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Documented Roots of Arab Hostility to Jews
The Koran is for the
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land represented was force in parts of the Arabian
psychological: it challenged peninsula, especially the
the Arab conception of the city of Medina.
proper place of the Jew in
Mohammed referred to
society, a conception de-
rived from the Koran and Is- the Jews (and Christians) as
lamic tradition. The discom- the ahl al kitab, the people
fiture of the Christians in of Scripture, and considered
Lebanon and other Arab himself to be the prophet
societies is caused by a com- chosen to bring the original
parable Arab-Islamic per- divine message to the Arabs
in their own language.
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Religious tradition in the vince the Jews that he
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The Ivory Coast ambas-
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gave a speech recently that
didn't make a single front
page in America. But that
speech could be more impor-
tant than most of the head-
lines you've read lately.
Ambassador Amoakon
Thiemele said simply that
the time has come for black
African countries to renew
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All major African coun-
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cept Malawi, Swaziland and
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with Israel in 1973 during
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Egypt, Israel and the U.S.
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for most black African
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states, this is a substan-
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most of the Arab world,
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By ELIAS COOPER
(Editor's note: This ar-
ticle is excerpted from
"The Roots of Arab Hos-
tility," an eight-page arti-
cle which was published
in the June-July issue of
the American Zionist.
The late Dr. Cooper was
editor of the magazine
and professor of history
at Bronx Community Col-
lege.)
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nounced them. And
Mohammed's anti-
Jewish pronouncements
have guided Islamic atti-
tudes toward Jews ever
since.
In the Seventh and
Eighth Centuries the fol-
lowers of Mohammed con-
quered the entire Arabian
peninsula, all of the Middle
East and North Africa. In
all areas, pagans were given
the option of conversion or
death.
The "people of Scripture"
were tolerated, but under
conditions intended to un-
derscore their inferiority.
The justification for this
policy was the Koran, i.e.,
the Islamic word of God ut-
tered by Mohammed. In the
Koran, Moslems are de-
scribed as "the best commu-
nity," whereas the "people
of Scripture" are mostly
"doers of evil." (Sura III;
110) Because they did not
believe in Allah's revela-
tions, "humiliation and
wretchedness" is decreed to
be their lot. (Sura II; 61 and
Sura III; 112)
All of this applies to
Christians as well, since the
term "people of Scripture" is
commonly used in the
Koran whenever both Jews
and Christians are meant.
In any case, Moslems are
enjoined not to take Jews
and Christians for friends.
(Sura V;51)
Though Islam recog-
nizes Christians, along
with Jews, as "people of
Scripture," it absolutely
rejects the very basis of
traditional Christianity.
In the case of the Jews
the validity of their faith
is not denied; rather, they
are accused of being dis-
obedient to God and of
having falsified the Bible
by, for example, claiming
that Abraham was a Jew
and suppressing • the
"fact" that he was a Mos-
lem (albeit 2,000 years be-
fore Mohammed).
The Jews are singled---f
for special censure
number of Koranic revela-
tions. On account of their
"wrongdoing" they are for-
bidden "many good things
which were earlier permit-
ted to them." (Sura IV; 160)
They are ridiculed as "as-
ses carrying books" since
they do not apply what was
revealed to them. (Sura
LXII;5) Therefore, "Allah
has cursed them," and de-
creed "a cruel torment" for
them till the day of Resur-
rection. (Sura IV;46 and
Sura VII;167)
Finally, perhaps most
damaging in its conse-
quences is Mohammed's re-
velation that of all mankind
those most hostile to the
Moslems are the "Jews and
the idolators." (Sura V;82)
The Koran also relates an
unsuccessful Jewish plot to
assassinate Mohammed
and furthermore says that
his death was hastened by a
Jewess who tried to poison
him.
(To Be Continued)
Resumption of Relations Seen
Between Israel and Black Africa
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Arabia, has attempted to
make Egypt an interna-
tional outcast and Sadat
a pariah — all because he
dared to sign a peace
treaty with Israel.
Black Africa cannot re-
place the economic aid that
Saudi Arabia might deny
Sadat, but it can help him
retain the hope and interna-
tional reputation that will
enable him to get financial
help elsewhere.
Israel's economic woes
are many, and the current
peace process has put
heavier drains on Israel's
treasury. Since Iran's revo-
lutionary Islamic rulers de-
cided to cut off sales of petro-
leum to Israel, the Jewish
state has had to pay much
more than $20 a barrel to
meet its need of about
190,000 barrels of oil per
day.
Previously, political pres-
sures have been such that
Nigeria, and even Norway,
would not sell oil to Israel.
Should Nigeria decide to re-
open diplomatic relations
with Israel, the sale of
petroleum would follow
naturally, and Israel would
not have to call upon the
U.S. to fulfill a pledge to
provide Israel with what-
ever shortfall of oil resulted
from giving the Sinai and
its Israel-discovered oil
fields back to Egypt.
The current Nigerian
government has made no
move toward renewing
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relations with Israel but
it is noteworthy that one
political party has made
relations with Israel an
issue in Nigeria's current
election campaigning.
Significantly, then, coun-
tries like Nigeria, the Ivory
Coast, Zaire, Kenya, have
the potential for pumping
new life into the Middle
East peace process.
It should be noted that
most black African coun-
tries never wanted to break
diplomatic relations with
Israel. They did so under
pressure from Algeria,
Libya and the PLO.
Recently, black African
leaders have become dis-
enchanted with the so-
called radical Arab leaders.
They are outraged that'' 1
Muammar Qaddafi
put Libyan troops into
Uganda to try to save the
murderous Idi Amin. Am-
bassador Thiemele's speech
could presage an important
rift between black Africa
and the leftist element of
the Arab world.
The break in relations
with Israel has never been a
true indication of black Af-
rica's attitude toward Is-
rael. In 1973, Israel's ex-
ports to Africa were valued
at $31 million; last year's
exports totaled $70 million.
Israel purchased $25 mil-
lion worth of goods from
black Africa in 1973 and
$35 million in 1978.