Yes! Move US Embassy to Jerusalem!

It sure looks like it is happening now that Trump has informed Abbas that the US Embassy will be moved to Jerusalem. Abbas, like all other Palestinian leaders, will grovel and accept but make lots of noises about how terrible it would be. Arab leaders will do their typical “I’m mad!” dance and shout that this will mean the end of the world because the gates of Hell will crash open if the US does so. Mindless Muslims across the world will demonstrate how upset they are and they will proceed to burn their neighbors’ properties to show their rage at the US. Europe will state in a most civilized manner, that this step would not be helpful.

The FBI will go on high alert in the US and will start to look for yet more “Muzlems” to target but the world will move on…

The fact is that moving the US embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing the city as Israel’s capital will be the best thing the US can do and I hope other so-called, “civilized countries” will follow suit. It is time that Israel is recognized as a single country from the Jordan River to the sea, from Syria to the Sinai…ONE country with all three faiths living as equals.

Enough with all this vacuous talk about “Two-State Solution” for “the Palestinian Problem”, there can never be a meaningful, survivable, two-state solution for Israel. Israeli Jews and Jews who blindly support Israel have to either accept a single-state for all three religions or effect a complete genocide of all Christian and Muslim Palestinians living in Israel and in its Occupied Territories. Of course, with so much genocide already conducted by the Israeli Jews against the Christian and Muslim Palestinians, going further to finish them off in a “Final Solution” Blitzkrieg will only result in a total confirmation of the “Jewish Character” of Israel; the world will moan and groan but with American support, pretty soon even the bones of the dead Palestinians will be disappeared.

Realistically, it is time for a single state. Israel and the three faiths can only live, survive and thrive as equals in ONE country, only a complete fool would fail to recognize that and only a fool would insist that the three faiths cannot live on one land as brothers and sisters…as God meant them to be.

December 5, 2017 - Posted by penjihad | Uncategorized | Civil Rights in America, Genocide, Israel, Jews, Palestine, US Foreign Policy

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I agree that a one-state-solution is the only way to create a just and lasting peace: partition was never the right way to solve the problem. But a state created by Israeli conquest is not the right way to get there, It has to come about by an agreement between the two states to unite. This is how Scotland and England, at one time enemies, came together to form the single state of Great Britain. Search for “The One-State-Two-Nations Proposal” for more on this.

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Comment by dgfincham | December 6, 2017 | Reply
- Thank you for your comment. Actually, Scotland and England never came together, Scotland was crushed into submission, Gaelic and other Scottish traditions were made illegal and punishable (as in Wales and Ireland). Nevertheless, they are well-integrated into the United Kingdom and have equal as well as sovereign rights.
  There is no reason why Israel cannot be integrated as one country with equal rights for each of the three faiths and exist tri-lingually (English, Arabic and Hebrew). It can even have Arabic-Hebrew naming conventions like they do in Switzerland, starting with the country called Israel AND called Palestine.
  
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  Comment by penjihad | December 21, 2017 | Reply
The single state you mention existed before Israel where Muslims, Jews and Christian neighbors lived with harmony and peace (excluding foreign interventions like the Crusades or modern day Apartheid state). Let me tell you the name of the state that you forgot to mention “Palestine”. Palestine is for all Palestinians and should not be occupied and we should protest against the current state of apartheid, genocide and terrorism, “Israel”. Zionist imperialist have hijacked the pain and suffering of Jewish people and cashed it out for their own benefit. True followers of Judaism oppose Israel equally if not more vehemently as a crime against God and His commandments. It is not a conflict between Muslims and Jews or Arabs and non-Arabs (as often characterized by MSM). It is a war of oppressor vs the oppressed, it is a war of occupier vs occupied and it is a war of truth and justice against propaganda and tyranny. Long live Palestine!

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Comment by A R | December 21, 2017 | Reply
- A R: I agree with everything you say. Please read The One-State-Two-Nations Proposal for ideas on how a single state might work. For a shorter summary, please see https://www.juancole.com/2017/12/toward-federal-palestine.html
  
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Blogger Jafar “Jeff” Siddiqui is an American Muslim living in WA.. USA.

He grew up in the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier) Province and has maintained close contacts in Pakistan.

He is a member of American Muslims of Puget Sound and is a human rights activist. He is involved with movements for inter-faith understanding. He has contributed articles for a textbook on terrorism, used by US law-enforcement agencies. He has also presented discussions and written article, on the Indo-Pakistan hostilities and their impact on Afghanistan.; he writes articles and gives lectures on Civil Rights, American Foreign Policy, on Islam, on current affairs including events in the Middle East, South and Central Asia. His works have been published in various print media. He also gives commentaries on radio and TV on these subjects.

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Dare I say “Jihad”?

Occasionally, I use the term “Jihad” in my articles, as the action needed to help make changes to better the ills of society. I often get feedback in which people worry more about my use of the word “Jihad”, than they do about the injustice about which I wrote; some wonder why I would use such a charged word among non-Muslims.

I intentionally use “Jihad”, because I want to jolt Muslims AND non-Muslims; “Jihad” cannot and must not become de-legitimized just because some people do not care to understand the true meaning of a sacred term and decide to associate it with terrible things.

“Jihad” springs from the Arabic “Jhd” which means “struggle”; “Jihad” means the act of struggle, “Mujahid” (Plural, Mujahideen) is someone who is doing “Jihad”.

At the core (the highest level), it is the duty of every Muslim to struggle against the basic negative predispositions we all have as humans…greed, envy, jealousy, rage, deceit, theft, murder etc.

At the next level, it is the duty of every Muslim to fight against the ills that beset Mankind…hunger, disease, homelessness, illiteracy, injustice, lack of water, pollution etc.,

At the least important level, Muslims are required to fight those who attack us AFTER we have exhausted all other efforts towards peaceful resolution. Even then, if peace is at hand, even at mid-battle, one has to stop and accept terms that are just and preserve the dignity of all parties.

I would imagine these are things that every person needs to subscribe to, not just Muslims.

Yet, there is a growing body of opinion in the non-Muslim West, that “Jihad” can ONLY be equated with murder and mayhem and thus, anyone using the word, can be presumed to be associated with supporting murder and mayhem.

I would suggest that supporters of the body of opinion that would like to taint “Jihad”, are people who consider themselves at “War!” with Islam, Muslims and Arabs. They may be a growing number of people, but they are wrong and it would be wrong for Muslims to lend credence to this opinion by shying away from “Jihad” in word, or in action.

Not so long ago, the Jewish organization ADL, launched an attack on some Muslim groups because the Muslims were wearing the Muslim Affirmation… “Shehada” (“There is no God but one God, and Mohammed is His prophet”) on their headbands and the ADL said that the Shehada stood for terrorism.

There are a growing number of bigots who state that Islam’s holy book, the Quran, is a symbol of evil and violence.

What should Muslims do? Abandon the Shehada and the Quran?

Some may say that we should just not use the Shehada on headbands, why not? Either the Affirmation (Shahada) is sacred or it is not; if it is sacred, then wherever it is used, as long as the use is not profane, is also sacred. If the Shehada is used in a profane manner, then the reflection is not upon the Shehada, but on the abuser.

Hitler took the Swastika as his symbol and today, it strikes fear and revulsion in the hearts of many, especially Jews. However, the Swastika is thousands of years old and among Hindus, the “Savas Tika” (“Peace sign”) is a holy symbol, it is used to adorn temples and used by Hindus at almost every occasion…it can be clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Should the Hindus be asked to abandon the Savas tika as a symbol?

If we dared to make such an absurd demand, we would be laughed off the stage.

The Star of David strikes fear and revulsion among millions of Palestinian men, women and children; should the Jews be asked to abandon the Star of David as their symbol?

I am betting millions of Bosnian Muslims shudder a little when they see a Crucifix, or the Christian Orthodox cross, because of the genocide of Bosnian Muslims by the Serbs and the Croats in the name of Christianity in the 1990s; should those symbols be cast aside?

The principle of “use it or lose it” is quite valid here. If we retreat for any reason, we are acknowledging that our sacred and holy terms or symbols are sometimes themselves, evil. Once we give that ground, then we can no longer use our Savas Tikas, our Crucifixes or our terms…THEN, the bad guys have truly won.

I believe that as reasoned and rational people, we cannot allow ourselves to fall victim to populist bigotries. We must look at what the symbol actually stands for, rather than associate it with the negative events that were tied to it by evil people; we must be able to differentiate between Nazi Swastikas on one hand, and symbols and words that are sacred, on the other.

Jihad; it is a sacred duty for every Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu…for every human being of good will.

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