Why
Islam Will Never Accept The State Of
Israel
It is a common belief that the
"Arab-Israeli conflict" is a
conflict of two peoples fighting over
the same
piece of land and is therefore one of
nationalism. Rarely, if ever, do we
hear or
read of the religious component to
this
conflict. However,
if anything, the conflict is more of a
"Muslim-Jewish" one than an
"Arab-Israeli" one. In other words,
the conflict is based on religion --
Islam vs.
Judaism -- cloaked in Arab nationalism
vs.
Zionism. The fact of the matter is
that in
every Arab-Israeli war, from 1948 to
the
present, cries of "jihad," "Allahu
Akbar," and the bloodcurdling scream
of
"Idbah al- Yahud" (slaughter the
Jews) have resonated amongst even the
most
secular of Arab leaders, be it Nasser
in the
1950s and 1960s or the supposedly
"secular" PLO of the 1960s to the
present. Indeed, the question must be
asked:
If this is really a conflict of
different
nationalisms and not Islamic
supremacism, then
why is it that virtually no non-Arab
Muslim
states have full (if any) relations
with
Israel? There
is
a common Arabic slogan that is chanted
in the
Middle East: "Khaybar, Khaybar! Oh
Jews,
remember. The armies of Muhammad are
returning!"