Modern textbooks on Europe, even those studied in high-school, all demonstrate how the Nazis successfully dehumanized the Jews of Germany so that they could then persecute them with impunity. The Nazis propagated the most obvious myths and lies about Jews, claiming that they ate Christian babies (the infamous blood-libel), controlled all evil forces in the world, and were hell-bent on destroying anything and everything they could, merely because they were inherently evil. As we read such statements in our times, we wonder how anyone could have believed such anti-Semitic drivel. It will only be a matter of a few decades, if not sooner, when history books will mention how Israelis attempted to dehumanize all Palestinians, claiming that mothers pushed their own children forward in front of missiles to act as human shields, and that the evil, demonic Hamas actually wanted to kill its own citizens so that people would sympathize with them, and how all religious Muslims were somehow interlinked with al-Qaeda and hell-bent to destroy the modern world. Listening to Israeli politicians, or Fox News, or any pro-Israeli outlet, one sees precisely the same tactics employed by Joseph Goebbels, who was Hitlers right-hand-man in spreading anti-Jewish propaganda amongst the Germans. It is truly sad that a people who went through such suffering seem to be so blinded in their love of a homeland that they fall into the very same tactics and techniques that caused their own destruction and Holocaust barely a century ago. It is encouraging to see more and more Jews are speaking out against Israel, but still, a large majority of them are such ardent supporters that, from a religious perspective, one can say they have taken this state as an idol besides their G-d, such that it must unconditionally be supported, as it can do no evil, and anything and everything that opposes it must be vilified and destroyed. O Children of Israel! Recall all of the blessings that I bestowed upon you, and that I had chosen you over all other nations. And also fear the Day on which no soul shall benefit another, nor will any intercession be accepted, nor any recompense, and nor will any be helped. [Surah al-Baqara; 37-8]. -Yasir Qadhi
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:12:56 +0000
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