January 21, 2014 from : Islam Today Oregon by : Barry Sommer Obama continues to baffle me every time he tries to say something intelligent about the Middle East. This time he manages to stuff both feet into his mouth by claiming anit-semitism from Islam only started in 1948. Ignoring mountains of historical evidence, Obama seems to be in his own little world, behaving like a man who doesn't want to be confused with the facts because he has his own opinions. Just reading the Qur'an and having a basic understanding of the context will give the neophyte many examples of early anti-semitism. One can also read current books and articles documenting anti-semitism in 2013 that is found across Europe, America and obviously the Islamic world.
Obama either doesn't know or knows but doesn't care, which it is makes no nevermind as the end result is more confusion, misdirection and being seen the fool among other world leaders. Thanks Barak for making us more the laughing stock than Bush II could ever do. ---------------------------------------- BR Comment: It is impossible for someone to read the Koran and not find many examples of ant-Semitism in it unless: You are committed to an ideology which pre-interprets Islam to be based on other values than are actually in it, for example universal respect for people of all religions, which is the Baha'i view and that of many Leftist 'Christians' OR You have never read any critical scholarship on the Koran or historical Islam. OR You have not actually read the Koran beyond maybe a few passages. In the case of Barack Hussein Obama my best guess is that each of these considerations apply. ----------------------------------------------------------- >From _The Daily Caller _ (http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/21/muslim-anti-semitism-is-only-decades-old-obama-claims/) January 21 by Neil Munro Muslim anti-Semitism is only decades old, Obama claims Experts are scoffing at President Barack Obama’s apparent belief that widespread Muslim hatred of Jews is only decades old. “Obama reveals that he has no idea, or doesn’t want to give the impression that he has any idea, about the reality of Islamic anti-Semitism,” said Robert Spencer, the author of many books on Islamic ideas and director of Jihad Watch. “Anti-Semitism is hard-wired into Islam,” from its origins before 700, said Andrew Bostom, author of _three books_ (http://www.andrewbostom.org/book2/) about Islam, including “The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism,” which lists centuries of anti-Semitic hatred, murders, pogroms and apartheid-like discrimination. Intellectuals, politicians and diplomats are loath to admit the centrality of anti-Semitism in Islamic beliefs, because it fuels conflict with Israel and the West and it can’t be fixed by Westerners, Bostom said. ”You’re dealing with an intractable situation, and people hate intractable situations, ” he said, adding “diplomats are the worst.” In _an interview with The New Yorker magazine_ (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/01/27/140127fa_fact_remnick?currentPage=all) , Obama described the Muslim hatred of Israel as byproduct of recent fights, not as a consequence of Islam’s doctrinal objection to any Jewish government. “With respect to Israel, the interests of Israel in stability and security are actually very closely aligned with the interests of the Sunni states,” Obama _said_ (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/01/27/140127fa_fact_remnick?currentPage=all) . The “Sunni states” are nations populated by Arabs who believe in the mainstream Sunni version of Islam. In contrast, Iran advocates the Shia version of Islam, which is endorsed by roughly 10 percent of Muslims. “What’s preventing them from entering into even an informal alliance [against Shia-run Iran] with at least normalized diplomatic relations is not that their interests are profoundly in conflict but the Palestinian issue, as well as a long history of anti-Semitism that’s developed over the course of decades there, and anti-Arab sentiment that’s increased inside of Israel based on seeing [Jewish] buses being blown up,” Obama said. “If you can start unwinding some of that, that creates a new equilibrium,” he said. “The Palestinian issue,” is the refusal by Muslims to recognize the right of Jews to have a Jewish government in the historically Jewish homeland around Jerusalem. However, the refusal to recognize Israel is entwined with Islamic anti-Semitism, which Obama claimed “has developed over the course of decades there.” Obama’s “course of decades” comment “ignores the numerous anti-Semitic teachings of the Quran and other Islamic texts — most notably the Quran’s designation of the Jews as the worst enemies of the believers,” Spencer said. For example, Spencer cited the _fifth chapter_ (http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/quran/verses/005-qmt.php) of the Quran, which declares that “If [Jews] believed in Allah and the Prophet and that which is revealed unto him, they would not choose them for their friends. But many of them are of evil conduct. Thou wilt find the most vehement of mankind in hostility to those who believe (to be) the Jews and the idolaters ========================================= _Front Page Magazine _ (http://www.frontpagemag.com/2012/robert-spencer/christie’s-embrace-of-islamo-fascists/) August 13, 2012 by Robert Spencer Christie’s Embrace of Islamo-Fascists New Jersey Governor Chris Christie _held an Iftar dinner_ (http://www.radicalislam.org/news/christie-hosts-radical-imam-reaffirms-support) at the Governor’s Mansion in late July. He took the opportunity to declare himself a foursquare tool of jihadists and Islamic supremacists, and even adopted their language in deriding those who have pointed out how he has allowed himself to be compromised by them. Christie complained about a “gaze of intolerance that’s going around our country that is disturbing,” and referred dismissively to concerns that he has gotten too close to Islamic supremacists: “These are the kind of red herrings that people put up who are bigots, who want to judge people based upon their religious beliefs, want to judge people with a broad brush.” Attending the dinner was the prominent New Jersey Imam Mohammad Qatanani, and Christie was glad to see him, telling him before the audience: “I’m glad to have you here.” Qatanani, he said, was his “friend,” and someone who has “attempted to be a force for good in his community.” Christie did not mention several salient details about his “friend.” Investigative journalist Daniel Greenfield reports that “despite the fact that_Mohammed Qatanani_ (http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=31225) was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, the organization that is behind both al-Qaeda and Hamas, despite his own guilty plea _to being a member of Hamas_ (http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/04/new-jersey-imam-is-member-of-hamas.html) , and despite the fact that even in the United States, _he had defended a charity _ (http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2009/01/homeland-security-appeals-qatanani-ruling) that provided funds to children of suicide bombers (this is done as an incentive to reassure terrorists that if they die their families will be taken care of), Qatanani was not deported.” Christie also referred to another friend of his, Sohail Mohammed, whom he appointed to a Superior Court judgeship in Passaic County. Mohammed was Qaranani’s lawyer when he pled guilty to membership in Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. Christie has defended Mohammed before, and last year even went out of his way to slam opposition to Sharia in the U.S. as “crap.” What is actually “crap” is the idea that anyone would consider Chris Christie fit to be President of the United States. “Ignorance is behind the criticism of Sohail Mohammed,” Christie declared, without bothering to explain how “ignorance” provoked Qatanani’s guilty plea, or involvement in Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, or Mohammed’s other ties to Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas-linked individuals and groups -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. 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