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When we think of ways to defeat ISIL, there are military tactics to use to defeat ISIL, but there is also history. History can be used to show folks who support ISIL, or even those who believe Muslims are the enemy that in fact Muslims and Christians have been working together for a long time. During WW2, when the Nazis were steamrolling through Europe and mercilessly killing Jews, gypsies, mentally handicapped folks, communists, and other so called enemies of the state, it was the Muslims who came forth to protect their Jewish brothers and sisters and did so with tremendous acts of courage. I understand some Arabs/Muslims sided with the axis power during WW2. At the same time scholars and historians argue more Muslims fought with allied forces during WW2 when compared to the Muslims whom fought on the Axis side , and that only 1% of Jews in Muslim majority lands disappeared during WW2 compared to 50% in European nations. There is a known fact, that 50%, again 50% of Jews in Europe disappeared during WW2(not including Albania and we will get to this later in the post) In the occupied Muslim Majority countries, only 1 % of the Jewish population disappeared. Even during Vichy control of their lands Arabs risked their lives to protect Jews. "All Muslims in Algeria accepted the Imam's edicts to not take confiscated Jewish land" Where as 50% of the European Jewish population fell to the SS in WW2. There were German(SS) checkpoints in WW2 Africa, there were instances of elimination of jews in Africa/Arab majority countries in ww2, it was the Arab Muslims who bravely risked their life to prevent their Jewish communities from being arrested/killed on the spot. As for Albania, yes these Albanians were into besa, but they will gladly tell you "there is no besa w/o the Quran, there is no Quran w/o Besa, and to save a life is to gain entry into paradise" "The objective of the planned documentary Back from the Brink (for further details, see my letter in AJR Journal, December 2009) was to express gratitude to individuals and/or countries that helped us Jewish refugees to survive. I personally had felt for a long time the need and desire to thank Albania and its population for having saved my life since after Kristallnacht Albania was the only country that was prepared to offer my parents and me a safe haven. This made me keen to include scenes filmed in Albania in our documentary. However, my failure to secure sufficient funding made it impossible to cover the cost this would have involved. Fortunately, the Albanian embassy in London was prepared to enable me and a cameraman to spend three days filming in Albania. Though I vividly remember the generous hospitality Albanians offered us Jewish refugees in 1938-39, I must admit I had not been aware that Albania is the only country in Europe with more Jews after than before the war: there were 200 Jews before and 2,000 Jews after the war. This clearly shows that Albania became a safe haven for Jews during the last war because Albanian families were prepared, even at the risk to their own lives, to offer shelter to Jewish refugees. "Photographers Norman Gershman and Stuart Huck speak about their exhibition of photographs of Albanian and Kosovar Muslims who risked their lives to save the lives of Jews during World War II. They are joined by Johanna Neumann, a German Jew who survived the holocaust in Albania with assistance from Muslims. more, [url]http://www.ajr.org.uk/journal/issue.Apr10/article.5343[/url] As for Morocco, Algeria , and Tunisia, there were checkpoints all over the place. SS troops were stationed in North Africa during ww2. But of course Muslims did everything they could to hide jews in these countries. Eventually the Germans Arrived in Morocco, "When the vichy authorities poured pressure on the King of Morocco, they told the king there were 200,000 yellow stars for the jews to wear, the king of Morocco said make 20 more b/c those are in my family, and there are no jews or Muslims in Morocco, only Moroccan subjects of the King" "The imams of Algeris jointly issued a fatwa asking Muslims to not take part in the confiscation of Jewish land, every Muslim in Algeria accepted this" While under German occupation"the newly crown prince of Tunisia thought of the jews as his own children" and did what he could to protect them. Sources, [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MdxW6SnVNI[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj8MgeFzTqA[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vk3ixrUlcM[/url] [url]http://www.ajr.org.uk/journal/issue.Apr10/article.5343[/url]
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AuthorHi, I'm a person interested in seeing ISIL eliminated. ISIL, otherwise known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is a self proclaimed Islamic state with territory in Iraq and Syria. In short, the values of ISIL go against Islam and across the world we see many brave and noble people standing up to ISIL. ArchivesCategories |