Respected Ladies and Gentlemen,
May we, the undersigned, Jewish & Muslim Co-Chairmen of the
Islam-Israel Fellowship of the Root & Branch Association, Ltd., bring to
your attention the following:
Islam-Israel Fellowship of the Root & Branch Association, Ltd., bring to
your attention the following:
1. Thinking and saying that Israel and the Western World are
threatened by Islamic terrorist groups, is a fatal misnomer. It helps giving rise
to the illusion that we are threatened merely by "terrorist" groups such as
that of Osama Bin Laden. This plays right into their hands as it lets most
of the so-called "Islamic Fundamentalists" off the hook.
2. Groups such as "Islamic Jihad" and Abu Mazen's "el-Fatah" (in
the West better known as the P.L.O./Palestine Liberation Organization) are
integral parts of Islamic warfare against the very existence of Israel. In
fact, they are the vanguard of such warfare. There is no sense in trying
to make peace merely with the vanguard, regardless of what documents or
treaties they sign.
3. Fostering the idea that bringing democracy to the Middle East
will solve problems is another illusion. Democracy is a form of
government, not an expression of the soul of a People. We should have
learned this from examples such as:
A. Germany which elected Hitler in democratic elections
in 1933.
in 1933.
B. Persia where its present President was elected in
democratic elections.
democratic elections.
C. Gaza with its democratically elected Salafi/Wahhabi
Hamas "government".
Hamas "government".
Please note that it took Europe 400 years of revolutions and wars to move
from the "Dark Middle Ages" to modern democracy. How can one expect the
Arab/Muslim world (now, according to its own calendar, in the Fifteenth
Century) to swallow democracy like a miracle pill, and be healed?
4. Jihad against Jews (sic!) was first demanded by Mufti Amin
el-Husseini in a live broadcast from Radio Berlin in 1943 (!). Then the
principles of "Jihad" against Israel and its supporters -- strategy and
tactics -- were laid down by the "Fourth Conference of the Academy of
Islamic Research" held at Cairo's Al Azhar University in 1969. It convened
on the behest of Gamal Abd-el-Nassr, then President of Egypt. The
Conference proceedings were published in Arabic and in English by Egypt's
"Government Printing Office" in 1970. Our present situation is simply an
outcome thereof.
5. Real peace will only be achieved when Arab/Muslim nations
declare that Jihad against Israel is illegal according to the Qur'an and
Islamic Tradition, educate their Peoples accordingly, and put offenders in
jail.
6. Once the Arab/Muslim world adopts that stance, the suffering
of both Peoples, Jews and Arabs, will end. Distrust will be dissolved and
both Peoples can live side by side (to some degree comparable to Germany
and France after WWII; or to Serbia and Croatia).
7. Israel came into existence by Divine Decree, according to
the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) as well as the Qur'an and the Greek ("New") Testament,
irrespective of adverse "theologies" (please see attached file).
Political attempts to achieve peace must take these sources into account.
Jerusalem is not meant to be a bone of contention. It should become the
City of Peace for all nations.
May your efforts find Divine Guidance and Blessing.
Sincerely,
Dr. Asher Eder,
Jewish Co-Founder and Co-Chairman
Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi [www.amislam.com],
Muslim Co-Founder and Co-Chairman
Muslim Co-Founder and Co-Chairman
Islam-Israel Fellowship,
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Root & Branch Association, Ltd.
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