The Rest of the Story
Mark Glenn
09/03/03: "Mary, God has chosen thee, and purified thee. He has chosen thee
above all women. ....Mary, God gives thee good tidings from Him whose name
is Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary. High honored shall he be, in this world and
the next, stationed near to God. He shall speak to men in the cradle and of
old age, and righteous shall he be."
"Blessed has he made me," said Jesus, "wherever I may be, and He has
enjoined me to give alms, so long as I live, and likewise to cherish my
mother. He has not made me arrogant or unprosperous. Peace be upon me the
day that I was born, and the day that I die, and the day that I am raised up
alive."
Most Americans reading the above passages would assume that they were
written by a Christian, or that it was to be found in some kind of Christian
literature. The fact is, (surely to the surprise of many) that it was taken
from the Quran, Islam's most sacred book.
It certainly would be a surprise to most Americans, considering the fact
that they have been fed a smorgasbord of propaganda concerning the religion
of Islam and its adherents for the last 2 years that conspicuously has made
no mention of how Mother and Son are so revered by those in the Middle East
whose culture has now been scheduled for destruction. To the opposite, the
racists who run our media and, by default, have assumed the power of doing
our thinking for us have painted the religion of Islam as something
organically inimical to Christianity and Christian culture. One in
particular, and lately much discussed is a rabid Zionist and unapologetic
racist by the name of Daniel Pipes (recently appointed by Bush to sit in on
the Board of the United States Institute of Peace) has made his living and
his fame over the period of the last decade with publications whose one and
only purpose was to slur the peoples of the Middle East, all done
principally for the reason of benefiting his co-religionists in the nation
of Israel, whose racist ideology he seems to embrace without any detectable
reserve. Were any other person foolish enough to voice only some of the
opinions that Pipes has been bold enough to put down on paper, they would
have been run out of the business, if not worse. The fact that he has
endured and has in fact been rewarded for such sentiments speaks volumes
about what is the double standard which exists in the United States today as
pertains race and religious issues, particularly when they are applied to
the situation involving Israel and the Middle East.
For those who are still holding out on whether or not to accept the
"conspiracy crackpot theory" that the US government and media have been
captured and are dominated by racist ideologues who worship before the
golden calf of Zionism, consider some of the following quotes which Pipes
has authored, and allow reason to weigh in on the fact that this man has not
endured the standard treatment that others receive when they voice
sentiments that only appear to be racial in nature.
"All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are
more troublesome than most. West European societies are unprepared for the
massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and not
exactly maintaining Germanic standards of hygiene."
A quick translation of the above statement would read like this: Muslims are
the worst of immigrants, who, smelling bad and having an unusual palate, are
not welcome in white societies.
The Golden Boy of the Zionist establishment has not limited his remarks to
only these mentioned. In other writings he accuses Muslims of being
parasites on society, being disproportionately engaged in criminal behavior,
(most notably the crime of rape) of having unacceptable customs and seeking
to take over the country.
In short, this is the stuff of the infamous Ku Klux Klan. Replace the word
"Muslim" with "black" or "nigger," and the comparison is without equal.
How then is it possible for such men to possess the amount of prestige and
influence as he does, without being subject to the same backlash that would
result from someone else engaging in such behavior? Quite simply, he is an
example of the "politically correct" racist, meaning, a racist in favor of
Israel and Judaism, and, unfortunately, he is only one of many who work
diligently in keeping Americans from hearing the rest of the story.
Only in a nation whose government, media, and culture have been hijacked by
the interests of an ideology such as Zio-naziism could such statements have
been made by an individual without any resulting serious repercussions. In a
nation where someone is attacked in an overtly coordinated effort for merely
speaking out against the verifiable history of Israeli violence and
duplicity (or for that matter, simply making a film concerning the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ) the fact that individuals such as Daniel Pipes
could get away with saying such things speaks volumes about what is the
deplorable state of intellectual dishonesty in American society. Thus has
the ability for intellectual discourse degraded to such a point that to
engage in any discussion which only slightly whiffs of criticism against the
biggest practitioner of terrorism in the Middle East results in a society of
unthinking, uninterested reactionaries who will, like Pavlov's dogs, jump up
and start barking the mantra of "anti-Semitism" for the sole purpose of
quieting their opponents. Had he not been a stalwart supporter of Israel and
said the same thing about any other group of people, (and especially if
against his cohorts in Tel Aviv) he would have received a one-way ticket
down the infamous memory hole, never to return, as have all those who have
committed the unforgivable crime of not bowing down before the Baalam of
Zionism.
The recent outrage over Bush's nomination of Pipes for a seat on the United
States Institute of Peace is quite a telling event as well, especially when
viewed within the context of the now obvious double standard applied to
others not so favored. Consider how the Bush Administration (and in fact the
Republican congress in general) reacted to the media-managed frenzy
swirling around former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott for having attended
a gathering in honor of a white segregationist. They wouldn't touch him with
a ten foot pole, for fear of the obvious tainting they would acquire by
association with him. Now comes forth a man such as Pipes, whose overt
bigotry makes the implied bigotry of Lott look pale by comparison, and yet
where are the hourly news stories? Where are the interviews, wherein Pipes
and others like him are stuttering and stammering for an answer which they
hope will pacify a society nurtured on the religion of anti- racism? Where
are all the individuals from the ADL and other like-minded groups calling
for Pipes' resignation? Where is the distancing of the Republicans from such
a man? In this light, the favoritism afforded to politically correct racists
as well as the complicity that exists in the outlets of mass information in
the proliferation of such sentiments becomes clearer. Besides the fact that
Pipes did not get the ax (as so many others have and do to this day)
whenever they utter phrases as outrageously racist as were his, conversely
he has been rewarded for such statements, as evidenced by his recent
nomination. But even more telling is the fact that Bush, who most assuredly
was briefed by his advisors on what was the background of Pipes and his
writings, obviously saw nothing to fear in associating himself politically
with such an unapologetic bigot, and his insistence on putting this man in
such a position speaks loudly not only about his own fearlessness concerning
what would most assuredly be the backlash to such an event, but as well
about his fear of what would happen to him politically if he didn't. In
short, Bush was assured by his hirelings that there would be no negative
fall out from such an appointment, due to the fact that it would get little
to no media coverage, but as well that there would be serious consequences
to face if such an appointment were not forthcoming. How else do we view his
willingness to nominate such a man who once agreed with the notion
originally espoused by a spokesman for the KKK that "if we fail to stop the
Muslims now, the sixteen million niggers of America will soon be Muslims,
and you will never be able to stop them."
The nomination of Pipes to sit in on the United States Institute of Peace,
having justifiably caused a firestorm among Arab and Muslim groups here in
the US, nevertheless must be tempered in view of the fact that Pipes is just
one man in an army of like-minded ideologues who occupy seats of power in
the United States. They are individuals who have gotten away with this very
same thing for not just years, but rather decades, and who in citing the
Quran have squandered no opportunity in fitting whatever text may be used to
portray the religion of Islam in the worst light, even if it means taking
passages completely out of context. They understand their audience well,
knowing that here in the United States few Christians have ever read the
Quran and know only what is alleged to be contained in it from the likes of
pseudo right-wing talk show hosts and fundamentalist Christian Zionists, who
on a daily basis hurl ethnic, religious, and cultural slurs towards a group
of people whom they are paid to demonize. Those individuals in media and
academia who shape America's thinking (and by default America's policy) are
capitalizing on the abysmal ignorance of the average uninformed American as
to what comprises not only the religion of Islam, but Middle Eastern culture
in general, hoping as well to utilize the bitterness that has grown over the
last few decades in Christians whose religion and whose values have been
attacked by these same degenerate elites who now have decided to target the
Muslims. Hoping that no one noticed the slight of hand, the secular atheists
who have for decades worked tirelessly in deconstructing what was the
Christian social order of America were removed from the suspicious role they
had justly occupied, and through their own concerted efforts were replaced
with the same "brown skinned peoples" named by Pipes and others like him,
whom he and his fellow gangsters now seek to marginalize in the interest of
bringing Israel's enemies to heal.
Besides the fact that these individuals obviously enjoy the protection of a
media which applaud their sentiments and their agenda, they can also rest
well at night knowing that not too many people will hit the books and check
out their facts. After all, had Americans been skeptical about the
information they were fed about the Middle East situation after September
11, they might have read the passages in the Quran which have never been
mentioned by a Zionist controlled media who have conspicuously told only 1/4
of the story.
The 1/4 that has been told has been that section dealing with the darker
history of Islam, which, as religions go, has no more skeletons in its
closet than do any of the other religions of the world. It has not been
mentioned, as it was in the commencement of this essay, that Muslims hold
Christ and his mother in such high regard, nor has been mentioned anything
concerning the accomplishments which Islam has been responsible for bringing
to Western Civilization. In effect, the bringers of mass information have
scoured the photo albums of Islamic history for snapshots of those
unfortunate moments which have occurred, and in the interest of misleading
an uncritical public mind have presented these snapshots to the world as
being the entirety of its history. A discerning people should have suspected
this, but, as can be expected in a civilization which has surrendered its
soul and intellect to the idols of materialism and self-gratification,
thinking past these idols proved to be too expensive.
The rest of the story that has been cleverly been kept out of public view
(and therefore out of public consideration) is the amount of influence that
the interests of Israel (once described by a prominent Jewish-American
reporter as the "elephant in the room which no one wants to acknowledge")
have played in the whole equation. In the days and weeks following the
tragedies on 9/11, the discussion of the relationship between the US and
Israel and its relevance to the day's events were carefully kept out of the
media mainstream. Anyone at the time who (rightfully and logically so)
brought it up for discussion was quieted down in a hurry, for fear that
people may begin to question the propriety of an alliance that has up to
that day been kept sacrosanct. Had Americans began to consider their
association with Israel and the cause and effect circumstances as pertain to
that day's events, they might also have learned of important events in the
history of that relationship, such as those concerning the attack on the USS
Liberty, Israeli espionage against the US for the benefit of America's
enemies, and a whole host of other embarrassing tidbits that may have
jeopardized the stability of what has been (at least to Israel) a fruitful
and lucrative situation. But on a more simple level, Americans who took
their Christian faith seriously might have also run into upsetting items
involving religious sentiments, a topic willingly discussed when it
demonizes Muslims, but carefully avoided when it embarrasses Jews. However,
given the willingness of the Ministry of Truth to discuss religious
sentiments so as to better understand the mindset of America's "enemies," by
the same standard a similar discussion should take place when it comes to
understanding America's "friends," even at the risk of sacrificing sacred
cows.
"Miriam, mother of the Nazarene, was the descendant of princes and governors
who played the harlot with carpenters." Sanhedron 106a
"Jesus the Nazarene practiced sorcery and black magic, and led Jews astray
into idolatry. He was sexually immoral, worshipped statues of stone, was cut
off from the Jewish people, and refused to repent." Sanhedron 107b
"The books of the Christians must not be saved from fire." Shabat 116a
"The best of the Gentiles should be killed." Soferim 15, rule 10
For the uninitiated, these few passages are excerpts of the Talmud, a book
considered to be as sacred to Judaism as the Quran is to Islam.
These excerpts are but a few of the many passages which speak with an
unmistakable and undeniable invective against the same Jesus and Mary who
are so honored by the Muslims, but which have suspiciously escaped being
mentioned in the discourse concerning religious hatred and its relationship
to terrorism. In addition to these items mentioned, there are passages which
permit the rape of children, (particularly non-Jews) as well as a whole host
of other religious/racist sentiments which, if made public to the audiences
of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Limbaugh, Hannity, et al, may cause quite a
bit of trouble for groups such as AIPAC and others like them who make it
their business to promote the lie that Israel is America's "lone ally in the
Middle East." In light of this, it should also be remembered that barely an
instance goes by when in the context of discussing the religion of Islam by
major media outlets in which it isn't alleged that the adherents of this
religion are pedophiles and enemies of Christians.
This is the other half of the story which Americans have not been and are
not told. >From the mouthpieces on the right such as Limbaugh, Liddy and
Hannity, to the mouthpieces on the left who have their hands spread across
all channels of information, this dirty little secret has been completely
left out of the equation when people such as Pipes and his ilk begin quoting
religious texts of Islam, a grandstanding done for the sole purpose of
furthering the cause of murdering, dispossessing, and robbing the peoples of
the Middle East. In defense of the adherents of Judaism, fairly it can be
argued that such racist and abominable statements cited above do not
represent the sentiments of all followers of Judaism. In fact, it can be
justly said that many are not and have never been acquainted with them at
all. In like manner, perhaps this caveat should be applied to the Muslims as
well, who in general harbor no ill feeling towards Christians or their
religion.
One should not be naive enough to think that the bringers of information are
not aware of the rest of the story, and with this in mind, the American
public who will be the ones paying the highest price for the war against
Islam must ask the logical and, considering the high stakes involved, fair
questions of Mr. Pipes and those standing behind him:
"In your discussion of the ugly side of Islam, why did you leave out the
ugly side of Judaism? Why were relevant passages of the Quran cited, but not
of the Talmud? If religiously inspired sentiments such as those cited by you
concerning Islam are relevant towards understanding the war on terror, then
why aren't those sentiments harbored by the religion of Judaism relevant as
well?"
After, all, the noble mission that men such as he are professing to realize
is the awakening of the average American to the dangers of religious
fundamentalism, and surely that would include everything, wouldn't it?
How then, does one account for this obvious duplicity? What is one to make
of those who deliberately refuse to cite those passages of the Quran which
speak well of Christianity, and who at the same time refuse to reveal those
notable sections of the Talmud which speak so hatefully against not only the
personages of the Christian faith, but of its followers as well?
The answer is not difficult to grasp. In its simplest explanation, its
understanding resides in the fact that the people in charge of disseminating
information to the American public do not have Muslim names. By and large
they are Jewish, and as a result promote information from a decidedly biased
viewpoint in favor of Israel. The obvious importance of these circumstances
should lead the average American to approach information as pertains the
Middle East with a certain amount of healthy skepticism, but then one must
consider the times in which these events are all taking place; It is the age
of a commercial mindset, where, like the fast food business, everything is
prepared quickly and likewise quickly consumed without much thought as to
what is in it or what it may do to its consumer.
A further explanation of the reason for this duplicity resides in
understanding that there are those whose raison d'être is the state of
Israel and that which benefits her. These individuals portray themselves as
loyal Americans, but who seem not to be bothered by the long list of ill
effects which have resulted from American association with the Zionist
state, an association which, in addition to the incontestable history of
espionage and subterfuge against America and her interests, has also
resulted in the acquisition of new enemies which threaten her safety in
demonstrably new and dangerous ways. Men like Pipes, Perle, Wolfowitz,
Limbaugh, and others who hold fast to the religion that the welfare of
Israel supersedes in relevance and importance the welfare of the United
States are not true Americans, for if they were, they would put America and
her interests (particularly her national security) first. Being true
patriots, (as well as educated and intelligent men) they would acknowledge
the fact that by this dangerous liason America has signed on to a mortgage
whose heavy price will be American blood, sweat, and tears for the benefit
of another entity whose interests and loyalty are self-serving and
one-sided. But it must be understood that these wolves in sheeps' clothing
already know this all too well, and as a result, quake in fear of the
inevitable domino effect that would result from Americans being given the
whole truth concerning the Middle East, a domino effect that would lead to
the deconstructing of a dangerous and unprofitable business relationship 50
years in the making.
The day that America discovers that the entire "war on terror" is and has
been from the beginning a concerted, coordinated effort brought about by
individuals whose only concern is that which benefits Israel, and that it
has been waged for the purposes of facilitating murder, racism, and
genocide, thus begins the day that the apocalyptic dream of Zionism comes
tumbling down like the Tower of Babel, and to some, this is truly a
nightmare too horrible to consider. As such, individuals such as Pipes et
al, in the spirit of duplicity and corruption, willingly and deliberately
tell only that part of the story which serves their interests. They can be
likened to the schoolyard bully, who after being pounced upon by his victims
in retribution for the injustices he has wrought against them over an
extended period of time, goes crying to the principal about his aggrieved
status, feigning his innocence and crying his crocodile tears. They are like
the parents of a girl who have entered their daughter in a beauty pageant, a
girl who has neither talent nor good looks, and in the interest of
calculating a victory for their daughter, bribe the judges while
calumniating and intimidating the other contestants, for fear that a fair
contest untainted with corruption would frustrate their hoped for victory.
In like manner, those whose sole objective is to see the racist ideology of
Zionism triumph to its apocalyptic conclusion will tell only those portions
of the story which will further their mission, even if it means killing
millions of people in the process.
For many years, Americans have been fed half the information, information
which has resulted in momentous policies and incalculable human suffering,
and it is only the beginning.
Perhaps now, in a country which boasts of its hard won freedom and Christian
conscience, as well as in the interest of knowing what kind of liabilities
they face in this process, they should be told the rest of the story.
Mark Glenn is the author of "Not My Words, But Theirs: A Christian American'
s Defense of Middle Eastern Culture and its People." The book may be
accessed at www.notmywords.com . The author may be reached at
mglenn@mediamonitors.org |
