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2008-02-13 20:09:47 UTC
Washington, D.C. -- This Saturday, political activist and author David
Horowitz stood on the dais in the nation's capital against the backdrop of
an enlarged photograph of women covered in black hijabs. With only their
eyes revealed, the women carried signs that read: "God Bless Hitler." This
photo was not taken in Iran or Saudi Arabia, but instead comes from a recent
rally of radical Muslims in Chicago.
That such genocidal sentiments are alive and well in the modern world, and
that they find their most murderous expression in the writings and actions
of Islamic extremists, is the theme of a new campaign launched by the David
Horowitz Freedom Center titled "A Declaration Against Genocide."
In introducing the campaign this weekend, Horowitz made a plea for the most
basic of human rights: the right not to be murdered based on one's race,
religion or ethnicity. The Jew-hatred espoused by Nazis during World War II
did not die when Nazism was defeated, Horowitz observed. Rather, it is alive
and well, its torch now being carried by a new generation of jihadists and
radical Muslims.
Failure to recognize that fact underlies a popular myth about the Middle
East: that anti-Israel stems from a struggle over land. In reality, Horowitz
noted, the grievances of Islamists against Israel are but a pretext for
destroying the Jewish state and with it the Jewish population in the Middle
East. It is this genocidal campaign that the center's latest campaign aims
to highlight.
As evidence, one need only listen to the extremists themselves. Thus the
president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has stated that he wants to wipe
Israel off the map. Islamic terrorist groups, be they Shiite Hezbollah or
Sunni Hamas, have echoed that sentiment, which finds roots in core Muslim
writings. In the Hadith, the oral tradition relating the words and deeds of
the Prophet Mohammed, one finds the following quote from the prophet:
[..]the time [of judgment] will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews
and kill them; until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O
Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!" The Hamas
Charter, which serves as the political platform of the elected party in
Palestine includes this passage and additionally reads: "Israel will rise
and remain erect until Islam eliminates it[.]
In the same way, the charter of Hamas encourages jihad, blames the Jews for
all of the Islamic world's ills, and proclaims: "[Peace] initiatives, the
so-called peaceful solutions, and the international conferences to resolve
the Palestinian problem, are all contrary to the beliefs of the Islamic
Resistance Movement. For renouncing any part of Palestine means renouncing
part of the religion..There is no solution to the Palestinian problem except
by Jihad."
Horowitz's Declaration Against Genocide invites students of all faiths on
college campuses to denounce the genocidal ideology espoused in these
documents and to support the right of people everywhere to live free of
violence and intimidation.
Already, Horowitz's campaign has found support from prominent politicians.
Among them is Congresswoman Sue Myrick, a Republican from North Carolina and
the chair of the anti-terrorism caucus in the House who followed Horowitz on
the stage on Saturday.
In her remarks, Myrick recounted how, along with some of her Congressional
peers, she formed the bipartisan caucus in response to their frustration at
the Bush administration's initial refusal to identify radical Islam as
America's enemy in the war on terror, and thus its failure adequately to
educate the public about the threat that America faces. Those who consider
the U.S. government to be completely naïve about the Islamist threat may
take heart in the caucus's efforts. Meeting twice a month, its aim is to
inform congressmen about the nature, ideology, and tactics of both
non-violent radical Islamists and violent jihadists.
As suggested by the photograph from the Chicago rally, a major problem
confronting the country is the infiltration of radical Islamists into our
culture. Myrick, one of the few members of Congress who truly is an expert
on radical Islam, is all too aware of the fact. Islamist ideology is
infiltrating our media, our universities, and even our military, she
explained. And though some maintain that the Islamists' ultimate goal -- the
enactment of Sharia law -- could never happen in the United States, Myrick
argued that the country must nonetheless maintain its guard.
To that end, Myrick endorsed Horowitz's declaration. She suggested that if
everyone in the audience would educate themselves and others within their
sphere of influence on the nature of the threat, America will be much more
likely to escape the fate facing Britain, where Sharia law is beginning to
take root and where no less a figure than the Archbishop of Canterbury now
says that Sharia is "unavoidable."
Like its earlier Islamo-Fascist Awareness week, the center's new campaign
will extend a special invitation to Muslim student organizations, including
the Muslim Students Association ("MSA"). One of the largest Muslim Student
organizations on college campuses, the MSA professes to be a "mainstream"
group. However, it is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, the parent
organization of Hamas. Muslim groups like the MSA have long claimed that
Islam is religion of peace and tolerance. By signing the declaration against
genocide, they can distance themselves from the jihadists who claim to act
in Islam's name. It remains to be seen whether they will in fact do so.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C286899F-29EA-4F85-A6B6-6BF20D486E98
Horowitz stood on the dais in the nation's capital against the backdrop of
an enlarged photograph of women covered in black hijabs. With only their
eyes revealed, the women carried signs that read: "God Bless Hitler." This
photo was not taken in Iran or Saudi Arabia, but instead comes from a recent
rally of radical Muslims in Chicago.
That such genocidal sentiments are alive and well in the modern world, and
that they find their most murderous expression in the writings and actions
of Islamic extremists, is the theme of a new campaign launched by the David
Horowitz Freedom Center titled "A Declaration Against Genocide."
In introducing the campaign this weekend, Horowitz made a plea for the most
basic of human rights: the right not to be murdered based on one's race,
religion or ethnicity. The Jew-hatred espoused by Nazis during World War II
did not die when Nazism was defeated, Horowitz observed. Rather, it is alive
and well, its torch now being carried by a new generation of jihadists and
radical Muslims.
Failure to recognize that fact underlies a popular myth about the Middle
East: that anti-Israel stems from a struggle over land. In reality, Horowitz
noted, the grievances of Islamists against Israel are but a pretext for
destroying the Jewish state and with it the Jewish population in the Middle
East. It is this genocidal campaign that the center's latest campaign aims
to highlight.
As evidence, one need only listen to the extremists themselves. Thus the
president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has stated that he wants to wipe
Israel off the map. Islamic terrorist groups, be they Shiite Hezbollah or
Sunni Hamas, have echoed that sentiment, which finds roots in core Muslim
writings. In the Hadith, the oral tradition relating the words and deeds of
the Prophet Mohammed, one finds the following quote from the prophet:
[..]the time [of judgment] will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews
and kill them; until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O
Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!" The Hamas
Charter, which serves as the political platform of the elected party in
Palestine includes this passage and additionally reads: "Israel will rise
and remain erect until Islam eliminates it[.]
In the same way, the charter of Hamas encourages jihad, blames the Jews for
all of the Islamic world's ills, and proclaims: "[Peace] initiatives, the
so-called peaceful solutions, and the international conferences to resolve
the Palestinian problem, are all contrary to the beliefs of the Islamic
Resistance Movement. For renouncing any part of Palestine means renouncing
part of the religion..There is no solution to the Palestinian problem except
by Jihad."
Horowitz's Declaration Against Genocide invites students of all faiths on
college campuses to denounce the genocidal ideology espoused in these
documents and to support the right of people everywhere to live free of
violence and intimidation.
Already, Horowitz's campaign has found support from prominent politicians.
Among them is Congresswoman Sue Myrick, a Republican from North Carolina and
the chair of the anti-terrorism caucus in the House who followed Horowitz on
the stage on Saturday.
In her remarks, Myrick recounted how, along with some of her Congressional
peers, she formed the bipartisan caucus in response to their frustration at
the Bush administration's initial refusal to identify radical Islam as
America's enemy in the war on terror, and thus its failure adequately to
educate the public about the threat that America faces. Those who consider
the U.S. government to be completely naïve about the Islamist threat may
take heart in the caucus's efforts. Meeting twice a month, its aim is to
inform congressmen about the nature, ideology, and tactics of both
non-violent radical Islamists and violent jihadists.
As suggested by the photograph from the Chicago rally, a major problem
confronting the country is the infiltration of radical Islamists into our
culture. Myrick, one of the few members of Congress who truly is an expert
on radical Islam, is all too aware of the fact. Islamist ideology is
infiltrating our media, our universities, and even our military, she
explained. And though some maintain that the Islamists' ultimate goal -- the
enactment of Sharia law -- could never happen in the United States, Myrick
argued that the country must nonetheless maintain its guard.
To that end, Myrick endorsed Horowitz's declaration. She suggested that if
everyone in the audience would educate themselves and others within their
sphere of influence on the nature of the threat, America will be much more
likely to escape the fate facing Britain, where Sharia law is beginning to
take root and where no less a figure than the Archbishop of Canterbury now
says that Sharia is "unavoidable."
Like its earlier Islamo-Fascist Awareness week, the center's new campaign
will extend a special invitation to Muslim student organizations, including
the Muslim Students Association ("MSA"). One of the largest Muslim Student
organizations on college campuses, the MSA professes to be a "mainstream"
group. However, it is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, the parent
organization of Hamas. Muslim groups like the MSA have long claimed that
Islam is religion of peace and tolerance. By signing the declaration against
genocide, they can distance themselves from the jihadists who claim to act
in Islam's name. It remains to be seen whether they will in fact do so.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C286899F-29EA-4F85-A6B6-6BF20D486E98