Muslims don't understand the Western mind

Vincent J. Curtis

31 Dec 23

RE: Inclusivity, empathy, and respect needed. Op-ed by Ibrahim Hindy, who is the religious direct at Yaqeen Institute for Islamic research, and imam at Dar-al-Tawheed Islamic Center.

It’s a little late for Muslims to begin calling for inclusivity, empathy, and respect after Hamas slaughtered over 1,200 Israeli citizens, took over 240 hostages, and committed unspeakable atrocities against beautiful, young Israeli women.  When the mutilated corpses of those women were dragged in triumph through Gaza, the populace, quite gratuitously and unnecessarily, spat upon them in contempt.  Israel has business to finish with Hamas before turning to the issue of what to do about Gaza and its populace.

The author, Ibrahim Hindy, does not understand the Western mind.  He thinks that by calling attention to the alleged suffering of Gazans in a war their government started, that we will turn against Israel. In World War 2, the allies killed hundreds of thousands of civilians in the firebombing of Hamburg, Dresden, Berlin, and other German cities; and firebombed many cities in Japan, which culminated in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Westerns can be more savage than the Muslims imagined.  The alleged suffering in Gaza is nothing compared to what a Westerner is capable when roused to righteous anger.

Gaza is getting nothing more than what it asked for, and less than it deservers. The goal of Hamas and all “Palestinians” is a Palestine “from the river to the sea,” which requires the genocide of the Jews, something the Muslim author neglects to mention.  It’s not as easy this time as it was the last.

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