Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: terra in cambio di pace: illusioni religiose

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=1262
 
 
 
Yoram Ettinger
 
A return to Andalusia
 
The collapse of Israeli-Palestinian agreements from the 1993 Oslo
Accords until today stems from the fact that both Israeli and U.S.
leaders ignore the real root of the conflict. The heart of the
conflict is the denial of a non-Muslim entity's existence – namely,
Israel – on land that, in the eyes of many Muslims, is "holy land"
that belongs to them, and not any issue with Israel’s size or borders.
 
On Jan. 9, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, a close
associate of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, stressed
that all Israeli territory was Muslim "holy land," had been since 637
C.E., and would be forever. The mufti made his comments at a rally for
Fatah, which Abbas heads, that was broadcast on the official state
television station. The mufti also called for the killing of Jews to
hasten the Islamic Resurrection. His sentiments have become rooted in
the Palestinian consciousness, with the help of the Palestinian
Authority educational system, as a poll from July 2011 shows.
Conducted by liberal-democratic American pollster Stanley Greenberg,
an associate of former President Bill Clinton and former British Prime
Minister Tony Blair, the poll found that 73 percent of Palestinians
viewed killing Jews as a springboard to Judgment Day. On March 27,
2010, Abbas declared: "Jerusalem and all its surrounding areas are
holy lands promised by Allah. We must do everything we can to save
them from the Jewish threat."
 
This principle of "holy land" is permanent, and is stronger than any
leader or passing policy, and it applies to any land that was ever
under Islamic control. It is an inseparable part of the legacy of
Muhammad and Islamic law, as evidenced by the Muslim Brotherhood's
recent ascent to power. They view Allah, the Koran, the Prophet
Muhammad, jihad and martyrdom as the goal, the law, the leader, the
way and the exalted aspiration. Their loyalty to the "holy land"
obligates Muslims to "holy war" and the restoration of sovereignty in
the Philippines, Thailand, parts of China, Kashmir, Chechnya, Israel,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Spain, Portugal and elsewhere.
 
The centrality of "holy land" in the Muslim experience can be
understood from the example of Andalusia, the Arabic name for most of
the Iberian Peninsula, which was under Islamic rule from 711-1492 C.E.
The Muslim Golden Age did not take place between the Jordan and the
Mediterranean Sea, but rather in Andalusia, especially in the Alhambra
palace/fortress in Granada. At the beginning of the 8th century, the
Muslims conquered the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, Sicily and
the Italian coastline and declared it "Islam's home." In 1492, Spain
was liberated from the control of Muslims, who today still view
"Andalusia" as their "holy land." Muslim terrorist plots in Madrid in
March 2004 killed 191 people and wounded around 1,800. The attack
intended to correct the "injustice of Andalusia." Saudi Arabia is
constructing the second largest mosque in the world in Cordoba, the
former capital of Andalusia, while mosques are springing up like
mushrooms all over Spain.
 
Efraim Karsh, a professor of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Studies
at King's College in London, in his book "Islamic Imperialism" (Yale
University Press, 2007), says: "In 1980, there was a huge map on which
large parts of what was then Soviet Central Asia and China's Xinjiang
Province were labeled 'Temporarily Occupied Muslim Territory.’ Dr.
Yusuf Qaradawi, a spiritual guide of the Muslim Brothers [said] the
city of Hirqil [Constantinopol] will be conquered first … The other
city Romiya, Rome ... we hope and believe that it too will be
conquered … That means that Islam will return to Europe as a
conqueror."
 
Recognition of foreign sovereignty over Muslim "holy land" amounts to
humiliation, betrayal and servitude for Arabs and Muslims. The Treaty
of Hudaybiyya from 628 C.E. set a precedent for the "phased plan," or
for signing tactical agreements that temporarily relinquish "holy
land," but never abandon the overarching, permanent strategy of
reclaiming it all at a later stage.
 
Continuing the policy of negotiating "land for peace" plays into the
hands of our enemies and dooms us to repeat past mistakes. It ignores
the roots of Arab hostility, raises Arab expectations and exacerbates
violence and terrorism in the region.

 city of Hirqil [Constantinopol] will be conquered first …
 
conquistata da chi, visto che i turchi sono in stragrande maggioranza
muslimmi?