Tuesday, September 23, 2014

The Asymmetry Between Palestinian and Israeli Cultures and Justice

Israeli Killers of Arab Boy: Aberrant Individuals

The basic asymmetry is that, whereas the murderers of the Israeli boys are still at large, and Palestinian society is known to systematically glorify and reward terrorist murderers of Israeli Jews, Israel reacted with horror to the news about Abu Khdeir’s murder—all the more so when it turned out he had been burned to death. Meanwhile, Israel’s police and General Security Service did their work and, on July 6, four days after the murder, six Israelis were arrested. Three of them remain in custody and have now been charged—which brings us to this week’s revelations.

It turns out that the three suspects are a 29-year-old man named Yosef Haim Ben-David and two as-yet-unnamed teenage accomplices.

And it also turns out that Ben-David has both a psychiatric and a criminal background.
Palestinians both cherish the martyrdom of their own people, and purposefully cause much of it themselves; Israelis are the opposite, finding the murderous culprits and imprisoning them to prevent future killings.

The asymmetries are actually polar opposites: civilized versus barbarian.

3 comments:

ShadowWhoWalks said...

http://www.loonwatch.com/tag/jewish-law/

Barbarians having suits and funding does not make them better in civility.

Phoenix said...

Islamic philosophy seems to be very similar Consequentialism.Jews are the enemy,you may rid the world of them by any and all means.
As I understand it,Islam also has a type of Determinism philosophy,where Allah has preordained all human actions and events.

ShadowWhoWalks said...

@PW
Islam does not acknowledge consequentialism (self-evidently since we believe in objective morality), but rather: matters are considered in light of their objectives.
Meaning that if the objective is invalid, then it is not to be considered, and if the method is invalid then the objective should not be achieved that way.

Here are some Islamic maxims:
http://islam.uga.edu/law_maxims.html

And no, Zionism is considered the enemy, not Judaism. Invaders having the right to "defend" themselves while the inhabitants don't is the epitome of colonial ambition.


Islam doesn't believe in lack of free choice, the closest thing to that is one of the five pillars of faith: Believing in fate/predestination. A good analogy would be: having a set of cards is your life, and playing the game is your free choice.
Don't see why you would find it objectionable since it is in the bible:

Ephesians 1:11
11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,

1 Corinthians 2:7
7 No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.

Romans 8:29-30
29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.


Some verses talking about the issue:

Indeed, Allah [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted. (Quran 31:34)

{7} And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
{8} And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
{9} He has succeeded who purifies it,
{10}
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
(Quran 91:7-10)

Say, "O mankind, the truth has come to you from your Lord, so whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul, and whoever goes astray only goes astray [in violation] against it. And I am not over you a manager." (Quran 10:108)

Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger. (Quran 17:15)

Indeed, Allah does not wrong the people at all, but it is the people who are wronging themselves. (Quran 10:44)

Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people." (Quran 2:286)