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Jews Rule The World (Do They?)
USA TODAY ^ | Updated 10/16/2003 10:41 AM | USA TODAY

Posted on 10/18/2003, 2:34:10 PM by GirlyGirl2003

 

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Malaysian PM urges Muslims to unite against 'Jewish domination'
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday told a summit of Islamic leaders that "Jews rule the world by proxy" and the world's 1.3 billion Muslims should unite, using nonviolent means for a "final victory."

His speech at the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit, which he was hosting, drew criticism from Jewish leaders, who warned it could spark more violence against Jews.

Mahathir ; known for his outspoken, anti-Western rhetoric ; criticized what he described as Jewish domination of the world and Muslim nations' inability to adequately respond to it.

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"The Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million, but today the Jews rule the world by proxy," Mahathir said, opening the meeting of Islamic leaders from 57 nations. "They get others to fight and die for them."

Malaysia, a democratic nation which has a large non-Muslim population and does not enforce strict Islamic law, has long been a critic of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and of U.S. policy in the Middle East, including the war in Iraq and Washington's strong backing of the Jewish state.

Mahathir, 77, who is retiring on Oct. 31, has used almost every international podium to lambaste the West for two decades, winning a reputation as an outspoken champion of Third World causes.

"For well over half a century we have fought over Palestine. What have we achieved? Nothing. We are worse off than before," he said. "If we had paused to think, then we could have devised a plan, a strategy that can win us final victory."

The prime minister, who has turned his country into the world's 17th-ranked trading nation during his 22 years in power, said Jews "invented socialism, communism, human rights and democracy" to avoid persecution and gain control of the most powerful countries.

Mahathir added that "1.3 billion Muslims cannot be defeated by a few million Jews," but he suggested using political and economic tactics instead of violence.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Jonathan Peled expressed disappointment in the remarks but said he wasn't surprised.

"It is not new that in such forums there is always an attempt to reach the lowest common denominator, which is Israel bashing," he said in Jerusalem. "But obviously we'd like to see more moderate and responsible kind of declarations coming out of such summits."

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, said Mahathir has used anti-Israel statements in the past to prove he's tough on the West. But, he said, Thursday's speech was still worrisome.

"What is profoundly shocking and worrying is the venue of the speech, the audience and coming in the time we're living in," Cooper said during a visit to Jerusalem. "Mahathir's speech today is an absolute invitation for more hate crimes and terrorism against Jews. That's serious."

U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia Marie Huhtala declined to comment on Mahathir's speech. Washington was angered over a speech he made in February, as host of the Non-Aligned Movement of 117 countries, in which he described the looming war against Iraq as racist.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he supported Mahathir's analysis, which also included steps for how Muslim nations can develop economically and socially.

"It is great to hear Prime Minister Mahathir speak so eloquently on the problems of the ummah (Muslim world) and ways to remedy them," Karzai said. "His speech was an eye-opener to a lot of us and that is what the Islamic world should do."

The summit is the first since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks reshaped global politics and comes at a time when many Muslims ; even U.S. allies ; feel the war on terrorism has become a war against them.

"It is well known that the Islamic community is being targeted today more than at any other time before in its creed, culture and social and political orientation," said Qatar's ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who hosted the U.S. headquarters in the Iraq war.

The status of Iraq also proved a divisive issue. Malaysia resisted inviting the U.S.-picked Iraqi Governing Council, describing it as a puppet of American occupation. But Arab countries that have recognized the interim body prevailed and council representatives were attending the summit.

Leaders attending the summit included Jordan's King Abullah, Syrian President Bashar Assad, Morocco's King Mohammed VI, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo are attending as special observers because of their large Muslim minorities.


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1 posted on 10/18/2003, 2:34:10 PM by GirlyGirl2003
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To: GirlyGirl2003
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday told a summit of Islamic leaders that "Jews rule the world by proxy" and the world's 1.3 billion Muslims should unite, using nonviolent means for a "final victory."

Did he really use the word nonviolent, or did the AP just add that part to make the Islamists look like the good guys fighting the evil, capitalist, white United States?

2 posted on 10/18/2003, 2:36:49 PM by Thane_Banquo
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To: Thane_Banquo
I was wondering about that too. I've never thought about this. What he is saying, or so it seems is that Jews are using the USA to rule the world by proxy.

Is he full of himself, or do you think that is at least partially true?

How powerful is the israeli lobby in Washington?

3 posted on 10/18/2003, 2:43:26 PM by GirlyGirl2003 (ACLU: American Communist Lawyers Union)
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To: GirlyGirl2003
Wealth in vast amounts rules the world. (Presently)

4 posted on 10/18/2003, 2:51:47 PM by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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To: William Terrell
Then Bill Gates rules the world.
5 posted on 10/18/2003, 2:53:59 PM by GirlyGirl2003 (ACLU: American Communist Lawyers Union)
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To: GirlyGirl2003
It's obvious that Jews rule the world. I got a notice last week from the city that we could drop off bulk item for disposal this weekend. It was signed by a certain Ms. Klein. For cryin' out loud, people, what more evidence could you need?
6 posted on 10/18/2003, 3:05:05 PM by WorkingClassFilth (DEFUND NPR & PBS - THE AMERICAN PRAVDA)
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To: GirlyGirl2003
Jews don't rule the world right now, but one day a Jew will rule for all eternity.
7 posted on 10/18/2003, 3:05:29 PM by God is good (Till we meet in the golden city of the New Jerusalem, peace to my brothers and sisters.)
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To: Thane_Banquo
"....said Jews "invented socialism, communism, human rights and democracy" to avoid persecution and gain control of the most powerful countries..."

Two of four correct is a failing grade. It is indisputable that (secular) Jews invented communism (Marx was Jewish) and have had a long-term fascination with both that philosophy and socialism---BUT---the development of democracy and human rights had zip "Jewish roots", have arisen entirely from Western European (that includes the USA, of course) philosophy and political thought.

8 posted on 10/18/2003, 3:09:17 PM by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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To: Thane_Banquo
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday told a summit of Islamic leaders that "Jews rule the world by proxy" and the world's 1.3 billion Muslims should unite, using nonviolent means for a "final victory."

"Non violent" is NOT in their Religion. They are savages and need to be dealt with as such!!!

9 posted on 10/18/2003, 3:12:19 PM by NRA2BFree (OURSOURCE CONGRESS TO INDIA AND CUT THEIR PAY!)
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To: GirlyGirl2003
This reminds me of the bleak, Holocaust era joke wherein one old Jewish man in the park sees another old Jewish man reading the Nazi's newspaper.

"Why are you reading that trash?" He demands.

"Well," says the other, "in our newspapers we are being herded into ghettos, sytematically rounded up, taken away, and probably killed. But in THIS one, we rule the world! I like this one better."

10 posted on 10/18/2003, 3:13:25 PM by wizardoz (Palestinians are just dynamite!)
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To: GirlyGirl2003
Jews may not rule the world, but their contributions to human culture and achievement are so out of proportion to their tiny numbers that it sometimes appears that they have greater influence than they actually do.
11 posted on 10/18/2003, 3:19:13 PM by Agnes Heep
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To: Wonder Warthog
the development of democracy and human rights had zip "Jewish roots", have arisen entirely from Western European (that includes the USA, of course) philosophy and political thought.

While the concepts of human rights was certainly developed in 18th. century Western Europe, democracy is far older having its origins in a number of city-states in anchient Greece.

12 posted on 10/18/2003, 3:28:13 PM by Jeff F
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To: Thane_Banquo
This is the "moderate" face of Islam. Reminds me a of Onion article about the "moderate" KKK who accepts that blacks may be partially human.
13 posted on 10/18/2003, 3:33:45 PM by garbanzo (Free people will set the course of history)
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To: GirlyGirl2003
Bill Gates' wealth is pocket change compared to the reservoir of funds available to some old-world families still extant. Wealth gets to the point where it isn't "wealth" any more but just sheer political power. You trace that "wealth" to the hand which controls it and you have the persons that rule the world.

Gates wouldn't have a tiny fraction of the resources to destroy or fund a nation, or suborn the same and control the direction of its politics.

14 posted on 10/18/2003, 3:40:59 PM by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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To: garbanzo
Islamic (PC) TERRORISM rules the U.N. WORLD......U.S.A. now-today!!!

Opinion-Fact?..........."Politically,.....subjects are subjected!"....??

15 posted on 10/18/2003, 3:44:43 PM by maestro
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To: GirlyGirl2003
I don`t know who rules the world, but I know who wants to rule the world...

"Back to the bowels of hell demon spawn!"


16 posted on 10/18/2003, 4:46:29 PM by metalboy (Liberals-Nuke `em from orbit. It`s the only way to be sure.)
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To: GirlyGirl2003
What is scary to me about this is that the conditions leading up to WWII are re-appearing. Hitler blamed the Jews for the problems of Germany and used them as his justification for launching WWII.

This anti-semitic rhetoric is not constrained solely to the Islamic world, certain European nations have uttereed the same thing.

Can history be repeating itself?
17 posted on 10/18/2003, 4:54:46 PM by DustyMoment
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To: GirlyGirl2003
How many are calling for his resignation?

Unlike our general who is a conquering victorious military leader, this guys a politician and a failing one at that.
18 posted on 10/18/2003, 5:03:28 PM by Kay Soze (Post 9-11 We can’t allow ourselves to be endangered by doubters (Dems) of our right to be safe.)
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To: Wonder Warthog
Jews did not invent communism.
Marx certainly did come from a Jewsh family. Many of his relatives were quite prominent rabbis. However, his father was an assimilated German secularist who became a Lutheran to rise in society. Karl was baptised. His father's disrespect for his ancestral faith influenced Karl's contempt for religion.
I would argue that Karl Marx was quite contemptuous of Judaism. To quote his conclusion in On the Jewish Question
Once society has succeeded in abolishing the empirical essence of Judaism -- huckstering and its preconditions -- the Jew will have become impossible, because his consciousness no longer has an object, because the subjective basis of Judaism, practical need, has been humanized, nd because the conflict between man's individual-sensuous existence and his species-existence has been abolished.

The social emancipation of the Jew is the emancipation of society from Judaism.

Communism was created by two Christians, Engels and Marx. One was a son of a factory owner, contemptuous of his class, the other an open anti-Semite.
19 posted on 10/18/2003, 5:18:13 PM by rmlew (Peaceniks and isolationists are objectively pro-Terrorist)
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To: Thane_Banquo
Nonviolent? Then why did he say, "We need guns and rockets, bombs and warplanes, tanks and warships for our defense."
20 posted on 10/18/2003, 5:26:39 PM by debg
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