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It is worth noting that while Christians and Muslims generally desire that everyone should convert to their faith, Islam has a concept about Islamic lands that is inherently and necessarily expansionist. As per wiki:
In classical Islamic law, there are three major divisions of the world which are dar al-Islam (lit. territory of Islam), denoting regions where Islamic law prevails,[1] dar al-sulh (lit. territory of treaty) denoting non-Islamic lands which are at peace or have an armistice with a Muslim government,[2] and dar al-harb (lit. territory of war), denoting lands that share a border with dar al-Islam and have not concluded an armistice.[3]
In other words: Ours Now, and Ours in the Future. This requires an ongoing and constant state of war. As Mark Steyn pointed out decades ago, the vast majority of wars in the world have Muslims on at least one side.
This is in stark contrast to Judaism, which does not seek universal conversion and whose core text, the Torah, repeatedly commands that the law must not distinguish between a native and a stranger. We are only given one land, and very explicitly barred from seeking the lands of the Moabites, Amonites and Edomites - in other words, most of the lands adjoining the border of Israel.
Jews should not seek (or claim) victimhood. But we are not remotely expansionist in our territorial aims. Our goals are to positively influence other people, not control them or their lands.
P.S. The graphic is original and not taken from anyone/where else.
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My first thought was that Dark iWe had broken out of the Phantom Zone and replaced our rapscallion version, and that this post would ignite a world war. So I was half wrong. Bunkers, everyone!
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I am partway through a long and very disturbing video of Jordan Peterson interviewing Tommy Robinson. Either Robinson is the world's greatest liar, or the authorities in the UK who covered up the grooming scandals are much, much worse than we know. It seems that the "two tier" standard of policing regarding the Muslim minority has been going on for a long time, and the authorities and media are both complicit.
Robinson mentions that in his hometown of Luton, there was one mosque when he was young. Now there are 42.
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This guy is showing up in a lot of interesting places.
"Come gather round people wherever you roam..."
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That graphic is correct.
And leftists side with Muslims. And they fear the Jews.
It must be an odd feeling to be a leftist. I just can't imagine.
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