Saudi Ambassador Tells a Whopper of a Lie
';Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States rejected recognizing Israel as a Jewish state.”There are 1.5 million civilians in Israel who do not define themselves as Jewish,” Adel al-Jubeir told reporters at the U.S.-convened Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Annapolis, Md.
“We do not believe states should define themselves according to religion or ethnicity.”
…said the representative of a nation whose official religion is Islam, whose legal system is based on Shari’a, whose king holds the title “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,” and whose constitution starts with:
Article 1
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a sovereign Arab Islamic state with Islam as its religion; God’s Book and the Sunnah of His Prophet, God’s prayers and peace be upon him, are its constitution, Arabic is its language and Riyadh is its capital.Article 2
The state’s public holidays are Id al-Fitr and Id al-Adha. Its calendar is the Hegira calendar.Article 3
The state’s flag shall be as follows:
(a) It shall be green.
(b) Its width shall be equal to two-thirds of it’s length.
(c) The words “There is but one God and Mohammed is His Prophet” shall be inscribed in the center with a drawn sword under it. The statute shall define the rules pertaining to it.
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November 28th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Sahih Bukhari, Book 52: Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad), Volume 4, Book 52, Number 268:
November 28th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
And in other news, dog bites man…
November 29th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
OK if ”There are 1.5 million civilians in Israel who do not define themselves as Jewish,” then why doesn’t Israel follow the Saudi lead. Israel could do, just like Saudi Arabia does (disengage the 1.5 million civilians), declare:
Article 1
The State of Israel is a sovereign Jewsih state with Judiasm as its religion as set forth in the Holy Torah; The Torah guided by the Shulchan Aruch, are its constitution, Hebrew is its language and the entire undivided Jerusalem is its capital.
Article 2
The state’s public holidays are Rosh Hashanna, Yom Kippur, Succos, Pesach, Shavuos, etc. Its calendar is the Jewish lunar calendar.
Article 3
The state’s flag shall be as follows:
The words “Shma Yisrael…” shall be inscribed in the center with a magen david under it.
November 29th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Baruch, to answer you question:
Because most Jews don’t believe in themselves.