The tensions in the Middle East predate America by centuries. When Reagan said he didn't understand the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics he meant it like a kid who reads Harry Potter (the Bible) and wants to understand who the real world of adults works.
Sorry but I've got to disagree. As a student of history as well having a brutal history of 1971 of our own, this problem revolves around playing god cop bad cop game.
Current tensions emerged during the early Islamic era.
No. The tension during the early Islamic era was far less than either of emergence of Judaism or Christianity. It was spreading of it outside arab border that was problematic.
At the core of it is the conflict between Iran representing the remainder of the ancient Iranian culture that has been almost wiped out by Islamic savages and Saudi Arabia representing the very political center of those savages.
Did you hear this total bullshit from persians in quora? I've heard this from lots of persian nationalist wannabe . The so called ancient culture of persia was nothing more combination of dancing,singing,getting drunk, similar to "indian culture". But yes, Iranian culture managed some progress besides that.
This argument reminds of indians, who claim to have advanced ancient culture in past that had flying saucers. You can either have advanced culture or you can have fragile one based upon, art, dancing & singing that can be wiped off in matter of days by the "savages". You cant be both winner & victim at same time.
Iran might be Islamized today but there a vivid memory of the conquest and genocides still lingers.
Because the Iranians forgot what they did to furnish their own empire? I had arguments with quite a few of them about their own empire. They tend to give me same story of indians, their "empire" was of good & the others were of evil.I f you look at history of indian empires, they were always tussling with each other,until the islamist conquest happened. Does this make islamic conquest a good conquest? No. But the loosers lost. That's fact.
What you lost in a fight, have to be earned in a fight, no by speech, whining or crying.
Early Islam was like the Nazi ideology
Not even close. There was no early, modern,late islamist ideology. There was only ideology, which was islamist. In fact, the interesting thing is, It was Hitler's quote about islam that got me interested in it's history. islamist religion is the single most fundamentalist religion that ever walked on earth. Compared to that concrete, Christianity is wet mud , you will find those priests begging people to convert to Christianity, even paying them money, Yes, you read that right.
It was only about 100 years later that the Abbasid revolution created the foundations for what we know as Islam today, possibly putting together the Qu'ran (which would be the third time Persians inspired an Abrahamic religion - after Judaism and Christianity.
No, Koran was put together during the period of first four supreme leaders of islam after their prophet. Persians claim many things. All of the "main books" of islamist religion were put together by arabians. Perhapns there might be some others, i didnt find many that were put together by iranians.
Iranian culture has echoes of Persia, which itself imposed itself on a much older civilization predating it. It's cultural DNA, an atavism. You can't get rid of it just because you are Shia now.
No it doesn't. I have interacted with many of those persians, who claim to love persian culture, can't even name some of their poets. These are mostly future tiktok professional dancers wannabe following the american "culture".
There won't be a humanitarian miracle as long as Islam has the structure and position that it does.
No there won't be. That's why fundamentalist religions have always acted as counter weight against Western culture of "sharing is caring". Well, a bit too sharing, if you know what i mean.
There was no "Golden Age of Islam" but a resurgence of Persia
Absolutely wrong. The influence of persian culture in islamist religion is very much null. What it refers to is, the further territorial conquest. By that time, there was no persia.
The Shias and the Sunnis don't hate each other because of religion. They hate each other because of Persia and Arabia.
Not exactly. If that was the case then why do you suppose there are clash of faith in between two sects when they have no background from either country? In my country , which is by definition you can define as muslim country, overwhelming majority is sunni, but with a very sizable population of shia.
My country is unique, in sense that,despite living from far & wide from that region, we have those sects & their faith here, with zero connection from that region. Interesting, no?
It is fundamental human nature that when you win, you are winner. When you lose, you are victim & the other party is your oppressor & savager.
Do i like the islamist fundamentalists? No. But i have heck of respect for them. They are as religious as i am a patriot. Neither of us go by what "peoples like to do". Otherwise we would be p-rn star by now. I am a born Buddhist agnostic ,i live in a country of 90% muslims, no islamist ever tried to kill me, blow me with bombs, why is that they always want to kill the imported naughty americans, or euros zoophilians?
Human has been giving the bullshit story of humanity fairy tale since their birth. They want to resurrect the dinosaurs from extinction because their love for animals are overflowing. My message to these supposed oppressed & depressed future insta influencers would be, you lost buddy. Stop whining.
Human doesn't own anything. I am not the one who is saying it. Science says it.
Human race has to live by the law of Nature. And if it is savage, then it is. I don't need humanity, i need the truth. For that if i have to be savage, then i will be.
