To: Threshold who wrote (11732 ) 4/14/2007 12:37:00 PM From: Richnorth Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 37562 I believe there was a cause for the origin of the rabid hatred of the Muslims for the Jews since Muhammadan times and most probably long before Muhammad and the Koranic suras. For I am a firm believer in the Law of Cause and Effect: for example, I believe there is no smoke without fire. I am also a firm believer in the Doctrine of Karma and Retributive Justice and the Golden Rule, and that one's actions or omissions in the present set off forces in motion that will either be beneficial or detrimental to us in the future. All this apply not only to individuals but also to groups of people and nations: verily, as they sow, so shall they reap! So, what could have initially aroused the Muslims' rage and hatred for the Jews? Rightly or wrongly, I believe the cause was the Jews' bullying and cruel treatment of peoples living in their midst in the heyday of Jewry as in the time of Solomon and of David when Jews mercilessly slaughtered others and/or cruelly mistreated them like shit! In line with the doctrine of Karma & etc, it seems that the negative Karma incurred by the Jews of the past have transcended time to haunt the Jews and Israel in the present! Elsewhere on SI in the past I have evoked the Doctrine of Karma with regard to the Holocaust. I was roundly castigated for my views. But, as present day findings and events would indicate, the Zionists now appear to have overplayed their Holocaust card and the Holocaust ship is sinking, very much to their dismay and frustration. By the way, I am very impressed by an old North American Indian proverb and exhortation: LET NO MAN CRITICISE ANOTHER UNLESS AND UNTIL HE HAS WALKED A MILE IN THE OTHER'S MOCCASSINS. .