Feeling so much anger toward Islamists and their useful idiots in the West, I have frequently searched for stories such as this to help soothe the thoughts I was having toward Islam.
Will this help? The import of stories such as this is made significant by their rarity, sadly. TD
American Thinker "The horrors committed by evil people during the Holocaust are well known and documented. Less well known are the merciful deeds performed by good people during the years of World War II. Among the least known of these decent individual are the Muslims in Albania who saved Jews. The screening in October 2014 of a film BESA: The Promise, directed by Rachel Goslins, with music by Philip Glass, is a welcome reminder of this minor but significant segment of Albanian history, in which a small number of Muslims protected Jews from Nazi Germany." ...
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"The hatred of Jews on the part of the Mufti of Jerusalem is well known, along with his eager approval of the extermination of Jews in Europe and in Iraq, his raising of an SS Muslim Division in Bosnia, and his association with Heinrich Himmler and other leaders in Nazi Germany. BESA tells a different and compelling story of Muslim behavior. The book and the film document the participation of some Christians but mostly it was compassionate and kind Albanian Muslims (Sunni Muslims make up about 58 per cent of the population) who sheltered Jews who had fled to their country to escape from the Nazis."
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Albanian Muslims risk their own lives to save Jews from Nazis during World War II
"It's a story you've likely never heard. It is a story told through the faces of Albanian Muslims who risked their own lives to live by a code of faith and honor called Besa.
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"Hayat said while Besa is an Albanian word, it is part of Islamic culture and teachings. According to Dr. Hayat, Besa is an ancient code which requires people to endanger their own lives if necessary to save the life of anyone seeking asylum. To this day, Besa is the highest moral law of the region, superseding religious differences, blood feuds, and even tribal traditions. " (Emphasis added, TW)
The Heroic actions of Muslims during WW2 to save Jews ..."Oren claimed Palestinian Arabs supported Nazis W/O mentioning how in fact, many Muslims risked life to save Jews in WW2. And that the Grand Mufti was able to accomplish minimal of his goals, the grand Mufti was largely ignored by the many good Muslims during WW2. Muslims even assisted allied forces during WW2. Oren does not include this in his remarks. "
Description of the Besa project "Muslims Who Saved Jews? Who Ever Heard of It?"
Will this help? The import of stories such as this is made significant by their rarity, sadly. TD
American Thinker "The horrors committed by evil people during the Holocaust are well known and documented. Less well known are the merciful deeds performed by good people during the years of World War II. Among the least known of these decent individual are the Muslims in Albania who saved Jews. The screening in October 2014 of a film BESA: The Promise, directed by Rachel Goslins, with music by Philip Glass, is a welcome reminder of this minor but significant segment of Albanian history, in which a small number of Muslims protected Jews from Nazi Germany." ...
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Full article ...
Albanian Muslims risk their own lives to save Jews from Nazis during World War II
"It's a story you've likely never heard. It is a story told through the faces of Albanian Muslims who risked their own lives to live by a code of faith and honor called Besa.
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"Hayat said while Besa is an Albanian word, it is part of Islamic culture and teachings. According to Dr. Hayat, Besa is an ancient code which requires people to endanger their own lives if necessary to save the life of anyone seeking asylum. To this day, Besa is the highest moral law of the region, superseding religious differences, blood feuds, and even tribal traditions. " (Emphasis added, TW)
The Heroic actions of Muslims during WW2 to save Jews ..."Oren claimed Palestinian Arabs supported Nazis W/O mentioning how in fact, many Muslims risked life to save Jews in WW2. And that the Grand Mufti was able to accomplish minimal of his goals, the grand Mufti was largely ignored by the many good Muslims during WW2. Muslims even assisted allied forces during WW2. Oren does not include this in his remarks. "
Description of the Besa project "Muslims Who Saved Jews? Who Ever Heard of It?"
... "Besa is a message to the world of brotherhood and compassion for those in need and unique to the Albanian people. Equally important is the message, through my portraits and stories, of the compassion extended to Jews by Albanian Muslim families during the Holocaust."
This commenter stresses that the code of BESA is not Islamic, but Albanian. Still, it was Muslims who honored the old code:
May I remind you ; that "BESA" is the "WORD" that means ,I give you my word,that I will not betray you.But this word "besa" or the word of honor,egzisted long before the some albanians became muslims.So dont confuse , our language which is very old and islamik religion.So there absolutely no evidence that comes from arabic.Part of us became muslims when turks came here taht is in the 14 century.But our language egzisted long before that time.
This commenter stresses that the code of BESA is not Islamic, but Albanian. Still, it was Muslims who honored the old code:
May I remind you ; that "BESA" is the "WORD" that means ,I give you my word,that I will not betray you.But this word "besa" or the word of honor,egzisted long before the some albanians became muslims.So dont confuse , our language which is very old and islamik religion.So there absolutely no evidence that comes from arabic.Part of us became muslims when turks came here taht is in the 14 century.But our language egzisted long before that time.
