Re: [Marxism] Revolution and Religious Fundamentalism

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:29 PM,  <Jscotlive@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Padraig Pearse, the de facto leader of the 1916 Easter
> Rising, along with the other seven signatories of the Proclamation, was
> certainly inspired by the republican ideals espoused by them. But he was also
> committed to the Gaelicising of Irish society, its culture, language, and
> education, which was then, and is now, both undeniably and  inextricably 
> linked to a
> Catholic identity.

But Hamas is not just "religious". Hamas is also virulently
anti-semitic (in the sense of "anti-jewish"), including assuming that
the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" (a well-known anti-semitic
forgery from Tsarist times) is authentic:

"The Palestinian Authority is presently controlled by the militant
Islamist organization Hamas, whose 1988 covenant could almost be read
as a rewrite of "The Protocols." "Our struggle against the Jews is
very great and very serious," that covenant says. "With their money,
they took control of the world media, news agencies, the press,
publishing houses, broadcasting stations and others," it declares of
Jews.

"They aim at undermining societies, destroying values, corrupting
consciences, deteriorating character and annihilating Islam," it says,
asserting that Jews were behind the French and Russian revolutions,
the Freemasons, the Rotary Clubs, imperialism, the two world wars, the
United Nations, the drug trade and alcoholism. It cites a source:
"Their plan is embodied in 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.' "

The New York Times,
April 21, 2006
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/arts/design/21holo.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1145678700-QBiD7SJP/eQPMdqhuv2AZg>

The following article from CounterPunch is also worth reading:

Are Hamas' New Guidelines Abetting Israeli Hardliners?
Playing Two Different Games

By AMIRA HASS

<http://www.counterpunch.org/hass03162006.html>

"[Hamas] wrote in the guidelines that the Palestinian cause has an
Arab and Islamic dimension, and a Hamas-led government will work to
mobilize Arab and Islamic support for the Palestinian people in every
field.

"Under the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Palestinian cause
became the entire world's cause, an issue of both national rights and
human rights. Over the last five years, however, Israel has worked
energetically to link the Palestinians with international Islamic
terrorism and the "clash of civilizations:" enlightened versus
benighted.

"Now, Hamas' guidelines are helping Israel as well: They depict a
religious and cultural clash, outside the framework of the people's
struggle against foreign occupiers."

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