Arabic as a language is programmed against infidels, Jews, the West and non-Islamic faiths
Reader comment on article: Teach Arabic or Recruit Extremists?
in response to reader comment: arabic as an instrument of imperialism

Submitted by R. K Iyer (India), Sep 11, 2007 at 08:35

I have lived in Arabic speaking countries and I can vouch for the inseparability of Arab thinking and anti-Semitism. The Arabic lexis, its semantic categories, its configuration of ideas and biases and its literary output, let alone its theological content, are all anti-Western, anti-democratic and pro-Jihad. It required a great deal of tact and diplomacy on my part, while I was living among Arabs, to politely resist their various crude and gross attempts to "convert" me to their faith.

I am appalled that state funding is being seriously considered in America for teaching this language of 7th century , desert faith. In fact, there is a case to be made for an international campaign to help Coptic Christians in Egypt and Meronite Christians in Lebanon to switch over to English as a home language. Our best hope for humanity lies in a very large number of Arabs speaking a second language, preferably English.

R K Iyer

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