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October 18, 2007
The Camel in the Tent
Make no mistake about it, the Islamic world has a long-term strategy: to destroy Israel and conquer the West—by whatever means necessary. We are in the midst of an Islamic revival after 300 years of cultural confusion and silence.
There are those who neatly divide the Arab/Muslim world into moderate and radical regimes.
This is wishful, even suicidal thinking.
At the core, there is no difference between the regimes in Iran or Dubai and Oman. Their long term goals are identical: the eradication of Israel, the ascendancy of Islam and the decline of the West.
The only difference between the regimes is that Iran is more bellicose, more vocal in its public language. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Oman and every other Islamic State have the exact same goals, they merely use coded language to fool gullible Westerners into believing that they are moderate and Westernized.
Given the opportunity, every Arab country would vote for an Islamacist party over a more secular party. Witness Hama's overwhelming victory over Fatah. They took every precinct in Gaza, and every precinct in Judea and Samaria but one. The only reason Hamas does not control Judea and Samaria is because those areas are not Judenrein.
The same happened in Algeria where the government had to ruthlessly suppress the Islamic party who had overwhelmingly won the popular vote over the more secular government.
So rid yourselves of any notions of moderate Arab regimes.
They only exist in the minds of naive Westerners.
The latest front in the Islamic battle against the West is the very foundations of free enterprise. How we handle this assault will spell life or death for the West.
Objections to Borse Dubai's proposed acquisition of 20 percent of Nasdaq last week prompted Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank to quip, "In the ports deal, the concern was smuggling something or someone dangerous... What are we talking about here — smuggling someone onto a stock exchange?"
It is not "who" Dubai will smuggle into the stock exchange we should worry about. It's the arrival of the world's first Islamic stock exchange exerting unprecedented Islamic influence in the heart of the U.S. and Western economies that should raise our alarm. Dubai's handsomely paid Washington lobbyists see nothing wrong with that. Rather, they claim the deal benefits U.S. financial markets, giving "Nasdaq access to rich Mideast pockets." Unfortunately, the deal also increases the appeal and influence of Islamic financing in the West.
What is "Islamic" finance? Islamic, or Shariah-based finance, is the 1920s invention of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna. He ordered the Muslim Brothers to create an independent Islamic financial system to supercede the Western economy, facilitating the spread of Islam worldwide. He set the theories and practices and his contemporaries and successors developed Shariah-based terminology for "Islamic economics," finance and banking. [emphasis added]. Attempts by Muslim Brotherhood members in the early 1930s to establish Islamic banking in India failed. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel-Nasser shut down the second attempt in 1964, after only one year, later arresting and expelling the Muslim Brothers for attempts to kill him. Saudi Arabia welcomed them and adopted their ideas.
To read the entire article by By Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen, please click here.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at October 18, 2007 08:42 AM
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And Ann Lewis, one of Ms. Rodham Clinton's top advisors, is Barney Frank's sister.
Posted by: Jeremiah at October 18, 2007 09:44 AM
Guess who's getting booked on my show on FBN ASAP?
Posted by: Jake at October 18, 2007 11:43 AM
Jeremiah:
Democrats are in denial as are most Republicans on this vital issue.
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at October 18, 2007 12:37 PM
Jake:
Rachel E.
Excellent!
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at October 18, 2007 12:38 PM
It shouldn't be forgotten that Neville Chamberlain had heavy personal investments in Germany in the 1930's, and that is often overlooked when people try to figure out why he was so daft in dealing with Hitler. Joe Kennedy also put big money into Germany at that time and lobbied FDR heavily not to anger the Nazis in the early days. But that was at a time when few Westerners other than rich people like Kennedy and Chamberlain invested overseas. Now, most of us do and that makes this deal disturbing as it will be much much harder to extricate ourselves in case of further hostilities.
Posted by: Jake at October 18, 2007 12:40 PM
Jake:
Chamberlain's government allowed the firm of Rolls Royce to continue selling airplane engines to the Lutwaffe right up until 1938. That's how bad the denial was among the British ruling classes.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at October 18, 2007 01:02 PM
The more money at stake, the greater the denial.
Posted by: Dana at October 18, 2007 06:12 PM