What Arab Civilization?

Ninevehsoft ^ | November 7, 2001 | Peter BetBasoo

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

What is the Capital of Assyria?

ROBIN:
I don't know that! Auuuuuuuugh!

Ahhhh... the immortal Scene 23!

[Thinkin' Gal]

Modern Hebrew:

spells all sorts of interesting words, like:

Arabia
to pawn, pledge
to be dark, become evening
swarms of wild beasts
evening
multitude
to mix, confuse

[`arvi, `aravi] 1 Arab. 2 Arabian, Arabic.

What's in a name, hmmm?

Just like with DNA, switch one of the building blocks around and you get something quite different:

[`ivri] Hebrew, Jewish, Israelite

Abraham's DNA via Ishmael and Esav surely must have become 'mixed and confused' as it were, as revealed in the alef-beit, heh. :-O

As far a Suleiman the MAGnificent is concerned, he 'rebuilt the walls and gates of Jerusalem'. Ooops.

[TheMole]

There's a message here. Carly Fiorina should have more pressing problems than promoting "diversity". Remind me to avoid any investments in HP/Compaq.

[TADSLOS]

I'm betting that the Assyrians had a loose immigration policy and failed to profile.

[Salman]

I thought the arab contribution was as keepers of knowledge through the dark ages? Not that I expect to get a straight answer to that question on FR.

Here's a straight answer on FR.

To a large extent they were. They made a few original contributions, too. Then they turned their backs on all that.

[Maceman]

I thought the arab contribution was as keepers of knowledge through the dark ages? Not that I expect to get a straight answer to that question on FR...

Perhaps if you could frame a coherent question, you might have a better chance of finding a straight answer to it on FR.

[denydenydeny]

Indexing.

[keepa]

meandog states: It really could be argued that Arab Civilization ended with Islam...just look at the history before Mohammad: Babylon, Egypt, Ur, Asyria, Hittite kingdoms--the list is endless. About the only thing Islam has going for it is Saladin and Suliman...

The implication of this statement is that peoples of Ur, Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Hittite were Arabs. I just want to clarify that they were not and are not (for the extant ones) Arabs. Arabs are Saudis, Kuwaitis and Yemenis.

[steve-b]

The Arabs, like the Romans, pretty much lived on the intellectual capital of their subject peoples.

[Roger_W_Isom]

FINALLY a person who has the GUTS to call a spade a SPADE!!!!! Islamic " CIVILIZATION is BANRUPT of ANY true MORALITY!!!! all they care about is CONQUEST and GOLD!!!! nothing else!!!!

I'll FOREVER maintain that my orginial OBSERVATION is CORRECT!!!

ARAB and CIVILIZATION......... OXYMORON!!!!!!

[Kermit]

Arab/Muslim civilization has been a disaster. Just imagine communism lasting for 1400 years, not for 72.

[sheik yerbouty]

Nineveh, when last told.

[Roger_W_Isom]

Actually study the early history of Islam and you HAVE to conclude that it originated as a CULT... Nothing more nothing less....

[Roger_W_Isom]

KEEPERS OF KNOWLEDGE and ARABS..... OXYMORON!!!!!! Loook at the history of OBL he maintains that every technological advancement after the 7th century was a blasphemy of ISLAM!!!!of words to that effect.... these guys are NUTS!!!!!

[Roger_W_Isom]

I have to agree with THAT assessment....Islam basically KILLED Non jewish Middle eastern cultures....Look at the FACTS whenever the Muslims came to town the VERY FIRST THING THEY DID was toslaughter the local inhabitants in order to supress ANY desire for freedom!!!!

[Andy from Beaverton]

Great info, especially about the Ottomans. It is no wonder that now in Turkey the government controls what form is Islam is being preached. They know from their history what radical Muslims can do to other people.

[Publius6961]

BUMP

[tictoc]

Thank you for posting this valuable letter from an outspoken Assyrian.

I think it is important that this information gets circulated as widely as possible. It can help to dispel the mistaken notion that the conflicts in the Middle East are all about Arab vs. Jew.

The truth is, Arabs and their ideology of Islam are conquerors and oppressors, and the oppression continues to this day. If you step back from the current terror war being waged against Israel and look at the past 1400 years, you will find that Christians have actually suffered much more hardship under the Muslims than the Jews.

Of course, the honey-tongued propaganda shills for Islam gloss over this fact. They are trying hard to convince Christians that they have much more in common with Muslims than with Jews. Don't believe them!

Here is another excellent account by an Assyrian of the persecution of the indigenous peoples of the Mideast by Islam.

If a genie appeared before me and told me I had a wish to make, it would be for a coalition of Eastern Christians, Western Christians and Jews to counteract the massive onslaught of Islam.

[MeekOneGOP]

Bump for later read! Thanks.