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May 27, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD91305

We Must Discuss Why We Hate the Jews

(Al-Sharq Al-Awsat-UK-17May05/MEMRI) Hussein Shubakshi - A few days ago, one of the Saudi newspapers did a nice inquiry on vestiges of Jews in the Al-Ahsaa region in the Arab Peninsula [in eastern Saudi Arabia]. Is it possible that there were traces of Jews in the Arab Peninsula, and that they lived amongst us? The answer is, of course, yes. The Prophet Muhammad's relations with the Jews were clear. He made agreements with them, stood [in respect] at the funeral of one of them, maintained relations with them, married a Jewess, and entrusted his armor to his Jewish neighbor and asked about this Jew when he was missing and sick. Our religion permits us to eat the Jews' food, trade with them, and marry them. So what is the issue? There are Saudis who studied with Jews, were taught by Jewish teachers, and were treated by Jewish doctors. They tell good and normal stories about relations with the Jews. The writer is a Saudi columnist.

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