Booty and Havoc
I've been reading one of Bat Yeor's books on the history of Islam. I'm struck by the similarity that appears between early Islamic and Arabic agression towards their neighbors and present day agitations of Muslims in many countries today. Their worldview is still the same, it's The Domain of Islam and The Domain of War, so you're either with them or against them. Nobody can be neutral.
The war was conducted by aggresive attacks on outlying communities of Jews, Christians and Zoroastrian communities throughout the middle east, Persia, India, North Africa and Spain. Raids were encouraged by Islamic leaders that focused the worst of human greed against surrounding peoples. That lead to eventual capitulation and conquest of these peoples. Depopulation and slavery often followed, at best there was servitude. Lastly these areas were repopulated by Arab tribes sent into establish more solid demographic hold on conquered areas. The so called religion of peace is historically identifed as a religion of domination and control. That power wasn't broken until the fall of the Ottoman empire in WW1. But recent events suggest that that same spirit is back and more dangerous than ever.
I can't resist making the comparison to modern Israel and it's problems with the "palestinians". The same demographic weapon is being pressed in the so called right of return doctrine of the Palestinian authority. What's worse is that most outside nations have been convinced of the same "rights" of "the oppressed" pals. Israel clearly deserves a right to exist as well, the League of Nations and United Nations recognized a right for a Jewish homeland and nation. It was the hand of God that enabled enough world leaders to do good things in the aftermath of each of the two world wars. I submit that what the pals and the neighboring Muslim countries demand is nothing but an expression of bad will and bad faith towards Israel, nothing more. They are reverting to their old ways in a renewed quest for world domination starting in Israel.
Zech 14 says all nations will be gathered against Jerusalem. That's a big mistake, read what will happen after that in the Bible.
The war was conducted by aggresive attacks on outlying communities of Jews, Christians and Zoroastrian communities throughout the middle east, Persia, India, North Africa and Spain. Raids were encouraged by Islamic leaders that focused the worst of human greed against surrounding peoples. That lead to eventual capitulation and conquest of these peoples. Depopulation and slavery often followed, at best there was servitude. Lastly these areas were repopulated by Arab tribes sent into establish more solid demographic hold on conquered areas. The so called religion of peace is historically identifed as a religion of domination and control. That power wasn't broken until the fall of the Ottoman empire in WW1. But recent events suggest that that same spirit is back and more dangerous than ever.
I can't resist making the comparison to modern Israel and it's problems with the "palestinians". The same demographic weapon is being pressed in the so called right of return doctrine of the Palestinian authority. What's worse is that most outside nations have been convinced of the same "rights" of "the oppressed" pals. Israel clearly deserves a right to exist as well, the League of Nations and United Nations recognized a right for a Jewish homeland and nation. It was the hand of God that enabled enough world leaders to do good things in the aftermath of each of the two world wars. I submit that what the pals and the neighboring Muslim countries demand is nothing but an expression of bad will and bad faith towards Israel, nothing more. They are reverting to their old ways in a renewed quest for world domination starting in Israel.
Zech 14 says all nations will be gathered against Jerusalem. That's a big mistake, read what will happen after that in the Bible.
posted by J B at
Friday, December 02, 2005
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