"Are you Jewish?" He asked her on Facebook messenger.
"No", the Muslim girl replied, "but I have Jewish ancestry way far back." She read the article on this website, about how the Irish high kings descend from an Egyptian Jew of old. She told him the story. He was interested, in the story.
She was fully aware of the taboos of men and women talking to each other, in Indian culture. Traditionally in Indian villages, a woman may not talk to a man, she is not related to. A woman talking to a man is shunned. She is regarded as a scandalous loss woman, who no man would marry.
"Does your mum approve of you talking to me?" she asked.
He was confused, possibly English not being his first language.
"Would you like another man to talk to your sister?" She asked. Realizing he probably thought she was a loose immoral western woman, she stated, "I know the taboo of men talking to women in the Muslim community."
Eventually it came out, "I'm interested in marrying a Jewish female, can you help me?"
Realizing that she did not know many Jews, she replied, "No and why Jewish?" She eventually found out that he was hoping that she was Jewish, so he could marry her.
He explained that he views himself as an Ishmaelite and Jews as Israelites, therefore Jews and Ishmaelites being cousin. Based on a theory that the Pashtun people are Israelites she, explained that there are Israelite Muslims. She showed him the video of a Jewish documentary which shows similarities between Pashtun people and Jews.
"Don't come with questionnaire", the Ishmaelite begged, "I have less memory. That's the reason I want to marry Jewish (intelligent) female for bright children."
"That's true", the Muslims girl replied, "Allah blessed the Jews with intelligence, the Christians with beauty and Muslims with Imam (faith). It's in a hadith."
He eventually got 3 of the 4 questions right. She still found him to be an idiot, with unrealistic expectations about marriage. She would talk about him to her friends for a laugh. While talking to a friend, she learnt of a disturbing love story between an Afghan man and a Jewish girlfriend. She eventually told the Ishmaelite the story. Thinking that if he wants to marry a Jew he should logically convert to Judaism, like the Afghan man. The Ishmaelite was of a Muslim background, but claimed to be non-Muslim on his Facebook profile.
She told the Ishmaelite how she find Indian mums, to be very ironic. They say they want a tall fair skinned girl for their son, who is also Indian; but most Indians are short and dark. She found him funny. The purpose being to make a son excited for marriage, as being tall and fair are beauty standards in India.
"Realistically I would advice you that their are few Jews in India", the Muslim girl said, "To marry a Jew, you may need to leave your country, India and loved ones behind. What if she, the Jewish woman, is not willing to leave her country?"
She had not convinced him out of marrying a Jewish woman. She wanted to talk him out of wanting to marry a Jewish woman, because she thought it was a stupid idea.
"The more religious a Jewish female is", she explained "the more likely they are to require you to convert to their religion. Have you seriously considered your decision?"
"I won't convert to Judaism", said the Ishmaelite.
The Muslim girl agreed with his decision. She had basic knowledge of Judaism and knew full well that according to Judaism, it is better for a non-Jew to be a Noahide than a Jew.
"I'm ready to marry Muslim Israelite", said the Ishmaelite.
The Muslim girl found for him matrimonial websites. Eventually the Ishmaelite was starting to get creepy and she blocking him. At least he was worth a laugh.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Irish Genealogy, Moses's Egyptian Adopted Family
The aim is to match the identity of the ancestor of the Scots, which historically included the Irish; with an Egyptian male who believed in Moses. His story is mentioned in the Quran. Muslims take things such as the Bible and other historical sources as just history and not scripture. There are many historical references to stories of prophets, which come from Judeo-Christian sources; in Muslim texts. I need to mention some of the stories, to make things easier to understand.
The genealogy goes Feinius Farsaidh father of Nel or Niul, husband of Scota, daughter of Pharaoh, ancestor of Goidel and ancestor of the Irish. Scota daughter of Pharaoh, was the daughter of the Pharaoh of the exodus. Irish texts refer to him as Cingris. Goidel has ancestors in-between Scota the daughter of Pharaoh, which are omitted from some genealogies. The word son of means descendant of any generation. In ancient Ireland Genealogies were memorized and were often very long. The written down text may be interpreted as just notes on the main characters in the long genealogies.
The story goes that Niul was invited into Egypt, because of his skills, wisdom, and knowledge. Pharaoh granted him an estate and his daughter Scota in marriage (2). The ancestor of Goidel, Niul became established in Egypt. In order to also read between the lines, the name of a person may refer to the person and their descendants. The report about the story would have been transcribed by Christian monks, who would have been familiar with the Bible. The phrase, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God, the Lord is one", initially referred to the direct paternal descendants of Israel. This was phrase was recorded in the Bible, when the Prophet Israel, was long dead. Direct paternal descendants can be more easily referred to using the Gaelic term, Clan. The Bible mentions that the twelve sons of Israel, had a sister, Dinah, her descendants did not make up the 12 tribes. The Israelites were discriminated against, based on their clan, not on a random Israelite ancestry. There is more to Niul's story.
The notes of the history, as recorded is that Niul was a friend of Aaron and the Israelites, the brother of Moses. He refused to participate in the genocide. Moses healed Niul's son, called Goidel of a snake bite. Goidel, the ancestor of the Gaelic race, had ancestors in between Niul, according to some accounts. This is because Goidel is a name used to refer to the ancestor of the Gaelic race. The Niul could also be referring to two different individuals, with the same name. One who was invited into Egypt and the other who lived at the time of Aaron and Moses. The descendant might also be referred to by the name of their ancestor, there are multiple possibilities.
Niul could have been the ancestor of the 18th dynasty Pharaohs. This is because the male y-chromosome of Niall of the nine hostages, a descendant of Goidel, matches the same y-chromosome haplogroup as Tutankhamun, R1b1a2 or R-M269 (4, 5). Tutankhamun was a Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. Niall of the nine hostages' haplogroup is a subgroup of R1b1a2, R1b - M222 (6, 7). Niall of the nine hostages was an Irish high king. Niall and his sons had many wives, which is how they managed to have so many descendants and the y-chromosome remained detectable. Tutankhamun's haplogroup R1b1a2 is more common in western Europe than modern day Egypt. It requires reading between the lines and understanding that the Niul, who came to Egypt is not the same as the friend of Aaron. The R1b chromosome originated in Central Asia.
The R1b Chromosone originating in Central Asia, which matches the Irish genealogical record of Niul's ancestors coming from greater Scythia. Greater Scythia would have included central Asia. Like the clan of Israel, the clan of Niul would have become fully integrated into Egyptian society. This would have been over a period of multiple generations. To match the friend of Aaron, with the Egyptian believer in Surah Ghafir, it would require a common paternal lineage, not counting generations, with the Pharaoh of the Exodus. This is because the Egyptian believer addresses the Pharoah as, "يَا قَوْمِ", meaning, "Oh my Clan". Their ancestors would have been the ancestor of the 19th dynasty. Even if their clan had not been the indigenous Egyptians, like the Clan of Israel; they would have had an influence on the Egyptian society.
There is evidence to show that the Ancient Egyptians originally accepted the message of Joseph. Israelite Influence male circumcision is evidence for the Ancient Egyptians accepting the message. In Ancient Egypt, males were expected to serve in the army. Foreign prisoners of war conscripted into the army could be expected to be circumcised to 'Egyptise' them (3). There is no need to go around digging up graves, to make sure that Niul friend of Aaron had the operation done; in order to prove he was a follower of Moses. Even Pharaoh had the operation done and that did not benefit him. Referring to him as a friend of Aaron, makes it provable that the ancestor from Scythia and the friend of Aaron are two separate people.
Moses left Egypt for a while because he committed manslaughter. It would have made sense for Niul to have befriended Aaron, while Moses was away. This would again prove that the descendant Niul, was not the same as the immigrant to Egypt. His actual name could have been Ezekiel (9, 10). He is to be referred to as Ezekiel for the rest of the article, to distinguish him from his immigrant ancestor. There is a story in Surah Ghafir (Chapter 40) of the Quran. Many commentaries on the Quran, say that Ezekiel of Clan Niul and the Pharoah of the exodus were paternal cousins to each other.
Ezekiel was at a meeting with Pharaoh, he already believed in Moses' message. Pharaoh said that he planned to kill Moses himself. Ezekiel then spoke out, translated as, "Would you kill a man (Moses) who says my lord is God and he (Moses) has brought clear signs from your lord? (Surah Ghafir verse 28)" To match up how Ezekiel's story goes, according to the Irish sources, Ezekiel or his descendants had a personal miracle from Moses. His son, called Goidel, which just means ancestor of the Gaels, had a snake bite. Moses healed Goidel's snake bite and it was prophesied that Goidel's descendants would live in a snakeless land. The Snakeless land is understood to be Ireland. This might have explained why he felt strongly about protecting Moses' life. The miracle story could be understood, in the way that it could be referring to the descendants of Ezekiel and Moses, by the names of their predecessors. Whatever the case, Ezekiel had to flee Egypt.
Fleeing Egypt is why Ezekiel's descendants ended up in Western Europe and it shows up on the very y-chromosome of western European males. A part of verse 45 of Surah Ghafir, is translated as, "So God saved him (Ezekiel) from the evils of the plots they made." A part of an exegesis book, mentions how Ezekiel was saved. The dictator Pharaoh issued an execution warrant against Ezekiel. Ezekiel left for the mountains. Pharaoh dispatched a thousand men to capture him, and they finally found him praying. Wild animals attacked the group killing many of them; others died of thirst and few returned to Pharaoh. Pharaoh had the returners killed because Pharaoh believed they intentionally let him escape (12). Ezekiel's legacy is one might legacy.
Ezekiel was not from the 12 clans of Israel. He did not oppress, although he was in a position to oppress. It is easy to be against oppression when you are oppressed; but when you are in a position of power, able to oppress and unaffected by the oppression, it is more difficult to be against oppression. Although the dictator tried to kill Ezekiel, he fled. His descendants are still alive, though scattered throughout the world. There are historical connections between the Irish and the Jew. This might help to explain the joke, "Others have a nationality, the Irish and Jews have psychosis" (13). If you descend from Ezekiel, I hope you live up to his legacy. Let's remember how he stood up for the oppressed clan of Israel, though his clan was the ruling clan. His descendants went on to become kings of Ireland and managed to reproduce so quickly, due to polygamy. King Solomon, is not the only one with a massive harem. Although the dictator tried to kill him, his descendants spread across the world and you might be one of them.
It is easy to think of ancient people as uneducated, but records can preserve information. The very DNA, which runs through the generations; is a testament to that. This is because the Y-Chromosome analysis seems to match up to the historical records. In a rural tribal society, like ancient Ireland knowing who you were related to was very important for traveling and finding similarities between foreigners. People traveled back then. The connection to the Exodus story does not suggest that Ireland was one homogenous society. The descendants of Scota latter became the dominant clan, in Ireland. I refer to Ezekiel's family as Moses' Egyptian adopted family because Scota was the daughter of Pharaoh and the adopted sister of Moses. Records of other ethnic groups are preserved in the Irish annals of history, like the Ezekiel story. Since Ireland is so far away from Arabia, there is little chance that the story could have been made up, in the Quran. This strengthens my faith because it shows that the details of the story could not have been known.
Sources:
History sources:
1) Dictionary of Irish Mythology
2) Irish Book of Invasions page 11
3) The Rise and fall of Ancient Egypt pg 307
DNA:
4) King Tutankhamun's DNA
5) King Tutankhamun's Haplogroup
6) Irish DNA common ancestor
7) Niall of the Nine hostages DNA
Surah Ghafir Surah 40 of the Quran:
8) Oh my Clan: 29
Commentary of Quran:
Ezekiel, descendant of Niul, a friend of Aaron:
9) Surah Ghafir verse 29, this is from a Shia source, which is why I use the words maybe.
10) General Tafsir website.
Paternal cousin of Pharoah:
11) Tafsir Anwarul Bayan, parts 19 to 26, page 445
Ezekiel's execution warrant story:
12) Tafsir Anwarul Bayan, parts 19 to 26, page 446
13) Irish Jewish connections
God the knowing knows best if anything I say is right.
The genealogy goes Feinius Farsaidh father of Nel or Niul, husband of Scota, daughter of Pharaoh, ancestor of Goidel and ancestor of the Irish. Scota daughter of Pharaoh, was the daughter of the Pharaoh of the exodus. Irish texts refer to him as Cingris. Goidel has ancestors in-between Scota the daughter of Pharaoh, which are omitted from some genealogies. The word son of means descendant of any generation. In ancient Ireland Genealogies were memorized and were often very long. The written down text may be interpreted as just notes on the main characters in the long genealogies.
The story goes that Niul was invited into Egypt, because of his skills, wisdom, and knowledge. Pharaoh granted him an estate and his daughter Scota in marriage (2). The ancestor of Goidel, Niul became established in Egypt. In order to also read between the lines, the name of a person may refer to the person and their descendants. The report about the story would have been transcribed by Christian monks, who would have been familiar with the Bible. The phrase, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God, the Lord is one", initially referred to the direct paternal descendants of Israel. This was phrase was recorded in the Bible, when the Prophet Israel, was long dead. Direct paternal descendants can be more easily referred to using the Gaelic term, Clan. The Bible mentions that the twelve sons of Israel, had a sister, Dinah, her descendants did not make up the 12 tribes. The Israelites were discriminated against, based on their clan, not on a random Israelite ancestry. There is more to Niul's story.
The notes of the history, as recorded is that Niul was a friend of Aaron and the Israelites, the brother of Moses. He refused to participate in the genocide. Moses healed Niul's son, called Goidel of a snake bite. Goidel, the ancestor of the Gaelic race, had ancestors in between Niul, according to some accounts. This is because Goidel is a name used to refer to the ancestor of the Gaelic race. The Niul could also be referring to two different individuals, with the same name. One who was invited into Egypt and the other who lived at the time of Aaron and Moses. The descendant might also be referred to by the name of their ancestor, there are multiple possibilities.
Niul could have been the ancestor of the 18th dynasty Pharaohs. This is because the male y-chromosome of Niall of the nine hostages, a descendant of Goidel, matches the same y-chromosome haplogroup as Tutankhamun, R1b1a2 or R-M269 (4, 5). Tutankhamun was a Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. Niall of the nine hostages' haplogroup is a subgroup of R1b1a2, R1b - M222 (6, 7). Niall of the nine hostages was an Irish high king. Niall and his sons had many wives, which is how they managed to have so many descendants and the y-chromosome remained detectable. Tutankhamun's haplogroup R1b1a2 is more common in western Europe than modern day Egypt. It requires reading between the lines and understanding that the Niul, who came to Egypt is not the same as the friend of Aaron. The R1b chromosome originated in Central Asia.
The R1b Chromosone originating in Central Asia, which matches the Irish genealogical record of Niul's ancestors coming from greater Scythia. Greater Scythia would have included central Asia. Like the clan of Israel, the clan of Niul would have become fully integrated into Egyptian society. This would have been over a period of multiple generations. To match the friend of Aaron, with the Egyptian believer in Surah Ghafir, it would require a common paternal lineage, not counting generations, with the Pharaoh of the Exodus. This is because the Egyptian believer addresses the Pharoah as, "يَا قَوْمِ", meaning, "Oh my Clan". Their ancestors would have been the ancestor of the 19th dynasty. Even if their clan had not been the indigenous Egyptians, like the Clan of Israel; they would have had an influence on the Egyptian society.
There is evidence to show that the Ancient Egyptians originally accepted the message of Joseph. Israelite Influence male circumcision is evidence for the Ancient Egyptians accepting the message. In Ancient Egypt, males were expected to serve in the army. Foreign prisoners of war conscripted into the army could be expected to be circumcised to 'Egyptise' them (3). There is no need to go around digging up graves, to make sure that Niul friend of Aaron had the operation done; in order to prove he was a follower of Moses. Even Pharaoh had the operation done and that did not benefit him. Referring to him as a friend of Aaron, makes it provable that the ancestor from Scythia and the friend of Aaron are two separate people.
Moses left Egypt for a while because he committed manslaughter. It would have made sense for Niul to have befriended Aaron, while Moses was away. This would again prove that the descendant Niul, was not the same as the immigrant to Egypt. His actual name could have been Ezekiel (9, 10). He is to be referred to as Ezekiel for the rest of the article, to distinguish him from his immigrant ancestor. There is a story in Surah Ghafir (Chapter 40) of the Quran. Many commentaries on the Quran, say that Ezekiel of Clan Niul and the Pharoah of the exodus were paternal cousins to each other.
Ezekiel was at a meeting with Pharaoh, he already believed in Moses' message. Pharaoh said that he planned to kill Moses himself. Ezekiel then spoke out, translated as, "Would you kill a man (Moses) who says my lord is God and he (Moses) has brought clear signs from your lord? (Surah Ghafir verse 28)" To match up how Ezekiel's story goes, according to the Irish sources, Ezekiel or his descendants had a personal miracle from Moses. His son, called Goidel, which just means ancestor of the Gaels, had a snake bite. Moses healed Goidel's snake bite and it was prophesied that Goidel's descendants would live in a snakeless land. The Snakeless land is understood to be Ireland. This might have explained why he felt strongly about protecting Moses' life. The miracle story could be understood, in the way that it could be referring to the descendants of Ezekiel and Moses, by the names of their predecessors. Whatever the case, Ezekiel had to flee Egypt.
Fleeing Egypt is why Ezekiel's descendants ended up in Western Europe and it shows up on the very y-chromosome of western European males. A part of verse 45 of Surah Ghafir, is translated as, "So God saved him (Ezekiel) from the evils of the plots they made." A part of an exegesis book, mentions how Ezekiel was saved. The dictator Pharaoh issued an execution warrant against Ezekiel. Ezekiel left for the mountains. Pharaoh dispatched a thousand men to capture him, and they finally found him praying. Wild animals attacked the group killing many of them; others died of thirst and few returned to Pharaoh. Pharaoh had the returners killed because Pharaoh believed they intentionally let him escape (12). Ezekiel's legacy is one might legacy.
Ezekiel was not from the 12 clans of Israel. He did not oppress, although he was in a position to oppress. It is easy to be against oppression when you are oppressed; but when you are in a position of power, able to oppress and unaffected by the oppression, it is more difficult to be against oppression. Although the dictator tried to kill Ezekiel, he fled. His descendants are still alive, though scattered throughout the world. There are historical connections between the Irish and the Jew. This might help to explain the joke, "Others have a nationality, the Irish and Jews have psychosis" (13). If you descend from Ezekiel, I hope you live up to his legacy. Let's remember how he stood up for the oppressed clan of Israel, though his clan was the ruling clan. His descendants went on to become kings of Ireland and managed to reproduce so quickly, due to polygamy. King Solomon, is not the only one with a massive harem. Although the dictator tried to kill him, his descendants spread across the world and you might be one of them.
It is easy to think of ancient people as uneducated, but records can preserve information. The very DNA, which runs through the generations; is a testament to that. This is because the Y-Chromosome analysis seems to match up to the historical records. In a rural tribal society, like ancient Ireland knowing who you were related to was very important for traveling and finding similarities between foreigners. People traveled back then. The connection to the Exodus story does not suggest that Ireland was one homogenous society. The descendants of Scota latter became the dominant clan, in Ireland. I refer to Ezekiel's family as Moses' Egyptian adopted family because Scota was the daughter of Pharaoh and the adopted sister of Moses. Records of other ethnic groups are preserved in the Irish annals of history, like the Ezekiel story. Since Ireland is so far away from Arabia, there is little chance that the story could have been made up, in the Quran. This strengthens my faith because it shows that the details of the story could not have been known.
Sources:
History sources:
1) Dictionary of Irish Mythology
2) Irish Book of Invasions page 11
3) The Rise and fall of Ancient Egypt pg 307
DNA:
4) King Tutankhamun's DNA
5) King Tutankhamun's Haplogroup
6) Irish DNA common ancestor
7) Niall of the Nine hostages DNA
Surah Ghafir Surah 40 of the Quran:
8) Oh my Clan: 29
Commentary of Quran:
Ezekiel, descendant of Niul, a friend of Aaron:
9) Surah Ghafir verse 29, this is from a Shia source, which is why I use the words maybe.
10) General Tafsir website.
Paternal cousin of Pharoah:
11) Tafsir Anwarul Bayan, parts 19 to 26, page 445
Ezekiel's execution warrant story:
12) Tafsir Anwarul Bayan, parts 19 to 26, page 446
13) Irish Jewish connections
God the knowing knows best if anything I say is right.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Celtic Church in Britain Book Review
The book 'The Celtic Church in Britain', is by Leslie Hardinge. The book contains some Latin words, which may not be understandable to all audiences. I feel that reading the book has confirmed my previous worldview and strengthened my faith. When I have asked people about the content of the book, some people have reacted very differently. Celtic Christianity is known for its aestheticism, differences on the timing of Easter and interesting forms of penance.
There was Aldhelm, a follower of the Roman Church visited Wales. He found Christians observing Kosher practices. "They refuse to pray with us in their churches or to seat themselves at the same table. More than this what is left of our food is thrown to dogs and swine. The dishes and bottles we have used have to be rubbed with sand or purified by sand before they will consent to touch them."pg 22. Aldhelm, must have felt degraded. It must have made his trip to Wales difficult. The practice of refusing to eat his food, and clean his dishes before use, shows they found his food to be unkosher. Aldhelm must have felt so degraded that the Britons wanted Roman Christians to do a 40-day penance, before going near him. These Celtic Christians took Kosher practices to a whole new level.
These Kosher practices may prove that Christianity reached Britain independently of the Roman Empire. There would be no black puddings allowed, swine or other non-Kosher food allowed or eaten by the early Celtic Christians. This does not prove some of the funny ideas about all the Celts, being of the lost clans of the Children of Israel. It may prove that the Phoenicians, Philistines, the Clans of Israel and other ethnic groups had contact with Britain; the Phoenicians as stated by Herodotus. The Sabbath was observed on Saturday.
In Welsh the word for week is Wythnos, meaning eight nights. This is because just like in the Jewish tradition, the day began at sunset. The origins of the weekend originated from Saturday being the day off and Sunday used as an alternative sabbath. Sunday was the alternative, due to persecution, in the Mediterranean; but not in Celtic lands. Sunday was however used as a mini Easter Sunday. Sunday was not used as a Sabbath in Celtic lands but used as a day for eating during long months of fasting. There were three forty day fasting periods a year, that's more than Ramadan.
One of the forty day fasting periods was before Easter or the Passover, another before Pentecost and another before the baptism of Jesus. The fasts would have involved eating one meal a day, but getting a break on Sunday. The break on Sunday sounded similar to iftar meals in Ramadan. Some fast would involve vegetarian diets. That didn't sound good for vitamin B12 levels, as humans can only get B12 from animal products; unless taking supplements. One monk called Sampson had a vegetarian diet.
The book explores the origin of monasticism, in Ancient Egypt and Jewish sects. The book proves that monasticism was invented, it was not ordained by Jesus and his early followers. Despite this, there was a hereditary priestly caste modeled after the priests of ancient Israel. This was before the practice of celibacy, as things became Romanized. Some of the priestly, monastic castes were the children who had been tithed. When a man had 10 sons, he was expected to tithe, the best. This reminded me of DNA testing on Cohens and a story in the Quran.
Some DNA testing on Cohens shows that not everyone with the surname Cohen is a direct descendant of Aaron, the brother of Moses. The priestly caste of ancient Israel traced their lineage to him and some of their descendants are known as Cohens. Some DNA researchers assume that it is due to cheating wives. I would like to strongly disagree. In the past women would often marry straight away, after widowhood or divorce, because marriage often remained the only social safety net. Also life expectancy was shorter and remarriage, more common. Another reason I would like to disagree is that some non-patrilineal priests were dedicated, to be raised as priests. The Celtic practice of tithing children to the Church is evidence of this.
The Leslie Hardinge reckons that the Celtic church had female bishops. I mentioned this to an Anglican priest and he said that they had abbesses, but he took the idea with a pinch of salt. Either way, it is clear that some Celtic women were educated, like the men. It is easy to point out the interpretation of Mosaic law, but this does not prove some of the bizarre theories about the Celts being of the lost clans of Israel.
Despite the similarities between ancient Israel and Celtic Christianity, it does not prove lost tribe theories. The book says, "Michael was the angel of the race of Hebrews, so Victor was of the Irish"pg70. According to the Irish annals of history, the Irish are descendants of Scota, from where the word Scotland comes from. Scota was the daughter of Pharaoh, at the time of the Exodus. Her husband Niul believed in Moses' message and refused to engage in the genocide. Niul would by modern standards would be considered Jewish, as in a believer sense of the word, but not as in racially from the 12 clans of Israel. His maternal and other ancestors are not recorded, to know whether or not that would have explained his sympathy. The male y-chromosome of Niall of the nine kingdoms is of the R1b haplogroup; which is the same y-chromosome haplogroup as Tutankhamun. Niall of the nine kingdoms is according to legend the direct descendant of the Niul of the Exodus. This is evidence for connections.
Niul, an Egyptian who believed in Moses, has been identified as the General of the Exodus, mentioned in Surah Ghafir of the Quran (40:28). He spoke out against killing the prophet Moses when the dictator was planning to have Moses killed, for delivering his message. As Niul addressed the dictator and some Egyptians, in interpretation as, "Oh my people". In the classical Arabic language referring to a group of people as, my people, means people who the individual shares a common paternal line with or clan. I use the word clan, as clan goes through the paternal line. The Y-chromosome matching up is evidence for this. Niul then needed to flee Egypt. His descendants ended up in Spain and then Ireland. They managed to become so numerous, due to polygamy. Polygamy would explain why not all Irish people look very dark because there would have been diversity in the gene pool of the paternal descendants of Niul. The different sub-clans organized themselves according to Mosaic law.
The patrilineal descent of the clans in Celtic Christianity, had their areas; like the 12 Clans in Ancient Israel, but with different towns for the religious class. The clans within the Irish did not just rename their clans to the 12 sub-clans of Israel, but used the patrilineal descent of tribes, to organize territory. The priestly areas were used as sanctuary areas for murders to flee to. Some murderers would go into exile and fast a lot, to make penance. Confessions were a doctor and patient.
In the Celtic church, a sinner wanting to repent would go to a knowledgeable person. Usually, they would remain anonymous. The knowledgeable person would give the person interesting remedies for their sins, as penance. Some penances would involve fasting. This is similar to the Catholic practice of confession. The book focuses on written records and the time period after the time of Patrick, the patron Saint of Ireland. The original Celtic Christianity would have been Unitarian.
This Unitarian Celtic Christianity would be the most similar religion to Islam or unitarian messianic Judaism. It is easy for a Muslim to doubt their religion looking at modern Christianity and how different it is to the original message. It is easy for a Jew to take one look at modern Christianity and think of Jesus, as an imposter. Looking at Celtic Christianity has made me realize that Jesus' message did not become entirely lost, that he followed the Torah. If a Jew wants to make the claim that the sign of a true prophet is that they follow the Torah; the Jew can take one look at Celtic Christianity and see Jesus as a potential prophet. This book makes Jesus' message look like a success, in Celtic lands, despite the Roman influence, distorting the message.
Next time someone wants to make the claim that either Muslims or Jews are being so un-British, by refusing to eat pork; they can read the book and shut up. Next time a Muslim is in trouble, with their Christian parents, for doing Wudu, the book mentions the practice of washing the hands and feet, by Christians; on pages 111, 114 and 116-7. Even the story of Jesus washing the disciples' feet at Passover, in the Bible can be used to defend yourself.
The Norman invasion of Ireland saw the Irish forcefully converted to Roman Catholicism because the Irish chiefs surrendered. The Irish experienced racial persecution under British rule. The book does not focus much on the politics, other religions in the area and much before the time of Patrick. There is more to be discovered.
The knowledgeable knows best.
DNA reference: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771134/
There was Aldhelm, a follower of the Roman Church visited Wales. He found Christians observing Kosher practices. "They refuse to pray with us in their churches or to seat themselves at the same table. More than this what is left of our food is thrown to dogs and swine. The dishes and bottles we have used have to be rubbed with sand or purified by sand before they will consent to touch them."pg 22. Aldhelm, must have felt degraded. It must have made his trip to Wales difficult. The practice of refusing to eat his food, and clean his dishes before use, shows they found his food to be unkosher. Aldhelm must have felt so degraded that the Britons wanted Roman Christians to do a 40-day penance, before going near him. These Celtic Christians took Kosher practices to a whole new level.
These Kosher practices may prove that Christianity reached Britain independently of the Roman Empire. There would be no black puddings allowed, swine or other non-Kosher food allowed or eaten by the early Celtic Christians. This does not prove some of the funny ideas about all the Celts, being of the lost clans of the Children of Israel. It may prove that the Phoenicians, Philistines, the Clans of Israel and other ethnic groups had contact with Britain; the Phoenicians as stated by Herodotus. The Sabbath was observed on Saturday.
In Welsh the word for week is Wythnos, meaning eight nights. This is because just like in the Jewish tradition, the day began at sunset. The origins of the weekend originated from Saturday being the day off and Sunday used as an alternative sabbath. Sunday was the alternative, due to persecution, in the Mediterranean; but not in Celtic lands. Sunday was however used as a mini Easter Sunday. Sunday was not used as a Sabbath in Celtic lands but used as a day for eating during long months of fasting. There were three forty day fasting periods a year, that's more than Ramadan.
One of the forty day fasting periods was before Easter or the Passover, another before Pentecost and another before the baptism of Jesus. The fasts would have involved eating one meal a day, but getting a break on Sunday. The break on Sunday sounded similar to iftar meals in Ramadan. Some fast would involve vegetarian diets. That didn't sound good for vitamin B12 levels, as humans can only get B12 from animal products; unless taking supplements. One monk called Sampson had a vegetarian diet.
The book explores the origin of monasticism, in Ancient Egypt and Jewish sects. The book proves that monasticism was invented, it was not ordained by Jesus and his early followers. Despite this, there was a hereditary priestly caste modeled after the priests of ancient Israel. This was before the practice of celibacy, as things became Romanized. Some of the priestly, monastic castes were the children who had been tithed. When a man had 10 sons, he was expected to tithe, the best. This reminded me of DNA testing on Cohens and a story in the Quran.
Some DNA testing on Cohens shows that not everyone with the surname Cohen is a direct descendant of Aaron, the brother of Moses. The priestly caste of ancient Israel traced their lineage to him and some of their descendants are known as Cohens. Some DNA researchers assume that it is due to cheating wives. I would like to strongly disagree. In the past women would often marry straight away, after widowhood or divorce, because marriage often remained the only social safety net. Also life expectancy was shorter and remarriage, more common. Another reason I would like to disagree is that some non-patrilineal priests were dedicated, to be raised as priests. The Celtic practice of tithing children to the Church is evidence of this.
The Leslie Hardinge reckons that the Celtic church had female bishops. I mentioned this to an Anglican priest and he said that they had abbesses, but he took the idea with a pinch of salt. Either way, it is clear that some Celtic women were educated, like the men. It is easy to point out the interpretation of Mosaic law, but this does not prove some of the bizarre theories about the Celts being of the lost clans of Israel.
Despite the similarities between ancient Israel and Celtic Christianity, it does not prove lost tribe theories. The book says, "Michael was the angel of the race of Hebrews, so Victor was of the Irish"pg70. According to the Irish annals of history, the Irish are descendants of Scota, from where the word Scotland comes from. Scota was the daughter of Pharaoh, at the time of the Exodus. Her husband Niul believed in Moses' message and refused to engage in the genocide. Niul would by modern standards would be considered Jewish, as in a believer sense of the word, but not as in racially from the 12 clans of Israel. His maternal and other ancestors are not recorded, to know whether or not that would have explained his sympathy. The male y-chromosome of Niall of the nine kingdoms is of the R1b haplogroup; which is the same y-chromosome haplogroup as Tutankhamun. Niall of the nine kingdoms is according to legend the direct descendant of the Niul of the Exodus. This is evidence for connections.
Niul, an Egyptian who believed in Moses, has been identified as the General of the Exodus, mentioned in Surah Ghafir of the Quran (40:28). He spoke out against killing the prophet Moses when the dictator was planning to have Moses killed, for delivering his message. As Niul addressed the dictator and some Egyptians, in interpretation as, "Oh my people". In the classical Arabic language referring to a group of people as, my people, means people who the individual shares a common paternal line with or clan. I use the word clan, as clan goes through the paternal line. The Y-chromosome matching up is evidence for this. Niul then needed to flee Egypt. His descendants ended up in Spain and then Ireland. They managed to become so numerous, due to polygamy. Polygamy would explain why not all Irish people look very dark because there would have been diversity in the gene pool of the paternal descendants of Niul. The different sub-clans organized themselves according to Mosaic law.
The patrilineal descent of the clans in Celtic Christianity, had their areas; like the 12 Clans in Ancient Israel, but with different towns for the religious class. The clans within the Irish did not just rename their clans to the 12 sub-clans of Israel, but used the patrilineal descent of tribes, to organize territory. The priestly areas were used as sanctuary areas for murders to flee to. Some murderers would go into exile and fast a lot, to make penance. Confessions were a doctor and patient.
In the Celtic church, a sinner wanting to repent would go to a knowledgeable person. Usually, they would remain anonymous. The knowledgeable person would give the person interesting remedies for their sins, as penance. Some penances would involve fasting. This is similar to the Catholic practice of confession. The book focuses on written records and the time period after the time of Patrick, the patron Saint of Ireland. The original Celtic Christianity would have been Unitarian.
This Unitarian Celtic Christianity would be the most similar religion to Islam or unitarian messianic Judaism. It is easy for a Muslim to doubt their religion looking at modern Christianity and how different it is to the original message. It is easy for a Jew to take one look at modern Christianity and think of Jesus, as an imposter. Looking at Celtic Christianity has made me realize that Jesus' message did not become entirely lost, that he followed the Torah. If a Jew wants to make the claim that the sign of a true prophet is that they follow the Torah; the Jew can take one look at Celtic Christianity and see Jesus as a potential prophet. This book makes Jesus' message look like a success, in Celtic lands, despite the Roman influence, distorting the message.
Next time someone wants to make the claim that either Muslims or Jews are being so un-British, by refusing to eat pork; they can read the book and shut up. Next time a Muslim is in trouble, with their Christian parents, for doing Wudu, the book mentions the practice of washing the hands and feet, by Christians; on pages 111, 114 and 116-7. Even the story of Jesus washing the disciples' feet at Passover, in the Bible can be used to defend yourself.
The Norman invasion of Ireland saw the Irish forcefully converted to Roman Catholicism because the Irish chiefs surrendered. The Irish experienced racial persecution under British rule. The book does not focus much on the politics, other religions in the area and much before the time of Patrick. There is more to be discovered.
The knowledgeable knows best.
DNA reference: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771134/
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
History Books about Britain and its Historic Jewish Communities
I am writing reviews of the books, 'When Scotland was Jewish' and 'The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales'. The Authors of both books are Elizabeth Hirsham and Donald Panther-Yates. I found the books far more reliable, than websites which, say that the pre-Roman Britons were all the last remanence, of the lost tribes of the Children of Israel. The books recognized that Britain was not one homogenous society, with the same religion and ethnicity. The books confirmed some of my theories about Jewish history in Britain and Europe, to begin with.
I found the ideas about Muslim Arabic connections to Britain, a little unreliable. Arabic being similar to Hebrew, Phoenician and Aramaic it can be difficult, to be certain which words come from where. There is evidence of the Arabic term, There is no god, but Allah, 'la illah il Allah', appearing on King Offa's coins. 'The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales' fully recognizes that middle Eastern DNA in modern British people is not all Jewish DNA; some of it would come from Phonecians and other ethnic groups.
My idea about the amount of Europeans with Jewish DNA, far outnumbering Jews was confirmed by the books. Forced conversions, pograms, and expulsions would have caused Jews to keep their Jewish identity a secret. Many people of Jewish ancestry, do not know; because of the stigma associated with being Jewish, historically. The haplogroups of Jewish males and non-Jewish males across Europe were compared and some match up to common ancestors around the time of the destruction of the second temple.
Britain's Jewish community certainly pre-date the Anglo-Saxon invasion. Some would have come through the Phoenicians and others the time of Roman empire. The word English comes from the Anglo, part of the word Anglo-Saxon. No offense English people; I just believe that British Jews may be more British than you. Some parts of Wales have higher concentrations of Jewish blood, than England, because of expulsions.
Onto Wales, it is stereotyped that Welsh people are reluctant to lend money; the opposite extreme to the Jewish stereotype. Well, maybe some people did a good job of hiding their identity. I know a Welsh man, who lives in Dubai; but passes off as a native of Dubai. Unlike Sacha Baron-Cohen (a Jewish actor and comedian), he does not need to wear fake tan, to pass off as an Arab or Middle Easterner. This does not mean his ancestry is necessarily Jewish but could go back to other ethnic groups from the Mediterranean. Both books featured records which traced aristocrats to Jews. The Landowners historically were the only people who were recorded.
'When Scotland was Jewish' mentioned a person who had minute Jewish ancestry. He was still invovled in his university Jewish society; though I don't think he had a Jewish mum. Religiously the book was balanced. The book recognized that there were polytheists in Scotland, who would call upon Neptune. This is a lot more reliable than theories about the lost tribes. I'm still not convinced that Jews fleed to Scotland, to escape the Spanish Inquisition. Both books mentioned Crypto-Jews, converts to Christianity and their examples.
The term Jew is so lose and has so many meanings, it is difficult to define. The fact that the descendants of converts and crypto-Jews outnumber Jews, could refute white supremacy. A lot of Europeans may have Jewish ancestry, white supremacists, even and be completely oblivious to it. DNA test would need to match people across the world, not just through the mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome, but also through other chromosomes to scientifically work out the scientific accuracies of family trees and uncover hidden ancestry.
As the book mainly focused on Jewish DNA and not Phonecian, Roman and other Mediterranean ethnic groups, it is difficult to determine where the haplogroup E1b1b comes from in Wales. There were historic connections between Britain and the Phonecians going back to the time of Solomon.
A descendant of a Welsh man told her son not to perform male circumcision. I am not an eyewitness to this, for extra verification. I was thinking, what if she finds out she has Jewish ancestry? Can she then say, "Our people don't do that"?
Reading the books made me feel that the lines between nations, ethnicity are blurred. DNA tests can only determine who is related to who. There would need to be a map of each human chromosome and populations the chromosomes go back to. From a political perspective, it makes me feel that I cannot expect everyone to fit into a neat box in order to be British. The books have made me understand that religiously Britain has possibly rarely had any homogenous religious group. I would not mind giving the DNA tests the author's done matching some British y-chromosomes, with Jewish y-chromosomes.
Unfortunately, in society, there are people who act as if you cannot be British unless you fit into a neat stereotype of what it means to be British. To be a British citizen, that is not determined by the narrow-minded person's point of view; but by the state. Britain since the time of King Solomon, son of David, king of the children of Israel; has always been a multi-ethnic and religious land and possibly before that. There may have been a few incidences of persecution. While religions change; DNA doesn't lie.
As a disclaimer, most European Jewish DNA does not match the original Children of Israel. The Haplogroup J chromosome, the haplogroup of Abraham; is lacking across many populations, to prove a paternal line to Abraham. The bible says that there were non-Israelites at Mount Sinai, with Moses. A geneticist, I know said that many people fleed Ur, with Abraham, making the gene pool of his descendants diverse. I base this claim off Cohen DNA and Sayid DNA being of the J Haplogroup. Most Cohen's have been traced back to Aaron, to the time when Aaron existed, through the male Y chromosome. Sayids are the direct descendants of Ali, the cousin, of the prophet Muhammed (PBUH), who shared the same Y-chromosome.
I found the ideas about Muslim Arabic connections to Britain, a little unreliable. Arabic being similar to Hebrew, Phoenician and Aramaic it can be difficult, to be certain which words come from where. There is evidence of the Arabic term, There is no god, but Allah, 'la illah il Allah', appearing on King Offa's coins. 'The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales' fully recognizes that middle Eastern DNA in modern British people is not all Jewish DNA; some of it would come from Phonecians and other ethnic groups.
My idea about the amount of Europeans with Jewish DNA, far outnumbering Jews was confirmed by the books. Forced conversions, pograms, and expulsions would have caused Jews to keep their Jewish identity a secret. Many people of Jewish ancestry, do not know; because of the stigma associated with being Jewish, historically. The haplogroups of Jewish males and non-Jewish males across Europe were compared and some match up to common ancestors around the time of the destruction of the second temple.
Britain's Jewish community certainly pre-date the Anglo-Saxon invasion. Some would have come through the Phoenicians and others the time of Roman empire. The word English comes from the Anglo, part of the word Anglo-Saxon. No offense English people; I just believe that British Jews may be more British than you. Some parts of Wales have higher concentrations of Jewish blood, than England, because of expulsions.
Onto Wales, it is stereotyped that Welsh people are reluctant to lend money; the opposite extreme to the Jewish stereotype. Well, maybe some people did a good job of hiding their identity. I know a Welsh man, who lives in Dubai; but passes off as a native of Dubai. Unlike Sacha Baron-Cohen (a Jewish actor and comedian), he does not need to wear fake tan, to pass off as an Arab or Middle Easterner. This does not mean his ancestry is necessarily Jewish but could go back to other ethnic groups from the Mediterranean. Both books featured records which traced aristocrats to Jews. The Landowners historically were the only people who were recorded.
'When Scotland was Jewish' mentioned a person who had minute Jewish ancestry. He was still invovled in his university Jewish society; though I don't think he had a Jewish mum. Religiously the book was balanced. The book recognized that there were polytheists in Scotland, who would call upon Neptune. This is a lot more reliable than theories about the lost tribes. I'm still not convinced that Jews fleed to Scotland, to escape the Spanish Inquisition. Both books mentioned Crypto-Jews, converts to Christianity and their examples.
The term Jew is so lose and has so many meanings, it is difficult to define. The fact that the descendants of converts and crypto-Jews outnumber Jews, could refute white supremacy. A lot of Europeans may have Jewish ancestry, white supremacists, even and be completely oblivious to it. DNA test would need to match people across the world, not just through the mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome, but also through other chromosomes to scientifically work out the scientific accuracies of family trees and uncover hidden ancestry.
As the book mainly focused on Jewish DNA and not Phonecian, Roman and other Mediterranean ethnic groups, it is difficult to determine where the haplogroup E1b1b comes from in Wales. There were historic connections between Britain and the Phonecians going back to the time of Solomon.
A descendant of a Welsh man told her son not to perform male circumcision. I am not an eyewitness to this, for extra verification. I was thinking, what if she finds out she has Jewish ancestry? Can she then say, "Our people don't do that"?
Reading the books made me feel that the lines between nations, ethnicity are blurred. DNA tests can only determine who is related to who. There would need to be a map of each human chromosome and populations the chromosomes go back to. From a political perspective, it makes me feel that I cannot expect everyone to fit into a neat box in order to be British. The books have made me understand that religiously Britain has possibly rarely had any homogenous religious group. I would not mind giving the DNA tests the author's done matching some British y-chromosomes, with Jewish y-chromosomes.
Unfortunately, in society, there are people who act as if you cannot be British unless you fit into a neat stereotype of what it means to be British. To be a British citizen, that is not determined by the narrow-minded person's point of view; but by the state. Britain since the time of King Solomon, son of David, king of the children of Israel; has always been a multi-ethnic and religious land and possibly before that. There may have been a few incidences of persecution. While religions change; DNA doesn't lie.
As a disclaimer, most European Jewish DNA does not match the original Children of Israel. The Haplogroup J chromosome, the haplogroup of Abraham; is lacking across many populations, to prove a paternal line to Abraham. The bible says that there were non-Israelites at Mount Sinai, with Moses. A geneticist, I know said that many people fleed Ur, with Abraham, making the gene pool of his descendants diverse. I base this claim off Cohen DNA and Sayid DNA being of the J Haplogroup. Most Cohen's have been traced back to Aaron, to the time when Aaron existed, through the male Y chromosome. Sayids are the direct descendants of Ali, the cousin, of the prophet Muhammed (PBUH), who shared the same Y-chromosome.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
What's really going on in Yemen
The situation in Yemen is not that of sectarianism, but of Saudi domination. Before Saudi miltary intervention happened in Yemen, there was no sectarianism. Shias and sunnis would share the same mosque and pray side by side. The Yemen government however has been a puppet government to the Saudi regime.
The Saudi regime, through its wahabist ideology is known for spreading division, sectarianism and narrow mindedness. The ideology behaves as if Muslims, who do not walk on their religious tight rope are wrong. In Yemen however Sunnis and Shias got on fine. The Yemani people just do not want the Saudi to treat the Yemani government like a puppet state.
Following the resignation of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Saudis put in another puppet, Hadi. Yemen has been very politically divided. In the South there is ISIS in the Arabian penisula and in the North there are the Saudi forces. The civilians are caught in between the fight. There was one incidence when the Saudis bombed a wedding, killing mainly women and children. Aid has been unable to get to city areas. The civilians are caught in a sandwich of tension.
What the people want is political independance from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia manipulating the Yemeni government, makes the issue about oil. This means that Saudi is able to intervene with Yemeni oil prices. This would increase OPEC control of oil prices.
The Saudi regime, through its wahabist ideology is known for spreading division, sectarianism and narrow mindedness. The ideology behaves as if Muslims, who do not walk on their religious tight rope are wrong. In Yemen however Sunnis and Shias got on fine. The Yemani people just do not want the Saudi to treat the Yemani government like a puppet state.
Following the resignation of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Saudis put in another puppet, Hadi. Yemen has been very politically divided. In the South there is ISIS in the Arabian penisula and in the North there are the Saudi forces. The civilians are caught in between the fight. There was one incidence when the Saudis bombed a wedding, killing mainly women and children. Aid has been unable to get to city areas. The civilians are caught in a sandwich of tension.
What the people want is political independance from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia manipulating the Yemeni government, makes the issue about oil. This means that Saudi is able to intervene with Yemeni oil prices. This would increase OPEC control of oil prices.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Forced to Wear Socks
There were two acquaintances, one
was from Britain and the other was from Afghanistan. This is a true story, but
the identities are hidden. They both shared a similar sense of humour and
personality. They both had some difficulty communicating; due to language
barrier. They could still understand each other. Before the sock incidence
broke out the British one would often play puns, to do with the Taliban.
Her puns
would involve, "I might get a student-ban or a talib-ban" and,
"I need to write my name in my al-Quidea (pun about her book) to avoid
getting a talib-ban." The Afghan woman would laugh at her puns more than
she ever could. The Afghan woman was always in a good mood.
Then one
day the Afghan woman asked the British one about herself. The British one asked
back. The Afghan woman explained that she lived in Afghanistan, prior to coming
to Britain, in an urban area.
"What
was it like?" The British one asked.
"It
was a bit difficult", the Afghani replied, "I had to go out with my
brother or my dad."
"Did
you have to go out with the burka on?"
"Oh
yes and you needed to be careful when you went out, otherwise the Taliban
would." The Afghani was unable to explain.
The British
women said, "Like this", as she hit a low part of her body, with one of
her hands, like a whip. Both started laughing.
"Yes,
we had to go out with socks"
"Well.
I can tell you were more worried" a giggle came out, "about the
Taliban forcing you to wear socks than wear a burka."
Laughter
continued and the British woman started slapping herself, each time making the
Afghani laugh. This British person had an Irish sense of humour and they both
laughed it off. The British one laughed off the oppression of women she
experienced growing up.
The Afghani
woman did not have the personality of someone who was so proudly oppressed,
that she became selfish. The Afghani woman was more outgoing than the other
women who were around. She did not come across as someone who was so profoundly
oppressed that she felt lazy, quiet and overly serious. Yet what she went
through was used a war propaganda. In truth no imposed dress code could be used
as justification for the war. No matter how many socks she was forced to wear.
They
managed to laugh off their experiences. The British woman said in the laugh off
stage, reminded of what one of her parents told her, "You need to be
careful when you go out, girls like you could get rapped." The laugh off
continued. Having brought so heavily into the war propaganda before the British
woman thought, "If she can laugh off what the Taliban did, so can I."
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Review of Yvonne Ridley's book
I have finished reading a book called, "In the Hands of Taliban", by Yvonne Ridley. Bits of the book were funny, heartbreaking and upsetting. I hope not to give too much spoilers. The book was like a rocky mountain that keeps changing and looks different from different angles. There are some flashbacks, from earlier times of Yvonne's life. I couldn't stop laughing in parts and thinking deeply about war propaganda.
Yvonne Ridley worked as a Journalist. She was sent to Pakistan, after a flight from New York was cancelled. This was after the incidence on 9/11. It is important to mention, that the Taliban did not support the 9/11 attacks. They were willing to put Bin Lardin on trail and go as far as executing him, themselves; for the crime on 9/11. This is enough to make the insane war with Afghanistan unjustifiable. This has not been mentioned in the book.
Yvonne Ridley has given many funny speeches about her captivity. "Thank God I was captured by the Taliban and not the Americans", is a common phrase she comes out with. This is funny and also not funny. George bush was silly enough to use war propaganda to justify gitmo. His justification being that the Taliban don't respect human rights and that gives Uncle Sam the right to do the same. That is not true as Yvonne Ridley did not get tortured by the Taliban.
While I enjoyed reading the book, I did find the mention of some personal details awkward. At the same time the personal issues were flash backs and some might find the mention of personal details relevant. Some personal details did have to do with Yvonne Ridley's marriage to people, which she answered when being interrogated by the Taliban. She did not explain that she found the Talib, who captured her handsome. She just described him as looking, "incredulous."
Tony Blair did not seem to mind it that she said, we went to Afghanistan to, "Join the Taliban." she said this when the Taliban were questioning her. The British government was still determined to release and as we know actions speak louder that words, considering here behavior. She decided to be the prisoner from hell, in captivity. Rather than asking the Taliban to fix her up, with a Talib; she sang Rule Britannia and behaved so badly.
The people see met in Afghanistan varied, just like the landscape. In appearance and going to extremes in behavior. One moment the Taliban would be nice and hospitable, but then good fighters. This was because they were really upset that she decided to go on hunger strike. She refused to eat, but they would say, "You are our guest, you are our sister. Come and Eat."
Before she went into Afghanistan she tried to disguise herself. She remembered all the stereotypes and war propaganda. She brought a second hand burka or Chadori and managed to cross the boarder from Pakistan to Afghanistan, in the burka. She said that she went from being a western women to the stereotypical Afghani woman, living under Taliban oppression.
The end was really heartbreaking, when she heard the village she visited got bombed and the people she met there probably no longer existed. She could no longer visit the siblings, a brother and sister who wanted to be doctors. She could no longer come back and get made fun of, for the lack of children she was willing to have compared to an Afghani woman, who had boasted of having 15. In an interview she deemed the trip worth it, just to speak to that woman, because she did not give the idea of Afghani women being subservient to men.
There was one Afghani queen, who's son was fighting the British, at the time of the British Raj and she was asked about her son. She refused to take money from the treasury, out of fear of God. She did not want the wealth, used to fed her son, to come from a source prohibited by Islam. After her son no longer needed milk, she worked, to fed her son. When she was asked about her son she said, "A martyr maybe, but a coward no." This example can refute stereotypes.
Yvonne Ridley worked as a Journalist. She was sent to Pakistan, after a flight from New York was cancelled. This was after the incidence on 9/11. It is important to mention, that the Taliban did not support the 9/11 attacks. They were willing to put Bin Lardin on trail and go as far as executing him, themselves; for the crime on 9/11. This is enough to make the insane war with Afghanistan unjustifiable. This has not been mentioned in the book.
Yvonne Ridley has given many funny speeches about her captivity. "Thank God I was captured by the Taliban and not the Americans", is a common phrase she comes out with. This is funny and also not funny. George bush was silly enough to use war propaganda to justify gitmo. His justification being that the Taliban don't respect human rights and that gives Uncle Sam the right to do the same. That is not true as Yvonne Ridley did not get tortured by the Taliban.
While I enjoyed reading the book, I did find the mention of some personal details awkward. At the same time the personal issues were flash backs and some might find the mention of personal details relevant. Some personal details did have to do with Yvonne Ridley's marriage to people, which she answered when being interrogated by the Taliban. She did not explain that she found the Talib, who captured her handsome. She just described him as looking, "incredulous."
Tony Blair did not seem to mind it that she said, we went to Afghanistan to, "Join the Taliban." she said this when the Taliban were questioning her. The British government was still determined to release and as we know actions speak louder that words, considering here behavior. She decided to be the prisoner from hell, in captivity. Rather than asking the Taliban to fix her up, with a Talib; she sang Rule Britannia and behaved so badly.
The people see met in Afghanistan varied, just like the landscape. In appearance and going to extremes in behavior. One moment the Taliban would be nice and hospitable, but then good fighters. This was because they were really upset that she decided to go on hunger strike. She refused to eat, but they would say, "You are our guest, you are our sister. Come and Eat."
Before she went into Afghanistan she tried to disguise herself. She remembered all the stereotypes and war propaganda. She brought a second hand burka or Chadori and managed to cross the boarder from Pakistan to Afghanistan, in the burka. She said that she went from being a western women to the stereotypical Afghani woman, living under Taliban oppression.
The end was really heartbreaking, when she heard the village she visited got bombed and the people she met there probably no longer existed. She could no longer visit the siblings, a brother and sister who wanted to be doctors. She could no longer come back and get made fun of, for the lack of children she was willing to have compared to an Afghani woman, who had boasted of having 15. In an interview she deemed the trip worth it, just to speak to that woman, because she did not give the idea of Afghani women being subservient to men.
There was one Afghani queen, who's son was fighting the British, at the time of the British Raj and she was asked about her son. She refused to take money from the treasury, out of fear of God. She did not want the wealth, used to fed her son, to come from a source prohibited by Islam. After her son no longer needed milk, she worked, to fed her son. When she was asked about her son she said, "A martyr maybe, but a coward no." This example can refute stereotypes.
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