The fanatics make that claim about any land once occupied by Islam, including parts of southern France, parts of southern Italy and Sicily, then all the way up the Balkins to the Austrian Hungarian border.
They are very optimistic. larry On 1/31/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dana mentioned the current anti-Arab meme going around. I think this goes a > long way in explaining why: > http://www.spainherald.com/2414.html > The children's website Al Fateh, property of the Palestinian terrorist group > Hamas, demands in its most recent issue the return of the Spanish city of > Seville to the "lost paradise" of Al Andalus, as the Muslim part of Spain was > called during its existence between 711 and 1492. The web magazine, whose > name means "conqueror," says it is for "the young builders of the future." > ........ > The Al Fateh website says it is for "the young builders of the future." It > contains, along with typical children's content like drawings, poetry, and > stories, a great deal of references to resistence and martyrdom. Its main > subjects are Palestine and the Arab and Muslim worlds, especially their > religious aspect. The lives and deaths of the Palestinian "martyrs," many of > them suicide bombers, are a constant theme, as well as descriptions of > important cities in Muslim history. > ........ > "The lost paradise of Al Andalus," explicitly mentioned in the text, is a > common meme in the Muslim world. It has led to concrete fatwas declared in > order to recover territories conquered by Christian "infidels," such as that > of three years ago by the Islamist sheik Yousef Al-Qaradhawi, which > explicitly says that "Islam will return to Europe as the conqueror." > Al-Qaradhawi is the leader of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, > the president of the International Association of Muslim Scholars, and the > spiritual leader of many other Islamist organizations around the world. > > So basically Israel isn't the only land that *some* Muslims are claiming as > theirs. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:195313 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
