Ali Ataie – Ethnic Cleansing is Inherent in Zionism
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So inherent within European settler colonialism
is the dispossession of the indigenous
population,
either through genocide, like in America or Canada,
or ethnic cleansing, that is to say forced
expulsion. Ethnic cleansing is inherent in Zionism. The
Balfour Declaration never even mentioned the Palestinians
because that's the point. They are not a
people, according to the Zionists. When we look
back at the Islamic conquest, we see something
very different.
The indigenous were allowed to live in their
homes and practice their religions and customs. These
Zoroastrians
survived in Iran.
The Christians survive in North Africa to this
day. If they convert, they convert. If not,
they pay a tribute tax if they can
afford
it, and they are guaranteed protection for the
Muslim polity.
Genocide and ethnic cleansing are against the principles
of Islamic conquest.