The Union of Islamic Communities in Italy has urged all Muslims across the country to express their views following a new book which hails Israel and slams Palestinian resistance groups. According to a Saudi newspaper, the leaders of the Islamic community in Italy are furious about the new book which amazingly was edited by an Egyptian-born Italian writer and journalist!
Magdi Allam, 55, deputy chief editor of Italy’s most influential newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, is again at the center of the storm following his seventh book, dubbed “Viva Israele” (Long Live Israel). The subtitle of the book reads “From the ideology of death to the civilization of life: my story.”
“Long Live Israel” is the tale of his life ever since his youth under the republican regime of late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser.
According to Allam, Nasser is responsible for having turned Egypt - and the rest of the Arab world - into the cradle of the "ideology of death". Allam claims Nasser brought about an aggressive pan-Arabic dream based on the denial of Israel’s right to exist. The need for the destruction of Israel is the dominant theme that, Allam states, made death and destruction the core values of a once liberal Islamic culture.
Thus, the new book defends the existence of Israel and terms armed Palestinian groups as "dangerous terrorist threats." In addition, Allam wrote that during their operations in the Palestinian territories, Israeli forces have been trying to avoid hitting Palestinian civilians and only aim to defend Israeli citizens….
Furthermore, Allam added that the main cause for the Israeli – Palestinian dispute stems form the Palestinian terror.
Allam says that "Israel - along with Pope Benedict XVI - represents the residual hope for Western civilization, which, more than other civilizations, embodies the sacredness of life and personal freedom."
Allam also slams the Arab calls for the killing of Jews. In the past, Allam also criticized resistance groups in Lebanon and Iraq.
Muslims in Italy have been claiming that Allam is an unreliable person who spreads suspicion and hatred against Islam and Muslim people by reporting undocumented, unverified or even utterly false news, just to flatter to the West.
It should be noted that during his adolescent years, Allam maintained completely different views. Allam was raised as a Muslim and attended the Italian school of Cairo. In Italy since 1972, Allam started his stay there as an enthusiastic activist for the Palestinian cause. At that period, Allam thought of Israel as a racist and aggressive state "invented by the Western world as some kind of compensation for the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust".
Years later, his interest in the history of Zionism and a meeting with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat brought him to realize that "Arafat was responsible for Palestinian terrorism" and that "the predication of the ideology of death eventually hit and harmed the Palestinians themselves."
The latest book has changed Allam's life. The Saudi newspaper reported that following threats to his life, the Italian police decided to intensify his security escort. Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that many Muslims in Italy denounce Allam as a new "Salman Rushdie", the British writer who was forced into hiding in the 1990s after Iran's religious leaders issued a fatwa (religious edict), calling for his death.
Does Magdi Allam mention in his book that Hamas was given financial support by Israel and allowed to flourish by Israel in order to be a rival to the secular Yasser Arafat?
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Joseph Abdel Wahed, Moraga, Califrornia, USA, (2007-08-06 , 00:46) - Reply
I have not read his book, but hope he mentioned how the Jews were driven out of nine Arab countries by Arab/Muslim rulers. This is a crime against humanity which needs attention. Nealy one million Jews were driven out of their homes. The authorities confiscated their property and their businesses, hospitals, schools, homes for the aged and other personal property. Nealy all their synagogues are gathering dust and their cemeteries are vandalized and their headstones stolen. Only a handful of Jews remain in the Arab world. In fact, these countries are today the most anti Semitic in the world.
I am not sure that the Arabs wanted the jews out but it was the Israelis who wanted them out, according to the book that was written By the late Israel Shahak; who was a retired Israeli teacher of chemistry who travels the world to lecture on the evils of Zionism and the Jewish religion, he said in one of his books that the Zionists used to pay the jews to leave Iraq and other places, I had an Israeli freind tell me that who would give all what Israel gave him to bring him to Tel Aviv just to go back for one day to Iraq that was back in 1974 when I lived there. So to blame the Arabs and label them as Antisematic is baseless.
Have you ever heard of a country called Morocco, where jews have enjoyed and are still enjoying the same rights as any Moroccan citizen? So, please do NOT generalize. Thank you.
il mandicante Allam,father egyption ,mother from eretria,could also be flasha,came to italia poor and begged every body to find a job.he was helped by palastinian student for years,then he knew some israili and they used him ,so no strange if he is anti arabs as long as he was a big liar and ( hypocrit mandicante)
Listen Josepf "Abdel Wahed", you are full of sharon. The Jews in many Arab countries (lots of testimonies from Iraq) were driven out by zionist terror acts--false flag operations (burning synagogues) to dribe to "Eretz"and you know it.
As for Magdi Allam, if he chooses to be the Arab houseboy in charge of kissing zionist butt, who are we to say he deserves a better fate that to be wiping sharon off his mouth after every Islamophobic statement.
Magdi Allam, as everyone, has his full right to be free to say what he belives, without being frightened to be threatened of death, expecially because his book is based on his experience in Egypt and his knowledge of history. He isn't against Palestinians, Arabs or Muslims and he's Muslim too, also because the major number of victims of ideology of death and of terrorism that abused of Islam, are Arabs and Muslims. The honest Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims should thank Magdi Allam for his activity against terrorism that abuses of the name of Islam.
Muslims themselves, are bringing these kinds of books to life. There is no leadership in the Muslim world, so, Terrorism has taken up. I think the Middle East Kings, Emires and Dictators most go and Democracy is the Answer.
Whilst not convinced that Mr Allam's views are 100% spot on, I do find it interesting that for a Muslim to denounce terrorism and the destruction of Israel is regarded as being the same as Salman Rushdie's portrayal of Mohammed in teh Satanic Verses. It rather suggests to non-Muslims that you see terrorism and genocide as integral parts of your religion.
It is Torah, the Jewish Holy book that has clear instruction for ethnic cleansing not Koran. Lets read Torah shall we?Torah, the Book Of Numbers, chapter 33 verses 50-53: " "Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying," Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them :'When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images and demolish all their high places; you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it,for I have given you the land to posses.'"
As you can see it is this book that has santioned and encouraged the fanatic Jews to steal land from Palestinians, it is this book that is being used to perpetuate this land theft, it is this book that has made the terrorism, ethnic cleansing an integral part of this religion. Jews need to come out and denounce Israeli land theft if they want to be differentiated from these Torah tumping, gun toting land thieves.
Mgad perhaps you would like to define what you mean by the word 'terroristic'. I am only a politics graduate so bow to your superior knowledge but it doesn't seem to be a real word. The definition of terrorism is rather awkward but it usually revolves around the use of violence by non-soldiers ie those that do not wear a recognisbale uniform, bear their arms openly or act in accordance with the laws of armed conflict. You're going to have to try very hard to prove that Israel fits the description of terrorists better than Hamas. Even if you do it doesn't in any way counter my point.
Please open your eyes James and read the good side _like you always do- and also i wanna ask you to read the human rights about Israel,so you can imagine what you talking about?just be honest with yourself Mr. and ask yourself a Q:if some body comes to your home kills your parents,put you and brothers and sis in jail and takes your home and land inorder to build a settlement,what will you do Mr.?Thanks
You know, I'm very tired with the question: "if somebody come to your home kills your parents, put your brothers and sis in jail and takes your land in order to build a settlement?". I sincerly am so happy that I don't live in the situation of Palestinian people and I don't know what I would do if I did, but the settlement had place after the war of Six Days because Nasser first of all wanted to destroy Israel.
Egypt and Jordan are formally in peace with Israel now, but before making peace Jordan occupied West Bank and Egypt occupied Gaza in 1948 untill 1967... why would nobody resist against that occupation and talked about poor Palestinians?
Acura, if you had read my first comment you'd note that I don't entirely agree with this author. I don't believe that Israel is the land of goodness and light but face reality. 1: Most of the 'atrocities' commited by Israel have little if any basis in fact and often the result of terrorists picking a fight they can never win. 2: Israel is surrounded by neighbours who want to do exactly what you describe to ever man, woman and child in Israel and whose butchery is well documented. If the UK were surrounded by similarly cruel neighbours I doubt we would act with the same restraint the Israelis have. But that ain't the point..
The point I made which Acura has missed is not particularly subtle. Salman Rushdie was accused of blasphemy for his book 'The Satanic Verses' which attacked the persona of Mohammed. What is interesting is that Allam's views on Palestinian terrorists and Arab desires to commit genocide against the Jews are comparable to Salman Rushdie's. If Allam's views are blasphemous then surely that means the destruction of Israel and terrorism are part of the Islamic religion? That throws up some serious questions about the religion of peace.
this is very sad for muslims all over the world,but wht can we do?we are going to be finished soon Insha ALLAH and our Al-mighty ALLAh will create more peoples for this world if we (muslims)damon could not ewacute the teach and the ORDERS of ALLAH and Islam,if we can't do any thing actuallywe can't any thing.so let them go and it .......but one thing that how these peopls forget that we have to face ALLAH ?
THE ONLY REASON WHY EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING BAD ABOUT ISLAM IS BECAUSE IT IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN THE WORLD AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WANT TO GIVE ISLAM A BAD NAME IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM CONVEERTING TO THIS GREAT RELGION. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO THOSE PEOPLE- " DON'T BOTHER BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED"
While the zionist media has been busy in character assasination of Muslims and Islam, Islam continues to be the fastest growing religion on earth. Those among Muslims who give black eye to Muslims seem are America's closest allis or at one time have been America's client. Go figure..
Islam is a very fast growing religion, but the fastest? How do you quantify that? There isn't even any agreement as to how many Muslims there are in the world; so how do you define Islam's growth rate accurately? Islam is a fast growing religion because Muslims have a very high birth rate (like Catholics and for the same reasons). Rates of conversion to Islam are insignificant. If you look at a region like the Balkans conversion rates from Islam to Christianity and secularism are actually quite high. I don't see that being mentioned very often.
Islam is the fasting growing religion? I keep hearing this but never see any numbers to back it up? Islam is growing in the West because of muslims leaving their own piece of shit countries and moving to the West
Today it is an infallible recipe to come out of anonymity:Insult Arabs and Moslem,especially if you are yourself Arab or Moslem . You are sure to be pleasing to those that hate them.Thanks to their powerful medias you become famous, rich even and why not noble?. Freedom of speech when you insult arabs and muslims . Anti-semitism when it is the least critical towards Israel. Caricature a simple Jewish,you are disgraced. Caricature an Arab, even The Prophet you are applauded and defended in the name of the freedom of speech. ROCHDI and ALLAM don't be proud of you. Those who applaud and defend you despise you actually. Because a renegade and a traitor only harvests the contempt .
Why is having a view other than the party line a betrayal? Is Islam really a monolithic entity with no internal debate or shades of disagreement? Of course it isn't. Only an utterly contemptible demagogue would denounce someone as a traitor simply because they have actually given the issue some consideration. And as for your freedom of speech piece - Arab newspapers regularly carry cartoons of Jews wearing swastikas and even depicted Condoleeza Rice pregnant with a monkey. Oh hah hah, she's black. Yes those who draw these cariactures are disgraced - they should be. They odious and ignorant.
1. If an Englishman had called traitor and renegade a Englishman that went to Cairo to write a scornful book for the Englishmen and the Christians, you would not have called him abject demagogue (thank you) but proud nationalist.
2. None Moslem would not dare to caricature the Christ or Moses or don't import what other messenger of GOD, freedom of speech or not. They are all for us as sacred as Muhammad. It is all the difference with the Jewish and the Christian that don't have any respect for our prophet.
3. to deal with the same considerations a messenger of God and Bush's messenger that be indecent, blind without no capacity of discernment.
Dude, Nassir, I hate to break it to you, but in Europe there's freedom of expression, so yeah, you can be offended, and maybe even write a letter to the editor of the newspapers that published the cartoons, but to see Muslims burning Danish (and American...why?) flags casts a shadow. Muslims in Europe must become Europeans.
NO NO NO! Englishmen don't have to go to Cairo if they want to write a book denouncing the foreign policy of the state or the ideals of Christianity - witness "I'm not the only one" by George Galloway or "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins - freely available in any UK, US or European bookshop. They don't have to go because in a free world they can express their opinions without fear from demagogues like you. Stop trying to play the victim.
Nasser you hurry to claim that no Muslim would insult Jesus or Moses. Not true for a start, though if Muslims understood their religion they wouldn't. Has Allam insulted Mohammed (who was only human and therefore not comparable with Jesus anyway)? No, he has denounced the self-destructive foreign policy of Arab states and terrorist organizations. Why is he being treated as a blasphemer? What is the religious aspect of his argument?
What is real that is real lets they say any thing about arabs and Islam for few buks. These books are all stupit things that put world in confusion for self benifits.
abu ali, ann arbor, U.S.A, (2007-10-14 , 22:51) - Reply
the palestinian were supposed to welcom them over and hand them thier land and leave into refugee camp or may be join thier arabic speaking nieghbors. the jew has been persecuted and must have a homeland in palestine regardless of its inhibitor and any one is opposing that is itching for a fight, so what this guy is talking about is just that nonesens madness. we (palestenian) did not choose this conflict, it has been put on us and we either think of isreal as state that should be respected and dealt without any resistance. Carter's book which Allam's book is far behind suggusted that this regime or this state(iSreal) is similiar as aparthied state
Zionista who came to Isral in Large numbers since 1882 did not drive out Arabs. They bought land in deserted areas and created new placs. tl aviv was founded in 1909 on sands. th country flourished and arab immmgrants flockd. in 1948 the Arabs wantd to throw the Jws to the sea - and in th war lost their homes. Why is it all right for 20 million Arabs to come and iv in europe - hile th Arabs objcted to jews coming to israel?
I just dont know why every other day there something new to start a fresh spate in this world... We need books to spread peace, love & harmony not to create rifts..... the whole of Mankind was create by God and we are brother & sisters before Muslims, Jews or Christians. Lets stop all this and LIVE & LET LIVE.
"Muslims in Italy have been claiming that Allam is an unreliable person who spreads suspicion and hatred against Islam and Muslim people by reporting undocumented, unverified or even utterly false news, just to flatter to the West."
I have to put this in quotation marks. This is typically muslim strategy. I congratulate Allam!!
I saw Allam speak 4 years ago. I rarely agree with anything he says, and as a matter of fact, when he said that it was the "peace activists" and war demonstrators who were responsible for the Iraq war by making Saddam Hussein believe he would not be touched, because it was illegal. Yes. Take that for what it is. He also wrote a biography of Saddam. All the bibliographical notes were from his own articles! The man is a second rate journalist, a third rate opinionist, and a first rate self-promotor. And, he got LOADS of money from Israel for being the House Arab.
Allam is not pro-western, he is pro logic and pro civilization. He sees it exactly as it is.
It is funny to see how when someone writes opinions that are in favor of Israel, immediatly he/she is being paid by Israel. You people must stop this........you need to take a deep breath, sit and relax and read the history of the middle east. You might gain some intelligence. I am sick and tired of dumb people, who know nothing, try to re-write history. Fact is clear: muslims kill people all over the world. They even kill other muslims. How can you explain that? This is all one big MADNESS.
Salman Rushdie in the UK, Danish D'Souza in the US, and Magdi Allam in Italy the rif-raf intellectuals of the 21st Century. How else will they explain their trying to criticise a whole nation and a whole religion if it were not for their own prejudice. But most of all why are we the Muslims even bother to respond to such literati-hudlums who are seeking not to resolve but to agitate? I believe the Arabs and muslim nations have a formidable tasks before them that are more worth of their time, energy and intelligence than reading or watching pulp-texts of dark fantasies.
Just to clarify...
Allam is Coptic Christian, a very important point failed 2 b mentioned seeing as being of such a sect in Italy with his status would be unique.
Rushdie was Muslim but Indian. He does not speak any Arabic. His nanny was Christian.
It is fair to say that you can't get objectivity from either of these examples with all the wealth thrown at them & all the anto-Islamic propoganda that they can attract. They are great tools for the Media.
are you madd /
th muslims are friendly /
who caused the 1 and 2 world ware we or the not muslims
who killed in kosovo the muslims
who kills in iraq
who kills every day in palastine
the answer is the not muslims
mr Allam / you are adreamer / come and visit the arabs palastinians in israel you well change your mind very quickly
its very good way to sell more books but the books is vooll of lies /
i realy know alot of arabs from your country you are alone mr idiote
The Union of Islamic Communities in Italy has urged all Muslims across the country to express their views following a new book which hails Israel and slams Palestinian resistance groups. According to a Saudi newspaper, the leaders of the Islamic community in Italy are furious about the new book which amazingly was edited by an Egyptian-born Italian writer and journalist! 
