PARIS.- Hassen Chalghoumi is the magnet of the Municipal Mosque of Drancy in Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris. He is a moderate and a frank defender of Jewish people from Israel.
Chalghoumi wrote the following opinion article, published by the Jewish Dissemination Organization Aiseh Hatorah about Israel:
I, son of Ismael, Magn, Muslim, a man of peace, I offer my sincere testimony about this extraordinary people.
I must admit that I believe in religions and miracles. But there is something in this town – the people of Israel – that really It feels like a living miracle.
A town that the pharaohs tried to erase 3,000 years ago … and failed.
A town that the Babylonians tried to destroy 2,500 years ago … and failed.
A town that the Romans wanted to annihilate 2,000 years ago … and did not succeed.
A town that the Nazis tried to exterminate 80 years ago … and could not exterminate.
A town against which the Arabs fought in five wars to erase it from the map … and failed.
This is a small town in number, but possessing a unique force: A divine blessing. Wherever they put their hands, they succeed: in finance, commerce, science, philosophy, literature … a desert land that transformed into a paradise, without oil or gas, but with freedom, democracy, intelligence and willpower.
This is a town that gave the world to Einstein, Newton, Kafka, Karl Marx, Nietzsche, Spinoza, Freud … and many others who left a mark on humanity.
There are realities that neither reason nor logic can explain.
There is only one word for it: miracle.
For two and a half years this town fights on five fronts.
They said that Israel would get tired, that it was on the verge of collapse … but once again, it surprises the world opening a new front against an Iranian enemy feared by many, even among the Arab regimes.
This town, although small in number, It has the courage of the nobles, the wisdom of the prophetsthe patience of the righteous and the determination of the survivors.
How could it be otherwise, when they are descendants of Abraham, Solomon, David, Moisés, Jacob, José … and 1,523 prophets and emissaries among his offspring?
This is the people who brought the world monotheism and faith in one God.
A town driven by the thirst for life, work, innovation and continuity, for more than 4,000 years.
I really don’t find another word to describe them: The miraculous people.
If the Arabs had a clear vision, they would choose to align with this people, learn from them, collaborate with them … maybe they would absorb their knowledge, their wisdom and dignity.
IMAN HASSAN CHALGHOUMI
