Jews protesting against Islamic ritual murder of a Jewish girl in Constantinople -1927

Submitted by Ianus (Poland), Aug 22, 2010 at 11:33

Hi, Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan !

Thanks for your fine comment. You write :

> ... it is surprising how perceptive the author of that article (Heyde) was - but I guess being a German Jew would give him a certain insight into the subject matter. <

For anyone interested in the subject matter , I surmise , the contrast between what is going on in Turkey and what is being sold by the official Turkish media is glaring and permanent. So we are being told happy news from Turkey of "secular" reforms and Westernization , even though what we see (99,8% Islamization rate) hardly confirms the most modest expectations about secularism . Therefore, I'd rather believe what I can see than what I am told .

Let's take the case of a decapitated Jewish girl and ensuing Jewish riots ( which do indicate only how big the problem was ) reported from Constantinople by "Time" on August 29, 1927 :

"At the funeral of a young Jewish girl, stabbed to death and almost decapitated by one Osman Bey, who was enraged because the girl would not marry him, thousands of Jews paraded in Constantinople more in indignation than in sorrow. The anti-Turkish demonstration blocked the traffic for hours and attempts of police to control the turbulent crowd led to complete disorder. Numerous, violent clashes with the police led to the arrest of several scores of the manifestants and increased the ire of the Jewish community."

Interesting , isn't it ? An angry Moslem Turk slaughters a Jewish girl because she dared insult his Moslem way of life ( a Jew has no right to say "No" to a Moslem ) . yet, we never hear of such trifles in the sea of the Turkish and pro-Turkish propaganda. Jewish girls slaughtered by angry Moslems are never found worth mentioning. They might suggest a "wrong paradigm" , to use one phrase from another article. Yet, if such things did happen in Constantinople, then what should we think was happening in small towns and villages across Ghazi (=jihadist) Mustafa Kemal Pasha's "secular" paradise ?

> The takeaway message for me was that divorcing Islamism from Turkey is like trying to turn an ocean liner - it will happen eventually - but will take a long time - and anything that gets in its path will be destroyed. (mindlessly of course) ,

I fully agree with you, my friend. I myself prefer to compare "secular" (or "moderate") Moslems to herbivorous crocodiles. They are definitely an evolutionary possibility but somehow evelution has never- to the best of my knowledge - made any effort to produce them.

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