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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject: Nonie Darwish: "Now They Call Me Infidel" |
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In the presses and set for November 2006 release...
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Why are so many Muslims embracing jihad and cheering for al-Qaeda and Hamas? Why are even the modern, secularized Arab states such as Egypt producing a generation of angry young extremists?
Nonie Darwish knows why. When she was eight, her father died while leading Fedayeen raids into Israel. Her family moved from Gaza back to Cairo, where they were honored as survivors of a �shahid��a martyr for jihad. She grew up learning the same lessons as millions of Muslim children: to hate Jews, destroy Israel, oppose America, and submit to dictatorship.
But Darwish became increasingly appalled by the anger and hatred in her culture, and in 1978 she emigrated to America. Since 9/11 she has been lecturing and writing on behalf of moderate Arabs and Arab-Americans. Extremists have denounced her as an infidel and threatened her life.
In this fascinating book, she speaks out against the dark side of her native culture�women abused by Islamic traditions; the poor and uneducated mistreated by the elites; bribery and corruption as a way of life. Her former friends and neighbors blamed all the their troubles on Jews and Americans, but Darwish rejects their bigotry and calls for the Arab world to make peace with the West.
The only hope for the future, she writes, is for America to continue waging its War on Terror, seeding the Middle East with the values of democracy, respect for women, and tolerance for all religions. |
Darwish stated in a CNN interview that she remembers being taught as a child not to ever take any candy from a Jew, "because the Jews will try to poison you."
http://www.noniedarwish.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonie_Darwish |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Two stories from Yemen, one first-hand, 2nd second-hand.
1. I went to a "fete" at Sanaa University, put on by the Junior class of English Majors to celebrate the Seniors and their upcoming graduation. What was one of the skits performed?
A group of 5-7 yr old girls singing a song about how their mothers had just died thanks to Israeli troops.
How the hell this has any connection to English, studying, or graduation, I have no clue. Why girls that age were taught that song, I have no idea.
2. An English teacher asked her college-aged students, "If you could become invisible and go anywhere and do anything, what would you do?"
Every woman in the class (albeit just 4 of them) all gave the same answer: "I'd travel to Israel and kill Ariel Sharon." |
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