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Submitted by Dave (United States), Feb 13, 2022 at 15:00

Muslim attitudes towards the Palestinians in Lebanon, and elsewhere, are shockingly negligent, but it is strangely reminiscent of Muslim insouciance about the plight of the Uighurs in China.

In both cases we have Muslim ethnic groups which are allegedly victims of non-Muslims. Setting aside the obvious differences, such as the far greater degree of provocations in the case of the Palestinians against the Israelis compared to the provocations of the Uighurs against the Chinese, in both cases one would expect an outpouring of sympathy and support from Muslims, but that is not the case. Instead, in the Palestinian case we see them exploited for propaganda purposes while being abused, and in the Uighur case, we see neglect of China's extreme persecution by Muslim states.

From a western point of view, the immorality and hypocrisy of it all stands out. In the Palestinian case, there is the total lack of any assumption of responsibility for the genocidal attacks against Israel which created the Palestinian refugee situation in the first place. Israel was all wrong while the Arabs were blameless. The immorality is carried further in hypocritically mistreating the very unfortunates that they claim to care so much about. In the Uighur case, not only do the Muslim countries fail to call out China, but some of them, such as Iran and Turkey, join with China as close allies.

Western countries deserve a lot of blame as well. The Olympics have been proceeding normally, and it is not China, but Israel, that is ganged up on in the UN, showing that Muslim propaganda has many followers among non-Muslims. Evil is doing very well in today's world.

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Well said.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Nasrallah's Latest Threat - Is There a Real Concern; or is Iranian Islamic Regime Preparing Its Post Viennese Posturing [125 words]M ToveyFeb 17, 2022 12:29279034
1Compare and contrast Pals and Uighurs [274 words]
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DaveFeb 13, 2022 15:00278940
1Darwinism in Islam [107 words]PrashantFeb 14, 2022 10:51278940
1Olympics are proceeding normally? [17 words]PrashantFeb 15, 2022 03:50278940
2Incredible Hypocrites [58 words]DaveSep 11, 2012 12:08198514
Nothing new [156 words]NickJun 18, 2011 18:21186455
1Another Middle Eastern Asymmetry [117 words]Peter HerzMar 4, 2011 19:26183153
Eccentricities of Being 'Palestinian' [539 words]M. ToveyMar 11, 2011 16:12183153
1lts deliberate [41 words]GAROULLMar 17, 2011 07:46183153
Understood [146 words]Peter HerzMar 18, 2011 21:46183153
1Further... [160 words]VijayJun 19, 2011 18:37183153
No argument [8 words]Peter HerzJun 23, 2011 14:55183153
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1Why Lebanon does not grant rights [128 words]himachelMar 1, 2009 17:17151412
1why? Due to intra Arab prejudice [236 words]ShishirSep 12, 2012 08:57151412
2And not a word from the anti-Semitic MSM because Lebanon is not occupied by Israelis [292 words]DrRJPNov 29, 2007 17:23115346

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