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[almaty 19]

To Muslims and Arabs across the globe:

Reject hate, embrace love. Bring out the best in Islam by showing your compassion, gratitude and forgiveness. Make the holy land truly holy by giving Israel and the Jewish people the respect they deserve in their tiny little country. This is not a crisis over land. It is a crisis of the soul; a crisis in our faith, judgement and self confidence. Israel should not be regarded as an enemy, but as a blessing to our neighborhood. We need not fear peace, but embrace it.

Who Are We?

We are Arabs and Moslems who believe…

We can support Israel and still support the Palestinian people. Supporting one does not cancel support for the other.

We can support the State of Israel and the Jewish religion and still treasure our Arab and Islamic culture.

There are many Jews and Israelis who freely express compassion and support for the Palestinians. It is time that we Arabs express reciprocal compassion and support.

The existence of the State of Israel is a fact that should be accepted by the Arab world.

Israel is a legitimate state that is not a threat but an asset in the Middle East.

Every major World religion has a center of gravity. Islam has Mecca, and Judaism certainly deserves its presence in Israel and Jerusalem.

Diversity should not be a virtue only in the USA, but should be encouraged around the world. We support a diverse Middle East with protection for human rights, respect and equality under the law to all minorities including Jews and Christians.

Palestinians have several options but are deprived from exercising them because of their leadership, the Arab League and surrounding Arab and Moslem countries who do not want to see Palestinians live in harmony with Israel.

If Palestinians want democracy they can start practicing it now.

Arabs must end the boycott of Israel.

We stand firmly against suicide/homicide terrorism as a form of Jihad.

We are appalled by the horrific act of terror against the USA on 9/11/2001.

Arab media should end the incitement and misinformation that result in Arab street rage and violence.

We are eager to see major reformation in how Islam is taught and channeled to bring out the best in Moslems and contribute to the uplifting of the human spirit and advancement of civilization.

We believe in freedom to choose or change one’s Religion.

We cherish and acknowledge the beauty and contributions of the Middle East culture, but recognize that the Arab/Moslem world is in desperate need of constructive self-criticism and reform.

note...as a Muslim i am appalled by some of the written statements on both sides..i am a moderate for certain..sanita, a chechen, is also a moderate...against any form of terrorism or violence..death is death..no matter what you believe or don't believe...when you are dead..you are ###### dead and all the banners..slogans..flags are not worth death to oneself...or others..dean

Edited July 28, 2006 by almaty

[Jenn! 918]

...against any form of terrorism or violence..death is death..no matter what you believe or don't believe...when you are dead..you are ###### dead and all the banners..slogans..flags are not worth death to oneself...or others..dean

[rclouse 0]

Got a website address for that? It's awesome.

[almaty 19]

Got a website address for that? It's awesome.

www.arabsforisrael.com

Edited July 28, 2006 by almaty

[chri'stina 190]

Good to see that point of view. I know there are people who feel the way the above website says, I just wish it were more people, to make it a louder voice.

[rclouse 0]

Cool. Pretty slow loading, though.

[*Robert* 2]

Right on Brother Dean!!!

You RAWK my friend!!!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Got a website address for that? It's awesome.

www.arabsforisrael.com

I found their website earlier this week when mawilson made the generalization that no Arab likes Israel.

[Aymerlu 3]

You tell it Brother Dean

[jen&darcy 0]

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

yay!!!

[rclouse 0]

Finally loaded. Here's another great statement from the site:

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Open Letter to President Ahmadinejad

As a devout Muslim, you should recognize the State of Israel as a blessing expressing Allah’s will. Your aim to wipe Israel off the map defies the values of Islam expressed in the Holy Koran and through Islamic art.

In Islamic art, a uniform geometric pattern is purposely disrupted by he introduction of a counter-pattern to demonstrate that human creation is less than perfect. Based upon the belief that only Allah creates perfection, rug weavers from Islamic lands intentionally weave a small patch of dissimilar pattern to break the symmetry of their rugs. The Islamic artisan does not want to be perceived as competing with the perfection of Allah.

Perhaps you see a continuous pattern like a beautiful Islamic rug running from Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern borders of Iran. Shift your perception to see Israel, not as a blemish on the great Islamic rug, but as a small counter-pattern needed to realize Islamic values.

The ingathering of the Jewish People into its historic homeland in the midst of the Islamic world is the fulfillment of Mohammed’s prophecy in the Koran (Sura 17:104): “And we said to the Children of Israel, ‘scatter and live all over the world…and when the end of the world is near we will gather you again into the Promised Land.”

Switch your viewpoint to recognize the sovereign right of the Jews over the Land of Israel as the will of Allah as expressed in the Koran (Sura 5:20-21): “Remember when Moses said to his people: ‘O my people, call in remembrance the favor of God unto you, when he produced prophets among you, made you kings, and gave to you what He had not given to any other among the people. O my people, enter the Holy Land which God has assigned unto you, and then turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, to your own ruin.’”

This paradigm shift should transform your perception of Israel from an alien presence to a tiny golden seed from which a lush green Islamic tree has germinated and spread its roots and branches across North Africa and the Middle East.

Salam Aleikum,

Abu Musa

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Totally. Fscking. Awesome.

[MandR 0]

Great web sight.

Now we just need to have WIFE OF MAHMOUD and JORDANIANPRINCESS and a couple of others read it

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Nonie Darwish runs the website arabsforisrael.com.

She wrote an article in 2003 called "Escaping Submission". Here are a few interesting excerpts:

I feel alienated from a religion that has sponsored over 30 years of terrorism, and from the flagrant and arrogant Moslem/Arab support of it. My criticism is not directed at the Koran itself, but at the current Moslem culture and community that has handed over control of Arab society to the most extreme, fanatical Wahabi Islamic sect.

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Contrary to popular belief, Islam is not flourishing; Islam is rotting out from its core. This is a culture in convulsions, using anything and everything from oil to airplanes and from stones to suicide bombs as weapons against the rest of the World. In my estimation, this is a sure sign of internal struggle, conflict and weakness.

[...]

Arabs deny their true intensions regarding Jews and Christians when confronted by the West. What they tell each other is different from what they tell non-Moslems. Image and reputation is of utmost importance between Moslems and especially in front of foreigners. Their first instinct is always to lie, even in situations that do not require lying...

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=6034

[Fuzzness 2]

well said dean