Yes, they've been gone for a long time. So what? How does that have any bearing to the point I was making about Islam and its relationship to Judaism?
Because.......(quite obviously).........if Islam is the peaceful religion you claim it is
The example for Islamic teaching is pretty clear: Jewish people and religion are to be respected.
why can't you proffer even
one exampleof an Islamic state that practices that 'tenet'?
The fact of the matter is, the Iranian religious law on this is without dispute: Jewish religious practice is to be protected Iran. And the facts on the ground show that this law is followed in practice, not just in theory.
I can't believe you actually believe this. Do the Imams at your madrassa really think none of you students will fact check?
"The Holocaust, or the slaughter of Jews during of WWII by German Nazis, is a myth and a contrived story.
The myth of the Holocaust is an excuse [used by] West to establish the illegal Zionist regime, and denial of it is an irrefutable attestation - in addition to many other attestations - that clearly testify to the illegality of the existence of the Zionist regime."-Hossein Shariatmadari, editor of the Iranian daily Kayhan
In December 2006, Ahmadinejad held a 'holocaust denial conference in Teheran, where they established a 'world foundation for holocaust studies' and appointed Presidential Advisor Mohammad-Ali Ramin as its secretary-general. Here are some of his remarks:
"Throughout History, This Religious Group [i.e. the Jews] has Inflicted the Most Damage on the Human Race "among the Jews there have always been those who killed Gods prophets and who opposed justice and righteousness. Throughout history, this religious group has inflicted the most damage on the human race, while some groups within it engaged in plotting against other nations and ethnic groups to cause cruelty, malice and wickedness."
'Historically, there are many accusations against the Jews. For example, it was said that they were the source for such deadly diseases as the plague and typhus. This is because the Jews are very filthy people."
Ramin added that the aim of the Holocaust conspiracy was to facilitate the establishment of the state of Israel, which would, in turn, provoke the Muslims to rise up, confront the Jews, and massacre them. 'This [conspiracy],' he said, 'conducted by Europe and America, would lead to the total annihilation of global Jewry." Ramin added that 'as a religious Muslim, who believes in the equality of all nations, he must alert [people] to the fact that the state of Israel was established as the result of a conspiracy against the Jews..."
Ramin claimed that the Holocaust was the main reason why Palestine was occupied, while Israel was the main cause of crises and catastrophe in the Middle East. 'So long as Israel exists in the region,' he said, 'there will never be peace and security in the Middle East. So the resolution of the Holocaust issue will end in the destruction of Israel.'
And it goes on an on. It's clear that all this holocaust denial is necessary to pave the way for a new genocide against Jews. So extreme is the antisemitism coming out of Iran,
it is even criticized by other Arabs! The Conference Was Not Academic; It Harmed Iran and the Muslims
British Arab journalist 'Adel Darwish wrote in the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat: "The extremist Iranian president [Ahmadinejad] may have gained some points [in terms of] vocal propaganda in the hate[-mongering] satellite channels, but diplomatically, he only caused damage to his country, which is [going through] a difficult period in [terms of] its foreign [relations]. He also caused severe damage to the Muslims by creating a political-cultural climate in which feelings of hate drown out the Muslims' noble and humane sentiments.
Saudi journalist Yousef Al-Sweidan wrote in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa: "The new extremist Nazis in turbans were not ashamed to open that wretched conference in Tehran on December 11, 2006 [with the intent] of spreading hate and tendentious propaganda and defending the heinous crimes of the Nazis...
"The turbaned extremists and terrorists ceaselessly threaten with [their] Shihab missiles and with the [Iranian] nuclear program, calling to exterminate the Jews and to wipe Israel off the map. They spread the [pathetic] delusion that 'Israel will soon disappear just as the Soviet Union [disappeared].'
Kuwaiti journalist Dr. Khaled Al-Janfawi wrote in Al-Siyassa: [5] "Holding a conference devoted to Holocaust denial reflects a lack of cultural and human sensitivity which may exacerbate hatred among human beings.
Holding a Holocaust [denial] conference in Iran is adding fuel to the fire... Some of the participants were agitators, and [others] were [individuals] involved in racist discrimination against [minorities] other than the Jews, such as the African-Americans in the U.S...."
Former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali: "Western leaders today who say they are shocked by the conference of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran denying the Holocaust need to wake up to that reality. For the majority of Muslims in the world, the Holocaust is not a major historical event that they deny;
they simply do not know [about it] because they were never informed. Worse, most of us are [brought up] to wish for a Holocaust of Jews.Iranian TV regularly runs rabid anti Jewish programs, some about 'blood rituals' (As kf you don't know, there is a persistent myth in the Islamic world that Jews kidnap & murder non-Jews, especially children. They then use their blood to make matzoh balls)
And of course Ahmadinejad's continuing anti Jewish, anti Israel, anti western statements are legendary.
The reality is that Jews in Iran have a ghetto mentality. "We are a minority, just stay quiet, we have to be treated as second-class citizens. So what if they don't employ us in the government sector or in the army or in high posts? We have our trading businesses, and we can become doctors or engineers.'" Frighteningly like Germany in the 1930's.
Iran may be a 'model Islamic state', but it's no way near Jew friendly.