{"id":446,"date":"2009-09-04T09:33:37","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T09:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ondrocks2000.com\/standpoint\/2009\/09\/04\/a-meeting-of-violent-minds\/"},"modified":"2009-09-04T09:33:37","modified_gmt":"2009-09-04T09:33:37","slug":"a-meeting-of-violent-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ondrocks2000.com\/standpoint\/2009\/09\/04\/a-meeting-of-violent-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"A Meeting of Violent Minds"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY ALEXANDER MELEAGROU-HITCHENS<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Muslim World News (MWN) has provided a translation of a report by NowLebanon<\/a><\/em> which covers a high level meeting in Beirut between between members of Hamas, Hizbullah, Hizb ut-Tahrir and the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n

Here is the MWN report in full:<\/p>\n

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On Monday, the liberal Lebanese online media outlet Now Lebanon<\/em> reported on a recent private meeting which took place in Beirut during one of the evenings of Ramadan. The report is entitled \u2018Meeting of Islamist leaders in Beirut to discuss \u201cthe ways to oppose the forthcoming American plan for settlement\u201d \u2018.<\/p>\n

Leaders of Islamist movements from Palestine and Lebanon, such as al-Jama\u2019a al-Islamiyya [the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood], Hizbullah, Hamas and Hizb-ut-Tahrir are reported to have met in order to discuss the current situation in the region, focusing on the attempts for reconciliation and President Obama\u2019s upcoming plan to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict.<\/p>\n

The Islamist leaders who attended the meeting are reported to have agreed that \u201cthe new American plan aspires to liquidate the Palestinian problem, and poses one of the most dangerous American plans in the region. Therefore it needs to be opposed in all possible forms, in particular by increasing \u00a0acts of resistance [muqawama<\/em>] and \u00a0opposing Israeli efforts towards a \u00a0normalisation of their relations with Arab countries as well as American involvement in such initiatives,\u201d <\/p>\n

The leaders, according to the report, also emphasised the \u201cnecessity to strengthen relations within Islam and reject any attempts to stir up sectarian war <\/em>[fitna<\/em>]; this way, the resistance front against the American plan will be strengthened\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the leaders pointed out that the best way to start would be to organise two large meetings: the first, to react to the \u2018monopolisation\u2019 of Palestinian leadership by President Abbas; and the second, to encourage the choice of resistance against American plans in the region. The report concludes by saying that the leaders agreed to keep in touch in order to further discuss these issues of mutual interest.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If accurate (NowLebanon<\/em> is a highly reputable source), this\u00a0 report is very revealing and the Focus on Islamism Blog is currently investigating this for more details.<\/p>\n

This meeting is one of a number of recent examples where different Islamist groups have set aside past differences in order to fight the greater evils of Israel and America.\u00a0 Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizbullah have been openly working together for a number of years.\u00a0 Hizb-ut-Tahrir\u2019s involvement is perhaps the most striking as their past relationship with Hizbullah and Hamas can best be described as strained.\u00a0 However, given that all of these groups share the same basic ideology, it is not suprising that they are willing to help eachother. <\/p>\n

The purpose of this meeting is clear: to ensure continued violence against Israel and ruin Obama\u2019s plans for a peaceful settlement.\u00a0 By definition, no Islamist group can accept a long-term peaceful coexistence with Israel as it would mean the recognition of a Jewish state on \u2018Muslim lands\u2019.\u00a0 For Islamists, Jews have no place in the region unless they live as second class citizens under the control of an Islamic state.<\/p>\n

Of course, the best way to destroy any chances for peace would be to step up acts of violence and the Arabic term muquwama<\/em>, which is used in the NowLebanon<\/em> report, refers specifically to armed resistance.<\/p>\n

Meetings like this serve to illustrate the folly in treating Islamists as if they were rational, as it discounts the fact that these people are driven by a rigid religious ideology which compels them to force their totalitarian will on the world.\u00a0 Obama must understand that there is absolutely nothing he can do to change this and even if he appeased their each and every demand, there will always be a grievance: that \u2018Islam\u2019 does not reign supreme. <\/p>\n

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