Harry’s Place

This looks like it’d be fascinating. Learning about minority cultures, especiallly those that are very ancient, is better and more engrossing than reading the best works of fiction.

The Kalash of Pakistan, a people who claim to be descended from the remnants of Alexander’s army, are a good example of this.

No Druze?

lies! all lies!! another attempt to distract attention from the only real issue in the Middle East - the Palestinians! stop trying to change the subject, Zionists! down with the occupation - Jewish settlers out of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv!

Some clarification from Giles please. Are you being serious or sarcastic (it’s so hard to tell on the internet these days)?

Ariel,

I think his parodied spelling gives it away.

This is good. A word of thanks to the London Middle East Institue.

Perhaps, maybe, who knows, Muslims will talke a look at how they treat others. Perhaps they will consider the discrimination and oppression that they inflict on their minorities, even certain sects of Islam.

As far as this infidel is concerned, until I see Muslims in Islamic societies respecting the rights and freedoms of others, I see no reason to believe they would not do the same to people in the West if they had an opportunity. All Muslims, even the moderates, are silent about the vile things Muslims do where they dominate. Muslims never want to talk about these things.

Giles, Why don’t your Palestianian friends stop saying their goal is to eliminate Israel and kill jews? Maybe that would help thing a little. Try that on for a thought.

Kactuz

We are trying to get Druse too. If anyone knows one please let me know.
info@harif.org

Circassians and Samaritans also come to mind.

For the first time ever, on Thursday 18 September 2008, Armenians, Assyrians, Alawites, Bahais, Baluchis, Berbers, Bidoons, Copts, Jews, Kurds, Maronites, Mandaeans, Turkeman, Yazidis, (even Shiites and Sunnis in some countries) will share a platform at the Khalili lecture theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London WC1, to discuss the plight of minorities.

Well FFS it’s about time. What pray tell has prevented specialist institutions like SOAS etc., from hearing about the plight of ME minorities until now?

Hopefully there will be follow up conferences after this one so that important issues raised at this event aren’t swept back under the rug and so that ME minorities not represented this time will be given a voice.

I hope SOAS’ eternal student and professional Atzmon apologist, John “Assistant” Game will turn up. I fear his response will be the same as giles the wevolutionawy student’s…

JohnP
“This looks like it’d be fascinating. Learning about minority cultures, especiallly those that are very ancient, is better and more engrossing than reading the best works of fiction.”

says someone who wants to expel the Muslim minority from Europe!

The irony is that, since they are democracries , the middle east is the only place in the world where minorities actually rule (Alawis in Syria, Sunnis is Bahrain, Christians in Lebanon).

Seems this conference is just another Muslim bashing exercise rather than being about “Minority rights ion the Middle East”- if it is why arent the Arabs of Israel represented? Why the Jewish minorty in Arab/Muslim states but not the Arab minority in the Jewish state?

Why no mention of the Arab minority in Israel (one of if not the largest in the ME) -because its organised by HARIF the Association for Jews in the Middle East - the same people persecuting and stealing Arab land in Isarel!!!

HP: How can this be ‘another Muslim-bashing exercise’ when many of the minorities being discussed are themselves Muslim (Kurds, Berbers, Turkeman, Ahwazi, Sunnis in Iran, etc)?