Muslim intolerance
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, THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 14, 2005
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How much more Muslim intolerance is the civilized world willing to
tolerate? A lot, if two events this week are any indication. In the
first case, British Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected the suggestion of
senior advisers that he scrap England's Holocaust Day, on the grounds
that the annual commemoration of the Shoah offends the country's
Muslims.
In the second case, the International Committee of the Red Cross drafted
a proposition according to which Israel's Magen David Adom would
assimilate its logo into a more "neutral" crystal shape that wouldn't
offend Muslim countries as much as its red Star of David does now. It is
certainly a positive sign that Blair had the good sense to quash the
idea of subsuming the Holocaust into a larger "Genocide Day" that would,
presumably, become a staging ground for pro- Palestinian protests. What
is worrying, however, is that Blair's senior advisers lacked the same
good sense to do so as well. That they would even entertain such an idea
just goes to show how much Europe is caving in to Muslim anti-Semitism.
It's the same with the Red Cross story. Magen David Adom has been
fighting for decades for recognition as a full member of the Swiss-
based humanitarian movement over the objection of Arab member countries.
Again, it is their Muslim sensitivities that must be appeased. They
refuse to accord the Jewish state's medics, operating under a Jewish
symbol, the same privileges and immunity that they enjoy as members of
the ICRC. This, despite the fact that Muslim member countries'
organizations won the right to use a red crescent as their symbol
instead of a cross.
Over the past five years, while the ICRC was stubbornly denying official
status to the MDA, the Red Cross was pumping dozens of millions of
dollars each year into the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). Of
course there is nothing essentially wrong with the PRCS except for one
small breach of humanitarian principles: PRCS ambulances were used to
smuggle weapons and bomb belts to terrorists and to transport gunmen to
their targets, including at least one person (Waffa Idris) who blew
herself up in a suicide attack inside Israel. The MDA, meanwhile, was
providing blood to the PRCS at its request, and ferrying Palestinians to
Israel for urgent medical treatment.
No one has suggested that the PRCS be made to forfeit its Red Cross
membership and desist from using its protected logo for these offenses.
And, with the exception of the American Red Cross, far too few ICRC
members have suggested that Israel's humanitarian heroes be accorded
recognition for the noble work that they do under the symbol of the
Jewish people.
It is obvious that values the West holds dear, such as fairness,
equality, and cultural pluralism are simply thrown out the window when
resisting the intolerance of a billion Muslims is weighed against
offending a few million Jews. Further, it is assumed that compromising
Western values at the Jews' expense is simply that "“ a Jewish problem.
It is not. The intolerance shown toward Jews can be and is shown toward
Christians, such as the recent rampage against Palestinian Muslims
against Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem. The massacres of Christians
in Sudan is another example, as is the destruction by the Taliban of the
ancient Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001.
Europe is hardly immune from such predations, as the continent is
belatedly discovering.
In England, where the Holocaust Day repeal was initiated, larger things
are afoot. The main impetus for the drive came from the Muslim Council
of Britain which has justified Palestinian suicide bombers and glorified
extremist preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
Across Europe, governments have refused to admit the extent to which
fundamentalist Muslims have been responsible for anti-Semitic violence.
Similarly, they have been reticent to confront the increasingly brazen
fundamentalists within their midst.
Europeans should know, however, that the fundamentalist Muslim community
in Europe which seeks to delegitimize Jews and the Jewish state is the
same community that evidently spawned the murderous bombings in Madrid
and London. The fight for freedom from Islamist terrorism begins with
basic insistence on the rights of all non- Muslims, including the Jewish
people. The alternative, appeasement, has not worked well in the past,
and is likely to invite even more Muslim intolerance in the future.
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Alex,
Are you familiar with Voice of the Maryters organization.I a,m a big supporter of them. You mentioned about the persecution in Sudan. They are daily in my prayers.
Chuck
Yeah we do to brother .God bless you . I truly hope nothing I said today offended you. I appreciate all you do for this forum and God forbid that I would quench your spirit. Yes my wife discovered them about 12 years ago and I pray for the persecuted church daily and support them a swell. They are doin ga great work.
God bless Alex,
If I ever get too crazy send me a PM. Your friendship means more to me than being right or wrong.
MUSLIM INTOLERANCE
