If there is something true about the Orientalists and the modern day version - who are really politicists -( they are not true historians, scholars - they are people with an agenda )(but i suppose we all have agendas dont we?)- they want to turn the middle east into a subjugated mass of morons who bleat yes to anything that is demanded .........

the Ottoman empire had to be destroyed one way or another - the wealth of the middle east - the trade routes, the gas, the oil..................they were natural resources (lucrative) required by any ambitious state - the crucial weapon in fragmenting, destroying the "Islamic world" was by causing division, by creating polarisation between the educated classes and the ruling classes and the lesser levels of society

but the really cool tool was to encourage rebellion, to encourage muslims to identify with radical islamist groups

this caused internal strife and discord amongst muslim societies - but also caused western societies to accept the idea that muslims could not be at peace with non-muslims

and funnily, muslims too are this way encouraged to believe the same

so-called muslim scholars dish out hate nonsense and try to convince muslims that their faith requires them to shun the infidel

muslim scholars, rebel leaders, whatever, do the same as any other leader - they try to intoxicate, distract, beguile, brainwash, scare, humble the masses into believing their way

when the certain so-called scholars, writers......tell us that there is a world wide jihad, that muslims must hate others, in particular jews - then the more these lies are regurgitated the more people blindly believe

and the silly terrorists are there to confirm our fears and their lies - people joining terror groups for personal reasons but using justifications mouthed to them by others who have other reasons for spreading hate and violence

these people who fall for the terror talk and think its ok to blow up others for a reason - what bloody reason?

blowing people up gives no answer to anyone - but they are blinded by powerful seducers - the leaders of our world

Israelis have been the most apt at this game of stereotyping muslims - and the bloody terrorists only help such people

Its sickening - stupid riots happen in Paris and some Israelis take the chance to say - yes! yes! another intifada, jihad hahaha france we told you so there is a jihad!

thank God for the Israelis and Jews who stand above this rubbish hate talk and try to speak objectively for the good of humanity (we need to know more about the good muslims and jews who are the majority - i believe this)(please dont imagine good equals jews wailing at wall and muslims hitting the floor! good in human general terms ok ok)

and as for the rioters - idiots! they do themselves no favours!

stereotypes

all societies do it

stereotypes - are vivid and easier to digest, register than the truth which for some reason is often hard to get at

some muslims have heard the explanation of jihad as a war requirement so many times from both sides of the media that they hold it above as a true part of their faith

islam is not perfect - nothing is perfect

but the religion has been hijacked and slandered

meanwhile somewhere muslim extreme beardy men or maybe they are not all bearded - are enjoying the power they get from alienating their people from the world

and meanwhile the hawks, neo-cons, gangsters, corporations blah blah are happy as they have excuses for tightening the noose around the world's collective right to freedom