Who was the leader of Palestinians, before Arafat? Was he muslim?
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Before Arafat, Palestinians didn't really have one, accepted leader for a long time. The last accepted leader was Haj Amin El Huseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem. He was of course a Muslim and became famous during World War 2. He was a personal friend of Adolf Hitler and helped him in creation of a strong Muslim military unit that operated in several locations, included the Balkans. It is said that this unit, a battalion, I believe, surprised even the Nazi Wehrmacht.\nOne of the legends calls Arafat himself a nephew of Amin El Huseini. One thing is clear, El Huseini was as accepted in his time among his people, as Arafat was in ours. Hope that helps.
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Well, first, Jesus was Jewish...he was NOT Christian.\nSecondly, there is little information available about the historical Jesus - most of what we know is from the writings of others about what Jesus said and taught (again, all within the context of Jewish learning).\n\nregarding "mussulman", I assume you mean Muslim?\nLeast we forget, Abraham and Sarah had two children - Issac and Ishmael (actually, Ishmael was born to Hagar, the handmaid of Sarah).\nBecause of the problems between the two women, Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away, but God blessed them as well as the people of Israel.\nIshmael became the family linage to the Islamic faith.\nNow, back to Jesus and whether you will enter heaven if you are/are not Christian: remember, Jesus was Jewish and Jewish faith teachs that all will be blessed in the next world as long as we do acts of loving kindness in the here and now, regardless of what our faith is.\nNow, in my book, THAT is the real grace of God.\nAnd now, you know the rest of the story.
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there was never a state, country, or nation called "palestine", in all history, NOR has there ever been a culture, language, history or people called palestinian, until arafat in 63 used the term to apply to ARABS... Palestinians ARE arabs, and are no different, they are the same people. So keep on dreaming, Even when arabs occupied the areas of gaza, "the west bank", and half of jeruslam, for over 19 years they did not make a nation of palestine!!! which PROVES that this has nothing to do with so-called palestinians, but rather to remove the one jewish country on this planet!
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He was a dictator, not a president. Ask the 6,000,000 jews he killed if they think he was a good president!
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The Palestinian/Arab/Moslem community will never allow a non-Muslim, non-Arab, non-Arabic-speaking community to live, prosperously, in their midst. It counters everything they believe, that Islam is superior, and therefore moslems must rule the world, that the Dhimmi community (dhimmi are the non-Moslem, "people of the book," including Jews and Christians) who are to be subjugated, can not be so much more prosperous than they. Because for decades and decades, the leadership of the Palestinians taught their people to hate. \n\nThe Palestinians were never absorbed into the countries in which they were told to flee to, by the Arabs, when Israel became a State::\n\nPalestinians of Lebanon were never granted citizenship, they were kept in camps, where the Lebanese blamed the Israelis.\n\nPalestinians of Jordan were never granted citizenship, they were kept in camps in the "West Bank" where the Jordanians blamed the Israelis.\n\nPalestinians of Syria were never granted citizenship, they were kept in camps where the Syrians blamed the Israelis.\n\nPalestinians of Egypt were never granted citizenship, they were kept in camps in the Gaza Strip, where the Egyptians blamed the Israelis.\n\nWhen Barak, the Prime Minister of Israel, went to the peace table with Arafat and Clinton at Camp David, Barak gave him all but about 3% of what Arafat wanted, Arafat said no, and began the Intifada, the violence, again. Look this up on the internet, anywhere, you will see what i mean.\n\nThere will be no peace until there is no Israel, and the world, when it happens, will sadly say they're sorry, and then the terrorists will turn their attention toward the West. \n\nSource(s):\nFROM TIME IMMEMORIAL: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine; by Joan Peters\n\nMYTHS AND FACTS ONLINE:\nA Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict\nhttp://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mftoc.html
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Ehud Barak offered Yassir Arafat 98% of everything he ever said he wanted during the Oslo peace accords and he refused.  During negotiation or arbitration, the opposing sides normally come to a conclusion somewhere in the middle of the 2 positions.  Arafat and the Palestinians want one thing: to drive every last Jew into the Mediterranean Sea.  They made it plain as day in Oslo.  There could have been peace over a decade ago and it wasn't Israel who said no, my friend.
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The concept of "Palestinians" is one that did not exist until about 1948, when the Arab inhabitants, of what until then was Palestine, wished to differentiate themselves from the Jews. Until then, the Jews were the Palestinians. There was the Palestinian Brigade of Jewish volunteers in the British World War II Army.\nThe Arabs who now call themselves "Palestinians" do so in order to persuade a misinformed world that they are a distinct nationality and that "Palestine" is their ancestral homeland. But they are no distinct nationality at all. They are the same - in language, custom, and tribal and family ties - as the Arabs of Syria, Jordan, and beyond. There is no more difference between the "Palestinians" and the other Arabs of those countries than there is between, say, the citizens of Minnesota and those of Wisconsin. \n\nWhat's more, many of the "Palestinians", or their immediate ancestors, came to the area attracted by the prosperity created by the Jews, in what previously had been pretty much of a wasteland. \n\nThere is no language known as Palestinian. There is no distinct Palestinian culture. There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians. Palestinians are Arabs, indistinguishable from Jordanians (another recent invention), Syrians, Lebanese, Iraqis, etc. Keep in mind that the Arabs control 99.9 percent of the Middle East lands. Israel represents one-tenth of 1 percent of the landmass.
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You sound like Guru Nanak. \n\nHe was a Muslim and said such things.\n\nThen his followers fell out with the other Muslims and started another religion
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Just the one; the Palestinian National Authority\n\nThe authority has two components; the president and the legislative council (headed by the Prime Minister)\n\nThe president is a member of Fatah, a political organisation that in turn is part of the PLO which for many years sought the liberation of Palestine. The PLO renounced terrorism and recognised the state of Israel a while back.\n\nThe council has a majority of members who belong to Hamas; Hamas seeks to create an Islamic republic in Palestine and is a prescribed terrorist organisation.\n\nThe Authority was created as part of the Oslo agreement which included renunciation of terrorism and the right for Israel to exist. Acceptance of the Oslo agreement would seem neccessary in accepting the legality of the Authority. Unfortunately, Hamas has got elected without taking these steps, thus creating an impasse\n\nGenerally, the legality of political parties is a process/hurdle as part of the democratic process; this appears to have been overlooked by the authors of the Oslo Peace accord
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Palestinians are the ones that forget history. The Jewish state was created by the league of nations/united nations. When the mandate expired the nation of Israel was declared, and they, the Jews, fought to keep what was given to them. Basically the nation was formed like ANY other nation. A war was fought and the victors took possession. Now the Palestinians want the land and they do not even have a government, and can not even play nice amongst themselves. Or manage/govern the land they have peacefully.
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I'm Palestinian Christian but my nationality is Lebanon. My family moved to Lebanon since 1967 from Gaza.\nGod Bless Palestine and thanks God I'm stil Fida'i for Palestine
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Interesting question. Actually, when God came to Abraham and revealed to him that there's only one God He was bringing him back to the truth already known by people like Adam, Abel (Adam's son), Noah and others who preceded Abraham. So, really, Abraham was just one in a long line of monotheists who preceded him. But he was a major person in the promulgation of the truth of monotheism. So, although \nAbraham can, in a sense, be called a founder he did not originate the idea.
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My Dear brother,\n\npeace  be upon you\n\nwhat a wonderful question.!\n\nIn fact my brother; Jews, Muslims and christians. has been living in peace since the appearance of those religions.\n\nYou can search in history and you will find that jews in palestine has lived together withmuslims and christians in complete harmony....they liked it that way.....\n\nThere is a historic documents says that jewish rabbies has declared their happiness welfareness of the muslim reigh and government in palestine for so many centuries..remember Saladin...and many others.\n\n...as the crusades stepped foot in middle east they have been resisted with jews satnding by muslims and christians......living in palestine..\n\nTrue judaism and christianity are demanding and urging peace ....they are as peaceful as Islam\n\nIslam has urged muslims to treat NON muslims  very well ..even to protect jews and christians with your life!!!!!!\n\nand let them work and live in peace and facilitate their life...\n\nThe prophet Muhammed (PBUH) has said" Who ever hurtsa NON MUSLIM...as if he would be hurting ME..and i will be his opponent is judgement day"\n\nThe Holy Quran has urged muslims to be kind and generous with christians and jews...\n\nso...as we can see islam is truely a religion of peace.....\n\nin fact Mr Musharaf....\n\nI my self, my best friend is christian, and i have another friend a jew.....and i love them this way and they love me this way..and we never hurt each other.....\n\nour religions urges us to be kind with each other...\n\n..so muslims , jews  and christians has lived in peace long time ago......and still live in peace.....you can see for your self\n\nif you try find by yourself you will see muslim palestineans living in peace with christian palestinians..and jewish palestinians....where ,..????...in the holy land...\n\nbut....if you want to know the other fact in the story.....you will see that israeli government....is killing muslims and christian palestinians........thats the truth...women and children!\n\nalthough the three religions urges and asks for peace....\n\n...\n\nany way..if you want to see by your self...check the links below...\n\n\nat..the end...i wish to say thank you..\n\n.and peace be upon you... \n\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7828123714384920696&q=peace+propaganda&hl=en\n\nhttp://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?072506/072506_cavuto_rabbi&Your_World&Blame%20Israel%3F&Jews%20United%20Against%20Zionism%20says%20Mideast%20violence%20would%20stop%20if%20Israel%20ceased%20to%20exist&%3BWorld&20&&180&&&col\n\nhttp://www.halturnershow.com/IsraeliAtrocities.html\n\nhttp://israelicrimes.blogspot.com/\n\nhttp://www.deathmasters.com/
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even before the prophethood of the holy prophet (pbuh) he was known by the Truthful and the Trust worthy. people knew him very well and his follwers had absolute trust in him. \nSubsequently, in the second year of Hijrah, Allah revealed the verse of the Qur'an to Muhammad (pbuh) to change direction when praying from Jerusalem, and now face towards Makkah.\n\nMuhammad (pbuh) was facing Jerusalem; after he (pbuh) had already completed two rak'ats of the noon prayer , the Angel Jibrael (pbuh) communicated to him the command of Allah. He was directed by Angel Jibrael to turn completely around.\nSo he turned his body around towards the Ka'bah during prayer, and so did his followers. Hence, this mosque came to be called Masjid Qiblatain, the masjid with the two qiblas.\n\nIt is clear from the Qur'an itself that the change of qibla provoked controversy particularly among the Jews and the hypocrites who were their allies.\n\n"The fools among the people will say, 'What has made them turn away from the direction they used to face?' Say, 'To Allah belong both the east and the west. He guides whomever he will to a straight path.' Hence we have made you a midmost nation, so that you will be witnesses against mankind and the Messenger will be a witness against you. We did not appoint the direction you used to face except to know him who follows the Messenger from him who turns back on his heels. Though in truth it is a very hard thing except for those whom Allah guides. Allah would not let your belief go to waste. Allah is All-Gentle, Most Merciful to mankind."\n[surah al-Baqarah; 141-2]
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Muhammad (, also transliterated Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammed, and formerly Mahomet, following the Latin) was an Arab religious and political leader and the final prophet of Islam. Islam is considered by Muslims to have existed prior to Muhammad, in the same tradition as Judaism and Christianity. Non-Muslims consider him the founder of Islam. According to traditional Muslim biographers, he was born c. 570 in Mecca (Makkah) and died June 8, 632 in Medina (Madinah); both Mecca and Medina are cities in the Arabian Peninsula. Because of his success in spreading the final word of Islam and being successful both politically and on many other levels, Muhammad is considered to be one of the most influential people of all time.____For more information go to the website below.
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I would have to say The last King of Iran before Arabs conqured my country 1400 years ago. I wish I was the king at that time so I could fight the arabs, kick the shit out of them and never let Islam enter my country.
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as far as i know , he is a fine man ..i think leaders of muslim countries should follow his steps regarding turning their countries into non religious ones (religion is in the heart and mind of persons not countries)