Israel occupying Jerusalem? So claim Arabs and Muslims (and “palestinians” who are both) Never mind that Jerusalem does not appear in their Koran, not even once. Or that “Allah” decrees Israel to Children of Israel in their Koran (17:104) Or that Jerusalem never has been an Arab or Islamic Capital, not even when the Umayyad Muslim Caliphate was based in Syria.
The brilliant Turkish Muslim commentator Burak Bekdil writes, in citing historical facts and events well-known to Muslims, that Jews are the rightful owners of Jerusalem and that it is Muslims who are occupying Jewish Jerusalem!
“Hardly a day passes in the Islamic world (or in the western intellectual world) without people standing up against and decrying the occupation of “al-Quds” (otherwise known as Jerusalem). In this column I have often argued otherwise: A counter-occupation is no occupation.
Now, dear Islamists, I have a “witness” whom I guess you could hardly refute. Forget my words and listen to what Turkey’s top Muslim cleric, Professor Mehmet Görmez, had to say just last week: “After the Prophet Omar conquered al-Quds he was invited to pray at a church (since there were no mosques in Jerusalem).
But he politely refused because he was worried that the (conquering) Muslims could turn the church into a mosque after he prayed there.”
Now, read that line once again, or a thousand times if you wish to: “After the Prophet Omar conquered al-Quds…” And think about why there were no mosques in Jerusalem at the time of the conquest. Still no clue? Allow me to explain: Because Jerusalem was not a Muslim city. And now you claim it back because it is under “Jewish occupation!”
The refusal to pray at the church was very noble of the Prophet Omar. I personally do not expect you, dear Islamists, to behave as virtuously and gallantly as the prophet, but at least you can do something easier: Stop fighting for a city that belonged to other faiths before your ancestors conquered it. And please recall my witness when you flood my inbox with more hate-mail tomorrow. Or is Professor Görmez, too, an infidel like me?“
The Nazi teen and the occupation of Jerusalem
The brilliant Turkish Muslim commentator Burak Bekdil writes, in citing historical facts and events well-known to Muslims, that Jews are the rightful owners of Jerusalem and that it is Muslims who are occupying Jewish Jerusalem!
“Hardly a day passes in the Islamic world (or in the western intellectual world) without people standing up against and decrying the occupation of “al-Quds” (otherwise known as Jerusalem). In this column I have often argued otherwise: A counter-occupation is no occupation.
Now, dear Islamists, I have a “witness” whom I guess you could hardly refute. Forget my words and listen to what Turkey’s top Muslim cleric, Professor Mehmet Görmez, had to say just last week: “After the Prophet Omar conquered al-Quds he was invited to pray at a church (since there were no mosques in Jerusalem).
But he politely refused because he was worried that the (conquering) Muslims could turn the church into a mosque after he prayed there.”
Now, read that line once again, or a thousand times if you wish to: “After the Prophet Omar conquered al-Quds…” And think about why there were no mosques in Jerusalem at the time of the conquest. Still no clue? Allow me to explain: Because Jerusalem was not a Muslim city. And now you claim it back because it is under “Jewish occupation!”
The refusal to pray at the church was very noble of the Prophet Omar. I personally do not expect you, dear Islamists, to behave as virtuously and gallantly as the prophet, but at least you can do something easier: Stop fighting for a city that belonged to other faiths before your ancestors conquered it. And please recall my witness when you flood my inbox with more hate-mail tomorrow. Or is Professor Görmez, too, an infidel like me?“
The Nazi teen and the occupation of Jerusalem
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