Word: arabism
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...Islamism. It does not merely pursue an international policy that is uncompromising, and territorially maximalist, but also formally seeks the implementation of sharia as the law of the land—with all of the complications that such a program would pose for Muslim women and for the myriad Arab-Christian groups living under its authority...
...America, Christians have become accustomed to artists' offending their religious symbols. They can protest, and cut off public funding--but the right of the individual to say or depict offensive messages or symbols is not really in dispute. Blasphemy, moreover, is common in the Muslim world, and sanctioned by Arab governments. The Arab media run cartoons depicting Jews and the symbols of the Jewish faith with imagery indistinguishable from that used in the Third Reich. But I have yet to see Jews or Israelis threaten the lives of Muslims because...
...David Ben-Gurion, the founding father of the Jewish State, lost to the descendants of Vladimir Jabotinsky, the Zionist revisionist who articulated the Iron Wall theory and sought to include Transjordan in the borders of the future Israeli state. Believing that only force and unilateral action could defeat Arab nationalists, Jabotinsky wrote that “No agreement was possible with the Palestinian Arabs; they would accept Zionism only when they find themselves up against an Iron Wall, when they realize they had no alternative but to accept Jewish Settlement.”In an article published last week...
...Local politics, too, are a complicating factor. Militant Danish Muslims helped push Arabs to join the fray after feeling ignored at home. Some moderate European Muslims claim that the militants sought Arab backing in part as a way of winning financial contributions from wealthy, oil-producing countries. Now that the Danish cartoons have become a cause celebre, local grassroots pressure is building on pro-Western Muslim regimes. Such governments are more susceptible than ever, given how the cartoon controversy arose amid a wave of unprecedented Islamist gains in Middle East elections. While governments look for a way out and protesters...
...true soldier, a warrior and an aspirant for peace. He remains an undaunted hero, but no individual is indispensable. Israel has no dearth of successors to Sharon. K.C. Subhash Chandra Bangalore, India Whoever becomes the next prime Minister of Israel knows that the Palestinians and the rest of the Arab world will never want peace of any kind. They will always want to knock off Israel. William Blakeslee San Diego Perhaps there will be a better chance for peace for Israel after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has left politics. How can anyone forget Sharon's "indirect" responsibility for the killing...