera and tell us that Islam is a religion of peace, and we should all try to get along nicely and sing Kumbaya. They willingly participate in, what President Reagan so aptly called: 'the betrayal of our past, the squandering of our freedom.'If there is hope in Europe, it comes from the people, not from the elites. Change can only come from a grass-roots level. It has to come from the citizens themselves. Yet these patriots will have to take on the entire political, legal and media establishment.Over the past years there have been some small, but encouraging, signs of a rebirth of the original European spirit. Maybe the elites turn their backs on freedom, the public does not. In my country, the Netherlands, 60 percent of the population now sees the mass immigration of Muslims as the number one policy mistake since World War II. And another 60 percent sees Islam as the biggest threat to our national identity.
I don't think the public opinion in Holland is very different from other European countries. Patriotic parties that oppose jihad are growing, against all odds. My own party debuted two years ago, with five percent of the vote. Now it stands at ten percent in the polls. The same is true of all similarly-minded parties in Europe. They are fighting the liberal establishment, and are gaining footholds on the political arena, one voter at the time. Now, for the first time, these patriotic parties will come together and exchange experiences. It may be the start of something big. Something that might change the map of Europe for decades to come. It might also be Europe's last chance.This December a conference will take place in Jerusalem.
Thanks to Professor Aryeh Eldad, a member of Knesset, we will be able to watch Fitna in the Knesset building and discuss the jihad. We are organizing this event in Israel to emphasize the fact that we are all in the same boat together, and that Israel is part of our common heritage. Those attending will be a select audience. No racist organizations will be allowed. And we will only admit parties that are solidly democratic.This conference will be the start of an Alliance of European patriots. This Alliance will serve as the backbone for all organizations and political parties that oppose jihad and Islamization. For this Alliance I seek your support.This endeavor may be crucial to America and to the West. America may hold fast to the dream that, thanks tot its location, it is safe from jihad and shaira. But seven years ago to the day, there was still smoke rising from ground zero, following the attacks that forever shattered that dream.
Yet there is a danger even greater danger than terrorist attacks, the scenario of America as the last man standing. The lights may go out in Europe faster than you can imagine. An Islamic Europe means a Europe without freedom and democracy, an economic wasteland, an intellectual nightmare, and a loss of military might for America - as its allies will turn into enemies, enemies with atomic bombs.
With an Islamic Europe, it would be up to America alone to preserve the heritage of Rome, Athens and Jerusalem.Dear friends, liberty is the most precious of gifts. My generation never had to fight for this freedom, it was offered to us on a silver platter, by people who fought for it with their lives. All throughout Europe American cemeteries remind us of the young boys who never made it home, and whose memory we cherish.
My generation does not own this freedom; we are merely its custodians. We can only hand over this hard won liberty to Europe's children in the same state in which it was offered to us. We cannot strike a deal with mullahs and imams.
Future generations would never forgive us. We cannot squander our liberties. We simply do not have the right to do so.This is not the first time our civilization is under threat. We have seen dangers before. We have been betrayed by our elites before. They have sided with our enemies before. And yet, then, freedom prevailed.
These are not times in which to take lessons from appeasement, capitulation, giving away, giving up or giving in. These are not times in which to draw lessons from Mr. Chamberlain.
These are times calling us to draw lessons from Mr. Churchill and the words he spoke in 1942:
'Never give in,
Never,
Never,
Never,
Never,
In nothing great or small,
Large or petty,
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
Never yield to force;
Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy'.
See Our Reference
By Geert Wilders
Here is the speech of Geert Wilders, a Dutch Parliamentarian and chairman of the Party for Freedom, the Netherlands, at the Four Seasons, New York, introducing an Alliance of Patriots and announcing the Facing Jihad Conference in Jerusalem.
The speech was sponsored by the Hudson Institute on September 25, 2008.
Dear friends,
Thank you very much for inviting me.
Great to be at the Four Seasons.
I come from a country that has one season only: a rainy season that starts January 1st and ends December 31st. When we have three sunny days in a row, the government declares a national emergency. So Four Seasons, that's new to me.It's great to be in New York. When I see the skyscrapers and office buildings, I think of what Ayn Rand said: 'The sky over New York and the will of man made visible.' Of course. Without the Dutch you would have been nowhere, still figuring out how to buy this island from the Indians. But we are glad we did it for you. And, frankly, you did a far better job than we possibly could have done.I come to America with a mission. All is not well in the old world. There is a tremendous danger looming, and it is very difficult to be optimistic. We might be in the final stages of the Islamization of Europe.
This not only is a clear and present danger to the future of Europe itself, it is a threat to America and the sheer survival of the West. The danger I see looming is the scenario of America as the last man standing. The United States as the last bastion of Western civilization, facing an Islamic Europe. In a generation or two, the US will ask itself: who lost Europe? Patriots from around Europe risk their lives every day to prevent precisely this scenario form becoming a reality.
My short lecture consists of 4 parts.
First I will describe the situation on the ground in Europe. Then, I will say a few things about Islam. Thirdly, if you are still here, I will talk a little bit about the movie you just saw. To close I will tell you about a meeting in Jerusalem.
The Europe you know is changing. You have probably seen the landmarks. The Eiffel Tower and Trafalgar Square and Rome's ancient buildings and maybe the canals of Amsterdam. They are still there. And they still look very much the same as they did a hundred years ago.But in all of these cities, sometimes a few blocks away from your tourist destination, there is another world, a world very few visitors see - and one that does not appear in your tourist guidebook. It is the world of the parallel society created by Muslim mass-migration. All throughout Europe a new reality is rising: entire Muslim neighbourhoods where very few indigenous people reside or are even seen. And if they are, they might regret it. This goes for the police as well. It's the world of head scarves, where women walk around in figureless tents, with baby strollers and a group of children. Their husbands, or slaveholders if you prefer, walk three steps ahead. With mosques on many street corner. The shops have signs you and I cannot read. You will be hard-pressed to find any economic activity.
These are Muslim ghettos controlled by religious fanatics. These are Muslim neighbourhoods, and they are mushrooming in every city across Europe. These are the building-blocks for territorial control of increasingly larger portions of Europe, street by street, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, city by city. There are now thousands of mosques throughout Europe. With larger congregations than there are in churches. And in every European city there are plans to build super-mosques that will dwarf every church in the region. Clearly, the signal is: we rule.Many European cities are already one-quarter Muslim: just take Amsterdam, Marseille and Malmo in Sweden.
In many cities the majority of the under-18 population is Muslim. Paris is now surrounded by a ring of Muslim neighbourhoods. Mohammed is the most popular name among boys in many cities. In some elementary schools in Amsterdam the farm can no longer be mentioned, because that would also mean mentioning the pig, and that would be an insult to Muslims. Many state schools in Belgium and Denmark only serve halal food to all pupils. In once-tolerant Amsterdam gays are beaten up almost exclusively by Muslims. Non-Muslim women routinely hear 'whore, whore'. Satellite dishes are not pointed to local TV stations, but to stations in the country of origin. In France school teachers are advised to avoid authors deemed offensive to Muslims, including Voltaire and Diderot; the same is increasingly true of Darwin.
The history of the Holocaust can in many cases no longer be taught because of Muslim sensitivity. In England sharia courts are now officially part of the British legal system. Many neighbourhoods in France are no-go areas for women without head scarves. Last week a man almost died after being beaten up by Muslims in Brussels, because he was drinking during the Ramadan. Jews are fleeing France in record numbers, on the run for the worst wave of anti-Semitism since World War II. French is now commonly spoken on the streets of Tel Aviv and Netanya, Israel. I could go on forever with stories like this. Stories about Islamization.
A total of fifty-four million Muslims now live in Europe. San Diego University recently calculated that a staggering 25 percent of the population in Europe will be Muslim just 12 years from now. Bernhard Lewis has predicted a Muslim majority by the end of this century.Now these are just numbers. And the numbers would not be threatening if the Muslim-immigrants had a strong desire to assimilate. But there are few signs of that. The Pew Research Center reported that half of French Muslims see their loyalty to Islam as greater than their loyalty to France. One-third of French Muslims don’t object to suicide attacks. The British Centre for Social Cohesion reported that one-third of British Muslim students are in favour of a worldwide caliphate. A Dutch study reported that half of Dutch Muslims admit they 'understand' the 9/11 attacks.Muslims demand what they call 'respect'. And this is how we give them respect. Our elites are willing to give in. To give up. In my own country we have gone from calls by one cabinet member to turn Muslim holidays into official state holidays, to statements by another cabinet member, that Islam is part of Dutch culture, to an affirmation by the Christian-Democratic attorney general that he is willing to accept sharia in the Netherlands if there is a Muslim majority. We have cabinet members with passports from Morocco and Turkey.
Muslim demands are supported by unlawful behaviour, ranging from petty crimes and random violence, for example against ambulance workers and bus drivers, to small-scale riots. Paris has seen its uprising in the low-income suburbs, the banlieus. Some prefer to see these as isolated incidents, but I call it a Muslim intifada. I call the perpetrators 'settlers'. Because that is what they are. They do not come to integrate into our societies, they come to integrate our society into their Dar-al-Islam. Therefore, they are settlers.Much of this street violence I mentioned is directed exclusively against non-Muslims, forcing many native people to leave their neighbourhoods, their cities, their countries. Politicians shy away from taking a stand against this creeping sharia. They believe in the equality of all cultures. Moreover, on a mundane level, Muslims are now a swing vote not to be ignored.Our many problems with Islam cannot be explained by poverty, repression or the European colonial past, as the Left claims. Nor does it have anything to do with Palestinians or American troops in Iraq. The problem is Islam itself. Allow me to give you a brief Islam 101.
The first thing you need to know about Islam is the importance of the book of the Quran. The Quran is Allah's personal word, revealed by an angel to Mohammed, the prophet. This is where the trouble starts. Every word in the Quran is Allah's word and therefore not open to discussion or interpretation. It is valid for every Muslim and for all times. Therefore, there is no such a thing as moderate Islam. Sure, there are a lot of moderate Muslims. But a moderate Islam is non-existent.
The Quran calls for hatred, violence, submission, murder, and terrorism. The Quran calls for Muslims to kill non-Muslims, to terrorize non-Muslims and to fulfil their duty to wage war: violent jihad. Jihad is a duty for every Muslim, Islam is to rule the world - by the sword.
The Quran is clearly anti-Semitic, describing Jews as monkeys and pigs.The second thing you need to know is the importance of Mohammed the prophet. His behaviour is an example to all Muslims and cannot be criticized.
Now, if Mohammed had been a man of peace, let us say like Ghandi and Mother Theresa wrapped in one, there would be no problem. But Mohammed was a warlord, a mass murderer, a pedophile, and had several marriages - at the same time. Islamic tradition tells us how he fought in battles, how he had his enemies murdered and even had prisoners of war executed.
Mohammed himself slaughtered the Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza. He advised on matters of slavery, but never advised to liberate slaves. Islam has no other morality than the advancement of Islam. If it is good for Islam, it is good. If it is bad for Islam, it is bad. There is no gray area or other side.
Quran as Allah's own word and Mohammed as the perfect man are the two most important facets of Islam. Let no one fool you about Islam being a religion. Sure, it has a god, and a here-after, and 72 virgins. But in its essence Islam is a political ideology. It is a system that lays down detailed rules for society and the life of every person. Islam wants to dictate every aspect of life. Islam means 'submission'.
Islam is not compatible with freedom and democracy, because what it strives for is sharia. If you want to compare Islam to anything, compare it to communism or national-socialism, these are all totalitarian ideologies. This is what you need to know about Islam, in order to understand what is going on in Europe.
For millions of Muslims the Quran and the live of Mohammed are not 14 centuries old, but are an everyday reality, an ideal, that guide every aspect of their lives. Now you know why Winston Churchill called Islam 'the most retrograde force in the world', and why he compared Mein Kampf to the Quran. Which brings me to my movie, Fitna.I am a lawmaker, and not a movie maker. But I felt I had the moral duty to educate about Islam. The duty to make clear that the Quran stands at the heart of what some people call terrorism but is in reality jihad. I wanted to show that the problems of Islam are at the core of Islam, and do not belong to its fringes. Now, from the day the plan for my movie was made public, it caused quite a stir, in the Netherlands and throughout Europe.
First, there was a political storm, with government leaders, across the continent in sheer panic. The Netherlands was put under a heightened terror alert, because of possible attacks or a revolt by our Muslim population. The Dutch branch of the Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir declared that the Netherlands was due for an attack. Internationally, there was a series of incidents. The Taliban threatened to organize additional attacks against Dutch troops in Afghanistan, and a website linked to Al Qaeda published the message that I ought to be killed, while various muftis in the Middle East stated that I would be responsible for all the bloodshed after the screening of the movie. In Afghanistan and Pakistan the Dutch flag was burned on several occasions. Dolls representing me were also burned. The Indonesian President announced that I will never be admitted into Indonesia again, while the UN Secretary General and the European Union issued cowardly statements in the same vein as those made by the Dutch Government. I could go on and on. It was an absolute disgrace, a sell-out. A plethora of legal troubles also followed, and have not ended yet.
Currently the state of Jordan is litigating against me. Only last week there were renewed security agency reports about a heightened terror alert for the Netherlands because of Fitna. Now, I would like to say a few things about Israel. Because, very soon, we will get together in its capitol.
The best way for a politician in Europe to loose votes is to say something positive about Israel. The public has wholeheartedly accepted the Palestinian narrative, and sees Israel as the aggressor.
I, however, will continue to speak up for Israel.
I see defending Israel as a matter of principle.
I have lived in this country and visited it dozens of times. I support Israel. First, because it is the Jewish homeland after two thousand years of exile up to and including Auschwitz, second because it is a democracy, and third because Israel is our first line of defense.Samuel Huntington writes it so aptly: 'Islam has bloody borders'. Israel is located precisely on that border. This tiny country is situated on the fault line of jihad, frustrating Islam's territorial advance. Israel is facing the front lines of jihad, like Kashmir, Kosovo, the Philippines, Southern Thailand, Darfur in Sudan, Lebanon, and Aceh in Indonesia. Israel is simply in the way. The same way West-Berlin was during the Cold War.The war against Israel is not a war against Israel. It is a war against the West. It is jihad. Israel is simply receiving the blows that are meant for all of us. If there would have been no Israel, Islamic imperialism would have found other venues to release its energy and its desire for conquest.
Thanks to Israeli parents who send their children to the army and lay awake at night, parents in Europe and America can sleep well and dream, unaware of the dangers looming. Many in Europe argue in favor of abandoning Israel in order to address the grievances of our Muslim minorities. But if Israel were, God forbid, to go down, it would not bring any solace to the West.
It would not mean our Muslim minorities would all of a sudden change their behavior, and accept our values. On the contrary, the end of Israel would give enormous encouragement to the forces of Islam. They would, and rightly so, see the demise of Israel as proof that the West is weak, and doomed. The end of Israel would not mean the end of our problems with Islam, but only the beginning. It would mean the start of the final battle for world domination. If they can get Israel, they can get everything. Therefore, it is not that the West has a stake in Israel.
It is Israel.It is very difficult to be an optimist in the face of the growing Islamization of Europe. All the tides are against us. On all fronts we are losing. Demographically the momentum is with Islam. Muslim immigration is even a source of pride within ruling liberal parties. Academia, the arts, the media, trade unions, the churches, the business world, the entire political establishment have all converted to the suicidal theory of multiculturalism. So-called journalists volunteer to label any and all critics of Islamization as a 'right-wing extremists' or 'racists'. The entire establishment has sided with our enemy. Leftists, liberals and Christian-Democrats are now all in bed with Islam.
This is the most painful thing to see: the betrayal by our elites. At this moment in Europe's history, our elites are supposed to lead us. To stand up for centuries of civilization. To defend our heritage.
To honour our eternal Judeo-Christian values that made Europe what it is today. But there are very few signs of hope to be seen at the governmental level. Sarkozy, Merkel, Brown, Berlusconi; in private, they probably know how grave the situation is. But when the little red light goes on, they stare into the camera and tell us that Islam is a religion of peace, and we should all try to get along nicely and sing Kumbaya. They willingly participate in, what President Reagan so aptly called: 'the betrayal of our past, the squandering of our freedom.'If there is hope in Europe, it comes from the people, not from the elites. Change can only come from a grass-roots level. It has to come from the citizens themselves. Yet these patriots will have to take on the entire political, legal and media establishment.Over the past years there have been some small, but encouraging, signs of a rebirth of the original European spirit. Maybe the elites turn their backs on freedom, the public does not. In my country, the Netherlands, 60 percent of the population now sees the mass immigration of Muslims as the number one policy mistake since World War II. And another 60 percent sees Islam as the biggest threat to our national identity.
I don't think the public opinion in Holland is very different from other European countries. Patriotic parties that oppose jihad are growing, against all odds. My own party debuted two years ago, with five percent of the vote. Now it stands at ten percent in the polls. The same is true of all similarly-minded parties in Europe. They are fighting the liberal establishment, and are gaining footholds on the political arena, one voter at the time. Now, for the first time, these patriotic parties will come together and exchange experiences. It may be the start of something big. Something that might change the map of Europe for decades to come. It might also be Europe's last chance.This December a conference will take place in Jerusalem.
Thanks to Professor Aryeh Eldad, a member of Knesset, we will be able to watch Fitna in the Knesset building and discuss the jihad. We are organizing this event in Israel to emphasize the fact that we are all in the same boat together, and that Israel is part of our common heritage. Those attending will be a select audience. No racist organizations will be allowed. And we will only admit parties that are solidly democratic.This conference will be the start of an Alliance of European patriots. This Alliance will serve as the backbone for all organizations and political parties that oppose jihad and Islamization. For this Alliance I seek your support.This endeavor may be crucial to America and to the West. America may hold fast to the dream that, thanks tot its location, it is safe from jihad and shaira. But seven years ago to the day, there was still smoke rising from ground zero, following the attacks that forever shattered that dream.
Yet there is a danger even greater danger than terrorist attacks, the scenario of America as the last man standing. The lights may go out in Europe faster than you can imagine. An Islamic Europe means a Europe without freedom and democracy, an economic wasteland, an intellectual nightmare, and a loss of military might for America - as its allies will turn into enemies, enemies with atomic bombs.
With an Islamic Europe, it would be up to America alone to preserve the heritage of Rome, Athens and Jerusalem.Dear friends, liberty is the most precious of gifts. My generation never had to fight for this freedom, it was offered to us on a silver platter, by people who fought for it with their lives. All throughout Europe American cemeteries remind us of the young boys who never made it home, and whose memory we cherish.
My generation does not own this freedom; we are merely its custodians. We can only hand over this hard won liberty to Europe's children in the same state in which it was offered to us. We cannot strike a deal with mullahs and imams.
Future generations would never forgive us. We cannot squander our liberties. We simply do not have the right to do so.This is not the first time our civilization is under threat. We have seen dangers before. We have been betrayed by our elites before. They have sided with our enemies before. And yet, then, freedom prevailed.
These are not times in which to take lessons from appeasement, capitulation, giving away, giving up or giving in. These are not times in which to draw lessons from Mr. Chamberlain.
These are times calling us to draw lessons from Mr. Churchill and the words he spoke in 1942:
'Never give in,
Never,
Never,
Never,
Never,
In nothing great or small,
Large or petty,
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
Never yield to force;
Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy'.
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كتب منير مزيد: الاساءة للدين الاسلامي في الغرب : من المسؤول
الإسلام و الغرب و طلائع صراع الحضارات
منير مزيد / في المنفى
يتوالى مسلسل الإساءة للدين الإسلامي في الغرب بوتيرة أسرع هذه الأيام . قبل فترة عرض فيلم “فتنة” المسيء للإسلام للنائب اليميني الهولندي المتطرف (جيرت فيلدرز) و الفليم يربط الإسلام بالعنف و الإرهاب بحيث يبدأ الفليم بتلاوة آية { وأعدوا لهم ما استطعتم من قوة و من رباط الخيل ترهبون به عدو الله وعدوكم وآخرين من دونهم لا تعلمونهم الله يعلمهم وما تنفقوا من شيء في سبيل الله يوف إليكم وأنتم لا تظلمون } ومن ثم تتبعها لقطات من الهجمات التي تعرضت لها الولايات المتحدة في أحداث سبتمبر/أيلول 2001.
ويظهر الفيلم أيضا صورا للتفجيرات التي تعرضت لها كل من لندن ومدريد و صورا لمرأة تتعرض للرجم و مشاهد من عملية قطع رأس شخص و صورا للمخرج الهولندي(ثيو فان جوخ) الذي قتل على يد مسلم ..
هذه المرة ، يستعد التيار المعادي للإسلام في الغرب في 20 إبريل المقبل لبثّ فيلم كارتوني يحمل عنوان “حياة محمد” ، يسيء لـ”أمهات المؤمنين” زوجات الرسول الكريم محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ، و يحتوي على مشاهد فاضحة ومشينة..
قبل الخوض في اشكالية فيلم " فتنة " الذي أخرجه اليميني الهولندي المتطرف (جيرت فيلدرز) و قبل الحديث عن من وراء تلك الحملة العنصرية ضد الإسلام و الإساءة للنبي الأعظم " محمد " صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم فهناك مسألة مهمة جداً و يجب مناقشتها وتوضيحها حتى لا نعطي لهؤلاء العنصريين الذريعة في التمادي في عنصريتهم و حقدهم الأعمى وهي سبل الرد المناسب والحضاري على هؤلاء ..
أولا : لا يمكن هزيمة العنصرية بعنصرية و تحريض المسلمين على القيام بأعمال عدائية ضد مواطنين هولنديين و المساس بمصالحهم ، لأن مثل هذه الأفعال تخدم تلك القوى االعنصرية و تسيء أكثر إلى الإسلام ..
ثانيا : تلك الفئة العنصرية لا تمثل عموما رؤية الشعوب الأوروبية والدليل على ذلك ، وجود استنكار جماعي في هولندا ضد عرض الفيلم ، فقد ندّد هانس فان دين بروك وزير الخارجية الهولندي الأسبق بالفيلم، وقال: “هذا الفيلم من خلال الصور التي رأيتها لا يبعث إلا على الكراهية، ولا يحل أي مشكلة إنما يعقدها”.
أما رئيس الوزراء الهولندي فكان تعليقه على فيلم " فتنة " : “إن الفيلم يساوي بين الإسلام والعنف.. نحن نرفض هذا التفسير.. ونأسف لأن فيلدرز بث هذا الفيلم .
أما أهداف هذه الحملات العنصرية : إشاعة الكراهية وأجواء التخويف من الإسلام و المسلمين بسبب مزاعم و مخاوف من تزايد أعداد المسلمين في أوروبا . فقد نشرت دراسة في الولايات المتحدة أعدها اليهودي المتطرف ( دانيل بايبس ) وهو صحفي وأستاذ جامعي و دَرَسَ التاريخ الإسلامي في جامعة هارفارد ، وأمضى بضع سنين في دراسة اللغة العربية والقرآن في الشرق الأوسط ، و مؤسس ما يسمى بمنتدى الشرق الأوسط التابع لإدارة المحافظين الجدد والذي يعد أحد المنابر الرئيسية لرسم سياسات المنطقة العربية والإسلامية وهو من أشد اليهود الأمريكيين المدافعين عن تل أبيب ومن الكتاب الدائمين في الصحافة الصهيونية والداعمين لـ "مشروع القرن الأمريكي الجديد" الذي تقوم فكرته على أساس القوة العسكرية المتفوقة والمفرطة ضد الشعوب والأنظمة العربية والإسلامية، بالإضافة إلى كونه الأبرز في دعم مخطط شارون في إقامة الوطن البديل للفلسطينيين في الأردن ، يحذر فيها من تزايد أعداد المسلمين في أوروبا ، وهو الأمر الذي يمثل تهديدا حقيقيًّا للولايات المتحدة ويمهد للقضاء على ما اعتبروه مسيحية أوروبا ، ويُنذر بأسلمة القارة العجوز .
ويزعم المتطرف دانيل بايبس: "إن تزايد أعداد المسلمين في أوروبا يمثل خطرا ومشكلة حرجة على مستقبل القارة الأوروبية ، وأن هذا التزايد من شأنه أن تكون له نتائج هائلة على الإنسانية، خاصةً الولايات المتحدة ، التي تربطها بأوروبا روابط اقتصادية حساسة".
أما أبرز الكتاب الأمريكيين المؤيدين لطرد المسلمين من أوروبا ( رالف بيتر ) الذي يعتبر أوروبا أفضل مكان للإبادة الجماعية والتطهير العرقي ، ويرى أن مسلمي أوروبا سوف يكونون محظوظين إذا تم طردهم ولم يقتلوا..
من تلك المزاعم بدأت تتسرب أفكار بأن مستقبل أسلمة أوروبا بات وشيكا في ظل انخفاض معدل المواليد، وزيادة عدد المهاجرين المسلمين . وهذا ما حذر منه بابا الفاتيكان "بنديكت السادس عشر" من انحسار الهوية المسيحية لاوروبا ، و طالب في خطاب القاه في قداس اقيم بالعاصمة النمساوية بضرورة تاكيد الهوية المسيحية لاوروبا في العصر الحديث خاصة وأنها تعاني من هجر الطقوس الكنسية وقلة المواليد و ثقافة تجاوزت السيطرة.
هذه الأفكار وجدت من يغذيها ويروج لها ، لهذا بدأت أصوات عنصرية تطالب بطرد المسلمين من أوروبا، مثلا طالب السياسي البلجيكي ( فيليب دي فنتر) و الذي يترأس "حزب المصالح الفلامية" وهو حزب يميني متطرف بإغلاق أبواب أوروبا نهائيا في وجه المهاجرين المسلمين وقد نشر أفكاره في كتاب بعنوان "أسلمة أوروبا إن شاء الله"، مدعيا أن الديانة الإسلامية تحمل في جذورها إيديولوجية تقوم على العنف و العدوانية، وتتنافى مع الحضارة الغربية وأن الإسلام "مهما اختلفت مظاهره فانه يحمل نفس الأفكار الأساسية القائمة على السماح لأتباعه بقتل غير المسلمين، وممارسة التمييز ضد النساء والأقليات العرقية والدينية".
في مقابلة مع جريدة "جازيت دي أنتفربن" حول كتابه قال ( فيليب دي فنتر) : " المسيح كان نبيا يدعو قومه دون استخدام للعنف فيما كان محمد ينشر دينه بالسيف ولو عاد ليعيش بيننا الآن لاعتبره المسلمون بطلا مدافعا عن الحرية، لكن الآخرون ومن بينهم أنا سأعتبره بالتأكيد إرهابيا، فالإسلام يشبه الحيوان الضخم المتوحش الذي يلتهم صغار الحيوانات الضعيفة".
من تلك الطروحات نستطيع أن نفهم أن المستهدف الأول وراء تلك الحملات المسمومة ضد الإسلام و الإساءة لرسولنا العظيم محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ، الجاليات العربية والإسلامية التي تعيش في أوروبا و تفجير "صراع الحضارات والأديان" لصالح تلك القوى العنصرية و ذلك بتصوير الإسلام بأنه دين يقزم الفرد ليجعله في حالة عبودية و يحتقر المرأة و حقوقها و يستعمل العنف و يقف حاجزا أمام التطور الإنساني ، وهذه المفاهيم تتناقض مع الحضارة الغربية
و بالتالي فان الصراع بينهما هو صراع حتمي.
ولكي نكون موضوعين و منصفين ، ولا نلقي بالمسسؤلية كاملة على هؤلاء العنصريين ، نحن نتحمل الجزء الأكبر في هذا المسلسل أو المؤامرة أو المخطط الشيطاني . فهناك جهات متطرفة تدعي الإسلام وتمارس الإرهاب و قتل الأبرياء باستخدام الدين للتبرير ما تقوم به من أعمال وحشية ، و هؤلاء قد غذوا العدواة ضد الإسلام و المسلمين ، وهناك مسؤلية أخرى تقع على الجاليات الإسلامية في أوروبا التي جلبت معها صورة النظام الأستبداد العربي ، وعجزها عن الانخراط في الحياة الثقافية في أوروبا، بل أكثر من ذلك ، فالبعض منهم يهاجم الحضارة الغربية و قيمها و يحرض المسلمين المصلين في خطبهم يوم الجمعة ، متناسين هؤلاء بأنهم فروا من بلاد العرب حيث الفقر و الفساد و الظلم و الاضطهاد السياسي و الاجتماعي و الثقافي بعدما وفرت لهم أوروبا العيش و العمل و حياة كريمة و الضمانات الاجتماعية و الصحية و حرية العبادة و بناء المساجد و بدلا أن يكونوا رسل حوار و سلام و تعايش الأقوام و الاديان والثقافات المختلفة تحولوا إلى طلائع صدام الحضارات . ناهيك عن وجود قطيعة بين المثقف العربي المقيم في أوروبا وبين دول العربية . فالدول العربية لا تستمع للمثقفين و المفكرين العرب المقيمين في الغرب و تنظر لهم بعين الريبة و بأنهم عملاء ، والحقيقة أن الأنظمة العربية تكره سماع ، الديموقراطية ، و حقوق الإنسان ، والأنفتاح الثقافي و الإجتماعي و السياسي ، لان تلك المفاهيم تعري فساد هذه الأنظمة التي ساهمت بشكل كبير جداً في تنامي ظاهرة التطرف وانتشار ثقافة الموت و انتشار الجهل و اتساع رقعة الفقر و اضمحلال الطبقة المتوسطة و الزيادة في معدل البطالة ، وهذه كلها شرارت لتفجير " صراع الحضارات " ..
اذن علينا الاعتراف بأن أي صراع يحتاج إلى قوتين ، فهناك قوة إسلامية أو عربية عنصرية و قوة غربية عنصرية ، وكلاهما يجران العالم إلى " صراع الحضارات " ، من خلال تغذية الحقد و العنصرية وإشعال الفتنة ، و لأجل سد الطريق على هؤلاء ، لا بد من التواصل الثقافي والحضاري والإنساني بين العالم الإسلامي و الغرب ، وهذه المسؤلية تقع على المثقف العربي والغربي وذلك برفض مفاهيم العنصرية أو الانسياق وراء تلك المفاهيم التي لا تخدم أحدا سوى فئة عنصرية بغيضة ، هكذا كمسلمين ننتصر و ندافع عن قيم ديننا العظيم و سيدنا و نبينا العظيم محمد صلوات ربى وسلامه عليه ..
وفي الختام، هذه الرؤية وهذا الحوار الثقافي والإنساني الذي سعيت بوضع نواة له في الأردن إلا أن قوى التطرف والإرهاب " عصابة رابطة الكتاب الأردنيين " وبالتعاون مع النقابات المهنية واحزاب سياسية أردنية عنصرية والتي تمارس الإنغلاق والإرهاب الفكري بالتخطيط بعقلية إجرامية وبالعمل بحملة منظمة لتدمير هذا الحوار ..
فأنا كـ منير مزيد ، و كمثقف عربي موجود في الغرب وعشت حياة كريمة هنا ، أذهب إلى اداء صلواتي بحرية و أكتب بحرية ، ولم اتعرض يوما لأي مضايقة من أحد بسبب كتاباتي بل التقدير والاحترام ، اللهم إلا عدة محاولات بالعتداء علي ، كانت من قبل أبناء الجالية العربية " طلائع صراع الحضارات " ..
منير مزيد / في المنفى
يتوالى مسلسل الإساءة للدين الإسلامي في الغرب بوتيرة أسرع هذه الأيام . قبل فترة عرض فيلم “فتنة” المسيء للإسلام للنائب اليميني الهولندي المتطرف (جيرت فيلدرز) و الفليم يربط الإسلام بالعنف و الإرهاب بحيث يبدأ الفليم بتلاوة آية { وأعدوا لهم ما استطعتم من قوة و من رباط الخيل ترهبون به عدو الله وعدوكم وآخرين من دونهم لا تعلمونهم الله يعلمهم وما تنفقوا من شيء في سبيل الله يوف إليكم وأنتم لا تظلمون } ومن ثم تتبعها لقطات من الهجمات التي تعرضت لها الولايات المتحدة في أحداث سبتمبر/أيلول 2001.
ويظهر الفيلم أيضا صورا للتفجيرات التي تعرضت لها كل من لندن ومدريد و صورا لمرأة تتعرض للرجم و مشاهد من عملية قطع رأس شخص و صورا للمخرج الهولندي(ثيو فان جوخ) الذي قتل على يد مسلم ..
هذه المرة ، يستعد التيار المعادي للإسلام في الغرب في 20 إبريل المقبل لبثّ فيلم كارتوني يحمل عنوان “حياة محمد” ، يسيء لـ”أمهات المؤمنين” زوجات الرسول الكريم محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ، و يحتوي على مشاهد فاضحة ومشينة..
قبل الخوض في اشكالية فيلم " فتنة " الذي أخرجه اليميني الهولندي المتطرف (جيرت فيلدرز) و قبل الحديث عن من وراء تلك الحملة العنصرية ضد الإسلام و الإساءة للنبي الأعظم " محمد " صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم فهناك مسألة مهمة جداً و يجب مناقشتها وتوضيحها حتى لا نعطي لهؤلاء العنصريين الذريعة في التمادي في عنصريتهم و حقدهم الأعمى وهي سبل الرد المناسب والحضاري على هؤلاء ..
أولا : لا يمكن هزيمة العنصرية بعنصرية و تحريض المسلمين على القيام بأعمال عدائية ضد مواطنين هولنديين و المساس بمصالحهم ، لأن مثل هذه الأفعال تخدم تلك القوى االعنصرية و تسيء أكثر إلى الإسلام ..
ثانيا : تلك الفئة العنصرية لا تمثل عموما رؤية الشعوب الأوروبية والدليل على ذلك ، وجود استنكار جماعي في هولندا ضد عرض الفيلم ، فقد ندّد هانس فان دين بروك وزير الخارجية الهولندي الأسبق بالفيلم، وقال: “هذا الفيلم من خلال الصور التي رأيتها لا يبعث إلا على الكراهية، ولا يحل أي مشكلة إنما يعقدها”.
أما رئيس الوزراء الهولندي فكان تعليقه على فيلم " فتنة " : “إن الفيلم يساوي بين الإسلام والعنف.. نحن نرفض هذا التفسير.. ونأسف لأن فيلدرز بث هذا الفيلم .
أما أهداف هذه الحملات العنصرية : إشاعة الكراهية وأجواء التخويف من الإسلام و المسلمين بسبب مزاعم و مخاوف من تزايد أعداد المسلمين في أوروبا . فقد نشرت دراسة في الولايات المتحدة أعدها اليهودي المتطرف ( دانيل بايبس ) وهو صحفي وأستاذ جامعي و دَرَسَ التاريخ الإسلامي في جامعة هارفارد ، وأمضى بضع سنين في دراسة اللغة العربية والقرآن في الشرق الأوسط ، و مؤسس ما يسمى بمنتدى الشرق الأوسط التابع لإدارة المحافظين الجدد والذي يعد أحد المنابر الرئيسية لرسم سياسات المنطقة العربية والإسلامية وهو من أشد اليهود الأمريكيين المدافعين عن تل أبيب ومن الكتاب الدائمين في الصحافة الصهيونية والداعمين لـ "مشروع القرن الأمريكي الجديد" الذي تقوم فكرته على أساس القوة العسكرية المتفوقة والمفرطة ضد الشعوب والأنظمة العربية والإسلامية، بالإضافة إلى كونه الأبرز في دعم مخطط شارون في إقامة الوطن البديل للفلسطينيين في الأردن ، يحذر فيها من تزايد أعداد المسلمين في أوروبا ، وهو الأمر الذي يمثل تهديدا حقيقيًّا للولايات المتحدة ويمهد للقضاء على ما اعتبروه مسيحية أوروبا ، ويُنذر بأسلمة القارة العجوز .
ويزعم المتطرف دانيل بايبس: "إن تزايد أعداد المسلمين في أوروبا يمثل خطرا ومشكلة حرجة على مستقبل القارة الأوروبية ، وأن هذا التزايد من شأنه أن تكون له نتائج هائلة على الإنسانية، خاصةً الولايات المتحدة ، التي تربطها بأوروبا روابط اقتصادية حساسة".
أما أبرز الكتاب الأمريكيين المؤيدين لطرد المسلمين من أوروبا ( رالف بيتر ) الذي يعتبر أوروبا أفضل مكان للإبادة الجماعية والتطهير العرقي ، ويرى أن مسلمي أوروبا سوف يكونون محظوظين إذا تم طردهم ولم يقتلوا..
من تلك المزاعم بدأت تتسرب أفكار بأن مستقبل أسلمة أوروبا بات وشيكا في ظل انخفاض معدل المواليد، وزيادة عدد المهاجرين المسلمين . وهذا ما حذر منه بابا الفاتيكان "بنديكت السادس عشر" من انحسار الهوية المسيحية لاوروبا ، و طالب في خطاب القاه في قداس اقيم بالعاصمة النمساوية بضرورة تاكيد الهوية المسيحية لاوروبا في العصر الحديث خاصة وأنها تعاني من هجر الطقوس الكنسية وقلة المواليد و ثقافة تجاوزت السيطرة.
هذه الأفكار وجدت من يغذيها ويروج لها ، لهذا بدأت أصوات عنصرية تطالب بطرد المسلمين من أوروبا، مثلا طالب السياسي البلجيكي ( فيليب دي فنتر) و الذي يترأس "حزب المصالح الفلامية" وهو حزب يميني متطرف بإغلاق أبواب أوروبا نهائيا في وجه المهاجرين المسلمين وقد نشر أفكاره في كتاب بعنوان "أسلمة أوروبا إن شاء الله"، مدعيا أن الديانة الإسلامية تحمل في جذورها إيديولوجية تقوم على العنف و العدوانية، وتتنافى مع الحضارة الغربية وأن الإسلام "مهما اختلفت مظاهره فانه يحمل نفس الأفكار الأساسية القائمة على السماح لأتباعه بقتل غير المسلمين، وممارسة التمييز ضد النساء والأقليات العرقية والدينية".
في مقابلة مع جريدة "جازيت دي أنتفربن" حول كتابه قال ( فيليب دي فنتر) : " المسيح كان نبيا يدعو قومه دون استخدام للعنف فيما كان محمد ينشر دينه بالسيف ولو عاد ليعيش بيننا الآن لاعتبره المسلمون بطلا مدافعا عن الحرية، لكن الآخرون ومن بينهم أنا سأعتبره بالتأكيد إرهابيا، فالإسلام يشبه الحيوان الضخم المتوحش الذي يلتهم صغار الحيوانات الضعيفة".
من تلك الطروحات نستطيع أن نفهم أن المستهدف الأول وراء تلك الحملات المسمومة ضد الإسلام و الإساءة لرسولنا العظيم محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ، الجاليات العربية والإسلامية التي تعيش في أوروبا و تفجير "صراع الحضارات والأديان" لصالح تلك القوى العنصرية و ذلك بتصوير الإسلام بأنه دين يقزم الفرد ليجعله في حالة عبودية و يحتقر المرأة و حقوقها و يستعمل العنف و يقف حاجزا أمام التطور الإنساني ، وهذه المفاهيم تتناقض مع الحضارة الغربية
و بالتالي فان الصراع بينهما هو صراع حتمي.
ولكي نكون موضوعين و منصفين ، ولا نلقي بالمسسؤلية كاملة على هؤلاء العنصريين ، نحن نتحمل الجزء الأكبر في هذا المسلسل أو المؤامرة أو المخطط الشيطاني . فهناك جهات متطرفة تدعي الإسلام وتمارس الإرهاب و قتل الأبرياء باستخدام الدين للتبرير ما تقوم به من أعمال وحشية ، و هؤلاء قد غذوا العدواة ضد الإسلام و المسلمين ، وهناك مسؤلية أخرى تقع على الجاليات الإسلامية في أوروبا التي جلبت معها صورة النظام الأستبداد العربي ، وعجزها عن الانخراط في الحياة الثقافية في أوروبا، بل أكثر من ذلك ، فالبعض منهم يهاجم الحضارة الغربية و قيمها و يحرض المسلمين المصلين في خطبهم يوم الجمعة ، متناسين هؤلاء بأنهم فروا من بلاد العرب حيث الفقر و الفساد و الظلم و الاضطهاد السياسي و الاجتماعي و الثقافي بعدما وفرت لهم أوروبا العيش و العمل و حياة كريمة و الضمانات الاجتماعية و الصحية و حرية العبادة و بناء المساجد و بدلا أن يكونوا رسل حوار و سلام و تعايش الأقوام و الاديان والثقافات المختلفة تحولوا إلى طلائع صدام الحضارات . ناهيك عن وجود قطيعة بين المثقف العربي المقيم في أوروبا وبين دول العربية . فالدول العربية لا تستمع للمثقفين و المفكرين العرب المقيمين في الغرب و تنظر لهم بعين الريبة و بأنهم عملاء ، والحقيقة أن الأنظمة العربية تكره سماع ، الديموقراطية ، و حقوق الإنسان ، والأنفتاح الثقافي و الإجتماعي و السياسي ، لان تلك المفاهيم تعري فساد هذه الأنظمة التي ساهمت بشكل كبير جداً في تنامي ظاهرة التطرف وانتشار ثقافة الموت و انتشار الجهل و اتساع رقعة الفقر و اضمحلال الطبقة المتوسطة و الزيادة في معدل البطالة ، وهذه كلها شرارت لتفجير " صراع الحضارات " ..
اذن علينا الاعتراف بأن أي صراع يحتاج إلى قوتين ، فهناك قوة إسلامية أو عربية عنصرية و قوة غربية عنصرية ، وكلاهما يجران العالم إلى " صراع الحضارات " ، من خلال تغذية الحقد و العنصرية وإشعال الفتنة ، و لأجل سد الطريق على هؤلاء ، لا بد من التواصل الثقافي والحضاري والإنساني بين العالم الإسلامي و الغرب ، وهذه المسؤلية تقع على المثقف العربي والغربي وذلك برفض مفاهيم العنصرية أو الانسياق وراء تلك المفاهيم التي لا تخدم أحدا سوى فئة عنصرية بغيضة ، هكذا كمسلمين ننتصر و ندافع عن قيم ديننا العظيم و سيدنا و نبينا العظيم محمد صلوات ربى وسلامه عليه ..
وفي الختام، هذه الرؤية وهذا الحوار الثقافي والإنساني الذي سعيت بوضع نواة له في الأردن إلا أن قوى التطرف والإرهاب " عصابة رابطة الكتاب الأردنيين " وبالتعاون مع النقابات المهنية واحزاب سياسية أردنية عنصرية والتي تمارس الإنغلاق والإرهاب الفكري بالتخطيط بعقلية إجرامية وبالعمل بحملة منظمة لتدمير هذا الحوار ..
فأنا كـ منير مزيد ، و كمثقف عربي موجود في الغرب وعشت حياة كريمة هنا ، أذهب إلى اداء صلواتي بحرية و أكتب بحرية ، ولم اتعرض يوما لأي مضايقة من أحد بسبب كتاباتي بل التقدير والاحترام ، اللهم إلا عدة محاولات بالعتداء علي ، كانت من قبل أبناء الجالية العربية " طلائع صراع الحضارات " ..
Thursday, January 29, 2009
The First Genocide In History : Prophet Mohammad's Family is Exterminated
This is the full story aired in serials telling the first genocide ever committed in history. Ironically enough, it was done against the Sacred Family of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) done by Yazid Ibn Moayia Ibn Abi Sufyan allied by those who usurped the legitimate rights of Ahlu-Bait Al-Rasool in Immate and Caliphate (leading) Islamic World. It is because this, Shiaism started both as a movement and sect.
Who Is Imam Hussain?
Imam Hussein (A.S.), the second son of Fatima (SA) and Ali (AS), was born on 3rd Shabaan, 4th year of Hijri (626 AD). When he was born the Holy Prophet (SAW) was given the news of the birth of his 2nd grand son. He arrived at the house of his daughter, took the little baby in his arms, and said the Azan and Iqamah in his ears.
Why Did Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) Weep at Hussain's Birthday?
People around the Prophet saw tears in his eyes. Fatima asked what the reason was for this, he told her that this boy of hers will achieve martyrdom, but consoled her by adding that God will create a nation who will mourn Hussain till the Day of Judgment.
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) Stresses On the Love of His Family ( Ahlu-Bait Al-Rasool)
Another famous saying of the Prophet at the same time became synonymous with the name of his grand son Hussain. "Hussian-o-Minni wa Ana Minul Hussain". Hussain is from me and I am from Hussain. One can explain this Hadith that Hussain, being the grand son of the Prophet was from him biologically? How a grandfather was from his grand son needs to be explained. Prophets of God speak spiritually rather than materially. He was talking about Islam the Deen (i.e, religion) he was assigned by God to propagate God's religion. He was for Islam and his whole life was for Islam and its establishment on earth. Any break in this mission would subvert this mission which was the purpose of his creation. The message of the Holy Prophet in this saying was that Hussain will, in some near future save this mission from destruction; hence the very purpose of his being will be saved by the sacrifice of his grandson. He was giving the news of a future occurrence. The story of Karbala unfolds.
Did Imam Save Islam by His Sacrifice?
Imam Hussain (AS) has saved Islam from oblivion by offering his timely sacrifice to draw the line of demarcation between Truth and Falsehood, between good and evil, between Right and Wrong, that after this event in Karbala in 61 Hijri, no one inside or outside Islam dare to challenge the truth of the Holy Qur'an or try to subvert its meanings.
Who Is Imam Hussain?
Imam Hussein (A.S.), the second son of Fatima (SA) and Ali (AS), was born on 3rd Shabaan, 4th year of Hijri (626 AD). When he was born the Holy Prophet (SAW) was given the news of the birth of his 2nd grand son. He arrived at the house of his daughter, took the little baby in his arms, and said the Azan and Iqamah in his ears.
Why Did Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) Weep at Hussain's Birthday?
People around the Prophet saw tears in his eyes. Fatima asked what the reason was for this, he told her that this boy of hers will achieve martyrdom, but consoled her by adding that God will create a nation who will mourn Hussain till the Day of Judgment.
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) Stresses On the Love of His Family ( Ahlu-Bait Al-Rasool)
Another famous saying of the Prophet at the same time became synonymous with the name of his grand son Hussain. "Hussian-o-Minni wa Ana Minul Hussain". Hussain is from me and I am from Hussain. One can explain this Hadith that Hussain, being the grand son of the Prophet was from him biologically? How a grandfather was from his grand son needs to be explained. Prophets of God speak spiritually rather than materially. He was talking about Islam the Deen (i.e, religion) he was assigned by God to propagate God's religion. He was for Islam and his whole life was for Islam and its establishment on earth. Any break in this mission would subvert this mission which was the purpose of his creation. The message of the Holy Prophet in this saying was that Hussain will, in some near future save this mission from destruction; hence the very purpose of his being will be saved by the sacrifice of his grandson. He was giving the news of a future occurrence. The story of Karbala unfolds.
Did Imam Save Islam by His Sacrifice?
Imam Hussain (AS) has saved Islam from oblivion by offering his timely sacrifice to draw the line of demarcation between Truth and Falsehood, between good and evil, between Right and Wrong, that after this event in Karbala in 61 Hijri, no one inside or outside Islam dare to challenge the truth of the Holy Qur'an or try to subvert its meanings.
Imam Hussain and The story of Karbala
The story of Karbala begins with the birth of Hussain (AS). The Holy Prophet (SAW) had shown affection and love for his grandson as any grandfather should show, but there was something more positive and profound in this love. Several times when Hussain entered the mosque as a small child the Holy Prophet will put him in his lap and tell his companions that this is Hussain, look at him and remember him. The Prophet's insistence to remember Hussain shows that those who will forget this event will cause trouble in Islam.
It was just seven years of his life with his grandfather that the Holy Prophet died and soon after, Hussain's mother Fatima (SA) also died. The next 25 years of his life in Madina was with his father Ali, his brother Hasan and many other brothers and sisters in the family. He grew up to be loved by the companions of the Holy Prophet. During the period of 2nd Khilafat-e-Rasheda, Omar Ibn Al-Khattab had always shown his love and respect for Hussain. Whenever Hussain entered the mosque, the Caliph would let him sit beside him and tell the companions to listen to what this young man says. They all valued his advice even at that young age. His main activity in Madina was to see that the people there know true Islam. He also managed the Trust set up by his father, to help the poor of the city by giving them food and many necessities of life. This was the true Islamic Welfare State in progress where every hungry mouth must have food; every naked person must have clothes and a shelter over his head.
Apart from administering the Trust set up by his father Ali (AS), Hussain's (AS) main occupation during these 25 years in Madina was to teach the newly converted Muslims real Islam through the Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet. He has performed Hajj 24 times during this period. He has also traveled to Yemen and most of the southern part of Hejaz and Najd. It is clear that he did not take any part in any of the expeditions by the Muslim forces under the directions of the three Kholafa.
After the killing of the 3rd Caliph Othman Ibn Afaan, Hussain's father Ali (AS) was compelled by the people of Madina overwhelmingly to take the reigns of power.
Imam Ali Coming to Ascendancy
Ali (AS) was reluctant and waited for three days before accepting the mantle of worldly power along with the authority of Imamah.
It was just seven years of his life with his grandfather that the Holy Prophet died and soon after, Hussain's mother Fatima (SA) also died. The next 25 years of his life in Madina was with his father Ali, his brother Hasan and many other brothers and sisters in the family. He grew up to be loved by the companions of the Holy Prophet. During the period of 2nd Khilafat-e-Rasheda, Omar Ibn Al-Khattab had always shown his love and respect for Hussain. Whenever Hussain entered the mosque, the Caliph would let him sit beside him and tell the companions to listen to what this young man says. They all valued his advice even at that young age. His main activity in Madina was to see that the people there know true Islam. He also managed the Trust set up by his father, to help the poor of the city by giving them food and many necessities of life. This was the true Islamic Welfare State in progress where every hungry mouth must have food; every naked person must have clothes and a shelter over his head.
Apart from administering the Trust set up by his father Ali (AS), Hussain's (AS) main occupation during these 25 years in Madina was to teach the newly converted Muslims real Islam through the Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet. He has performed Hajj 24 times during this period. He has also traveled to Yemen and most of the southern part of Hejaz and Najd. It is clear that he did not take any part in any of the expeditions by the Muslim forces under the directions of the three Kholafa.
After the killing of the 3rd Caliph Othman Ibn Afaan, Hussain's father Ali (AS) was compelled by the people of Madina overwhelmingly to take the reigns of power.
Imam Ali Coming to Ascendancy
Ali (AS) was reluctant and waited for three days before accepting the mantle of worldly power along with the authority of Imamah.
Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib In The Battle of Jamal (Camel)
Circumstances changed rapidly and within the first 6 month of Ali's Caliphate he had to leave Madina for Basra and the battle of Jamal took place. We see that Hussain (AS), who took no part in any battles before, was a commander of Ali's forces in this first battle under his father's leadership. Fighting began and ended in just one day, the battle was over; Ali (AS) performed funeral prayers on dead of both sides and buried them. Victors and vanquished were treated the same way. Ayesha was returned to Madina under the escort of her brother Muhammad Ibn Abibakr and 40 other women dressed as men. She repented her participation in the battle all her life and never forgave Talha and Zubair who deceived her into this battle against Ali (AS). She also realized that the true instigator of this battle was Muawiya under whose directions both Talha and Zubair started this whole adventure against the legitimately elected Caliph of Islam. It was to destabilize the power base of Islam which was the Caliphate of Ali (AS). When he did not succeed in this he began other tactics to do the same. His bands of soldiers raided many parts of Iraq to burn and loot villages and destroy communities. Ali (AS) had no choice but to prepare for battle with Muawiya.
Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib and The Battle of Siffin
The battle of Siffin took place in the 2nd year of Ali (AS) Caliphate and Hussain (AS) took full part. He was the commander of a garrison of 10,000 men along with his elder brother Hasan (AS) and Muhammad (El-Hanafiya). It was Ali's practice to put his other son Muhammad El-Hanafiya in the forefront and save the lives of these two grandsons of the Prophet. Nevertheless they took full part in these battles and fought with great bravery.
Imam Ali Ibn Abi Tali (AS) and The Battle of Nehrwan
The 3rd battle during the Caliphate of Ali (AS) was the battle of Nehrwan fought against the Khawarij. This was also over in just one day with total defeat of Khawarij. Ali (AS) returned to Kufa and the main administration of the Islamic Welfare State began. Both brothers were the chief administrators of this Welfare State where they would seek out those poor a destitute within the state and provide them with the necessities of life. While living with his father in Kufa, Hussain (AS) visited various northern part of the Islamic State. One story goes to say that he visited Azerbaijan and part of Iran of that time.
Imam Hussain as the Spiritual Guide
After the martyrdom his brother Hasan (AS), Hussain (AS) took the mantle of Imamat and spiritual guidance of the Ummah. It is during this period that during one of his journeys to Makka for pilgrimage, his famous Duas (Supplication) of Arafah became famous. This is a Dua which at the place of Arafat during the Hajj ritual that Imam recited and many pilgrims heard it and instantly memorized it as was the practice of the people of that time. Qur'an was also memorized in the same manner and many Sermons of Imam Ali (AS) were also memorized by people. This Dua of Arafa became famous because of its deep insight into the realms of spirituality of Islam and its total dependence upon Allah's Will and Power. This also gives insight into the reasons why Imam Hussain (AS) left Makka for Karbala. The following extract shows this feeling of the Imam towards reform of the Umma of his grandfather,
"O' God: you know that our struggle, moves, protests, and campaigns have not been, and are not, for the sake of rivalry and for obtaining power, neither are they for the sake of personal ambition nor for worldly ends, nor for the purpose of accumulating wealth and acquiring worldly advantages. " Then what is their purpose? Imam states the purpose in these words.
"To establish the landmarks of Your Deen, to make reforms manifest in Your lands, so that the oppressed among Your servants may have security, and Your laws, which have been suspended and cast into neglect, may be reinstated."
Further on in this same Dua the Imam calls upon his creator to show his total dependence upon Him.
"O' He, upon whom I called when I was sick and He healed me, when naked, He clothed me, when hungry He fed me, when thirsty He gave me drink, when abased He exalted me, when ignorant, He gave me knowledge, when alone He provided companion, when away from home He returned me home, when empty handed He enriched me, when in need of help He helped me, when rich He took not from me". This kind of complete dependence upon God which is the Hallmark of Islamic teachings, was taught by the Imam to the people of Madina and Makka, and the whole of Hejaz he visited.
Once a Bedouin asked Imam what is the best thing to do. Imam replied, "Belief in God". He asked again, what is the best means of deliverance from destruction, Imam said, "Trust in God". The man asked, what man’s ornament is, Imam replied," knowledge associated with intelligence". The man insisted, if this be not available, what then, Imam replied," Wealth accompanied with generosity". What if this is out of reach, Imam said, "Poverty allied with patience". What if this be not practicable? Imam smiled and said, let the lightening consume the man to ashes. He then gave whatever money he had with him to fulfill his needs.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The 9th of Muharram 61 Hijiri
The 9th of Muharram 61 Hijiri
On the afternoon of the 9th, Yazid's army moved forward in a formation of attack. Imam was informed and he sent Abbas and Ali Akber to enquire about this. The reply was that orders were from Kufa to commence fighting and finish off with the family of the Prophet. Imam asked them to give them a stay of one night for they all wished to spend their last night in meditation and prayers to God.
Prayers Vs Flirting
The night was dark and horrible, flickering lights from the Camp of the Imam was showing few people busy in prayers. The sound of their prayers in unison was coming out of the camp as if Honey bees were busy to build their nest. Whereas on the enemy side music and dancing had gone on all night. Many soldiers from Yazid's army saw this difference and realized in awe who was on the path of God and who was not. Some soldiers slipped away from Yazid's camp towards the Imam's camp knowing fully well that if fighting started the next morning they would surely perish. About 30 such people moved to Imam's camp. Imam held a meeting of his battered and thirsty companions and told them that the enemy wanted only his life. They have no animosity with any one else. When no one moved Imam asked that the candles should be put off, in case some of them were ashamed to show themselves running away from the Imam. The Imam also said that he was taking away the burden of the Oath of allegiance from them and made them free to go. "Take few of my relations with them" But when the candles were lit again, all were there, no one moved. One of the older companions named Muslim Ibn Awsajah came forward and declared that they were all one solid rock to fight for the Imam. If they were killed 70 times and then were made alive again they would still prefer to achieve martyrdom with the Imam rather than live with the oppressive rulers like Yazid.
On the afternoon of the 9th, Yazid's army moved forward in a formation of attack. Imam was informed and he sent Abbas and Ali Akber to enquire about this. The reply was that orders were from Kufa to commence fighting and finish off with the family of the Prophet. Imam asked them to give them a stay of one night for they all wished to spend their last night in meditation and prayers to God.
Prayers Vs Flirting
The night was dark and horrible, flickering lights from the Camp of the Imam was showing few people busy in prayers. The sound of their prayers in unison was coming out of the camp as if Honey bees were busy to build their nest. Whereas on the enemy side music and dancing had gone on all night. Many soldiers from Yazid's army saw this difference and realized in awe who was on the path of God and who was not. Some soldiers slipped away from Yazid's camp towards the Imam's camp knowing fully well that if fighting started the next morning they would surely perish. About 30 such people moved to Imam's camp. Imam held a meeting of his battered and thirsty companions and told them that the enemy wanted only his life. They have no animosity with any one else. When no one moved Imam asked that the candles should be put off, in case some of them were ashamed to show themselves running away from the Imam. The Imam also said that he was taking away the burden of the Oath of allegiance from them and made them free to go. "Take few of my relations with them" But when the candles were lit again, all were there, no one moved. One of the older companions named Muslim Ibn Awsajah came forward and declared that they were all one solid rock to fight for the Imam. If they were killed 70 times and then were made alive again they would still prefer to achieve martyrdom with the Imam rather than live with the oppressive rulers like Yazid.
The 10th of Muharram 61 Hijiri - Dawn and Morning
The 10th of Muharram 61 Hijiri
Morning appeared and before Sunrise Ali Akber gave the Azan and all of them completed their morning prayers behind their Imam.
The 10th of Muharram, Early Morning
Imam made his brother Abbas as the flag bearer of the tiny army of 70 persons in all when all of a sudden two more soldiers defected from Yazid's army. One was Hur who was the leader of the contingent who brought the Imam's party to Karbala and also his son. Both of them arrived with their hands tied to apologize to the Imam for what they had done and asked his permission to fight for them and become first martyrs.
The Beginning of the Battle
Imam Hussain did not give orders to commence fighting until arrows came from the enemy camp. Then Hur went out to fight. Overwhelmed by the numbers on the other side, he soon died. His son went and he also died.
Morning appeared and before Sunrise Ali Akber gave the Azan and all of them completed their morning prayers behind their Imam.
The 10th of Muharram, Early Morning
Imam made his brother Abbas as the flag bearer of the tiny army of 70 persons in all when all of a sudden two more soldiers defected from Yazid's army. One was Hur who was the leader of the contingent who brought the Imam's party to Karbala and also his son. Both of them arrived with their hands tied to apologize to the Imam for what they had done and asked his permission to fight for them and become first martyrs.
The Beginning of the Battle
Imam Hussain did not give orders to commence fighting until arrows came from the enemy camp. Then Hur went out to fight. Overwhelmed by the numbers on the other side, he soon died. His son went and he also died.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Samuel Beckett and Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
Beckett, in his Waiting for Godot, employs two strange terms – the “the Macon Country and the Cacon Country”. These terms are, of course, fictional regions. The question is: Have they got any sense? If so, why does Beckett use them here? Have they got any relation to Prophet Mohammad (PBUM)?
Below is my point of view. I tend to the etymology of the two terms in order to understand their sense. 'Macon' is a Middle English form etymologically derived from two sources; the first one is a variation among more than 50 others of the name of the Prophet Mohammad.
There are other variations of the Prophet's name such as ' Mahound, Mahum, Mahun, Mahoune,. Mahown,.Macon, Mahount, Mahownde, Machound, Manhound, Maumet, .Mahom, .Mahum, Mahu, Maho '.etc. See also the entry for "Mahu" and "Maho". (See the enteries of "Mahound"and "Mahu" in The Oxford English Dictionary, 1970 Repr.VI.)
All these .variations of the Prophet's name, according to the Medieval populace and writers as well, stand for the meanings of 'the devil', 'the infidel', 'the idol' or 'the dictator of Hell'. 'Macon', for example, was used by Harrington in 1591 and by Faifax in his Tasso in 1600.
To Beckett, 'Macon' in Waiting carries the nuances of the two etymological sources. 'Macon' alludes to the USSR since for the 'Christian' West the 'Soviets' at a time were the most abhorred materialist Infidels of Europe who dominated the Eastern part of the Continent where 'horror and disbelief' spring from a "decayed Unreal "City ... over the mountains", to quote Eliot, the poet of The Waste Land (1922) who, "being hypocrite .. .mon semblable, avoids mentioning, among a list of other unreal cities as he enumerates Jerusalem Athens Alexandaria / Vienna, London', the name of the City which 'is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality'. The name of the decayed Unreal City that is meant is Moscow. In his essay Thoughts After Lambeth (1931), Eliot concludes that ' the experiment (i.e., the October Revolution) will fail' ". So, as Eliot many years ago indirectly disparaged in his poem this experiment, Beckett in W F G throws at the same experiment some vitriolic remarks, and, the study has so far shown only two – the first is "the knook", the second " the Macon Country". Still there are other ones and to spot light on them lies out of the scope of this study the aim of which is not to set a political reading of the play since such a reading dictates a certain approach to deal with the text. Martin Esslin, as setting the historical background for the Absurd movement in drama, though he does not recommend a political interpretation of any sort of the play, writes that "there is no doubt that a sense of disillusionment with the hopes of radical social revolution as predicted by Marx after Stalin had turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian tyranny ... is but one characteristic feature of our own times ..[and] of the plays that we have classed under the label of me Theatre of the Absurd". And I Beckett may have been aware of this feature.
The second term “Cacon” was derived from an Italian word for 'machine'. There are other variations for the etymology of this word such as 'Machun, Machoun, Masun, Mazoun, Macon, Masowne, Machio, Machina' etc . (See "Mason," in The Oxford English Dictionary, 1970Repr. VI.)
The 'Cacon' Country, in the Play, alludes to the disgusting and contemptuous image of the West itself after relapse into barbarism, mass murder and genocide ... during the Second World War and in the aftermath of that War" and the spread, among sensitive minds, of such a belief that their Western World "of the mid twentieth century has lost its meaning and has simply ceased to make sense". The West, hence, becomes represented in the play as the 'Cacon' Country.
Moreover, the word 'Cacon' is "a pun on the French child's word for excrement 'cach'". While in the 'Macon' Country Big Brothers, as Vladimir and Estragon narrated, controlled the whole scene with firm grips and iron heels; in the 'Cacon', Vladimir and Estragon would see a similar image of despotism - a multi-master world; Vladimir and Estragon would meet masters like those hostile "others", the invisible "Godot" and the cruel Pozzo. Vladimir and Estragon who were two dissidents or ' non - conformists', fled from one bloody vassalage to another more horrible in the new stash - the Free World itself! And both the phases of their vassalage (paradoxically contradicted with each other and intermingled with horror and death) are invisible to the external observer!
As such, Beckett's Waiting comes to mockingly vituperate, in one stroke, both the Free World and the Eastern Block; the play, in this case, neither pays lip service to the West nor regards it animated and dynamic and free of horrors as Gunther Andres wishfully thought, when he wrote in a 1954 article "Being Without Time: On Beckett's Play Waiting for Godot", under, of course, the obsessions of the Cold War between the then two big powers, that Pozzo and Lucky are:
“the motor of time: for time is history; and history in the eyes of dialectical philosophy, owes its movement exclusively to antagonism (between man and manor class and class); so exclusively that at the moment when these antagonisms came to an end, history itself would cease, too”.
Gunther Andres considered “Pozzo and Lucky as the Hegelian symbol of history steps onto the stage.... on which, so far, nothing had reigned but 'being without time'.... It is quite understandable that the entrance of this new pair intrigues the spectator. First for aesthetic reason: the stagnation which, at the beginning, he had rejected as hardly acceptable, but finally accepted as the 'law of the Godot world', is suddenly disturbed by the intrusion of characters that are undeniably active. It is as though before our very eyes a still photo turned into a movie”.
But 'the law of the Godot world' under the hold of which Vladimir and Estragon came after their flight from the 'Macon' Country, is only one, among other corpuses juris that govern all regions of the Free World! They in their new habitat witnessed once again ages of incessant anxiety and blood-cuddling awe and exhaustive illusion. They were deceived by the recurrent message that "Godot will not come today but surely he will come tomorrow". It is due to this deception that whenever they saw a new comer, they were moved and put to alert thinking their 'saviour-bogle' has arrived: their passions, startled, would come to spontaneous ascendancy.
For Full Reading of the This Study, Press The Invisible Vassalage
Below is my point of view. I tend to the etymology of the two terms in order to understand their sense. 'Macon' is a Middle English form etymologically derived from two sources; the first one is a variation among more than 50 others of the name of the Prophet Mohammad.
There are other variations of the Prophet's name such as ' Mahound, Mahum, Mahun, Mahoune,. Mahown,.Macon, Mahount, Mahownde, Machound, Manhound, Maumet, .Mahom, .Mahum, Mahu, Maho '.etc. See also the entry for "Mahu" and "Maho". (See the enteries of "Mahound"and "Mahu" in The Oxford English Dictionary, 1970 Repr.VI.)
All these .variations of the Prophet's name, according to the Medieval populace and writers as well, stand for the meanings of 'the devil', 'the infidel', 'the idol' or 'the dictator of Hell'. 'Macon', for example, was used by Harrington in 1591 and by Faifax in his Tasso in 1600.
To Beckett, 'Macon' in Waiting carries the nuances of the two etymological sources. 'Macon' alludes to the USSR since for the 'Christian' West the 'Soviets' at a time were the most abhorred materialist Infidels of Europe who dominated the Eastern part of the Continent where 'horror and disbelief' spring from a "decayed Unreal "City ... over the mountains", to quote Eliot, the poet of The Waste Land (1922) who, "being hypocrite .. .mon semblable, avoids mentioning, among a list of other unreal cities as he enumerates Jerusalem Athens Alexandaria / Vienna, London', the name of the City which 'is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality'. The name of the decayed Unreal City that is meant is Moscow. In his essay Thoughts After Lambeth (1931), Eliot concludes that ' the experiment (i.e., the October Revolution) will fail' ". So, as Eliot many years ago indirectly disparaged in his poem this experiment, Beckett in W F G throws at the same experiment some vitriolic remarks, and, the study has so far shown only two – the first is "the knook", the second " the Macon Country". Still there are other ones and to spot light on them lies out of the scope of this study the aim of which is not to set a political reading of the play since such a reading dictates a certain approach to deal with the text. Martin Esslin, as setting the historical background for the Absurd movement in drama, though he does not recommend a political interpretation of any sort of the play, writes that "there is no doubt that a sense of disillusionment with the hopes of radical social revolution as predicted by Marx after Stalin had turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian tyranny ... is but one characteristic feature of our own times ..[and] of the plays that we have classed under the label of me Theatre of the Absurd". And I Beckett may have been aware of this feature.
The second term “Cacon” was derived from an Italian word for 'machine'. There are other variations for the etymology of this word such as 'Machun, Machoun, Masun, Mazoun, Macon, Masowne, Machio, Machina' etc . (See "Mason," in The Oxford English Dictionary, 1970Repr. VI.)
The 'Cacon' Country, in the Play, alludes to the disgusting and contemptuous image of the West itself after relapse into barbarism, mass murder and genocide ... during the Second World War and in the aftermath of that War" and the spread, among sensitive minds, of such a belief that their Western World "of the mid twentieth century has lost its meaning and has simply ceased to make sense". The West, hence, becomes represented in the play as the 'Cacon' Country.
Moreover, the word 'Cacon' is "a pun on the French child's word for excrement 'cach'". While in the 'Macon' Country Big Brothers, as Vladimir and Estragon narrated, controlled the whole scene with firm grips and iron heels; in the 'Cacon', Vladimir and Estragon would see a similar image of despotism - a multi-master world; Vladimir and Estragon would meet masters like those hostile "others", the invisible "Godot" and the cruel Pozzo. Vladimir and Estragon who were two dissidents or ' non - conformists', fled from one bloody vassalage to another more horrible in the new stash - the Free World itself! And both the phases of their vassalage (paradoxically contradicted with each other and intermingled with horror and death) are invisible to the external observer!
As such, Beckett's Waiting comes to mockingly vituperate, in one stroke, both the Free World and the Eastern Block; the play, in this case, neither pays lip service to the West nor regards it animated and dynamic and free of horrors as Gunther Andres wishfully thought, when he wrote in a 1954 article "Being Without Time: On Beckett's Play Waiting for Godot", under, of course, the obsessions of the Cold War between the then two big powers, that Pozzo and Lucky are:
“the motor of time: for time is history; and history in the eyes of dialectical philosophy, owes its movement exclusively to antagonism (between man and manor class and class); so exclusively that at the moment when these antagonisms came to an end, history itself would cease, too”.
Gunther Andres considered “Pozzo and Lucky as the Hegelian symbol of history steps onto the stage.... on which, so far, nothing had reigned but 'being without time'.... It is quite understandable that the entrance of this new pair intrigues the spectator. First for aesthetic reason: the stagnation which, at the beginning, he had rejected as hardly acceptable, but finally accepted as the 'law of the Godot world', is suddenly disturbed by the intrusion of characters that are undeniably active. It is as though before our very eyes a still photo turned into a movie”.
But 'the law of the Godot world' under the hold of which Vladimir and Estragon came after their flight from the 'Macon' Country, is only one, among other corpuses juris that govern all regions of the Free World! They in their new habitat witnessed once again ages of incessant anxiety and blood-cuddling awe and exhaustive illusion. They were deceived by the recurrent message that "Godot will not come today but surely he will come tomorrow". It is due to this deception that whenever they saw a new comer, they were moved and put to alert thinking their 'saviour-bogle' has arrived: their passions, startled, would come to spontaneous ascendancy.
For Full Reading of the This Study, Press The Invisible Vassalage
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