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	=== The Jewish Claim on the Covenant ===		=== The Jewish Claim on the Covenant ===

	The Jews are blood-descendants of Abraham. They are the "literal"--or, perhaps more precisely, ''biological''--fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham.		The Jews are blood-descendants of Abraham. They are the "literal" — or, perhaps more precisely, ''biological'' — fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham.

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	: Expanding upon Jane Gerber's thesis about the "garish" myth of a "Golden Age," the late Richard Fletcher (in his ''Moorish Spain'') offered a fair assessment of interfaith relationships in Muslim Spain and his view of additional contemporary currents responsible for obfuscating that history:		: Expanding upon Jane Gerber's thesis about the "garish" myth of a "Golden Age," the late Richard Fletcher (in his ''Moorish Spain'') offered a fair assessment of interfaith relationships in Muslim Spain and his view of additional contemporary currents responsible for obfuscating that history:

	:: The witness of those who lived through the horrors of the Berber conquest, of the Andalusian fitnah [ordeal] in the early eleventh century, of the Almoravid invasion ~~â€”~~ to mention only a few disruptive episodes ~~â€”~~ must give it [i.e.: the roseate view of Muslim Spain] the lie.		:: The witness of those who lived through the horrors of the Berber conquest, of the Andalusian fitnah [ordeal] in the early eleventh century, of the Almoravid invasion — to mention only a few disruptive episodes — must give it [i.e.: the roseate view of Muslim Spain] the lie.

	:: The simple and verifiable historical truth is that Moorish Spain was more often a land of turmoil than it was of tranquility. â€¦ Tolerance? Ask the Jews of Granada who were massacred in 1066, or the Christians who were deported by the Almoravids to Morocco in 1126 (like the Moriscos five centuries later). â€¦ In the second half of the twentieth century a new agent of obfuscation makes its appearance: the guilt of the liberal conscience, which sees the evils of colonialism ~~â€”~~ assumed rather than demonstrated ~~â€”~~ foreshadowed in the Christian conquest of al-Andalus and the persecution of the Moriscos (but not, oddly, in the Moorish conquest and colonization). Stir the mix well and issue it free to credulous academics and media persons throughout the Western world. Then pour it generously over the truth â€¦ in the cultural conditions that prevail in the West today, the past has to be marketed, and to be successfully marketed, it has to be attractively packaged. Medieval Spain in a state of nature lacks wide appeal. Self-indulgent fantasies of glamour â€¦ do wonders for sharpening its image. ''But Moorish Spain was not a tolerant and enlightened society even in its most cultivated epoch.''		:: The simple and verifiable historical truth is that Moorish Spain was more often a land of turmoil than it was of tranquility. â€¦ Tolerance? Ask the Jews of Granada who were massacred in 1066, or the Christians who were deported by the Almoravids to Morocco in 1126 (like the Moriscos five centuries later). â€¦ In the second half of the twentieth century a new agent of obfuscation makes its appearance: the guilt of the liberal conscience, which sees the evils of colonialism — assumed rather than demonstrated — foreshadowed in the Christian conquest of al-Andalus and the persecution of the Moriscos (but not, oddly, in the Moorish conquest and colonization). Stir the mix well and issue it free to credulous academics and media persons throughout the Western world. Then pour it generously over the truth â€¦ in the cultural conditions that prevail in the West today, the past has to be marketed, and to be successfully marketed, it has to be attractively packaged. Medieval Spain in a state of nature lacks wide appeal. Self-indulgent fantasies of glamour â€¦ do wonders for sharpening its image. ''But Moorish Spain was not a tolerant and enlightened society even in its most cultivated epoch.''

	; [http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=21117 "The Golden Age of Islam is a Myth."]		; [http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=21117 "The Golden Age of Islam is a Myth."]

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	; [http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=21117 "The Golden Age of Islam is a Myth."]		; [http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=21117 "The Golden Age of Islam is a Myth."]

	: To be fair, the myth of the golden age of Islam does have a partially valid starting point: there were times in the past when Moslem societies attained higher levels of civilization and culture than they did at other times. There have been times, that is, when some Moslem lands were fit for a cultivated man to live in. Baghdad under Harun ar-Rashid (his well-documented Christian-slaying and Jew-hating proclivities notwithstanding), or Cordova very briefly under Abd ar-Rahman in the tenth century, come to mind. These isolated episodes, neither long nor typical, are endlessly invoked by ~~Islamâ€™s~~ Western apologists and admirers.		: To be fair, the myth of the golden age of Islam does have a partially valid starting point: there were times in the past when Moslem societies attained higher levels of civilization and culture than they did at other times. There have been times, that is, when some Moslem lands were fit for a cultivated man to live in. Baghdad under Harun ar-Rashid (his well-documented Christian-slaying and Jew-hating proclivities notwithstanding), or Cordova very briefly under Abd ar-Rahman in the tenth century, come to mind. These isolated episodes, neither long nor typical, are endlessly invoked by Islam’s Western apologists and admirers.

	: This "golden" period in question largely coincides with the second dynasty of the Caliphate or Islamic Empire, that of the Abbasids, named after ~~Muhammadâ€™s~~ uncle Abbas, who succeeded the Umayyads and ascended to the Caliphate in 750 AD. They moved the capital city to Baghdad, absorbed much of the Syrian and Persian culture as well as Persian methods of government, and ushered in the "golden age."		: This "golden" period in question largely coincides with the second dynasty of the Caliphate or Islamic Empire, that of the Abbasids, named after Muhammad’s uncle Abbas, who succeeded the Umayyads and ascended to the Caliphate in 750 AD. They moved the capital city to Baghdad, absorbed much of the Syrian and Persian culture as well as Persian methods of government, and ushered in the "golden age."

	: This age was marked by, among other things, intellectual achievement. A number of medieval thinkers and scientists living under Islamic rule, by no means all of them "Moslems" either nominally or substantially, played a useful role of transmitting Greek, Hindu, and other pre-Islamic fruits of knowledge to Westerners. They contributed to making Aristotle known in Christian Europe. But in doing this, they were but transmitting what they themselves had received from non-Moslem sources.		: This age was marked by, among other things, intellectual achievement. A number of medieval thinkers and scientists living under Islamic rule, by no means all of them "Moslems" either nominally or substantially, played a useful role of transmitting Greek, Hindu, and other pre-Islamic fruits of knowledge to Westerners. They contributed to making Aristotle known in Christian Europe. But in doing this, they were but transmitting what they themselves had received from non-Moslem sources.

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	The Jews are blood-descendants of Abraham. They are the "literal"--or, perhaps more precisely, biological--fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham.		The Jews are blood-descendants of Abraham. They are the "literal"--or, perhaps more precisely, ''biological''--fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham.

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	The Jews are blood-descendants of Abraham. They are the literal ~~and~~ biological fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham.		The Jews are blood-descendants of Abraham. They are the "literal"--or, perhaps more precisely, biological--fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham.

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	* Emmet Scott, ''Mohammed & Charlemagne Revisited: An Introduction to the History of a Controversy.''		* Emmet Scott, ''Mohammed & Charlemagne Revisited: An Introduction to the History of a Controversy.''
	* [http://www.hprweb.com/2012/03/challenging-islam/ "Challenging Islam."]		* [http://www.hprweb.com/2012/03/challenging-islam/ "Challenging Islam."]
			* [http://www.amazon.com/Not-Peace-But-Sword-Christianity/dp/1938983289 ''Not Peace But a Sword: The Great Chasm Between Christianity and Islam'' (Catholic Answers, 2013).]

	[[Category:Ecumenism]]		[[Category:Ecumenism]]
	[[Category:History]]		[[Category:History]]
	[[Category:Islam]]		[[Category:Islam]]

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	::* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus#Non-Muslims_under_the_Caliphate "Non-Muslims under the Caliphate."]		::* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus#Non-Muslims_under_the_Caliphate "Non-Muslims under the Caliphate."]
	::** David Levering Lewis, ''God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215'', (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2008).		::** David Levering Lewis, ''God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215'', (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2008).

			== Wars of Religion ==

			We are in a religious war with militant Muslims. It must be fought religiously. Thinking that religion is the cause of all evil and wishing it didn't exist [[Lennonism\|(John Lennonism)]] won't work. The only thing that can defeat a bad form of religion is a good form of religion.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	* [http://www.jihadwatch.org/islam-101.html Islam 101.]		* [http://www.jihadwatch.org/islam-101.html Islam 101.]
	* Serge Trifkovic, ''The Sword of the Prophet: A Politically-Incorrect Guide to Islam.''		* Serge Trifkovic, ''The Sword of the Prophet: A Politically-Incorrect Guide to Islam.''
	* Emmet Scott, ''Mohammed & Charlemagne Revisited: An Introduction to the History of a Controversy.'']		* Emmet Scott, ''Mohammed & Charlemagne Revisited: An Introduction to the History of a Controversy.''
			* [http://www.hprweb.com/2012/03/challenging-islam/ "Challenging Islam."]

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	; [http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-cordoba-house-and-the-myth-of-cordoban-ecumenism/2/ "The Cordoba House and the Myth of Cordoban Ecumenism."]		; [http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-cordoba-house-and-the-myth-of-cordoban-ecumenism/2/ "The Cordoba House and the Myth of Cordoban Ecumenism."]

	: Expanding upon Jane Gerber's thesis about the "garish" myth of a "Golden Age," the late Richard Fletcher (in his Moorish Spain) offered a fair assessment of interfaith relationships in Muslim Spain and his view of additional contemporary currents responsible for obfuscating that history:		: Expanding upon Jane Gerber's thesis about the "garish" myth of a "Golden Age," the late Richard Fletcher (in his ''Moorish Spain'') offered a fair assessment of interfaith relationships in Muslim Spain and his view of additional contemporary currents responsible for obfuscating that history:

	:: The witness of those who lived through the horrors of the Berber conquest, of the Andalusian fitnah [ordeal] in the early eleventh century, of the Almoravid invasion â€” to mention only a few disruptive episodes â€” must give it [i.e.: the roseate view of Muslim Spain] the lie.		:: The witness of those who lived through the horrors of the Berber conquest, of the Andalusian fitnah [ordeal] in the early eleventh century, of the Almoravid invasion â€” to mention only a few disruptive episodes â€” must give it [i.e.: the roseate view of Muslim Spain] the lie.

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	; [http://~~www~~.~~stonegateinstitute.org~~/~~2757~~/~~golden~~-~~age~~-of-~~islam~~ "The ~~Golden Age~~ of ~~Islam--A Second Look~~."]		; [http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-cordoba-house-and-the-myth-of-cordoban-ecumenism/2/ "The Cordoba House and the Myth of Cordoban Ecumenism."]

	: Expanding upon Jane Gerber's thesis about the "garish" myth of a "Golden Age," the late Richard Fletcher (in his Moorish Spain) offered a fair assessment of interfaith relationships in Muslim Spain and his view of additional contemporary currents responsible for obfuscating that history:		: Expanding upon Jane Gerber's thesis about the "garish" myth of a "Golden Age," the late Richard Fletcher (in his Moorish Spain) offered a fair assessment of interfaith relationships in Muslim Spain and his view of additional contemporary currents responsible for obfuscating that history: