Why Compare Jewish and Muslim Achievements?
Museum of the History of Islam
Reader Eli in response to my article An Excuse Why Muslims Cannot Win Nobel Prizes writes, "I've seen this list before and still find it disturbing. What is the purpose of a comparison like this?"
Fair question. The simple answer is that in order to persuade my readers to push for laws banning Muslims entry into our country, I need to show that Muslims are a danger to our security, inimical to our way of life, and have nothing to offer in the way of innovation and creativity.
Although I am an immigrant myself, I am opposed to immigrants coming into America at all if they present a danger to our way of life and cannot contribute positively to our society. But since it was in fact immigrants who made the most contributions to our country, I favor unrestricted, documented immigration (except for Muslims, criminals, Communists, etc).
Even though Europe has always been antisemitic, the increase in Muslim populations in Europe has sparked an equal increase in Antisemitism and is only going to get worse (1). Since I am Jewish, it would be safer for me to have fewer Muslims, not more, in America.
Nazi efforts in the last century to make Muslim Arabs more antisemitic have been very successful, one only has to google Mufti of Jerusalem or Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt to understand why modern day Muslims hate Jews. Yes, I ignore the Israeli question since the whole problem of the State of Israel is directly tied to the efforts of the Mufti to poison the feelings between Arab and Jew.
An enemy of any Muslim country is the enemy of all Muslim countries. And since Arab Muslims hate Jews, even non-Arab Muslims now hate Jews: take for example Pakistan, a country with barely 200 Jews [Wiki] has widespread anti-Semitic articles in their press (2).
But aren't there other antisemitic immigrant groups I could pick on other than Muslims? I suppose instead of comparing Muslim and Jewish Nobel winners, one can ask why I don't compare Polish and Jewish Nobel Prize winners, after all, Poles are just as anti-Jewish as any group. Actually, I have already compared Polish and Jewish Nobel Prize Winners here and also Russian and Jewish Nobel Prize winners here (of course, Russians are just as antisemitic as Poles).
So you see, dear Eli, I have not singled out only Muslims in comparison to Jewish Nobel Prize winners. I will admit however, that I have not asked to ban Polish or Russian immigrants. That is because despite their antisemitism, they eventually assimilate and in due time forget the prejudices of the old country. Not so with Muslims. Of all peoples, they not only refuse to assimilate, they want Americans to accommodate to their way of life. I have an entire category (Dhimmitude) devoted to that concept.
I live in Bayonne, a town with more than ten thousand Polacks. We have Polish delis, Polish Bars, Polish Churches (I even attended Mount Carmel Catholic School, see article) and a Pulaski Day Parade. But there is no threat of Bayonne losing its American way of life; we do not have Poles demanding the local government to accommodate their culture. Despite Polish presence in the city for more than a century, no public school is required to serve pierogi or kielbasa in the cafeteria. No Polish grocery clerk refuses to handle Kosher foods. No Polish taxi driver refuses to carry un-Polish items in his cab [see When In Rome do as Muslims Do].
But let one Muslim complain about something that offends him and millions are spent accommodating him (3).
I have made many Nobel Prize comparisons between Jews and other cultures and ethnic groups, and while those comparisons per se indicate nothing sinister against Muslims, it is true that I use the fact that Muslims do not contribute very much at all to modern society as one of many, many reasons not to allow them to come into our country.
Regarding the photo: In May of 2008 the Museum of the History of Islam, Science and Technology opened in Istanbul, Turkey. The museum has replicas of inventions by Arabs from the 8th through the 16th centuries in astronomy, geography, chemistry, surveying, optics, medicine, architecture, physics and warfare. But slowly, as Shariah laws came to dominate Arab life, there came to be fewer and fewer non-Muslim Arabs (because Shariah demands: once a Muslim always a Muslim, Muslims cannot marry non-Muslims, heavy taxes, forced conversions and killings of non-Muslims, etc.) and eventually Islam overpowered the spirit of ingenuity and creativy that the Arabs previously had. Sadly, many Muslims today are still stuck in the 7th century A.D. Many of these want to come to America and turn our clock back as well.
I do not write that Muslims are uneducated and backward because it makes me feel good, it does not. My articles inform Arabs, Persians, Punjabis and others of the Muslim faith that they can be just as successful, smart and happy as the Jews are; they merely have to discard the faith that holds them back. Is that such a bad thing?
ENDNOTES
(1):
US Department of State, Report on Global antisemitism
In Western Europe, traditional far-right groups still account for a significant proportion of the attacks against Jews and Jewish properties; disadvantaged and disaffected Muslim youths increasingly were responsible for most of the other incidents. This trend appears likely to persist as the number of Muslims in Europe continues to grow while their level of education and economic prospects remain limited.
(2):
Associated Press, antisemitism rising, State Dept. says
In Pakistan, where there is no Jewish community, anti-Semitic sentiment fanned by anti-Semitic press articles, is widespread, the report said. antisemitism where there are virtually no Jews is a recent phenomenon, the State Department told Congress.
(3):
Planck's Constant, Sony Corporation Caves After one Muslim Complaint
A few days ago a single Muslim in a forum complained that a couple of Qur'anic verses appeared in their game LittleBigPlanet. Now Sony will spend millions recalling the disc in order to avoid making any Muslims feel offended.
