In an article following the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas in Israel, Pakistan's Urdu-language daily Roznama Jasarat published an antisemitic article promoting the Quranic narrative of Jews as traitors, heretics, cruel and cunning people, and the killers of prophets. It listed in which years various European nations expelled Jews for their "evil deeds."
"It should be understood that the Jews are rebels against Allah, killers of the prophets, brutal, beasts, crooked-hearted, traitors, heretics, and stone-hearted people. In the Holy Quran, there is a mention of Allah's favors on this nation, as well as Allah's punishments for the Jews who broke their covenant with Allah," columnist Mir Afsar Amaan wrote in his piece, titled "When Were The Jews Expelled?"
Roznama Jasarat, which is owned by Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, published another article arguing that "The Jews are not the original inhabitants of Palestine" and that "They entered this region almost 1,300 years before Christ and expelled the ancient Palestinians from here and occupied their land." The article, titled "A Hundred Years Ago," is written by Javed-ur-Rehman Turabi. It is notable also for mentioning that Muhammad Iqbal – the national poet of Pakistan who conceived of the notion of founding a new Islamic state out a portion of India, leading to the establishment of Pakistan in 1947 – visited Jerusalem at the invitation of Mufti Amin Al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem who had aligned with Hitler.
Following are excerpts from Mir Afsar Amaan's article:[1]
"The Jews Want To Expel The Entire Palestinian Population From Palestine And First Occupy The Whole Of Palestine Then Seize Control Over Muslim Governments In The Surrounding Area To Create Greater Israel"
"Before discussing the subject, it should be understood that the Jews are rebels against Allah, killers of the prophets, brutes, beasts, crooked-hearted [ones], traitors, heretics, and stone-hearted people. In the Holy Quran, there is a mention of Allah's favors on this nation, as well as Allah's punishments for the Jews who broke their covenant with Allah.
"According to the Quran, the Jews disobeyed Allah twice and Allah punished them twice. Allah has reprimanded this nation for its misdeeds. It had been around for 2,000 years. Then the Christians, in enmity toward the Muslims, settled them in Palestine under the Balfour Declaration. Following their old ways, the Jews expelled the innocent Palestinians from their country of Palestine by military force.
"Palestinians are living under the governments in the current West Bank led by secular [Palestinian Authority] Mahmoud Abbas, and miles away along the sea in Gaza under the Islamic government led by Ismail Haniyeh. Millions of Palestinians have migrated to neighboring Arab countries and some are living in refugee camps in Palestine.
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"The Jewish army continues to kill them by attacking them under various pretexts. The Jews want to expel all the Palestinian population from Palestine and first occupy the whole of Palestine then seize control over Muslim governments in the surrounding area to create Greater Israel. Jews say that they are God's living creatures and other humans are insects. Only the Jews have the right to rule the world and this right has been given to them by Allah.
"Israel has inscribed on its parliament's wall, 'Oh Israel, your borders extend from the Nile to the Euphrates.' But it is a fact that Palestine belongs to the Palestinians, who have been living in Palestine for centuries. Jews came from outside; [Jews] occupied Palestine by military force. Palestinians have the right to evict Jews from Palestine and reclaim their country from an unjust occupation..."
"They Were Expelled From Medina For Their Treachery And Conspiracy To Assassinate The Messenger Of Allah; They Were Expelled Multiple Times From Several European Countries"
"Instead of taking revenge on Hamas militants [after the October 7 attacks], Israel launched attacks to end the unarmed population in Gaza by implementing its previous atrocities, firing missiles and destroying residential buildings, hospitals, schools, the United Nations facilities, killing more than 50 journalists, and annihilating media offices and the entire civilian population. Fifty thousand Palestinians were martyred or injured. The majority of them children. Entering Gaza with the force of tanks and armored vehicles to release their prisoners and eliminate Hamas, but despite the oppression, they could not free even one of their prisoners from Hamas. And nor could they eliminate Hamas.
"Instead, they gave up and agreed to a four-day ceasefire. They agreed to the release of 50 of their prisoners in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners. The Christian rulers of the whole world are helping Israel in this brutality. But the justice-loving people of those very countries are protesting against the brutality of Israel and are supporting Hamas...
"The following are the details of how the Jews were expelled from their countries because of their treachery, hypocrisy, considering people to be inferior to them, and plotting against the country that sheltered them. First of all, due to their treachery and conspiracy to assassinate the Messenger of Allah, they were expelled from Medina. They were expelled multiple times from several European countries. Then the British freed themselves under the Balfour Declaration and pushed the Jews to Palestine.
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"Because of their conspiracies, the French expelled them from their country in 1080 CE. After 77 years, the Jews again secretly settled in France, but France expelled them again in 1147. The fraudulent Jews came to France again. But this time, in 1306, they were not just expelled but due to their anti-French actions, 3,000 Jews were burned alive. The cunning Jews somehow returned and resettled in France. However, this time in 1394, they were once again expelled from France.
"Allah's accursed Jewish creatures somehow re-emerged in France. This time they were deported for the fifth time in 1592. The Czech Republic expelled the Jews from their country in 1098. In 1113, when Ukraine was part of Russia, the Jews were expelled from the country. In 1828, they were again expelled from Ukraine. After leaving France, they arrived in the neighboring Italy. However, Italy also expelled them from the country in 1171. In 1576, they were expelled from Italy again.
"After that they were expelled from England. Based on the usury and anti-humanism of the Jews in England, Shakespeare staged a play in which a pound of human flesh was given to a Jew in exchange for his money if the interest was not paid. Due to the extreme hatred, the Jews were expelled from England several times in 188, 1198, 1290 and for the fourth time in 1510. Jews were expelled from Switzerland in 1298 and 1616. Then, in 1634 and 1655, Jews were expelled from Switzerland. During the reign of Philip V in 1701, they were completely expelled from Switzerland."
"Because Of The Evil Deeds Of The Jews, Sicily Passed Laws Against The Jews In 1516 That They Could Live In Their Country Only In The Worst Part Of The City; They Were Expelled From Austria In 1541, They Were Expelled From Germany In 1570 And 1580"
"In 1380, Jews were expelled from Hungary. In 1391, they were expelled from Spain. This time, 5,000 Jews were burned alive, and 30 Jews were forced onto the scaffold. Jews were expelled from Poland in 1407. In 1492, the Jews were expelled from Sicily. In 1495, they were expelled from Lithuania and Ukraine. They were expelled from Portugal in 1496. They were once again expelled from Portugal in 1555.
"Because of the evil deeds of the Jews, Sicily passed laws against the Jews in 1516 that they could live in their country only in the worst part of the city. They were expelled from Austria in 1541. They were expelled from Germany in 1570 and 1580; when a terrible [leader] became the ruler of Russia in 1533; he also hated the Jews. In 1629, the Jewish nation was expelled from Spain and Portugal several times. In 1806, when Napoleon Bonaparte was the ruler of France, the Jews were given an ultimatum and massacred....
A December 6, 2023 anti-Israel conference held by Islamic clerics in Islamabad.
"In 1933, during Hitler's rule in Germany, the Jews were not only expelled, but they were put in camps and killed. Hitler believed that Jews provided the means for the destruction and ruin of the world; so, he killed the Jews by putting them in gas chambers. Hitler said that 'one day the world will appreciate this act of mine.' But the cunning Jews, using their influence and wealth, portrayed this event as the Holocaust, making it infamous throughout Europe. They even enacted laws in some European countries to punish anyone speaking against it.
"The Jews had financially supported England in the Second World War; therefore Europe, and especially the British, pushed this Satanic force to the land of Palestine through the Balfour Declaration. The Jews are devoid of humanity, now they are not leaving even the young children, women, and the elderly in Gaza in keeping with their old misdeeds in the latest war in Gaza. They destroyed hospitals, schools, even UN aid agencies. Already, they have 9,000 Palestinians imprisoned.
"Regarding the hospitality of the Jews to the Muslims, the Jewish intellectuals themselves wrote that if they have found safety anywhere in the world, it has been found during the rise of the Muslims. But this wicked and hard-hearted nation, who killed the prophets unjustly, and the devil who betrayed Allah, also cheated the Muslims. Their deceptive nature, enmity toward humanity, and cruelty have not been restrained before, and they will not be restrained now.
"There is only one solution for this, that the Islamic countries form an alliance against this illegitimate son of America and can save lives by following the philosophy of jihad. From the story of the Jews mentioned above, it can be concluded that they are a nation misled by Iblis, [i.e., Satan] who stands in opposition to Allah. Its break is the philosophy of jihad and only jihad as revealed by Allah. The Hamas mujahideen have shown the path of success to the Muslim Ummah by exposing the evil pride of Israel's power by practicing jihad.
"This is the opportunity for the Muslim rulers, especially Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iraq, to come to the field and teach Israel a lesson with the help of Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan. Liberation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, persecution of Palestinian Muslims, humiliation of Muslim women can be stopped. The people of the Christian world are currently uniting against the oppression of Israel. It should be leveraged for benefit."
Following are excerpts from Javed-ur-Rehman Turabi's article:[2]
"When They [Jews] Were Comfortable And Happy While Living In The Ottoman Empire, They Took Out Instruments And Started Planning To Capture Palestine And Bait-ul-Muqaddas [Jerusalem]"
"The Jews are not the original inhabitants of Palestine. They entered this region almost 1,300 years before Christ and expelled the ancient Palestinians from here and occupied their land. In the following centuries, the Jews were expelled from Palestine several times and their temple Sulaimani [Solomon's Temple] was also destroyed. During their time in exile, no one in Europe treated them well.
"It was the Muslims who supported them. Especially, because of the kindness of the Muslim rulers of Andalusia [Spain], the Jews were very happy and lived a life of peace and contentment for a long time in Andalusia. Then after the Fall of Granada [in 1492], when the Christians expelled them from there, once again they could not find safety anywhere. At such a time, the Ottoman Turks gave them shelter. The Jews acknowledge the kindness of Sultan Selim I [who ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520], who discovered the site of the Wailing Wall [in Jerusalem] and cleaned it, allowing the Jews to go there and mourn.
"Forgetting favors [done for them]... [is a trait] of the Jews. When they were comfortable and happy while living in the Ottoman Empire, they took out instruments and started planning to capture Palestine and Bait-ul-Muqaddas [i.e., Jerusalem]. In 1914, through a law passed by the [Turkish political party] Committee For Union And Progress, Jews were allowed to buy land and property in Palestine.
"In 1916, they appealed to Britain to support Zionism. Britain accepted this request in the form of the Balfour Declaration. At the end of World War I, Great Britain violated all the promises made to the Arabs and occupied Palestine. With the support and patronage of the British, Jews were migrating from all over the world, arriving in Palestine and occupying the lands of the Palestinians under various pretexts and by force as 'settlers.'"
"During His Visit To England In 1931, Wherever He Had The Chance, [Pakistani Islamist And National Poet] Allama Iqbal Did Not Refrain From Speaking Well Of Palestine"
"During his visit to England in 1931, wherever he had the chance, [Pakistani Islamist and national poet] Allama Iqbal did not refrain from speaking well of Palestine. For example, on one occasion he urged the British to pursue justice with the people of Palestine and said that the Balfour Declaration should be completely scrapped. The sensitiveness and importance of the Palestine issue became more clear to Allama Iqbal when he himself travelled to Palestine.
"Bazm Iqbal Director Dr. Tahsin Firaqi, while welcoming Dr. Waheed-ul-Zaman Tariq [presumably at a seminar], said that Allama Iqbal was an orthodox and true Muslim. He was a Sufi man; his poetry is based on Quranic verses. His poems are priceless. A press release by Iqbal on the issue of Palestine, correspondences with [Margaret Milne McConnachie] Farquharson, the leader of the British National [Political] League, the letter of October 1927 to the Quaid-e-Azam [Muhammad Ali Jinnah, later the founder of Pakistan] are related, and Iqbal's couplets are related [to Palestine]:
"This miracle of the Pyre of the Church is that,
"It has illuminated thoughts with electric lamps;
"But my heart yearns for Syria and Palestine...
"At the invitation of Mufti Amin Al-Husseini, Allama Iqbal's ten-day stay in Bait-ul-Muqaddas and his practical struggle for Palestine as the vice president of the Islamic World Conference were also mentioned [at the seminar]; and he [Dr. Tahsin Firaqi] also said, I am afraid that the history of Palestine will repeat itself in India. The dream of Pakistan was seen by Allama Iqbal which is reflected in his poetry in the form of couplets. The problems of the Muslim Ummah that he pointed out at that time are being seen today.
"Allama Iqbal was also a Wali Allah [a spiritual representative of Allah, for example, a Sufi mystic] who was very close to the realities of nature. Allama Iqbal also explained the solution to the problems faced by the Muslim Ummah in his poems, which must be sought and found. Therefore, there is a further need to illuminate the theories and ideas of Iqbal at the [Pakistani] governmental level so that the correct direction for the new generation can be established."
