Re: Israeli historian: Islam converts change face of Europe
to all the European mulsims present here, i wrote this looong post and it was erased, here it is again.
Europeans have nothing to fear, firstly A Europe that is pre-domintely Muslim is a far cry from the truth. it is a ridiculous, absurd exageration of the truth!!
Secondly, even if it ever ever (which is highly unlikely) were Muslim even 50%, Europeans still dont have anything to worry about. Europeans quite literally dominate the entire planet. Not only to Europe's inhabitants are a majority on thier continent, they also are the majority on most of the earth's continents, with the exception of Africa and Asia - they are the majority in North America, South America and Australia, at the expense and wiping out of the native populations of those countries.
The populations of the Americans and Australia were also wiped out due to the same ethno-centric and genocidal tendencies we see in Europe against Muslims today. This is why it is imperitive that Muslims in Europe call atention to this inherint racist and genocidal tendency of the European culture, or certainly call attention to the genocidal past of Europe and indicate the presence of similar traits in whats happening in Europe now.
Europeans have in the past, and i think have tendency (perhaps its cultural) to demonize and dehumanize all those different from them, and then proceed to wipe them off. With native Americans and Australians, they called them barbarians, people who were dangerous b/c htey killed with thier little bow and arrows (irespective of hte fact that these ppl were living harmoniously with each other and the planet for ages before the europeans ever descended on there homalands). The Hatred was so so severe that they were wiped off the planet! this happened on three different continents!!! and then, in Europe itself the Jewish minority was sverely demonized, they were made out to be evil, and again the hatred was so immense that they proceeded to wipe them off the planet as well. The same thing with Muslims. The bigotry against Muslims is NOT a POST 9/11 matter, its been there all along, Bosnia is an indication! 9/11 has just made it more obvious b/c now the government and people can blatantly be racist! So please if you are a European Muslim recognize this bogotry and call attention to it. go to your local newspapers, your local church's, your politicians, write to them, talk amongst yourself's talk with non-Muslims, write, scream shout - call attention to the ethno-centric and genocidal tendencies the European culture, lest our fate be that of the others that were so hated by these ppl, so hated...that they were exterminated! Apologies after will be no good! Speciallyif the cycle continues, and tommrow ...who knows what other group will have the same fate! therefore, I think since due to our current oppression in the world, since we are suffering the brunt of this genocidal tendency, we must - have an obligation - to call attention to it, and do something about it. I have found most church's to be a place of peace, and have also found Europeans to be eductaed enough that they will realize the socio-psychological issues here, and will do whats needed to correct that!!
Therfore, dont hide, call attention to the bigotry!! call it what it is - an inherint genocidal tendency of a culture, that may not even be apparent to the ppl of that culture!
Muslims are very much akin to their native american/ australina and Jewish counterparts, we are not a real threat at all, we are being made out to be this great threat! More Muslims have died at the hand of christian Europeans then it has ever been the other way around. We lack any ability to hurt anyone! Ourhistory is a long one, and in that history terrorism has not been a big part. Even when we conquered lands, as many empire's do...we never wiped civilizations off the planet, much like any other empire that conquers, with the exception of European empire's! for some reason this form of conquering is an aberation b/c not only did htey conquer they also exterminated the ppl they conquered. Genocide is becoming way too much a comfortable occurence and idea in that culture and we must all as people of this planet be weary of something like that. Terrorism is not specific to Muslims, its not as if it has never happened in Europe before, it is certainly not as if Muslims invented this new form of violence, its been around for ages, so this special treatment of Muslims as if we invented and our the sole proprioters of this form of violence is absured, just as absurd as the notion that a Jewish minority was a threat, or as absurd that people who were fighting with bows and arrows posed any real threat to ppl with sophisticated weapons and other machinery.
Spread the word, not just for your Muslims fellows but for the people of the world in general!