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Originally posted by filosophia
.....because let's face it no one really knows if it is true or not seeing as how it is over 100 years old.
Originally posted by SirClem
reply to post by Xcathdra
I am going to save that reply, it is a jewel.
Thanks.
The Protocols, the Quran, and the Christian Bible. What an elite group.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
Originally posted by filosophia
.....because let's face it no one really knows if it is true or not seeing as how it is over 100 years old.
And there is the problem right there. The origional author has been identified. The person who plagerized that book and changed things around to create the protocols has been identified. The perosn who plagerized that has been identified.
The research has been done, and is verifiable, that conclusively prove the protocols are not from any Jewish group, and are not from the "zionist congress" as one of the book authors claim.
Even that person was called out, and when confronted with his lies, he changed his story.
What more evidence do you need that shows this book is nothing but a fake, forgery, hoax, not real?
Even the Russian court system, where the book was supposedly written, has ruled its a hoax and anti simetic.
Also, I am not sure how, so maybe you can explain this to me, a person can beleive in the protocols while trying to maintain they are not any jewish / semetic.
If you are using the book for research purposes, then I can see the claim working.
But agreeing with the book, claiming its authentic while ignoring the mountain of evidence thats hows its fake, makes these people what exactly?
bad researchers?
misinformed?
misguided?
confused?
Originally posted by filosophia
well a link would be helpful.
Originally posted by filosophia
You can't say with absolute certainty that some author 100 years ago was identified and proved to be a liar, because they could have placed that blame on anyone to distract from the real source.
Originally posted by filosophia
As I said, I don't even think the protocols are real, only relevant, but you seem to place people in an either "real" or "hoax" category when people have more complex thoughts than just if something is real or not. Movies and fiction is unreal but it can give moral lessons, and in this case the protocols give us an insight into the (im)morality of ruthless dictators. I think everyone should at least read the protocols and then make up their own mind as to its significance.
Originally posted by Lynda101
reply to post by filosophia
I have an interesting quote from The American Hebrew, 3rd June 1938. "We have Jews in the foremost positions of influence in Britain, Russia and France and that these 'Three Sons of Israel' will be sending the Nazi Dictator to hell." Joseph Trimble.
Yes its written in 1938 but the boast that Russia was a 'Son of Israel' is clear. Jewish infiltration into Russian affairs goes to positions of influence so you could not be certain that the judiciary had not been unduly influenced concerning their findings on the authorship of the Protocols.
Also a read through the Talmud is I would suggest essential reading for everyone on this planet. The Protocols could well be considered quite mild in comparison.
Originally posted by Lynda101
reply to post by filosophia
I have an interesting quote from The American Hebrew, 3rd June 1938. "We have Jews in the foremost positions of influence in Britain, Russia and France and that these 'Three Sons of Israel' will be sending the Nazi Dictator to hell." Joseph Trimble.
Yes its written in 1938 but the boast that Russia was a 'Son of Israel' is clear. Jewish infiltration into Russian affairs goes to positions of influence so you could not be certain that the judiciary had not been unduly influenced concerning their findings on the authorship of the Protocols.
Also a read through the Talmud is I would suggest essential reading for everyone on this planet. The Protocols could well be considered quite mild in comparison.
Originally posted by SirClem
I believe the reason some try to claim the Protocols are a fake, is because of the attention it brings to the bigger picture.
Originally posted by filosophia
I've heard how the protocols come from the Talmud, but I tried to find in the Talmud some of the more well known quotes, like the quotes about Jesus and charging interest to goys, but do you have a link where I can see in the Talmud where this is actually written? I tried to look once but couldn't find it.
Zakāt
Main article: Zakāt
Zakāt or alms-giving is the practice of charitable giving by Muslims based on accumulated wealth, and is obligatory for all who are able to do so. It is considered to be a personal responsibility for Muslims to ease economic hardship for others and eliminate inequality.[24] Zakat consists of spending 2.5% of one's wealth for the benefit of the poor or needy, including slaves, debtors and travelers. A Muslim may also donate more as an act of voluntary charity (sadaqah), rather than to achieve additional divine reward.[25] There are two main types of Zakat. First, there is the kajj, which is a fixed amount based on the cost of food that is paid during the month of Ramadan by the head of a family for himself and his dependents. Second, there is the Zakat on wealth, which covers money made in business, savings, income, and so on.[26] In current usage Zakat is treated as a 2.5% collection on most valuables and savings held for a full lunar year, as long as the total value is more than a basic minimum known as nisab (3 ounces (85.05 g)). As of 2 July 2010, nisab is approximately $3,275 or an equivalent amount in any other currency.[27] Many Shi'ites are expected to pay an additional amount in the form of a khums tax, which they consider to be a separate ritual practice.[28]
There are four principles that should be followed when giving the Zakat:
1.The giver must declare to God his intention to give the Zakat.
2.The Zakat must be paid on the day that it is due.
3.Payment must be in kind. This means if one is wealthy then he or she needs to pay 2.5% of their income. If a person does not have much money, then they should compensate for it in different ways, such as good deeds and good behavior toward others.
4.The Zakat must be distributed in the community from which it was taken.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
Originally posted by filosophia
I've heard how the protocols come from the Talmud, but I tried to find in the Talmud some of the more well known quotes, like the quotes about Jesus and charging interest to goys, but do you have a link where I can see in the Talmud where this is actually written? I tried to look once but couldn't find it.
Changing th words used what you just described with the tax issue on non jews is from the Quran, and its one of their main pillars - the Zakat
Zakāt
Main article: Zakāt
Zakāt or alms-giving is the practice of charitable giving by Muslims based on accumulated wealth, and is obligatory for all who are able to do so. It is considered to be a personal responsibility for Muslims to ease economic hardship for others and eliminate inequality.[24] Zakat consists of spending 2.5% of one's wealth for the benefit of the poor or needy, including slaves, debtors and travelers. A Muslim may also donate more as an act of voluntary charity (sadaqah), rather than to achieve additional divine reward.[25] There are two main types of Zakat. First, there is the kajj, which is a fixed amount based on the cost of food that is paid during the month of Ramadan by the head of a family for himself and his dependents. Second, there is the Zakat on wealth, which covers money made in business, savings, income, and so on.[26] In current usage Zakat is treated as a 2.5% collection on most valuables and savings held for a full lunar year, as long as the total value is more than a basic minimum known as nisab (3 ounces (85.05 g)). As of 2 July 2010, nisab is approximately $3,275 or an equivalent amount in any other currency.[27] Many Shi'ites are expected to pay an additional amount in the form of a khums tax, which they consider to be a separate ritual practice.[28]
There are four principles that should be followed when giving the Zakat:
1.The giver must declare to God his intention to give the Zakat.
2.The Zakat must be paid on the day that it is due.
3.Payment must be in kind. This means if one is wealthy then he or she needs to pay 2.5% of their income. If a person does not have much money, then they should compensate for it in different ways, such as good deeds and good behavior toward others.
4.The Zakat must be distributed in the community from which it was taken.
Non Muslims who fall under Muslim occupation / Rule are required to pay a tax (essentially a bribe in order to not be killed) to the muslims.
reply to post by SirClem
If we are going to go down the idiotic road about money and power, then, once again, please quit seeing ONLY what you want to see, and quit laying 100 percent of the blame on Jews.
The change from a bartering system over to a modern economic system comes from Mesopotamia.....
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Originally posted by spoor
Originally posted by SirClem
I believe the reason some try to claim the Protocols are a fake, is because of the attention it brings to the bigger picture.
Wrong, the reason is because they ARE fake, just anti jewish propaganda - but jew haters ignore that
Originally posted by filosophia
Your external link talks about charity towards the poor, but I don't see where it mentions charging interest to non-members. It even says if they can't afford it they should translate it into good deeds towards others. Am I missing something here?
Under Islamic law, jizya or jizyah (Arabic: جزية ǧizyah IPA: [dʒizja]; Ottoman Turkish: cizye; both derived from Pahlavi and possibly from Aramaic gaziyat[1]) is a per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens, who meet certain criteria. The tax is/was to be levied on able bodied adult males of military age and affording power,[2] (but with specific exemptions,[3][4] From the point of view of the Muslim rulers, jizya was a material proof of the non-Muslims' acceptance of subjection to the state and its laws, "just as for the inhabitants it was a concrete continuation of the taxes paid to earlier regimes."[5] In return, non-Muslim citizens were permitted to practice their faith, to enjoy a measure of communal autonomy, to be entitled to Muslim state's protection from outside aggression, to be exempted from military service and the zakat taxes obligatory upon Muslim citizens.[6][7][8]
Application
Jizya was applied to every free adult male member of the People of the Book. Slaves, women, children, the old, the sick,[3] monks, hermits and the poor,[4] were all exempt from the tax, unless any of them was independent and wealthy. However, these exemptions were no longer observed during some periods in Muslim history, and discarded entirely by the Shāfi‘ī School of Law, which prevailed in Egypt, also in theory.[47] There was no amount permanently fixed for the tax, though the payment usually depended on wealth: the Kitab al-Kharaj of Abu Yusuf sets the amounts at 48 dirhams for the richest (e.g. moneychangers), 24 for those of moderate wealth, and 12 for craftsmen and manual laborers.[16][48]
Though jizya was mandated specifically for other monotheistic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism), under the Maliki school of Fiqh jizya was extended to all non-Muslims.[49] Thus some Muslim rulers also collected jizya from Hindus and Sikhs under their rule. The collection of the tax was sometimes the duty of the elders of those communities, but often it was collected directly from individuals, in accordance with specific payment rituals described in the writings of Muslim jurists.[citation needed]
In return for the tax, those who paid the jizya were permitted to keep their non-Muslim religion. Their economic and political security was guaranteed by the Islamic state, provided that they accepted Islamic control.[50] They could not serve in the military or bear arms, but their community was considered to be under the protection of the Muslim state, subject to their meeting certain conditions. If someone refused to pay the jizya, he could be imprisoned.[51] The jizya was used for paying the salaries of state servants, pensions and on charities. In some instances, however, it ended up in "private" treasuries.[5]
Bernard Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, states that the discrimination in the amount of taxation was inherited from the previous Byzantium and Iranian empires.[6][52][53] Scholars differ as to the exact burden imposed by the jizya tax. Documentary evidence, including that found in eleventh-century Cairo Geniza documents, suggest that the burden, at least for the poorer classes, was heavy. As the taxation amount was fixed in gold, it became less burdensome over the centuries.[54]
According to Abu Yusuf, jurist of Harun al-Rashid, those who didn't pay jizya should be imprisoned not to be let out of custody until payment. It is not permissible to exempt one person, while obliging another to pay jizya, nor is jizya to be reduced.[55] Though it was an annual tax, non-Muslims were allowed to pay it in monthly installments.[16]
If someone had agreed to pay jizya, leaving Muslim territory for non-Muslim land was punishable by enslavement if they were ever captured. This punishment did not apply if the person had suffered injustices from Muslims.[56]
Originally posted by SirClem
reply to post by Xcathdra
Nice try.
Keynesian economics came from the Mesopotamia? I don't think so.
Pathetic.
Originally posted by Lynda101
Joseph Trimble's words are crystal clear despite the date. They also mean you can't make a judgement that the Russian judiciary had not been infiltrated - you can't prove the Protocols are not authentic. They have to be left to stand as they are.
"His radical idea that governments should spend money they don't have may have saved capitalism".