falxori 0 #1 May 11, 2004 from the article: A campaign of denial Quote"In the last generation, the Islamic and Arab history of Jerusalem has gradually been rewritten. At the heart of this new version is the Arabs' historic right to Jerusalem and Palestine. The main argument is that the Arabs ruled Jerusalem thousands of years before the children of Israel. In addition to building the Arab-Muslim case, the Muslim thinkers are formulating a denial and negation of the Jewish-Zionist narrative. Included in that effort is the de-Judaizing of the Temple Mount, the Western Wall and Jerusalem as a whole. without getting to the whole israeli-palestinian issue, this article makes me think... how many parts of history were falsified like this? after all, its human nature to believe what suits our own views, which is rarely what really happened... A campaign of denial "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflydrew 0 #2 May 11, 2004 History is His-Story... Get it? All someone's perspective... We all learn parts of history from our own cultures perspective, not a global one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
falxori 0 #3 May 11, 2004 sure, and its always the stronger's prespective that lasts. but there is a difference between a different perspective (e.g who are the good guys, was an action justified or not etc.) and changing facts so thety will serve your goals. one might think its impossible to "cover up" facts these days when information flows freely, but i'm sure people in the past felt the same way about things we know nothing about in the present... O "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
