Posted by Amir on 3/16/2009, 5:51 am, in reply to "AntiSemitism?"
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There are two varieties of Zionism today. The first of these is the Zionist conception of the devout Jewish people, who wish to live in peace and security in Israel alongside Muslims, seeking peace and wishing to worship in the lands of their forefathers and engage in business. In that sense, Muslims support Zionism. We would fully back the devout Jewish people living in peace and security in their own lands, remembering Allah [God], worshiping in their synagogues and engaging in science and trade in their own land.
The Zionist belief held by a devout Jew and based on the Torah does not in any way conflict with the Qur’an. The Jews’ living in that region is indicated in the Qur’an, in which it is revealed that Allah [God] has settled the Children of Israel on it:
Remember when Moses said to his people, “My people! Remember Allah’s [God’s] blessing to you when He appointed prophets among you and appointed kings for you, and gave you what He had not given to anyone else in all the worlds! My people! Enter the Holy Land which Allah [God] has ordained for you. Do not turn back in your tracks and so become transformed into losers.” (Surat al-Ma’ida: 20-21)
It is the “irreligious, godless Zionism” that we as Muslims condemn and regard as a threat. These godless Zionists, who do not defend the existence and oneness of Allah [God], but, on the contrary, encourage a Darwinist, materialist perspective and thus engage in irreligious propaganda, are also a threat to devout Jews. Godless Zionism is today engaged in a struggle against peace, security and moral virtue, and constantly produces strife and chaos and the shedding of blood. Muslims and devout Jews must join forces to oppose this godless Zionism and encourage belief in Allah [God].
Divine books revealed before the Qur'an are the Torah and the Gospels. The Bible's two basic parts, the Old and the New Testaments, are based on the Torah and the Gospels relatively, contain sections that agree with the Qur'an. Both the Old and New Testaments favor love, peace and tolerance, also prohibiting terror and oppression. In this section, we'll consider how Jews and Christians from all over the world must take action in light of these commands to oppose terrorism.
It is a well-known fact that since the 1990s a number of commentators have suggested that a clash between the West and Islam can be expected in the near future. That is the main theme of Samuel Huntington's thesis of the Clash of Civilisations. The truth is that there can be no clash between Islamic and Western civilisation, because the Judaeo-Christian belief that forms the basis of Western civilisation is in harmony and alliance with Islam, not in conflict with it.
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