MichaelW, on 09 May 2012 - 07:43 AM, said:
Is it now? So all of a sudden western history sprang up out of nowhere? Might want to tell the descendents of Romans living in Europe today that the Muslims think that they don't exist and that it is an evil conspriacy to cheat them out of some land which isn't even theirs to begin with let alone theirs today.
Seriously, Western histories go far further back than Islam even exists. Judaism goes further back than Islam exists.
My opinions are a joke now? Coming from a Syrian, this is a compliment. The claim that Palestinians are Canaanites and therefore Arabs, as you are proposing, is false, even by Palestinian scholars. Palestinians are more related to Philistines than Canaanites due to geography and claims that they descended from the Philistines, hence why they are called Palestinians.
You need to understand that because the term "semitic" applies to all peoples of the age. It doesn't mean they are the same. Unlike Arabs, which you are, Canaanites, Israelites and the like lived in and originated in the Levant. The Arabs did not. Therefore, they aren't the same and claiming that they are the same people is ridiculous because it isn't based on fact but the ideology of a leprosy doctor based on casual observations.
By your logic then, Knight, you would call me a German because I speak a Germanic language, despite the majority of my lineage being of probably Anglo-Saxon descent and not any "Germanic" peoples.
They didn't come from Arabia. They originated in modern day Israel, Palestine and also moved as far east as Western Jordan and Syria. Therefore, they are not Arabs. It's not difficult to understand Knight.
As I said, basing your education on the ideology of a bored leprosy doctor isn't going to hold up.
By your logic then, the Israelites were Arabs because they spoke a semitic language and looked similar and quite possibly traded with Arabs as well.
They might as well be because they certainly aren't "Arab" as you claim.
Knight, I know this is difficult with for you to understand but as someone who doesn't live under the influence of a murderous tyrant and is actually civilised, I can say with all my heart that what you are saying is, well, crap. Bascially, all you have to say to claim this is "well, their skin colour was brown, so they must be Arabs". I could turn my skin colour brown if I stood in the sun for long enough, but that makes me as much of an Arab as a Canaanite.
i shall humble your questions and bless this this post with my reply ... when it suits me

ohh it's just am not in mood for serious discussions
maybe when i feel more like it but mostly it'll be same old reply
you mix topics of where i live bla bla bla .. i tell you it doesn't have to do with anything and your western hipporcates of historians write history to suit their agenda bla bla bla
you claim that canaanites are not arabs .. and arabs have no roots and silly you . you think arabs existence someway connected to islam !
islam is a newbie .. we're as ancient as they can come .. but yeah i know .. your version of history
we were born yesterday i know .. there's too many theories .. Seeds . alien drop off , etc etc etc
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