Thursday, April 30, 2009
More on that recent case of the Palestinian Arab who sold land to a Jew: PA court: Death to man who sold land to Jews
In the first case of its kind, a Palestinian Authority "military court" on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian man to death by hanging after finding him guilty of selling land to Jews.
The verdict came shortly after the PA's chief Islamic judge, Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, issued yet another fatwa (religious decree) banning Muslims from selling land or houses to Jews.
The death sentence is seen as an attempt by the PA leadership in Ramallah to deter Palestinians from conducting real estate transactions with Jews. It follows reports according to which Jewish individuals and organizations recently bought land and houses from Arabs in Jerusalem and some areas in the West Bank.
The man sentenced to death is Anwar Brigith, 59, from the village of Bet Umar, north of Hebron.
The three-judge panel found the defendant guilty of violating PA laws that bar Palestinians from selling property to "the enemy."
Phew. Glad we got that whole "enemies" thing straight. I thought the PA was aiming for being "friends" now. And note, the guy sold land to "Jews," not Israelis.
In its ruling, the court, which convened in Hebron, said that Brigith had acted in violation of a Palestinian "military law" dating back to 1979, which states that it is forbidden for a Palestinian to sell land to Jews.
The accused was also found guilty of violating a law dating back to 1958 that calls for a boycott against Israel, as well as another law from 1953 that bans trade with Israelis...
...The court also decided to confiscate Brigith's money and property.
Although the PA has never executed Palestinians accused of selling land to Jews, several "suspects" have been kidnapped and murdered by Palestinian security personnel or members of armed groups in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
Yeah, this doesn't happen much because the case rarely gets this far before the guy is dragged out into the street and shot. I love the confiscation bit. That's always a comforting power when you're living in a state run by corrupt kleptocrats. Selling land to Jews then accusing others of doing the same and having them killed is a fine art that goes back at least to the Al-Husseinis who used to do that very thing.
BTW, this is not a first. The Palestinians are merely continuing, adopting and adapting a Jordanian law which prescribed precisely the same punishment for the same crime, for the same anti-Semitic reasons. FYI
Fortunately, however, for media, academe, tranzi orgs, human rights orgs and "concerned" citizens and chin pulling moralizers around the globe in general, they're not intending to waterboard him, a la Gitmo. If they were intending to waterboard him, no doubt this sentence would be lambasted around the globe.
(I news-googled the guy's name and came up with - guess - how many news results? One. One lone news result, via google news. Not to be too glib, but it seems to put our contemporary, chin-pulling moralizers and their agendas in perspective. Three people waterboarded at Gitmo in the aftermath of 9/11? Horrors!!! Man put to death for selling property to a Jewish Israeli? Eh, not so bad ...)
Koran forbids Muslims to give any land to Jews. Jews can live in Dar-al-Salam(the Muslim lands including the Middle east) but only as 2nd class citizens.
Giving the jews the ability to rule on part of the Arab lands is impossible and therefor Abbas can never recognize any such right. Koran is God. Abbas a mortal.
Giving the jews the ability to rule on part of the Arab lands is impossible and therefor Abbas can never recognize any such right. Koran is God. Abbas a mortal.
Since we're discussing property law here, Koran is equivalent to a legal document.
As a legal document, the Koran is based on a false premise - the mistaken idea that Muslim men are superior to all other beings and non-deities in the Universe.
It shouldn't be surprising to anyone that Muslim men will relentlessly defend and deify these laws. After all, there is no other "proof" that Muslim men are, as a group, superior to any people or beings on the planet or in the universe.
Sharia laws are based on this false premise.
But sharia laws also prevent free expression, because if anyone was allowed to speak their minds, they would have to note the fact that Muslim men are not superior beings, which would destroy the entire foundation of these laws.
In any society, free dialogue (prohibited by Sharia) leads to innovation and technological progress. You can’t wage war, succeed economically or defend your borders without free thought, innovation and technological progress.
So, in the end, Sharia laws guarantee that Muslim men, in their effort to enforce their belief in their inherent superiority, will always be ten steps behind everyone else.
So, Y clarifies the matter.
So, Mary, you don't appreciate such social, cultural, legal, etc. reasoning - the dar al-harb vs. dar al-Islam construction - as having relevance to yesterday's discussion, wherein Europe and related issues were being addressed?
Mary,
On religious issue you should consult the experts:
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1119503545400&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaEAskTheScholar :
"all the lands of Palestine would be part of the Islamic Waqf (endowment) for the Muslim generations to come. After studying the various Qur’anic revelations, Prophetic traditions and practices of the Companions to the Prophet, no rational mind could deny that Palestine as a blessed and holy land is of extreme importance and significance to every believer in Islam."
"Based on Palestine's Islamic history and significance in the Islamic faith, and after the failure of all non-Islamic methods to free Palestine from Zionist occupation, the Islamic solution is re-emerging as a powerful and popular means to liberate the occupied lands. Islam is a religion of peace secured by divine justice. Only Islam offers respect to all divinely revealed religions as it is the only religion which recognizes all the Prophets from Adam to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It is the only religion which recognizes and believes that all the Prophets brought the same essential message and thus all people deserve the freedom to worship as they please without persecution or harassment. For this reason, it has historically proven itself to be the only tolerant religion with regard to the peace and sanctity of the Holy Land. Only Islam can bring back peace to the Holy Land and security for the unrestricted and unharassed worship of Allah, the All-Mighty, by all who believe in Him whether Muslim, Christian, or Jew."
and our friends from CAIR also think this way:
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/113.pdf
search for the word "waqf" in that doc
So, Mary, you don't appreciate such social, cultural, legal, etc. reasoning - the dar al-harb vs. dar al-Islam construction - as having relevance to yesterday's discussion, wherein Europe and related issues were being addressed?
I was just pointing out a paradox that exists entirely within Islam. Europe and our perceptions of Islam have nothing to do with this.
Because of their efforts to support an unsupportable and plainly false idea (that Muslim men are inherently superior), Muslim men and Muslim societies will continue to fail. They are, and always have been, hoisted on their own petard.
On religious issue you should consult the experts
Well, no, you shouldn't because that's self-referential. If you use the Koran to prove that the Koran is right, you haven't proved anything.
Y, do you believe that Muslim men are inherently superior to all other men?
Well, I don't see how that's very coherent at all; I don't see how the issues can be viewed in such a discrete and essentially abstract manner. Y here is only indicative, but he is in fact indicative, and unambiguously and even poignantly so.
But I don't seek to reopen yesterday's exchange, beyond that inquiry and comment.
Interesting piece in Harry's concerned the supposed status of Israel as "waqf":
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/05/01/israel-palestine-waqf-or-fay/
Apparently that too is a bit of revisionism. The status of waqf and rules about waqf are also misunderstood and presented in only the most extreme versions; thus people are given to believe that the religious principle makes it impossible for Israelis and Palestinians to co-exist.
Inadvertently we are giving credence to the extremists. This article illustrates the fact that reality is far more nuanced.