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by: Kenneth R. Timmerman
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.94054
EAN: 9781400049011
ISBN: 1400049016
Label: Crown Forum
Manufacturer: Crown Forum
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: October 21, 2003
Publisher: Crown Forum
Release Date: October 21, 2003
Sales Rank: 636363
Studio: Crown Forum
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Like no book before it, Preachers of Hate uncovers an ancient hatred that threatens the life and livelihood of every American. The “new” anti-Semitism targets not only Jews, but Americans specifically and the West in general. It targets our values, our lifestyle, and our freedoms. It is the single most important issue we face when trying to make sense of the Arab world.
Most Americans will be stunned to discover the depth and extent of anti-Semitic hatred in today’s Middle East and Europe, and that many Muslim leaders are not just encouraging it, but spending a great deal of money to spread the lies that spawned the terrorists responsible for the September 11 attack on America. In Preachers of Hate, bestselling author Kenneth R. Timmerman (who is not Jewish) contends that, besides Islam itself, the core unifying force in the Muslim world is a virulent strain of anti-Semitism that postulates the existence of a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world. From the pulpits of fiery Muslim clerics to the Arab street, and to the highest reaches of government and state-sponsored media, there is a belief that this thousand-year-old conspiracy has already taken hold in America and is now, especially after the war in Iraq, about to do the same in the Middle East and beyond. It is seen as no less than Muslims’ historical destiny to prevent such a takeover, and to do so by any means possible. To misunderstand the ferocity of that belief is to vastly underestimate the resolve of many Muslims to repel America, Israel, and all things Western.
Timmerman explores the roots of this hatred, examining its history, the religious sources upon which it draws, and how it is being transmitted to young people growing up in Arab societies by their leaders, their teachers, and their mosques. He documents how U.S. and European Union money has been used to finance hatred in Palestinian schools. He exposes the double-talk of Arab leaders and their supporters in the West. As it so often was throughout history, this new strain of Jew hatred is really about much more than Jews. They get attacked first, when the enemies of America can’t attack Americans. However, what begins with the Jews never ends with the Jews.
“Is there a conspiracy between America and the Jews?” asks Timmerman. “Indeed there is: A common heritage, a dedication to improving the human condition through compassion and tolerance of differences—a conspiracy of freedom. And that is why they hate us.” As with the Jews throughout history, America has been “unfairly successful.” As have the Jews, Americans have “profited” from the misery and poverty of others. If you hate Jews, you must also hate America. Such is the simple logic of the anti-Semite. Such, increasingly, is the logic of the Middle East. It is a message that is reinforced day in and day out by the official government-sanctioned Arab media, from the streets of Egypt, London, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Paris, and Gaza, and in the mosques where impassioned clerics quote verbatim texts like the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a pillar of anti-Semitic hatred that originated in czarist Russia.
As America reasserts her role in the Middle East and attempts to bring peace between Jews and Arabs, Preachers of Hate is an essential book that reframes a very complicated issue as a matter of life and death.
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Rating: - Very Informative
"Preachers of Hate" by Kenneth R. Timmerman is a very well researched source of information of how fundamentalist Muslims hate democracy, Jews, and every good thing for which America stands.
I found the reading to be somewhat slow and not very easy, but that is because the tone of the book is unrelenting. However, anyone who wants to know the true state of what the fundamentalist Muslim leaders think about America and Jews must read this book as a part of their search for understanding. ... Read More
Rating:  - unbelievable
The author certainly hits the facts right on the head. This bunch backed by all their cronies of the Arab world stand and lie to the rest of the world and we take them serious. In their book of hate the Koran they say that to lie to the infidels is acceptable. How then can we believe a word they say? They teach their children hatred and then use them as human bombs. I say we should give them our battle cry vaporize them all. That may come to pass and do the world a fine deed. A bunch of bearded ... Read More
Rating: - INSHALLAH!!!!!
Powerful Book ,what a Couragous Man Kenneth R Timmerman is ,keep up the great work and above all keep us all informed ...
Rating:  - the rise of the new antisemitism
This is a highly narrative and even rambling exposition of the activities of Islamists around the world. This folksy approach will appeal to some people who find nonfiction "dry." It is also a highly first-hand account, providing a been-there, done-that feel.
Now and then, there is a striking piece of information that illuminates the situation that you will not read about in the mainstream press or see on TV, such as the government's seizing of the "Benevolence International Foundation's" ... Read More
Rating: - The Truth Matters
Two nuggets of inestimable value surfaced in this book for me. First, it is the realization that the stupefying double-speak of so many Islamic voices is made possible by the fact that they say different things in English than they say in Arabic. The answer to this problem, as Timmerman so powerfully proves, is MEMRI (The Middle East Media and Research Institute). MEMRI is a translation service that publishes transcripts in English of articles, book excerpts, speeches, TV and radio programs, sermons, ... Read More
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