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In this mailing:
- Bassam Tawil: Palestinians: New
Twist on an Old Lie
- Natalia Osten-Sacken: "Everyone Was
Afraid to Be Branded as a Racist"
- Pinar Tremblay: Turkey: Is Erdogan's
"Magic Spell" Beginning to Pale?
by
Bassam Tawil • April 23, 2018 at 5:00 am
- Zomlot
informed his Jewish audience, in English, what he would never dare
say in Arabic -- that the Palestinians will one day recognize the
Jewish connection to Jerusalem.
- If
Zomlot made such a statement in his native Arabic language, he
would be denounced as a traitor -- if he were very lucky. If he
were less lucky, he would end up in a hospital or morgue.
- Zomlot
knows that he can always deny (in Arabic) what he said in English.
Pictured: Jerusalem's Western Wall,
and the Temple Mount above it. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Denial of Jewish history in Jerusalem and the existence
of the Jewish Temple has always been a central component of the
Palestinian narrative and ideology.
Palestinians, like members of all societies, disagree on
many things. Nevertheless, when it comes to the historical connection
between Jews and Jerusalem, Palestinians manage to unite in lies:
Palestinian political leaders, academics and religious leaders have
long promoted the false narrative that Jerusalem was, and remains, an
Arab and Islamic city.
We are currently witnessing a new twist on this old lie.
It seems that some Palestinians are now trying to
deceive the world into believing that they do, indeed, recognize the
Jewish people's historic connection to Jerusalem.
The problem is that Palestinian officials tell their
people one thing in Arabic and the rest of the world another thing in
English.
by
Natalia Osten-Sacken • April 23, 2018 at 4:30 am
- "If
I speak about Islam, they interpret it as hating Muslims. But I do
not hate Muslims. I believe that this ideology is dangerous for
all mankind. The Muslim community will also suffer under the
Sharia." — Mona Walter, Swedish activist from Mogadishu,
Somalia.
- "Jesus
said we should love our enemies, but not that we should be
stupid." — Mona Walter.
- "I
always say to my Christian friends, 'What do you think, what will
happen to you if Islam becomes dominant here?'" — Mona
Walter.
Mona Walter. (Image source: AlfaTV
video screenshot)
Mona Walter, age 45, is a Swedish activist from
Mogadishu, Somalia. In the early 1990s, she fled as a refugee to
Sweden. There, she abandoned Islam and converted to Christianity. The
act resulted in criticism and death threats. The mainstream media
consider her a person working for religious freedom. Other
organizations accuse her of fueling anti-Islamic movements.
Natalia Osten-Sacken: I have heard your statements
stigmatizing Islam as an intolerant and hateful culture. If it is so,
why did you not notice it in Somalia?
Mona Walter: In
my country, we had our own African culture. People did not deal with
religion so much. There was no Sharia, we had our own secular law. We
came here as young, secular people. It is worth mentioning, that we
belonged to the Sufi Sunni faction.
by
Pinar Tremblay • April 23, 2018 at 4:00 am
- Research
conducted in March by 50 teachers from the Imam Hatip schools
revealed that students are moving away from Islam.
- "[Mosques]
no longer serve people, but rather serve as a source of income for
certain people." – Young imam, later fired.
- Another
cause of upset on the part of many religious Muslims is the
content of the Diyanet-prepared Friday sermons, which frequently advocates
violent jihad.
- What
is clearly on the rise, however, is great disappointment in the
Erdogan government's version of Islam, especially when accompanied
by corrupt politics and a deteriorating justice system.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
For decades, prominent Islamist figures would rarely
criticize Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and when they did, it
would be directed at his policies, rather than his personality. That
trust seems beginning to change.
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