Until "moderate" Muslims admit that Islam demands the death of all infidels, nothing will change. The problem is, if they admit it, they, too, will be killed.
Brother Rashid (I didn't take time ta listen ta his whole story admittedly) is wrong ta diss/dismiss the "Old Testament" as bein' cruel an' vengeful an' un-MERCY-full....
Ve "chews" call the Old Testament (as ya know but not all know...) the Torah but those first five books have been horribly mis-understood AND mis-translated from the Hebrew as the jooish G-d is not vengeful or hateful or vindictive... He duz not tolerate idol worship but he fergives the people so many times...listens ta Moses--this is not whut many "think"
I'm sure the error on Brother Rashid's part is unintended but it sure slimes us joos an' our own holiest "book" which is actually a tale of slow progress, of scaffoldin'--step-by-step shapin' laws and addin' an' adaptin' rules ta stop humans from hurtin' each other an' from bein' slaves... what was needed a few thousand years ago has shifted in 2025 (in part!) but it was part've a process an' ta judge the first 5 books with modern critter-cull eyes ain't fair.... jus' sayin'... The chewish god LISTENS--no middlemen needed either... many dunno this-
Here's Naomi Wolf's series but likely you could even speak ta her directly, Karen--I think you too would have much ta share mutually...an' perhaps Christians might understand that the actual Jewish G-d is not simply a cruel tyrant....
This requires a more in-depth discussion, but I can say I know for a fact that Rachid and no real Christian thinks that the God of the OT is simply a vengeful God. It is much more complex than that, but for the sake of this argument, he explains it in a simple manner. Before Jesus, God could not be merciful the way he could be after Jesus' death and resurrection. The law said, "thou shalt not kill" and so on, and God had to mete out justice. He specifically has the Israelites destroy cities and so forth as instruments of God's judgment. And when the Israelites strayed, God disciplined them. Jonathan Spencer explains some of this when he says that the instances of God meting out justice are specific whereas in the Quran it is a general command against all apostates, for all time.
Christians believe that with Jesus' death and resurrection, he fulfilled the law. No one is perfect enough to live up to God's law. We will fail over and over, every single one of us. Humanity chose rebellion against God in the Garden and that is when sin and death came into the world. So, we all inherited that fallen nature. Without Jesus' sacrifice, there is no alternative for sinners but death. This is why Jesus came as a man, the only sinless man, because he was also God, to die on the cross, to in essence conquer sin, which meant conquering death. If Jesus had remained in the tomb, there would be no Christianity. In the NT is says that when Jesus cried "It is finished" on the cross and gave up the spirit, the veil in the temple was torn asunder, meaning that now all could enter into the presence of God. The way had been made clear. That is also why as a follower of Jesus, I do not believe I need to confess my sins to a priest, I do not need anyone to be a go-between between me and God any longer, nor does there have to be any animal sacrifice. Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice.
Many thanks for your exposing of the violent and supremacist nature of Islamism. As you said, Judaism changed tremendously in the past 2,000 years, much consistent with the teachings of Rabbis Hillel and Jesus. Otherwise, we would not have survived as Jews.
I know that you do not intend to throw Jews under the bus. However, we are quite vulnerable at this time, from Islamists, from the left wing, from the Black Nationalist Nation of Islam and BLM, and also the right wing of Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens.
Earon, I appreciate both your and Karen's comments, but I'd like to clear up a misconception of yours. The Five Books of Moses do not stand on their own but since Sinai they have been partnered with the Oral Transmission. Unfortunately, Naomi too is not learned in this tradition. There was not a major change after Hillel - while the death penalty is in the written Torah, carrying it out is limited so strictly that a Jewish court when the Temple stood that executed someone once in 70 years was known as a killing court. Obviously more than one person in 70 years fell afoul of the law. The death penalty was much more in concept than execution (no pun intended.) Karen is certainly correct that conquering the land was a bloody affair. Again, there is much Oral Transmission on this and it cannot be understood without that. I agree that the characterization of the God of the Old Testament as vengeful and cruel is a misconception. In many ways Judaism is a blend of mercy and justice. In a broad generalization, Islam highlights the justice part and Christianity highlights the mercy part. Judaism insists on needing both in constant tension.
I hear ya Karen--it's jus' that dismissin' (or as Bro' Rachid sez STOPPING) The Old Testament even (as you put it) "but for the sake of this argument, he explains it in a simple manner" seems ta do sumthin' Islam does which is dismiss some velly important foundational texts that are far more nuanced than suggested--so it was with his "simple manner" that I felt the concern...
I do not know it ta be true that "all Christians wish to STOP the Old Testament"--I find the quote from this man misleadin' an' dismissive of the Jewish Religion that is all ABOUT the Old Testament which... I''ll argue... Jesus did not "STOP" but ruther built upon, honed fer Christianity... (Tho' I won't speak fer Christians as I really only go from what Christians say 'bout their faith--not mah wheelhouse but I don't think most would be cheerin' on the "stoppage" of the Old Testament)
b/c so many are able ta dismiss ALL of judaism by sayin' the New Testament supercedes it... Islam duz that in the extreme... I jus' felt that however much good this man duz in the world fer Christians, he ain't doin' ve joos any favor from sayin' Jesus "stopped" our most holy book
This is the quote from Bro' Rachid:
".... the biggest difference with Christianity because Jesus came and he stopped the Old Testament. He stopped everything. He didn’t stone the lady who committed adultery. He didn’t say in the law tooth for tooth. He said, no, you turn the other cheek. Jesus stopped the Old Testament. "
I understand that in Christianity as you worship at least that "Without Jesus' sacrifice, there is no alternative for sinners but death. " I respect that fully--but jus' addin' (not fer argument's sake--just fer closure re Judaism) that ve chews do not believe that that that sinners must die without Jesus. Jews larn how ta make amends fer their mistakes (the word sin is mis-translated too, it's a bit diff. in Hebrew)...on both a daily basis AND 'speciallly on Yom Kippur. If joos believed that sinners must die we would have behaved velly differently fer millenia... I won't go inta the diffs as it's complex here too...
All I was sayin' is that
a) Islam did not really use the Old Testament as their "bible"----they cherry picked stuff FROM it as this former Muslim scholar explains HERE (https://critiqueanddigest.substack.com/p/the-quran-without-its-world?) so fer a Christian ta not understand the way Islam "USED" The Old Testament (even as a Muslim most Muslims do NOT understand this...no insult ta him at all...) an' then to hail Jesus as havin' "stopped" the Old Testament leads to misunderstandin'--an' I felt a need ta clarify...
b) Even when all intentions are GOOD--yers fer SURE Karen--ve joos have concerns when we feel our own faith is mis-represented which is the case daily now... Hashem (our god) is forgivin' AND undestandin'--an' that is the SAME G-d of our "Old Testament".... the acts you describe are decisive an' may seem cruel but what one must look at a "whole" of behavior, not just select parts out of context... which is how outsiders (not sayin' this man but many others) weaponize our own faith against us (Talmud too...)
So yes, we git a little sensitive if we feel misunderstood (integral parts of our faith dismissed or generalized inta irrelevance)...since we normally seem ta be now! Thanks fer the detailed comment--I know yer heart's in the right place an' I cannot appreciate enuf all ya do!
There are fundamental differences between Christianity and Judaism, that cannot be denied. However, we worship the same God and I do not believe that Allah is the same God that Jews and Christians worship. Those who call themselves Christians down through history persecuted and killed Jews. It cannot be denied that this is the history of the Catholic Church, for example. But that is not what Jesus taught.
Yes, I can see how Rachid's words could be misconstrued, but I think it's more that English isn't his first language. He should have rather said the Jesus fulfilled the law. Catholics would not say Jesus fulfilled the law. They would say Catholics are still under the law and have to continually do good works in order to be saved. From one moment until the next, they can lose their salvation, which makes the hold of the Church that much stronger, since they can only be absolved of their sins through a priest. This is why I don't belong to a denomination or religious institution. Jesus did not promote a "church" other than to say that "where two or three are gathered together, there am I in their midst." He also did not say to drink his actual blood and eat his flesh. We simply remember Jesus when we have meals and thank him for what he did for us. That is what he meant. I find it quite disturbing that anyone would believe they are eating flesh and blood of Jesus. His entire purpose was spiritual, not physical.
Anyway, I know how sensitive Jews can be right now and always and with good reason. Because of what Rachid believes as a Christian I am quite sure his intent was not to cause any distress.
I should also say that I love a lot about Naomi Wolf, and I think it's great that she read the Geneva Bible. However, she does not know the Bible and has repeated a few misconceptions about it simply because she heard some else say something.
appreciate that! she just quibbles with translation from the Hebrew an' fer sure would appreciate yer own insight--but I'll humbly state it would be good if you two gals connected in mebbe a podcast? as things 'r gettin' BIBLICAL now! (really!) -- my jawr's dropped daily at whut I read/see/hear...
Daisy, nearly everything concerning or associated with the Jewish religion has been slandered, libeled and, generally, lied about. Why do Jews sit back and say or do nothing? Why do we allow our Bible to be called the Old Testament? Old infers out of date or no longer useful. Our Bible should be called the Original Testament or the First Testament. The Torah is the telling of Creation by G-d, and events revolving around Jews for thousands of years. Without the Original Testament there would be nothing for the "New" Testament to be spun from. Without Abraham or Moses and Saul and Solomon and David there would be no Jewish lineage from which Jesus was born. The "Jewish" G-d is a compassionate G-d, the same G-d Christians call the Father. Without the Jews and their G-d, there would be no Christianity or even Islam. The Jews are the Chosen People because the Lord chose them to receive and carry on His Ten Commandments. There was no other people who could or would submit themselves to His task of civilizing the world.
I can only say that I agree with you 100%. There would be no Jesus or Christian faith without, okay, from now on I will call it the First Testament and the Second Testament. I think you are right in that.
I don't want to be or seem to be the poor, prosecuted Jew. I often hear people refer to a Judaic (or Judeo)-Christian society or whatever. But, it comes across as an obligatory acknowledgement. Kind of-- there I paid you your royalty fee. The Judaic part or influence is absent from the rest of the conversation.
A close parallel is the Second Amendment. The originalist or Constitutional interpretation is that it is an acknowledgment that the right to keep and bear arms is the G-d given right or civil right for the people, community warriors organized into militia with their own armament to fight tyrannical government, a right that government cannot interfere (or infringe) with. The Second is no different than any other in the Bill of Rights. Saying we want to register gun owners (ruled unConstitutional) is no different than requiring a license to peacefully assemble to exercise your free speech. So, if we are a Judaic-Christian nation we are equally both. One cannot start a speech referring to a Judaic-Christian beginning then change to a Christian nation later in the speech.
I ain't arguin' with ANY of this so I'm confused why ya feel bound ta instruct me FF? I tried ta 'splain WHY I felt concerned 'bout the (mis-)characterization of Judaism by Brother Rashid in a velly good postin' from Karen here... I do NOT sit back an' do "nothing" but I speak up... best I can in mah own quirky way perhaps--'bout feelin' misunderstood as a JEW! I feel yer addressin' me in this is a mite misdirected, no offense taken but I'm here tryin' ta DEFEND our Torah an' gently suggest this one man--however much good he's doin'--has dismissed it outta hand. I refer ta the "Old Testament" b/c that's how Christians call our Torah--which I mentioned more'n once.... Again, I AGREE with all yer sayin' but don't understand why yer takin' issue with me here... I'm on yer side in this fer gawdsakes ;-)
thx fer 'splainin' FF--ah, I git it... an' indeed I'm also torn 'tween a "kvetch fest" an' tearin' mah hair out! (if this keeps goin' well all need "shaidels!"--the men too!)
lol! I'm grateful this writer debunked the Facebook Fakery--I don't use it (so didn't notice the diffs). Thang is, this "myth" went viral. Jus' the other day both Todd Callendar & Lawyer Lisa said it wuz an inside Mossad Job--these two same-seemin' "freedom fighters" in anti-jab land. We have SO few friends now so again, appreciate you an' those who dare speak trooth while the famed troothers make up lies (whelp!)
I cannot wait to read the book... probably in pieces at a time so that I can process it. I know it will be amazing. Thank-you for this article. There are many people I've met who say they are "moderate"... a refugee family from Bosnia... I became close to the Mom who was my age (so so sad, she passed from breast cancer after having escaped Bosnia, then forced out of Germany with her family) they said "Muslim" but they spent EVERY major holiday with us... and it was delightful... no religion was discussed and I cannot imagine her being *actually* Muslim. She wouldn't kill non-Muslims and her husband was the same. I brought them food for a couple of years when they were new here... their 2 sons, I'm not so sure about but the parents seemed to fit the description of "well I was born Muslim so I guess I am" but that was as far as it went. Am I completely naive?
You are not naive. I am sure they are exactly as you described. If you were to ask them questions a bit deeper about Islam, they would have to admit about Islam what I am saying here. But I have no doubt they would never attack or hurt anyone. The problem is that when you are born Muslim, you can never not be Muslim. You can never question Islam. I know that in Christianity and Judaism it can also be very harsh. And, in fact, fundamentalism in any religion is horrible.
The distinction I am making is that extremism is at the heart of Islam. So those who kill infidels are obeying the Quran.
Whereas, in Christianity extremism is not at the heart of Jesus' teaching. Those who kill unbelievers have committed the sin of murder; they are not exalted martyrs.
So, despite millions, billions of people claiming to be moderate Muslims, (they can claim anything they want) in Islam there is no such thing.
You make sense. I think the parents were mostly in survival mode most of their lives, worrying about themselves being killed or evicted. The kids are another story.
That was also another era when people did try more to assimilate into Western culture. There are many communities and people of a certain faith and culture naturally like to stick together when they come to a new country, like the Italian or Irish quarters of New York, or Chinatown, Koreatown, etc. I always loved going to Chinatown and the Japanese quarter in downtown Los Angeles, and Olvera Street. They keep their culture but still become a part of the new world that they inhabit. They contribute many positive aspects, just as America has always been a land of immigrants. The problem is with Islam itself.
I remember going to those places in L.A., Chinatown and Olvera Street. My favorite booth on Olvera St. was the glass-blower, but I digress. The skills of the people there were fun and appreciated and you brought forth a thought. We brought a young lady "our niece" from Spain to see it. We went to the leather booth to buy my husband a wallet. The man, from Mexico, did not speak enough English to answer my simple questions. My "niece" (age 17) was bewildered and in her broken English (this was her 2nd visit to us and to America) could not *for the life of her* figure out what this man was doing here, doing business and not speaking English. He would not assimilate either.
I loved the glassblowers. My favorite thing was to buy some tiny figure like a dragon or a horse. They were so beautiful.
If he was an old man, often they have a hard time learning a new language. Who knows what his story was, but yes, it is a problem when people refuse to assimilate.
Same as you, I would sometimes treat myself to a tiny figure. I was also fascinated by the little pianos they made! You are right, and the man was probably in his 30s and maybe new here and still learning. I am not so certain that he refused to assimilate.
Personally Melissa, I don't think you are naive. I'm sure there are many who are what we might call 'culturally Muslim' just as there are many who are 'culturally Christian'. The question is whether those lovely people you describe would stand up to extremists. It would be very hard for them to do that, so some would say it does not matter if 99.9% of Muslims are peaceful. If they are all frightened to stand up to the extremists who will actually take violent action against non-Muslims, it doesn't matter how many moderate Muslims there are, they will have little or no effect.
Also, there will be many who are conflicted. Those people wouldn't take any violent steps themselves to establish the worldwide caliphate, but if someone else takes those steps and the caliphate is thus established, they wouldn't stand up and say the means of achieving it were wrong, because they regard the ultimate result as a righteous one, if not the means by which it was achieved. We all have the capacity to think like that, and justify our own silence.
I personally believe that Western governments really have no understanding of what effect strict adherence to a religious belief of any kind has on a person, and they particularly don't understand the effect of Islam on the individual Muslim. This is probably because most of our elected (and unelected) leaders have no strong religious conviction themselves, so they assume all it needs is for everyone to sit down and have a nice talk and we can work it all out. They are so used to pluralism and 'live and let live', that they cannot conceive that anyone could be driven by any other ethos.
I was alerted to the reality of Islam after the London bombings of 7/7/2005. I was living near London at the time and it felt very close. I had been at the locaton of one of the bombs just a couple of weeks before. Someone I knew came within seconds of being blown up - the train doors closed just as he arrived. If he had been there 10 seconds sooner, and got onto the train, he would be dead or seriously injured.
Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that it was a twisting of "true peaceful Islam", and that the Koran is beautiful. I never trusted Blair, even when he was popular among many. And so I read the Koran all the way through, and knew for a certainty that Blair was lying.
I have spent the last 20 years trying to get public figures, including polticians to wake up.
In 2021 I sent nearly every Member of Parliament (not Muslim, and not Sinn Fein MPs) a copy of the paperback book "Concise Islam". They thus have zero excuse for ignorance.
Yesterday I sent an email to all MPs (including Muslim and Sinn Fein), pointing out a stark reality: the UK is on course to be Muslim majority in the later half of ths century. And there is no way that the USA would continue to supply Trident nuclear missiles to the UK. There are strong indications in the US National Security Strategy document.
I do sometimes get replies, but almost invariably telling me that I am a racist (or implyng it) and that I have misunderstood the supposedly true peaceful Islam!
In the UK we have been subjected to over 2 decades of pro-Islam propaganda from useful idiots. From politicians but also from bishops and other supposedly Christian clergy. They are provably appeasers of Islam, I have directly witnessed it myself. They are irate with me too!
"After these three major defeats: the Battle of Malta, September 11, 1565; the Battle of Vienna, September 11, 1683; and the Battle of Zenta, September 11, 1697, the expansion of the Ottoman Empire stopped and began its slow decline."
As my father has often said, if not for these battles, all of Europe and perhaps America, too, would be speaking Arabic and would be under Islam.
He was known during his time as an active guru as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and the town his crew took over in central OR they renamed Rajneeshpuram. Later on he became known as Osho, I can't recall if that was before or after his death.
I haven't done extensive research on the topic, so couldn't say, but just know that having been a teenager in California around that time, it got pretty crazy on the West Coast with the gurus! I have a funny guru story that I should tell sometime in one of my essays.
I would like to know what is wrong with the American people and with the so-called leaders we elect to represent us and run our country. Why have we given away our sovereignty to enemies we let through open doors? We have let the Marxists (or Socialists or Commies) control our schools and universities. Why are they allowed to manipulate our financial system. They are even allowed to buy our businesses, our farmland and more. And, they have infiltrated our government, even getting elected to Congress. The Chinese rule over their own people here, with Chinese police and courts. Rather than trying to kill all of us (thankfully, we have the Second Amendment), the Muslims are setting up their own independent communities. They pretty much control Dearborn Michigan, have large communities in Houston Texas and Tampa Florida, to name a few. They have their own schools, businesses and live under Sharia law, not the US Constitution. They will not assimilate. They remain independent, and untouchable.
Why are we giving our country away to enemies who wish us dead and are working to destroy our Republic? Our "leaders" say and do nothing. It is up to us to save our country and our way of life. Nobody is coming to our rescue.
Read-- RAIRFoundationUSASubstack:
Florida Exposed: ‘70% of the Population Are Arabs’—Inside Tampa’s Mosque-School Pipeline and Taxpayer-Funded Expansion
Wow, I didn't know that about Florida. I often look at RAIR and the founder and I follow one another on X.
It is a mystery why we are so embarrassed by our own culture, when we should be proud and defend it. I have pointed out a few times that no one seems to have a problem with these Gulf States being 100% Muslim, yet they turn around and criticize Israel as the apartheid state when 20% are Arabs! It isn't about truth. It's a spiritual battle, that's the only way to explain it.
Muslims may think it is "spiritual", but it cannot be spiritual if your religion tell you it's okay to lie and deceive, that it is your duty to kill non-believers.
What I mean is there is a spiritual battle between good and evil, God and Satan, that goes beyond all of our understanding. I don't believe Allah is the same God of the Jews and Chrisians. Although, I hesitate now to even use the word Christian because it seems those who truly follow the teachings of Jesus and know the Bible (so many don't even read the Bible for themselves) are fewer and fewer.
I have heard the answer (not a question I ever asked) "oh all religions kill their own" or other such bs. What about those super wealthy guys in Saudi Arabia with their head gear, at the F1 races? They are all so generous and kind, very weird. We really really need to have a sit down with these pious creeps. They seem to be okay with coming out of their oily houses and mingle with the disbelievers
They are justified in doing anything in order to deceive apostates. They are also luring the West with all the vices that they know we are susceptible to. They invite us to their glittering cities, built by slaves, and watch us hypocritically indulge ourselves because we cannot get enough of all the excess. It's like the spider inviting the fly into its house, where it glitters like diamonds, but those who are seduced will be caught in a web.
It's not the difficulty of self-publishing, it's the difficulty of promoting sales, especially when platforms like Twitter, facebook and Instagram are no-go areas because you've been cancelled from a real life job/role with the help of their online mobs (like I was).
I self-published my book, "2020, The Year We Were All Cancelled" because no publisher would touch it with a barge pole. It's still on Amazon. I just about made back what I spent on publishing it, mainly within the women's rights movement.
I even employed a press-release writing company (they are a bit of a scam) purely on the grounds that they had all the email addresses of the major news outlets, to try to get my book reviewed in MSM.
The only reply I got was from some jobsworth at a newspaper who said "I would rather poke my eyes out with a pencil than review this book"! (Moral: don't waste your money, write your own press releases)!
This is the absolute
truth of our time! I will use this many times as a teaching tool for others.
Thank you.
Thank you!
As always, much grattytude Karen...
Most folks not only don't know it--they would look away an' not wanna know it... they've already picked their sides...
This eggcellent piece pairs well with this'un linked here--look where we are now...t'day...
https://liveuptofreedom.substack.com/p/when-the-deal-replaces-the-fight
I must say one thang...
Brother Rashid (I didn't take time ta listen ta his whole story admittedly) is wrong ta diss/dismiss the "Old Testament" as bein' cruel an' vengeful an' un-MERCY-full....
Ve "chews" call the Old Testament (as ya know but not all know...) the Torah but those first five books have been horribly mis-understood AND mis-translated from the Hebrew as the jooish G-d is not vengeful or hateful or vindictive... He duz not tolerate idol worship but he fergives the people so many times...listens ta Moses--this is not whut many "think"
I'm sure the error on Brother Rashid's part is unintended but it sure slimes us joos an' our own holiest "book" which is actually a tale of slow progress, of scaffoldin'--step-by-step shapin' laws and addin' an' adaptin' rules ta stop humans from hurtin' each other an' from bein' slaves... what was needed a few thousand years ago has shifted in 2025 (in part!) but it was part've a process an' ta judge the first 5 books with modern critter-cull eyes ain't fair.... jus' sayin'... The chewish god LISTENS--no middlemen needed either... many dunno this-
Here's Naomi Wolf's series but likely you could even speak ta her directly, Karen--I think you too would have much ta share mutually...an' perhaps Christians might understand that the actual Jewish G-d is not simply a cruel tyrant....
https://substack.com/@genevabiblereadingsbynaomiwolf/posts
This requires a more in-depth discussion, but I can say I know for a fact that Rachid and no real Christian thinks that the God of the OT is simply a vengeful God. It is much more complex than that, but for the sake of this argument, he explains it in a simple manner. Before Jesus, God could not be merciful the way he could be after Jesus' death and resurrection. The law said, "thou shalt not kill" and so on, and God had to mete out justice. He specifically has the Israelites destroy cities and so forth as instruments of God's judgment. And when the Israelites strayed, God disciplined them. Jonathan Spencer explains some of this when he says that the instances of God meting out justice are specific whereas in the Quran it is a general command against all apostates, for all time.
Christians believe that with Jesus' death and resurrection, he fulfilled the law. No one is perfect enough to live up to God's law. We will fail over and over, every single one of us. Humanity chose rebellion against God in the Garden and that is when sin and death came into the world. So, we all inherited that fallen nature. Without Jesus' sacrifice, there is no alternative for sinners but death. This is why Jesus came as a man, the only sinless man, because he was also God, to die on the cross, to in essence conquer sin, which meant conquering death. If Jesus had remained in the tomb, there would be no Christianity. In the NT is says that when Jesus cried "It is finished" on the cross and gave up the spirit, the veil in the temple was torn asunder, meaning that now all could enter into the presence of God. The way had been made clear. That is also why as a follower of Jesus, I do not believe I need to confess my sins to a priest, I do not need anyone to be a go-between between me and God any longer, nor does there have to be any animal sacrifice. Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice.
Many thanks for your exposing of the violent and supremacist nature of Islamism. As you said, Judaism changed tremendously in the past 2,000 years, much consistent with the teachings of Rabbis Hillel and Jesus. Otherwise, we would not have survived as Jews.
I know that you do not intend to throw Jews under the bus. However, we are quite vulnerable at this time, from Islamists, from the left wing, from the Black Nationalist Nation of Islam and BLM, and also the right wing of Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens.
I would never throw Jews under the bus.
Earon, I appreciate both your and Karen's comments, but I'd like to clear up a misconception of yours. The Five Books of Moses do not stand on their own but since Sinai they have been partnered with the Oral Transmission. Unfortunately, Naomi too is not learned in this tradition. There was not a major change after Hillel - while the death penalty is in the written Torah, carrying it out is limited so strictly that a Jewish court when the Temple stood that executed someone once in 70 years was known as a killing court. Obviously more than one person in 70 years fell afoul of the law. The death penalty was much more in concept than execution (no pun intended.) Karen is certainly correct that conquering the land was a bloody affair. Again, there is much Oral Transmission on this and it cannot be understood without that. I agree that the characterization of the God of the Old Testament as vengeful and cruel is a misconception. In many ways Judaism is a blend of mercy and justice. In a broad generalization, Islam highlights the justice part and Christianity highlights the mercy part. Judaism insists on needing both in constant tension.
Thank you for such a cogent explanation. I fully agree.
I hear ya Karen--it's jus' that dismissin' (or as Bro' Rachid sez STOPPING) The Old Testament even (as you put it) "but for the sake of this argument, he explains it in a simple manner" seems ta do sumthin' Islam does which is dismiss some velly important foundational texts that are far more nuanced than suggested--so it was with his "simple manner" that I felt the concern...
I do not know it ta be true that "all Christians wish to STOP the Old Testament"--I find the quote from this man misleadin' an' dismissive of the Jewish Religion that is all ABOUT the Old Testament which... I''ll argue... Jesus did not "STOP" but ruther built upon, honed fer Christianity... (Tho' I won't speak fer Christians as I really only go from what Christians say 'bout their faith--not mah wheelhouse but I don't think most would be cheerin' on the "stoppage" of the Old Testament)
b/c so many are able ta dismiss ALL of judaism by sayin' the New Testament supercedes it... Islam duz that in the extreme... I jus' felt that however much good this man duz in the world fer Christians, he ain't doin' ve joos any favor from sayin' Jesus "stopped" our most holy book
This is the quote from Bro' Rachid:
".... the biggest difference with Christianity because Jesus came and he stopped the Old Testament. He stopped everything. He didn’t stone the lady who committed adultery. He didn’t say in the law tooth for tooth. He said, no, you turn the other cheek. Jesus stopped the Old Testament. "
I understand that in Christianity as you worship at least that "Without Jesus' sacrifice, there is no alternative for sinners but death. " I respect that fully--but jus' addin' (not fer argument's sake--just fer closure re Judaism) that ve chews do not believe that that that sinners must die without Jesus. Jews larn how ta make amends fer their mistakes (the word sin is mis-translated too, it's a bit diff. in Hebrew)...on both a daily basis AND 'speciallly on Yom Kippur. If joos believed that sinners must die we would have behaved velly differently fer millenia... I won't go inta the diffs as it's complex here too...
All I was sayin' is that
a) Islam did not really use the Old Testament as their "bible"----they cherry picked stuff FROM it as this former Muslim scholar explains HERE (https://critiqueanddigest.substack.com/p/the-quran-without-its-world?) so fer a Christian ta not understand the way Islam "USED" The Old Testament (even as a Muslim most Muslims do NOT understand this...no insult ta him at all...) an' then to hail Jesus as havin' "stopped" the Old Testament leads to misunderstandin'--an' I felt a need ta clarify...
b) Even when all intentions are GOOD--yers fer SURE Karen--ve joos have concerns when we feel our own faith is mis-represented which is the case daily now... Hashem (our god) is forgivin' AND undestandin'--an' that is the SAME G-d of our "Old Testament".... the acts you describe are decisive an' may seem cruel but what one must look at a "whole" of behavior, not just select parts out of context... which is how outsiders (not sayin' this man but many others) weaponize our own faith against us (Talmud too...)
So yes, we git a little sensitive if we feel misunderstood (integral parts of our faith dismissed or generalized inta irrelevance)...since we normally seem ta be now! Thanks fer the detailed comment--I know yer heart's in the right place an' I cannot appreciate enuf all ya do!
There are fundamental differences between Christianity and Judaism, that cannot be denied. However, we worship the same God and I do not believe that Allah is the same God that Jews and Christians worship. Those who call themselves Christians down through history persecuted and killed Jews. It cannot be denied that this is the history of the Catholic Church, for example. But that is not what Jesus taught.
Yes, I can see how Rachid's words could be misconstrued, but I think it's more that English isn't his first language. He should have rather said the Jesus fulfilled the law. Catholics would not say Jesus fulfilled the law. They would say Catholics are still under the law and have to continually do good works in order to be saved. From one moment until the next, they can lose their salvation, which makes the hold of the Church that much stronger, since they can only be absolved of their sins through a priest. This is why I don't belong to a denomination or religious institution. Jesus did not promote a "church" other than to say that "where two or three are gathered together, there am I in their midst." He also did not say to drink his actual blood and eat his flesh. We simply remember Jesus when we have meals and thank him for what he did for us. That is what he meant. I find it quite disturbing that anyone would believe they are eating flesh and blood of Jesus. His entire purpose was spiritual, not physical.
Anyway, I know how sensitive Jews can be right now and always and with good reason. Because of what Rachid believes as a Christian I am quite sure his intent was not to cause any distress.
I should also say that I love a lot about Naomi Wolf, and I think it's great that she read the Geneva Bible. However, she does not know the Bible and has repeated a few misconceptions about it simply because she heard some else say something.
appreciate that! she just quibbles with translation from the Hebrew an' fer sure would appreciate yer own insight--but I'll humbly state it would be good if you two gals connected in mebbe a podcast? as things 'r gettin' BIBLICAL now! (really!) -- my jawr's dropped daily at whut I read/see/hear...
I would love to connect with her. Maybe once I finish my book...
Daisy, nearly everything concerning or associated with the Jewish religion has been slandered, libeled and, generally, lied about. Why do Jews sit back and say or do nothing? Why do we allow our Bible to be called the Old Testament? Old infers out of date or no longer useful. Our Bible should be called the Original Testament or the First Testament. The Torah is the telling of Creation by G-d, and events revolving around Jews for thousands of years. Without the Original Testament there would be nothing for the "New" Testament to be spun from. Without Abraham or Moses and Saul and Solomon and David there would be no Jewish lineage from which Jesus was born. The "Jewish" G-d is a compassionate G-d, the same G-d Christians call the Father. Without the Jews and their G-d, there would be no Christianity or even Islam. The Jews are the Chosen People because the Lord chose them to receive and carry on His Ten Commandments. There was no other people who could or would submit themselves to His task of civilizing the world.
I can only say that I agree with you 100%. There would be no Jesus or Christian faith without, okay, from now on I will call it the First Testament and the Second Testament. I think you are right in that.
I don't want to be or seem to be the poor, prosecuted Jew. I often hear people refer to a Judaic (or Judeo)-Christian society or whatever. But, it comes across as an obligatory acknowledgement. Kind of-- there I paid you your royalty fee. The Judaic part or influence is absent from the rest of the conversation.
A close parallel is the Second Amendment. The originalist or Constitutional interpretation is that it is an acknowledgment that the right to keep and bear arms is the G-d given right or civil right for the people, community warriors organized into militia with their own armament to fight tyrannical government, a right that government cannot interfere (or infringe) with. The Second is no different than any other in the Bill of Rights. Saying we want to register gun owners (ruled unConstitutional) is no different than requiring a license to peacefully assemble to exercise your free speech. So, if we are a Judaic-Christian nation we are equally both. One cannot start a speech referring to a Judaic-Christian beginning then change to a Christian nation later in the speech.
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I ain't arguin' with ANY of this so I'm confused why ya feel bound ta instruct me FF? I tried ta 'splain WHY I felt concerned 'bout the (mis-)characterization of Judaism by Brother Rashid in a velly good postin' from Karen here... I do NOT sit back an' do "nothing" but I speak up... best I can in mah own quirky way perhaps--'bout feelin' misunderstood as a JEW! I feel yer addressin' me in this is a mite misdirected, no offense taken but I'm here tryin' ta DEFEND our Torah an' gently suggest this one man--however much good he's doin'--has dismissed it outta hand. I refer ta the "Old Testament" b/c that's how Christians call our Torah--which I mentioned more'n once.... Again, I AGREE with all yer sayin' but don't understand why yer takin' issue with me here... I'm on yer side in this fer gawdsakes ;-)
Dear DMCC, I was not directing anything to you or trying to instruct you. I was generalizing. I was just complaining...
thx fer 'splainin' FF--ah, I git it... an' indeed I'm also torn 'tween a "kvetch fest" an' tearin' mah hair out! (if this keeps goin' well all need "shaidels!"--the men too!)
ps Aynaz Anni Cyrus is not jewish, she's an ex-Muslim from Iran (re what I shared above)
pps also--did ja see this? Makes me ill--an' it's all spread like GLUE!
https://www.israellycool.com/2025/12/16/debunked-viral-claim-linking-israel-to-bondi-terror-attack/
Everything is da Joos fault, didn't you know?
lol! I'm grateful this writer debunked the Facebook Fakery--I don't use it (so didn't notice the diffs). Thang is, this "myth" went viral. Jus' the other day both Todd Callendar & Lawyer Lisa said it wuz an inside Mossad Job--these two same-seemin' "freedom fighters" in anti-jab land. We have SO few friends now so again, appreciate you an' those who dare speak trooth while the famed troothers make up lies (whelp!)
I cannot wait to read the book... probably in pieces at a time so that I can process it. I know it will be amazing. Thank-you for this article. There are many people I've met who say they are "moderate"... a refugee family from Bosnia... I became close to the Mom who was my age (so so sad, she passed from breast cancer after having escaped Bosnia, then forced out of Germany with her family) they said "Muslim" but they spent EVERY major holiday with us... and it was delightful... no religion was discussed and I cannot imagine her being *actually* Muslim. She wouldn't kill non-Muslims and her husband was the same. I brought them food for a couple of years when they were new here... their 2 sons, I'm not so sure about but the parents seemed to fit the description of "well I was born Muslim so I guess I am" but that was as far as it went. Am I completely naive?
You are not naive. I am sure they are exactly as you described. If you were to ask them questions a bit deeper about Islam, they would have to admit about Islam what I am saying here. But I have no doubt they would never attack or hurt anyone. The problem is that when you are born Muslim, you can never not be Muslim. You can never question Islam. I know that in Christianity and Judaism it can also be very harsh. And, in fact, fundamentalism in any religion is horrible.
The distinction I am making is that extremism is at the heart of Islam. So those who kill infidels are obeying the Quran.
Whereas, in Christianity extremism is not at the heart of Jesus' teaching. Those who kill unbelievers have committed the sin of murder; they are not exalted martyrs.
So, despite millions, billions of people claiming to be moderate Muslims, (they can claim anything they want) in Islam there is no such thing.
You make sense. I think the parents were mostly in survival mode most of their lives, worrying about themselves being killed or evicted. The kids are another story.
That was also another era when people did try more to assimilate into Western culture. There are many communities and people of a certain faith and culture naturally like to stick together when they come to a new country, like the Italian or Irish quarters of New York, or Chinatown, Koreatown, etc. I always loved going to Chinatown and the Japanese quarter in downtown Los Angeles, and Olvera Street. They keep their culture but still become a part of the new world that they inhabit. They contribute many positive aspects, just as America has always been a land of immigrants. The problem is with Islam itself.
I remember going to those places in L.A., Chinatown and Olvera Street. My favorite booth on Olvera St. was the glass-blower, but I digress. The skills of the people there were fun and appreciated and you brought forth a thought. We brought a young lady "our niece" from Spain to see it. We went to the leather booth to buy my husband a wallet. The man, from Mexico, did not speak enough English to answer my simple questions. My "niece" (age 17) was bewildered and in her broken English (this was her 2nd visit to us and to America) could not *for the life of her* figure out what this man was doing here, doing business and not speaking English. He would not assimilate either.
I loved the glassblowers. My favorite thing was to buy some tiny figure like a dragon or a horse. They were so beautiful.
If he was an old man, often they have a hard time learning a new language. Who knows what his story was, but yes, it is a problem when people refuse to assimilate.
Same as you, I would sometimes treat myself to a tiny figure. I was also fascinated by the little pianos they made! You are right, and the man was probably in his 30s and maybe new here and still learning. I am not so certain that he refused to assimilate.
Personally Melissa, I don't think you are naive. I'm sure there are many who are what we might call 'culturally Muslim' just as there are many who are 'culturally Christian'. The question is whether those lovely people you describe would stand up to extremists. It would be very hard for them to do that, so some would say it does not matter if 99.9% of Muslims are peaceful. If they are all frightened to stand up to the extremists who will actually take violent action against non-Muslims, it doesn't matter how many moderate Muslims there are, they will have little or no effect.
Also, there will be many who are conflicted. Those people wouldn't take any violent steps themselves to establish the worldwide caliphate, but if someone else takes those steps and the caliphate is thus established, they wouldn't stand up and say the means of achieving it were wrong, because they regard the ultimate result as a righteous one, if not the means by which it was achieved. We all have the capacity to think like that, and justify our own silence.
I personally believe that Western governments really have no understanding of what effect strict adherence to a religious belief of any kind has on a person, and they particularly don't understand the effect of Islam on the individual Muslim. This is probably because most of our elected (and unelected) leaders have no strong religious conviction themselves, so they assume all it needs is for everyone to sit down and have a nice talk and we can work it all out. They are so used to pluralism and 'live and let live', that they cannot conceive that anyone could be driven by any other ethos.
Well said.
Thank you
Excellent article, thank you.
I was alerted to the reality of Islam after the London bombings of 7/7/2005. I was living near London at the time and it felt very close. I had been at the locaton of one of the bombs just a couple of weeks before. Someone I knew came within seconds of being blown up - the train doors closed just as he arrived. If he had been there 10 seconds sooner, and got onto the train, he would be dead or seriously injured.
Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that it was a twisting of "true peaceful Islam", and that the Koran is beautiful. I never trusted Blair, even when he was popular among many. And so I read the Koran all the way through, and knew for a certainty that Blair was lying.
I have spent the last 20 years trying to get public figures, including polticians to wake up.
In 2021 I sent nearly every Member of Parliament (not Muslim, and not Sinn Fein MPs) a copy of the paperback book "Concise Islam". They thus have zero excuse for ignorance.
Yesterday I sent an email to all MPs (including Muslim and Sinn Fein), pointing out a stark reality: the UK is on course to be Muslim majority in the later half of ths century. And there is no way that the USA would continue to supply Trident nuclear missiles to the UK. There are strong indications in the US National Security Strategy document.
Read my email here:
https://hellish2050.substack.com/p/spreadsheet-list-of-uk-mp-email-addresses
Wow, kudos for you for doing something when most people do nothing. Somehow I have a feeling no public official reaponded.
Thank you.
I do sometimes get replies, but almost invariably telling me that I am a racist (or implyng it) and that I have misunderstood the supposedly true peaceful Islam!
In the UK we have been subjected to over 2 decades of pro-Islam propaganda from useful idiots. From politicians but also from bishops and other supposedly Christian clergy. They are provably appeasers of Islam, I have directly witnessed it myself. They are irate with me too!
https://hellish2050.substack.com/p/poem-who-are-the-real-christians
I do persevere. It is a thankless task.
I have young relatives. I cannot abide the thought of them living as subjugated dhimmis. This is what keeps me motivated.
https://hellish2050.substack.com/p/song-i-believe-in-babies
Just read your excellent substack, subscribed, and left a comment.🏴🇮🇱🇺🇲♥️
Whether for my six- or 36-year-old daughter, I'd choose Jesus over Mohammed 100 times out of a hundred!
Amen!
People in this country forget their history or were never taught correct history!
https://americanminute.com/blogs/todays-american-minute/september-11th-political-islams-long-war-on-the-west-american-minute-with-bill-federer
"After these three major defeats: the Battle of Malta, September 11, 1565; the Battle of Vienna, September 11, 1683; and the Battle of Zenta, September 11, 1697, the expansion of the Ottoman Empire stopped and began its slow decline."
As my father has often said, if not for these battles, all of Europe and perhaps America, too, would be speaking Arabic and would be under Islam.
Oh, this is really a great synopsis of vital dates! Thank you.
You are welcome.
I want to add this as additional corroborative information.
https://substack.com/@breakfreewithkarenhunt/note/c-190832778?r=h4jl8&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Absolutely.
Thank you.
Any religious or other organisation where the distinction of ‘moderate’ has to be made begs the question, what then is the norm?
He was known during his time as an active guru as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and the town his crew took over in central OR they renamed Rajneeshpuram. Later on he became known as Osho, I can't recall if that was before or after his death.
I haven't done extensive research on the topic, so couldn't say, but just know that having been a teenager in California around that time, it got pretty crazy on the West Coast with the gurus! I have a funny guru story that I should tell sometime in one of my essays.
Just wanted to state his correct nomenclature.
I lived in an ashram in Western Mass. back in the day and dabbled in a few other gurus. I know that culture well. I'd love to hear your guru stories.
I would like to know what is wrong with the American people and with the so-called leaders we elect to represent us and run our country. Why have we given away our sovereignty to enemies we let through open doors? We have let the Marxists (or Socialists or Commies) control our schools and universities. Why are they allowed to manipulate our financial system. They are even allowed to buy our businesses, our farmland and more. And, they have infiltrated our government, even getting elected to Congress. The Chinese rule over their own people here, with Chinese police and courts. Rather than trying to kill all of us (thankfully, we have the Second Amendment), the Muslims are setting up their own independent communities. They pretty much control Dearborn Michigan, have large communities in Houston Texas and Tampa Florida, to name a few. They have their own schools, businesses and live under Sharia law, not the US Constitution. They will not assimilate. They remain independent, and untouchable.
Why are we giving our country away to enemies who wish us dead and are working to destroy our Republic? Our "leaders" say and do nothing. It is up to us to save our country and our way of life. Nobody is coming to our rescue.
Read-- RAIRFoundationUSASubstack:
Florida Exposed: ‘70% of the Population Are Arabs’—Inside Tampa’s Mosque-School Pipeline and Taxpayer-Funded Expansion
Wow, I didn't know that about Florida. I often look at RAIR and the founder and I follow one another on X.
It is a mystery why we are so embarrassed by our own culture, when we should be proud and defend it. I have pointed out a few times that no one seems to have a problem with these Gulf States being 100% Muslim, yet they turn around and criticize Israel as the apartheid state when 20% are Arabs! It isn't about truth. It's a spiritual battle, that's the only way to explain it.
Muslims may think it is "spiritual", but it cannot be spiritual if your religion tell you it's okay to lie and deceive, that it is your duty to kill non-believers.
What I mean is there is a spiritual battle between good and evil, God and Satan, that goes beyond all of our understanding. I don't believe Allah is the same God of the Jews and Chrisians. Although, I hesitate now to even use the word Christian because it seems those who truly follow the teachings of Jesus and know the Bible (so many don't even read the Bible for themselves) are fewer and fewer.
I am always tempted to ask moslems the truth.
I have heard the answer (not a question I ever asked) "oh all religions kill their own" or other such bs. What about those super wealthy guys in Saudi Arabia with their head gear, at the F1 races? They are all so generous and kind, very weird. We really really need to have a sit down with these pious creeps. They seem to be okay with coming out of their oily houses and mingle with the disbelievers
They are justified in doing anything in order to deceive apostates. They are also luring the West with all the vices that they know we are susceptible to. They invite us to their glittering cities, built by slaves, and watch us hypocritically indulge ourselves because we cannot get enough of all the excess. It's like the spider inviting the fly into its house, where it glitters like diamonds, but those who are seduced will be caught in a web.
Keep writing, the world is listening, I hope. Your writing is just as full of fire and truth as your father's.
Thank you 🙏
There are no moderate Muslims. The "moderate" ones are the grass the Jihadi snakes hide in. I'm an Atheist and I have understood this from childhood.
That's a good way to describe it.
Thank you for sharing this!
This is truly a teaching tool. The veils on the mystery of Islam have been lifted from my views.
It seems incredibly scary now.
Karen, you mention some of your books are no longer in print.
Why not self-publish them using print on demand?
I have prduced a guide to self-publishing on Lulu:
https://hellish2050.substack.com/p/new-year-resolution-write-and-publish
It's not the difficulty of self-publishing, it's the difficulty of promoting sales, especially when platforms like Twitter, facebook and Instagram are no-go areas because you've been cancelled from a real life job/role with the help of their online mobs (like I was).
I self-published my book, "2020, The Year We Were All Cancelled" because no publisher would touch it with a barge pole. It's still on Amazon. I just about made back what I spent on publishing it, mainly within the women's rights movement.
I even employed a press-release writing company (they are a bit of a scam) purely on the grounds that they had all the email addresses of the major news outlets, to try to get my book reviewed in MSM.
The only reply I got was from some jobsworth at a newspaper who said "I would rather poke my eyes out with a pencil than review this book"! (Moral: don't waste your money, write your own press releases)!