Sunday, April 25, 2010

Is Nazi Propaganda to Blame For Today's islamic Fundamentalism?


Roots Of Islamic Fundamentalism Lie In Nazi Propaganda For Arab World, Book Claims -- The Telegraph

The roots of Islamic fanaticism can be traced to Adolf Hitler's radio messages broadcast around the Arab world during the Second World War, according to a new book.

"Your only hope for rescue is the destruction of the Jews before they destroy you!" Hitler said in a 1942 message, one of thousands broadcast across the Middle East in an attempt to woo the Arab world.

In a broadcast aimed at provoking an anti-Semitic uprising in Egypt, he said: "A large number of Jews who live in Egypt, along with Poles, Greeks, Armenians and Frenchmen, have guns and ammunition.

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My Comment: Radical Islam has been with us since the time of Muhammad .... this is the reason why I doubt that a few thousand Nazi broadcasts would sway today's radical Islamists.

Still .... it is an interesting look at history.

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