Palestinians: Were your ancestors Jews or Christians?

[@Rationalific]

After the first few people, when you realized that 8/10 people were not going to be honest, you should have asked, "What religion do you think your ancestors practiced BEFORE MUHAMMAD WAS BORN?"

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Well after seeing this video I think they still would have said Islam. Your comment is too logical I am sorry to say.

[@abrarjahin1799]

@@solvingpolitics3172 our ancestor is Adham alaihiwasallam A Muslim

[@Rationalific]

@@solvingpolitics3172 Yep. The subsequent comments after yours back that up.

[@Rationalific]

@@selaluoposisisiapapunpresi7982 I guess Muhammad did nothing (except conquest) then. Everyone in his society (and apparently as far away as in the Levant) already had the full, uncorrupted Truth (TM), so he was totally unnecessary. God works in mysterious ways, as it's a bit strange to send a prophet to people who already know everything perfectly already.

[@selaluoposisisiapapunpresi7982]

@@Rationalific you are entitled to your guess

[@helalnjoom4788]

As a Palestinian, I admit that all of them do not answer the question correctly and do not understand anything. I am a Palestinian Bedouin and originally from the Arabian Peninsula Therefore, my ancestors used to worship idols before converting to Islam, As for the others, some of them were Christian, some of them were Jewish, and the majority of them were of Christian origin

[@copeharder1379]

@R my guy thinks he did something there with that "period" Lol No one denies that Judaism came before Islam, if Judaism was not got corrupted, Islam wasn't even existed but here we are. Do some basic research before writing, it will be real having common sense.

[@doit2810]

So you admit your roots lie in the Arabian peninsula and you still call Palestine your homeland but when Jews do the same, you also tell them to get going because they're from outside (which itself isn't entirely true)?

[@dudefrombelgium]

is the translation in the video accurate?

[@aziza4170]

@@doit2810 you Should read some history about the inhabitants of the region before saying something like that

[@helalnjoom4788]

@@doit2810 At least my grandmother, my father's mother, is Palestinian, and we have been in Palestine for 800 years and more. We are not like the Jew who came 70 years ago and claimed that he has been there for 3000 years.

[@janicedobis6490]

This was so fascinating and thought provoking. Europeans generally know their pagan, polytheistic background before Christianity. All Christians know that are faith beliefs are from the Jewish faith. But the people of Palestine can’t even bring the thought to their mind.

[@Timeren2010]

I think this answer would be the same all over the arabic world.

[@taterbug70]

Because it's like a mind wipe spell. It's so farcical to a thinking mind to believe that nonsense.

[@ni2giz]

From the Romans not the Jews

[@taterbug70]

@@ni2giz Jews were dispersed for centuries before Rome spread its bastardized form of Christianity

[@taterbug70]

@@ni2giz that means there were Europeans who had some familiarity with the religion of Moses.

[@mediummark2258]

Im Afghan and my relatives told me, that we are descendants of Jews and that we originally came from Central Asia. A DNA test confirmed that I had indeed Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors.

[@HusseinAliAl-Shami]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYjZg5WmmqaXla8

[@dotz2641]

sorry to hear that

[@gioba4912]

@@dotz2641 I know so sad that they have to leave Judaism! But it is never too late, and this time choose Christianism.

[@danielkafka5676]

Very interesting, you'd think they'd be mizrachi jews who came through Bhukara, but central asia did have many russian jews who had to leave, but still must be rather recent in your blood. How do you feel about what's going on in Afghanistan.

[@Rotti17]

Baruch Hashem, in fact many believe that the Pashtun of Afghanistan were actually a lost tribe of Israel.

[@JovialPlanet]

You hit the nail on the right place man. One thing is common, no one wants to say that they were Jewish :)

[@lyoelin]

Cuz they know they were

[@UthmanOtieno]

The ancesors of most palestinians before Islam were jewish.Thats a fact.They can deny though since it was over 1400 years ago.Thats why i consider this Israel Plestine war as a war between tribemates.@@lyoelin

[@jacquevanlopeznoroff8827]

Got a 23&Me dna test. I’m proudly (as far as one can be proud of one’s genes) 2% Jewish. 🤷‍♂️ Well, it’s something! 😄

[@LeeTheKnight]

The whole identity of their oppressors is based around being Jewish of course the oppressed people do not want to be associated with that 🤦‍♂️

[@nivekyentrouc1200]

They weren't Jews, they were Arabs, descendants of Ishmael the illigitimate son of Abraham.

[@smokiebad]

I am a Muslim, with a unique background. My paternal side descended from Zoroastrian Magi, who went on to marry some of the descendants of Bani-Yamin (Benjamin tribe of Israelites) in Persia. I came to know about it through my late grandfather, & later found a family tree preserved his almirah. Infact, the oral traditions of our family maintains our Zoroastrian heritage, yet I wasn't aware of my Israelite ancestry. I find it odd to imagine that some of my ancestors may have fought against Nebuchadnezzar, while others like the Magis indulged in Sorcery.

[@majorianus8055]

Finally, glad to hear a Muslim who can be proud of his Jewish roots as well. Many other Palestinians probably are descended from ancient Israelites as well and I wish they can learn more about the rich history of the area even during pre-islamic period.

[@kenmasters797]

The most honest Muslim I've ever see here respect

[@ashwayn]

@@majorianus8055 They were Pagans not Jews silly idiot who held this land. GO READ THE OT its all there all the murder filth do you require the verses? there are many, vile Moses then Joshua

[@ashwayn]

@@kenmasters797 But dim as you are

[@JohnDoe10350]

I'm sorry but this is bullshit. Zoroastrian Magi? Zoroastrian priests stopped being natively referred to as Magi in the Sassanian period when "mobed" replaced it. Are you telling me you can trace back your ancestry over 1,500 years? And the Benjamin tribe was dissolved over 2,500 years ago. No one on Earth can trace their ancestry back with certainty that long. Not even tribal paternalistic Arabs. But people from all over the world make laughable claims about descending from one of the Lost Tribes, whether they're African-American, Afghan Pashtun or White American Mormons in Utah. It's also very common for Middle Easterners and self-proclaimed leaders to claim ancestry from royalty and other important persons. Every other Imam claims to be a Seyyed, a descendant from the prophet Muhammed even if they're a Pakistani villager that can't even read the Quran in Classical Arabic. Every medieval Iranian dynasty claimed descent from the Sassanids. The Sassanid era non-Persians claimed descent from the Parthians. The Sassanids themselves claimed descent from the Achaemenids. Etc. I'm also a Middle Easterner and I also have people in my extended family claiming we were this and that. Some is correct, but if it involves the freaking Iron Age and ancient times then it's certainly bullshit.

[@mKruter]

AMAZING! To the Muslims this concept is unfathomable. Every Christian knows that Jesus was Jewish and therefore their ancestors were Jewish. And there is no shame in that; they may claim that they have since rejected Judaism and now follow the true path. But no Muslim can even consider the fact that prior to Islam they may have been something else. Even the translator is having an issue with this question!

[@alessbritish228]

Muslims are the most delusional, I always knew. They need to learn common sense!

[@Undeference]

So every Christian was descended from Jesus? No. Most Christians were from (likely polytheistic) European populations or populations who were later Christianized by European Christians.

[@mKruter]

@@Undeference You're correct. I apologize for presumptuously stating "therefore their ancestors were Jewish" when this indeed is not fact. My point is that every Christian believes/knows that prior to their ancestors being Christian they were something else.

[@marshmallowpassionaticalyl6617]

A "muslim" is just some random letters that were put together. The true meaning of a muslim in islam -which I'd guess thats where their answers came from- is someone who submits to allah. So every person who submits to god, even before "islam" was thing, is technically a muslim to them; hence their answers. Unless you're talking ethnicity wise, which in that case, judaism is a religion not an ethnicity.

[@mKruter]

@@marshmallowpassionaticalyl6617 Right. I think that misunderstanding is clear. What stands out is how taken back each interviewee was by the suggestion that they may have come from a Jew or any non Muslim. There seems to be no perspective, insight or history in their answers or thought process.

[@RevoeLad]

What a shock only the Christian answered honestly.

[@emmalarson-m1o]

But what was there before Jews, Christians and Muslims, which are basically all the same? How the same? They all subjugate women. They all block individual connection to the divine. They all assume an eternal spirit needs man's worship and obedience. They are three roots of the same silly tree!

[@tonant4168]

Why you shocked?

[@Overlorddz]

I guess many Christians wouldn't know the answer either. If your history is long enough it gets lost

[@tonant4168]

@@Overlorddz 😂😂😂 you must be Muslim or just as stupid ? Which one is it?

[@Oana-Roxana.]

​@Overlorddz how can you say that your ancestors were muslims before islamism was even invented? You might not know your ancestors, which is absolutely normal, but to say with certainty that they were muslims before islam... that is straightforward lying. Either you have a low IQ, either you think that the one asking you the question is dumb. Or these people are brainwashed, because the question was asked in their language. As a Christian, since I didn't make a DNA test yet, I can't tell what religion my ancestors might have had, but at least I can tell that they were definitely not Christians until 2000 years ago... Right?

[@vijgenboom2843]

The ignorance and denial is just unbelievable! Years ago I asked the same question to my Moroccan neighbor, she said 'ooh ... it was so long time ago'. Actually she did not give me an answer. Thank you for this video, brilliant! ❤

[@dhdowlad]

We (Muslims) beleive before the advent of Prophet Muhammad those who followed the message of Jesus were muslims, so there were muslims from the time of Adam, the first person..

[@bogdanpopescu1401]

so long ago he can not remember :)

[@dragilxcom4176]

​ @dhdowlad That would be a taqiya to establish credibility of Islam by talking about prophets of the Jews as if Islam have been the religion since Adam. While the word muslim refers to people who submit to God, it has the most connection to Islam. That is being muslim in Islam means to ALSO believe in Muhammad as the messenger of Allah. Judaism and almost all religions believe and submit themselves to God, but certainly they don't believe in Muhammad as their prophet, therefore nahh.. they WERE NEVER muslim and certainly could not believe in Islam as none of the Jewish prophets ever knew Muhammad.

[@skydriver5709]

Because land isn't decided by who used to live there first, or religious origin. Nobody would accept that for their own country or people. Would you accept a UN resolution to give land in your country (wherever it was decided) back to a group of people who used to live there before it was conquered by its current occupants? The same argument can be made for giving the native Americans 53% of America back, and force all Americans living in the territory given to them to move, or else be subject to the jurisdiction of the native American government. Or giving Australia back to the aborigine, or kicking all white people out of South Africa. Someone else used to live everywhere on this planet. It's never been an argument for anyone else. Only Jews. What happened to Jews during WWII was absolutely despicable... but it didn't give the UN the right to create an injustice and remove people from their land... because it was theirs. Who owned or occupied it centuries ago is the most irrelevant non-argument.

[@vijgenboom2843]

@@skydriver5709 You lose war = you lose territory

[@NorthCitySider]

I grew up in a Muslim family. The problem is that Muslims believe that Islam actually predates every other religion and they think that all the prophets espoused a version of Islam that was "corrupted" and then turned into other religions. That's part of why it's hard for these people to fathom that their ancestors could've followed any other religion.

[@jimibhoy8935]

Basically they have been lied to. A religion based upon blatant lies puts you in conflict with so many people. It also makes Muslims appear to be indoctrinated maniacs. When people are unable to recognise and deny obvious historical facts, it leaves everyone else shaking their head in bewilderment. The inability and unwillingness to accept people of other faiths, just places you at odds with everyone else. Having so called religious men, running a country, is insane. It brings only misery and death.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

We followed Islam, because Judaism was de facto Islam (submit to god)

[@jimibhoy8935]

@@adamelghalmi9771 Idiot

[@jimibhoy8935]

@@adamelghalmi9771 Nah, you follow Islam, because your ancestors were converted at the point of a sworm. Convert or die. That's why you follow Islam. You also have no choice. Fact

[@YouYou-sm8tf]

​@@adamelghalmi9771 😂 judaism is not islam. Islam came from Mohammed. Judaism came from Moses. Judaism have 10 commandements, islam doesn’t have that. So why call judaism islam if they aren’t the same at all

[@BoycottHollywood]

You know you’re in a cult when questions are too scary to answer truthfully.

[@madmartinline6]

You would think that Russians were being asked what they think of Putin !

[@thecodemongoose]

A cult of a billion plus people? Anyway, no one knows who anyone was 100 years ago. Anyone that tells you otherwise is a liar. Your memory as a human disappears after 2 generations.

[@joke3825]

​@@madmartinline6Google Sunan Abi Dawud 66&67

[@ricosemple-qn9ft]

They only showed dumb people’s answers. The truth is known to intelligent people worldwide. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHTRZ6lujZV4mM0si=YHLmpUoYwYGHXfi6

[@BoycottHollywood]

@@homie3461 I didn’t say they were stupid and I didn’t find it ambiguous at all. “Were your ancestors Jews or Christians” should be very obvious they’re talking about before Islam existed since those were the only two choices given.

[@somai_1]

It's amazing that they either don't understand the question, or don't know when Islam began.

[@mohammadalotaibi9197]

Walk in streets of christian majority country and ask common people where jesus was born? I bet 9/10 wont know the awnser

[@kirkaranha5653]

@@mohammadalotaibi9197 So you're confirming religion only works because of ignorance or stupidity?

[@barbara6058]

They are so antisemitic that they can't even say their ancestors were Jews. I guess they are ashamed of their ancestors.

[@justforgetaboutit5987]

As Palestinian Christians if their ancestors were Jews 😂 let’s see how they’ll answer cause I will we will say no

[@tumadre50]

Or they understand the mea ing of Islam and Muslim in a theological sense and not the modern way you understand it. So you see it as ignorance on their part where they may fully understand the question and answer according to Islamic understanding. The word Muslim in Arabic means one who submits to the will of God. The Quran calls Abraham a Muslim even though he was long before Muhammad's time precisely because he submitted to the will of God ie a Muslim in Arabic. Theologically many Muslims believe early Jews and Christians were Muslim as well because they followed the teachings of prophets sent by God and thus submitted to the will of God. So if their ancestors were Jews or Christians they may think of them as theologically Muslim.

[@bryanbradley6871]

The one Christian is much more open minded and accepting of the truth than the rest of the people interviewed nor did she denie the possibility of having Jewish ancestors and accepted the fact that the first religion (known and still lives) in that region was Judaism

[@rrsharizam]

Judaism and Christianity wasn't the only religion at that time. Some practice religion of their forefather Abraham, and these people were called "Hanif", and they were widely considered as being Muslim. Even long before Muhammad came, Arabs already called their god "Allah".

[@bryanbradley6871]

@@rrsharizam bs

[@seranmizorogi]

​@@bryanbradley6871 if you don't know, just say so

[@MeGaFaLLout]

@@rrsharizam they called their god allah because its a semitic language that has one common root for saying god as in hebrew elohim and arabic allah. what religion are you talking about exactly? i am pretty sure before mohammad in the region there were only jews christians and polytheistic pagans

[@rrsharizam]

@@MeGaFaLLout then if you say there were only Christian and Jews, and pagans, what religion Muhammad was before he received revelation? I explicitly said there were "Hanif" before Islam it's not difficult to understand. It's the people who followed unnamed monotheistic religion before Amr ibn Luhay brought idols from Jerusalem and introduce paganism in Makkah.

[@markscott4881]

Perhaps the question would be more clear if you asked what religion their ancestors followed before Muhammed was born and established Islam. The disconnect for them seems to be that they are unable to think beyond the historical founding of Islam.

[@intercommerce]

Forgive my ignorance, when was Mohammed born?

[@yuzan3607]

Muhammed didn't "establish" Islam, just for your information. He was just a prophet. In Islam, it is believed that all the prophets since Adam were Muslims (the word Muslim in Arabic means: the one who submits to god) and everyone who believed in the abrahamic god before Muhammad were Muslims, all the messengers and prophets were of the same god. It's believed that there was a time where Christianity got corrupted where they started worshipping Jesus as a god but he was just a prophet. But not all christians believed that, some still believed in the uncorrupted religion, those were Muslims. One of Muhammad's mentors (the father of his first wife) was actually one of those uncorrupted Christians that's why when an angel visited Muhammed he was one of the first ppl to believe him because it was written in their bible.

[@yuzan3607]

There's actually nothing particularly "special" about Muhammed except that he was the last prophet. It is believed he was the last, because documentation was already well established in human society so, the truth will be recorded and will always be available for future generations to find it. So no need for prophets anymore.

[@zolito2581]

@markscott4881 Good line of thought!

[@JMJ.516]

They actually hold that Islam always existed, but it was corrupted into Judaism and then Christianity which is why Mohammed had to come and correct it.

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

We must understand the tribal aspect of it, a majority of the Jews and the Christians are indigenous to the land, while Islam arrived with the Arab colonization of the land

[@johnny3_]

So you are saying palestinians are exactly the same as Saudi Arabians?

[@Maria-np2ms]

Hinduism was there prior to both, now move along cupcake!

[@drdnshq]

Most of Palestinians (no matter Muslim or Christian) are autochtonous from there, and were before that Jew, Christian or Idol worshipper

[@bhazerelli7611]

That is only partly true. Many of the people there who follow Islam, descend from Jewish and Christian people too. Some are mostly Arab, some are mixed, just as many of the Israelis have Hebrew(Jewish) and other ancestry. Israelis and Palestinians are pretty similar, genetically speaking.

[@Maria-np2ms]

@@bhazerelli7611 agreed, the European converts to Zionism are killing off the actual tribe of Israel!

[@bitkower]

I feel like the question could have been phrased more effectively by starting with emphasizing that you're asking about 1400 years ago before the life of the Prophet, then ask where their ancestors lived then and what religion they practiced before islam existed. I think starting with asking if they were Jewish or Christians, or even more confusingly Jews and Christians, and not putting it into the wider context, you got a lot of unhelpful defensive answers.

[@Ethan-qo9rx]

Palestine was nearly entirely Assyrian Christian before Islam. And some Arab polytheists in Jordan.

[@MahdiAM-jm7yg]

yes ...i agree

[@bitkower]

@steven Actually, if we let go of the idea that scripture (any scripture) is literally true and instead we look at the wider historical context around and behind the stories of both Abraham and Moshe, look at archaeological evidence we have available, at textual evidence we have available, it seems more likely that IF Abraham and Moshe were real people and not legendary figures (which is honestly more likely) they both probably lived around 1800 BCE, just in different places, and weren't actually related. Their familial relationship was invented later to bridge the two stories into one.

[@samelkojje3202]

I was going to say the same thing . They are not asking the question correctly. She is actually asking "What were your grandfathers before they became muslim"? Which doesn't make sense, of course they will answer muslim. Like you said . Ask what they were before 1400 years ago. Cheers

[@YoungJustice1997]

Are these people so uneducated they cant answer a simple question honestly?

[@sirob1193]

Young woman with child and her Mother: Our ancestors were Muslim and their ancestors were Muslim. Corey: Okay, but Before Islam ? Older woman: They were Muslim 😂

[@nurjanahjanah5469]

Best answer... Before islam just islam....

[@gusunnaz7644]

That's because you don't know history. The Quran clearly mentions that Islam was there even before prophet Mohamed.

[@samybourmad2779]

The human is born muslim, they're rather convert him to judaism or Christianity

[@gusunnaz7644]

@@samybourmad2779 exactly 💯

[@Hi5Ripon]

@@gusunnaz7644 But did the ancient Palestinians follow Islam when Romans and Greeks were ruling over them? That's the question

[@mckatelynchristensen]

This really speaks to the education system they come from. The girl who sounded like she was from America was only one who seemed to understand the history

[@VladTepes-SaviorofEurope-mw4uy]

They literally do not live in reality. Without lies |slam dies.

[@ermining1]

That and the bald guy after

[@yuzan3607]

Oh my god. This is the danger of being lost in translation. First of all, Corey's translator is horrible I honestly have no idea how she became the translator she always frustrates me because of her very inconsistent and often flat wrong translation (I say this as a native Arabic speaker). Secondly, the only girl who answered correctly, answered it because she actually heard the question from Cory himself without the stupid translator. He asked her could your ancestors have been Jews or Christians? and she answered that. Meanwhile the stupid translator asks people what translates to: "were any of your grandparents or family Jews or Christians that converted to Islam?" that's why Most people answer: "no my grandparent and their grandparents for at least a 100 years were Muslim, that's what we know" if you rewatch the video with this in mind, you'll notice that their answers actually make sense. The way they understand the question is "have your family been Christians/jews and then converted to Islam?" There was even a guy who said they were polytheist before becoming muslims and the stupid translator translated it as "No they were not polytheist, they were muslim" like what? the dude literally said they WERE polytheists. It's just a very hot mess caused by the translator mistranslating BOTH the questions AND the answers.

[@ermining1]

@@yuzan3607 interesting, what does she translate when he asks "what about before islam"?

[@yuzan3607]

@@ermining1 she actually translates it to "what about before Islam came to here/to Palestine?" a dude answered that "there was first Judaism and then Christianity and then Islam", another dude said "part were christians who remained christians and part were christians who became muslim", again both of their answers were mistranslated (you'd think the translator is deaf or has brain damage!). Another person was even explaining that he heard his family goes back to Quraysh (Muhammad's tribe) so they probably were Muslims even before Islam came to Palestine, and she translated it to "no, we were Muslims before Islam". And I already mentioned the person who said "before Islam we were polytheist" she translated it to: "we were never polytheist we were always Muslims". When you ask a stupid translator to translate, you WILL get stupid answers always.

[@afanasymarinov2236]

Today I've learned that Islam has been in existence since the beginning of time.

[@kullenmontgomery1210]

Yes. This what we beilve actually, Adam(as) and eve were muslims, message of islam(submission to god) handed down to their descendants, eventually it got lost due to the shaytaan(devil) twisting people minds and desires or maybe due to people being lazy with their faith. After the message is lost, a couple decades/centuries later a new prophet (Idris [as]) with the same message but different rules(shariah) was sent, the message is lost rinse and repeat. Prophet were sent down like moses(as), Abraham(as), jesus(as) and the final prophet muhammad(saw). Currently muslims follow muhammad(saw) message, so you can see why the question is a bit difficult since we beilve islam always existed

[@tugbaozkan7803]

☺️

[@yacine_YI]

Yes that the true history that some people deny it

[@inthendwealldie]

@@yacine_YI😂tawriya

[@Hyejin.park23]

Islam has been created since the time prophet Adam

[@wednesday8939]

"Who has family from 800 years ago"... everyone!!!!

[@divxxx]

Yes, but who knows? I have a family tree that goes back to 1500, only because my town has kept the archives and some scholars studied them and built all the family trees. I doubt people in Palestine have such documents that trace back their ancestry that far. Moreover, it's demonstrated scientifically that when you go back enough, we all have a common ancestor. For example every European (and everyone else of European descent) shares a common ancestor with every other European. This ancestor lived in the last 1000 years. That means that the great-great-[...]-great-grandfater of all Europeans was born around the year 1000 AD. If you go back further, every single ancient European is an ancestor of every single European living today. This can definitely be applied to other regions of the world. Considering that Jews moved from Palestine to Europe and that Arabs conquered southern parts of Europe before 1000 AD, it's very much probable that every European has Jewish and Arab descent as well, and viceversa.

[@FairyTanya]

there was an experiment that "palestinians" participated, they took a dna test and it showed that their ancestors are jews or they are jewish themselves. @@divxxx

[@Thenoobestgirl]

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Thatdeleted.onexxx]

The meaning of family is different. Means people you see, live with, alive. Not loosely meaning ancestors

[@jacobsplaces]

the more you go up a family tree, the less you would actually be related to your ancestors

[@nathanbeard3561]

Your patience is so admirable. Communication is so much more than translation. Keep up the good work. This is great!

[@sasik225]

yes it is... He knows how to communicate with dumb people. I wouldnt have the patience to it and explain them their own history and heritage. 🤣

[@fantezArs]

==From an Islamic position, Islam didn't start with Muhammed. Islam started with Adam. ==The followers of Abraham were Muslims, the followers of David were Muslims, the followers of Moses were Muslims, the followers of Jesus (not Paul) were Muslims, etc. By definition, a Muslim is one who submits to the creator. It's not that these people are being "insincere", it's that non-Muslims see Islam as the religion of Muhammed ( peace be upon him ), while Muslims see Islam as the religion of Adam and the religion of every true prophet of God. == For your better understanding you should know the words these days like " J@w$ " and " Christians" we use to mean religion was not like that before. These words' original forms were used to mean a specific group of people for only that prophet { including the believers and non-believers of God ). ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The need to send Muhammad ( peace be upon him ) was to save Allah's creations from corrupt manuscripts like you have today and you can sense it by looking yours , you even don't bother about from who you get it or among so many B@ib0l which one is correct !!! 😪😪😪😪 ++++++++++++++++ My friend, Islam isn't a race, it's the act of submitting to the creator. Allah isn't like "the God of Muslims". The word Allah literally translates to "The God", ie the God of all things that exist. If you read the Bible in Arabic, you'll see the word Allah being used for God. The language that Jesus spoke was Aramaic, and in Aramaic, the word for God is Alaha. The word Islam isn't in the bible because the bible's original language isn't Arabic. As per our paradigm, God sent messengers to all nations in their own languages. It isn't "appropriation", but rather it's an erroneous understanding of what Islam definitionally means. People who assume Islam is just another religion with their own God, etc are either misinformed or unwilling to learn. The question is problematic.

[@vuelala4611]

@@sasik225 your response shows how dumb you are. You can not force or make them to tell their stories to suit your stupid narratives. You are very dumb.

[@barryirlandi4217]

the translation is crap

[@sabr8775]

@@sasik225genocidal zio spotted

[@oldmah6241]

Look how open the Christian woman is to the notion that her ancestors may have been Jews. Compared to the utterly closed Muslims who can’t accept anything before Islam started centuries after Judaism or Christianity. So interesting and sad too.

[@EugenioCarmo]

Maybe next time you should ask them: "Were your ancestors Jews, Christians or Pagans?

[@adamherskine8594]

that might help, but it seems they are hardwired to avoid any admittance of their imperfect past.

[@fl5537]

Qur'an 5:111 - And [remember] when I inspired to the disciples, "Believe in Me and in My messenger [i.e., Jesus]." They said, "We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims [in submission to Allāh]." The disciples were Muslims. There was no Crosstianity - they never worshipped a roman cross. The word "christian" was used as an insult firstly to the Messiah and then to the followers. Look into the origin of the insult word "cretin".

[@adamherskine8594]

@@fl5537 that seems a cheap trick to appropriate the other religions. It isnt a game. The mormons do a similar thing, they convert people after death, so technically mormonism is the biggest religion in the world and everyone is mormon. What this does is make the the word muslim disconnected with islam logically as if everyone is muslim from the first man, then it has no religious meaning beyond believing in God, which is not islam, as islam is defined as belief in mohammed's message.

[@aymenadalet6558]

Don t listen to these Lies, 70 percent of palistinian muslims are Aramaics and Samartians, the 25 percent are Christians, and 5 percent of muslims were from jewish family

[@CH_Bibelgesellschaft]

@@fl5537 ChatGPT: Le mot **"crétin"** n'a pas été initialement utilisé pour critiquer le christianisme ou les chrétiens. Au contraire, l'étymologie du mot montre qu'il était utilisé dans un contexte de compassion et d'humanité. 1. **Origine non péjorative** : Le mot "crétin" dérive de "christianus" (chrétien). Dans les régions alpines, il était utilisé pour désigner les personnes atteintes de crétinisme, une maladie causée par une carence en iode. Ce terme était employé de manière empathique, soulignant que ces individus étaient avant tout des êtres humains ("chrétien" signifiant "enfant de Dieu" ou "personne digne de respect", indépendamment de leurs handicaps). 2. **Pas de critique religieuse** : L'utilisation du mot "crétin" n'avait aucune intention d'abaisser le christianisme ou de suggérer que croire en Christ était stupide. Il n'y avait pas de sous-entendu ou de critique religieuse à l'origine du mot. Au contraire, l'idée était de rappeler que même les personnes atteintes de crétinisme étaient des enfants de Dieu, méritant de la dignité et de la compassion. 3. **Glissement sémantique ultérieur** : Ce n'est qu'au fil du temps que le mot "crétin" a pris un sens plus large et plus péjoratif, désignant quelqu'un de stupide ou d'idiot. Mais ce glissement sémantique ne reflète pas une critique directe du christianisme. C'est plutôt un processus de détachement du sens originel, où le mot est devenu une insulte générale sans lien avec la religion. 4. **Pas d'association directe avec la foi chrétienne** : Dans l'évolution de son usage, il n'y a pas eu de lien explicite entre le mot "crétin" dans son sens péjoratif moderne et une critique de la religion chrétienne ou des croyants. Le mot a simplement perdu son association avec son origine chrétienne pour devenir un terme insultant. En résumé, le mot "crétin" n'a pas été créé ni utilisé pour abaisser le christianisme ou suggérer que les croyants étaient stupides. Son origine est liée à un contexte de compassion, et le sens péjoratif qu'il a acquis plus tard n'a pas de connotation anti-religieuse.

[@journeyjulie3973]

I lived in Morocco for a few years and studied the history a little before going. The people there…even those well educated, believe and live as if there was no existence or history before Islam. It must be a way of thinking that permeates through the whole religion.

[@lordlemmy5108]

But Abraham is not a patriarch for Islam people?

[@sarahcamille4783]

The thing is as a Muslim, this question doesn’t make sense to us. Our belief is that Islam as a concept (the meaning of the word being submission to the oneness of God) existed starting with Adam and Eve. The law is what has been different from time to time and some nations have left this idea of submission to idol worship or innovation or whatever, thus the need for Messengers to reaffirm monotheism amongst certain nations. If you ask me if my ancestors were Muslim before the prophet Muhammad, there is one of two possibilities: 1. They were Muslim under Jesus (peace be upon him) or perhaps Moses (peace be upon him) before that, or Abraham, etc etc OR 2. They strayed from the path of the messengers and began worshipping something else But the real question is, how would I know that? If I know my ancestry as far back as the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and I know my ancestors accepted the message of the final messenger, I will assume they were Muslims under Jesus before him as that’s more likely seeing as they accepted the final message. But truly, I’d not know. My default would not be to assume they rejected any messenger as that’s a negative assumption. Hence why most Muslims will say “our ancestors were Muslims” The only people that would consistently answer this another would be people whose more recent ancestors reverted to Islam or people whose family name or village name is obviously Christian or Jewish, etc.

[@skontheroad]

NO! That is ONE answer. And if you know nothing about religion, they will take that opportunity to try to influence your views and opinions. If you know any history, YOU may be the one influencing the uneducated! (Note from the end, it has a lot to do with what KIND of Muslim you were....!!)

[@7amian]

Islam is a religion that can bring together Muslims of all races and colors, so that nothing becomes more important to them than Islam

[@davidcrandall4958]

​@@lordlemmy5108That's incorrect! read the Koran!

[@Tobyyy24]

As I Jew I’m not embarrassed to say my ancestors were idol worshippers. Terah, Abraham’s father.

[@AbrarJahin-vs8yz]

Abraham is a pure Muslim Neither Jew nor Christian He built Kaaba in Mecca When he arrived in Philistines/ Palestine at his last stage He started to make Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem

[@A.M.E-K-87-10]

Read Genesis 17:20

[@richardsiegel5833]

Also Read Genesis 17 before and after verse 20. In fact, read the whole chapter and report back.

[@AnakinSkywalker_1858]

@@AbrarJahin-vs8yzyou’re just stupid aren’t u

[@RiamCute]

What kind a jew are u? European akhenazi that don't have any DNA ftom middle east??...😂

[@khaledsulevani8098]

i am kurdish from northen iraq, my family are muslims, my great great grandparents were jewish. We stil have jewish lastname. We have an ancestry test, it showed that our dna is 70% of ashkenazi heritage. Its really intressted, i dont consider my self a jews nor amuslim, 100% atheist but its intressting to read about it. Some people say kurdish jews in Iraq are one of the lost 10 tribes from Israel

[@schuylerhecht8253]

You are

[@brianjschumer]

Very well could be, Interesting about your ancestry..thank you for posting

[@eranbraun2]

happens when the jews were exiled all over the world you can find traces everywhere

[@adielblum4569]

Kurdish jew are not part of the 10 lost tribe simply because they where never lost

[@vinivv]

I am in the US my grandfather was Ashkenazi jew ( largest population of jews today are Ashkenazi ) he came from Russian and ukraine area left before nazis got there during the ww2

[@salomelove1036]

The Christian lady is the only one thay kept it real 💯

[@OneWorldGovernment2030-yv3zc]

Integrity, humility, forgiveness and kindness

[@mkf0]

The others did not keep it real? What does “keep it real” mean to you?

[@karlscher5170]

@@mkf0being honest and truthful

[@mkf0]

@@karlscher5170 Thanks for the reply but my question was addressed to the person who actually wrote the comment. In this case, how do you know that the non-Christians were not replying honestly and/or truthfully?

[@LisaD-yy4gq]

​@@mkf0 Assumptions, generalization and the demonization of Muslims in a nutshell.

[@armandenaseem5431]

They don’t understand the question, it was translated poorly. She was asking about their grandparents, so they were answering truthfully

[@kyliekia8917]

Ooooooo maybe this why they was all saying Muslim

[@pearker]

“Who has family from 800 years ago?” Everybody. Everybody has family from that long ago. Do people think their bloodline popped into existence randomly out of nowhere 100 years ago? If you’re alive, that means your parents were alive and their parents were alive and every single parent must have come from another parent who also lived…for thousands of years.

[@keifer7813]

I think she means traceability

[@barryirlandi4217]

where did your family live 800 years ago?

[@Thenoobestgirl]

Lol

[@fl5537]

Muslims don't worship their blood lines unlike Jews and pagans.

[@cezar211091]

Obviously, but a demonstrable bloodline is hard to find.

[@SebaX92]

They can't even think for a moment that before Islam their ancestors were pagan... Some were Jews, some Christian and others were pagan. But they're answering they were Muslims before Islam... OMG. From all those people only 3 answered in a logical way. The rest is having a very narrow thinking / had little to nothing history knowledge. Me being an Arab too I was in Arab school in Israel and they did teach us in history classes what was before Islam. Many were sleeping in those classes though. But to me it seems like they don't even mention that in Palestinian territories. Too proud to face reality?

[@shahd7295]

كلي هوا عاد

[@דניאל-ש2ה]

Arabs didn’t live in Levant before 6-7 century, so pre Islam you have no history in this region

[@SebaX92]

@@דניאל-ש2ה today's Palestinians are mix of Arabs, Jews that got converted to Islam and Moab tribes. Arabs invading mixed with the local population that lived here. But seems like your dum dum brain doesn't understand that.

[@leylamohamed7950]

@@דניאל-ש2ה Oh! Yes Mr Schwartz from Ukraine defo has history in this region with his little Eastern European cuisine of borscht, shchi & laktes?..STFU!🙄

[@alshami7456]

​@@דניאל-ש2ה While true, we believe the ancient Bani Israel were muslims, so yes most of our ancestors were Muslim even before Prophet muhammad.

[@lewismcdonald3616]

This is why history is very important

[@mkf0]

What do you mean?

[@sabr8775]

You mean History history written by white Zionists??

[@lullaby218]

It means that the British pursuit to explore ancient cultures was essential to the knowledge we have today, while no one else really bothered to explore history.

[@issakabeer1535]

It’s amazing how the one Christian Lourdes in 2:57 has an answer so drastically different than the rest.

[@robweaver9953]

Most of these people have no idea when Islam became a religion (around 640-50 AD).

[@MrBjoern91]

Islam really is a dark veil that clouds people's minds

[@khalid-now]

Most of you people don't understand what Islam is so you can't understand where they're coming from. To Muslims, being a "Muslim" is surrendering to God. It's not just a name to a religion that came with the Prophet Muhammed. Abraham, Moses, Issa (Jesus), and other prophets were all "submitting to the will of God". Therefore, they are "Muslims". They surrendered to God. Furthermore, in Islam, there is such thing as a "believer" or a "Mo'min". These are the people who believe in God's books, prophets, heaven, hell, angels, etc. - The people who believe in one God. We pray for the believers almost everyday. The "believers" can be anyone. It's not about the religion they subscribe to, but about their belief and relationship with God. Finally, in Islam, there is emphasis on preserving ancestry. As in, children always keep their father's surname. Many people have family trees that trace back to the Prophet Muhammed. Yes, many families were of Jewish or Christian origins. But to them, it doesn't matter -- at the time, Jews were "the Muslims" of the time, and after that, Christians became "the Muslims" of their time. Jews stopped being "Muslims" when they didn't believe in Issa (Jesus) as they refused the will of God, and Christians stoppped being "Muslims" when they made Jesus the son of God, and thereby they refused to surrender to the will of God.

[@nassergabriel4778]

@@khalid-now But Islam is not religion or faith in the first place. It's a ideological political system. A dangerous one.

[@ArabPenguinofSyria]

it's funny they think islam is the first religion

[@imp9142]

​@@khalid-nowbro stop with these narratives, you can't steal Jew prophets and also their lands 🤣🤣 This is such a dumb premise when you say yes Musa and Abraham was a Muslim according to muslims definition of Muslims 🤣

[@embalmertrick1420]

I don't think people are lying, they genuinely believe the lies fed to them for decades and will be impossible to revert this.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

No dude we believe Adam was Muslim Jews are defacto Muslim till Muhammad SAW

[@RatIsForRatthew]

@@adamelghalmi9771they literally believe very different things than you. That isn’t how truth works. They’re either right or wrong, not right until 500ad

[@RatIsForRatthew]

@@adamelghalmi9771 but they didn’t read the Quran. The Quran has twisted and changed many biblical stories to fit a different theology

[@RatIsForRatthew]

@@adamelghalmi9771 you can’t rewrite history when they literally believe different stories than you 😂 where is your priesthood, atonement, Jewish holidays?? Your religions are contradicting. You can’t just act like it’s somehow not contradictory because Islam wasn’t founded yet

[@RatIsForRatthew]

@@adamelghalmi9771 you can’t have contradictory updates my man. Look at Christianity. It fulfilled and further explained Jewish prophecies… Islam does not do that. It completely got rid of the priesthood. How can you claim Moses was a Muslim when he worshipped liturgically in a temple with sacrifices? Christianity has Christ as the ultimate sacrifice, so the view of atonement is the EXACT same as ancient Judaism (modern judaism abandoned this after Christ). It just doesn’t add up bro. There’s no way these people would even commune with Muhammad and modern day Muslims. I’m glad you are monotheistic. That is better than most. But being monotheistic doesn’t make someone Muslim.

[@sergekakon5580]

I am shocked to see that only a few educated Palestinian know or at least accept the history.

[@Proclivitytolife]

I'm not shocked in the least bit.

[@guyforlogos]

This isn’t shocking at all, it is though, quite sad.

[@Freiheiht313]

Why shocked? Most people didn't even undersand the question. Asking about ancestors of more than 1400 years ago is a non sense. It is an information that doesn't add any value.

[@Proclivitytolife]

@@Freiheiht313 while it is true that asking people about their ancestors of 1400 years go is a bit silly, these people are deluded if every single one of them insists that all their ancestors were Muslims going back for 1400 years (and, absurdly, even before). Also, I suspect the question is being asked not so much in expectation that these people would actually know their ancestral history for 1400 years, but rather just to see if any would be willing to even entertain the (very likely) possibility that some of their ancestors weren't Muslims.

[@cyanofelis]

​@@Proclivitytolifeno its a stupid question. They know islam is literaly built on judaism and christianity. They worship jesus ffs. If they said 'what were your family BEDORE ISLAM EXISTED' then itd be a better question, that still nobody would be able to answer because nobody knows about their family tree like that in the real world. Of course, this question was phrased as a stupid 'gotcha' moment because some of you keyboard hate warriors are looking for any ill informed excuse to further dehumanise these people.

[@dinazughyar5898]

Wait! You expect them to know what their ancestors practiced 1400 years ago? 😂. Then call them liars when they don't know?

[@manetho5134]

I speak Arabic, you should have added the sentence "before the rise of Islam or before the Prophet Muhammad" to the question, because they way they understood it is that you are speaking about their recent ancestry

[@dogbert52]

Interesting. Thank you.

[@chocomojo9552]

They perfectly understood the question...

[@chocomojo9552]

@Shalom Shalom We use the same word, but don't mean the same thing.

[@skellingtonmeteoryballoon]

Sister of Aaron daughter of imran would have understand the question lol

[@davidtrak2679]

When saying Qabl al Islam - you can't interpret it any other way

[@Raanan613]

I've seen quite of few youtubes of Arabs doing reveals of their DNA tests with substantial amounts of Jewish DNA which they immediately ignore, while the embrace much smaller percentages of other ethnicities in their identity. I saw this especially among Lebanese Arabs.

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

They're insecure.

[@WorldifySanity]

@@ammarlakis Oh, it's an ethnic group, too.

[@alanaronald244]

It contradicts a mindset influenced by propaganda that has the word Jew as an insult. Not in all cases, but in too many. I know many Lebanese, Egyptian, Indonesian Muslims who now live in N. America & we've had lengthy discussions. More curious, educated & open-minded people realize that we are all human, & the more we question, the better it is. @@goofygrandlouis6296

[@sulistyopudjo6433]

What should be understand. That those of Jewry actually arab. Not arab have some part of Jewry genetics . So when jewry genetics chek must be recognized as arab or mid east , german and some others european genetics❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@amirabiri2]

@@sulistyopudjo6433 Jews aren't Arabs, Jews are originally Canaanites, the ethnic group of the south Levant in the first and second Millennia BC. from the Roman conquest and in later centuries there were more conversion based additions to Judaism, from both Arab and European populations.

[@vesalco]

The question partly lands erroneously in its Arabic translation. Ajdād (اجداد) is in fact the literal translation of ancestors, but it connotes quite more narrowly within the person’s - chiefly paternal - immediate family tree, typically not traveling beyond 4 or 5 levels. That explains the instances where the interviewer highlights “before Islam” but still the interviewee insists on the Muslimhood of her/his «ajdād». Because the question with all the stress on “before Islam” sounds like: «What was the religion of your last 4 or 5 fathers before they were Muslims?» Obviously, the answer to be expected is: «No, they were only Muslims». And the young Palestinian lady in the middle of this video who does speak fluent English, easily and instantly understands the question as it is, and plainly says: “Of course my ancestors might have been Jews, but who knows really,”

[@user-zg3nb1mk5b26]

It is clear as day that before Islam the Arabs were idolaters, At the center of religion during the Jahlia period, were the worship of trees and springs, demons and spirits, holy stones and idols, belief in gnomes and fortune tellers and the sacrifice of animals, foodstuffs and valuables. Each tribal group had its own gods, with a central god. The tribes had statues representing their idols, which they carried in their wanderings or kept in their homes. The religion was syncretistic, meaning it combined different ideas and views into one whole, and recognized gods brought from outside. "Allah", which in the Islamic period would be the name of the only monotheistic god, was in this period one of the various idols. He was not the only god, but he was considered the sovereign of the Kaaba, the sacred black stone in Mecca, later the holiest place for Islam. Allah is attributed fatherhood to three goddesses: "Allah" who was considered the goddess of the sun, "Aluza" and "Almanat". The women were a financial burden on the family. In the case of the birth of too many girls in the tribe, it was customary to bury the unwanted babies alive. , they took stones from the black Kaaba and worshiped the stones, and to this day they surround the black stone, except this time they are praying to Allah . Here is the evidence: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_pre-Islamic_Arabia The idols (daughters of Allah) are mentioned in the Qur'an in Sura 53 (Surah Al-Najm; Surah Ha-Kokhav), verses 19-20 - "Give your opinion about Allah and Al-Aza, and Mana, the other third. Do you have the male or the female?". The goddess Manat (Manat): Manat (Manat) is the most ancient goddess. Amr ben Lahai (Amr ben Lahi) is the one who brought the worship of this goddess to Arabia, he is considered the father of idols in Arabia. According to tradition, Manat was brought from the Levant (Al-Sham; Al-Sham). There is also another opinion, according to which it was brought from Moab. Amr placed the goddess on a sacred stone in a place called "Kadid" (Qadid), which is between Mecca and Madinah. The two ancient tribes, Al-Awas (Al-Os) and Al-Khazraj (Al-Khazraj), believed in it. These tribes lived in al-Madinah. Despite the belief of the two tribes in idols, when the Prophet Muhammad arrived in al-Madinah after the Hijra, they were the ones who received him and supported him, and that is why they are still called al-Ansar (Al-Ansar; "the supporters"), the friends of the prophet who supported him upon his arrival in al-Madinah. The pagan temple in Kadid became the place of pagan worship of these tribes. People would worship both Mecca and the goddess Menat in Kidid. The worship ceremonies in Kadid were held at fixed times usually after Hajj in Mecca. Gifts of silver and gold were also dedicated there to the goddess. Those in charge of the pagan temple of Manat are called Sadna - Sadna (singular: سادن). The meaning of the term saden is "the one in charge of the temple". Those appointed were a kind of priests of the pagan temple. They also set aside for themselves a percentage of the gifts (given to the goddess) as a reward, from which they made a living. When Mecca was conquered by the Muslims (headed by the Prophet Muhammad) in the 8th year of the Hijra, Muhammad ordered the destruction of the temple at Kadid as well as other temples in the area. The name Menat already appears in Nabatean inscriptions from the 4th century AD. The Arabic script began to be used already in Nabatean inscriptions. Nabatean is a Semitic language which belongs to the Aramaic languages. The origin of the name: Modern researchers have concluded that the origin of the name of the goddess Manat is from the Hebrew word "meni" which means fate / portion. [source needed] Also, the name can come from the Arabic word "Mania" = fate, death. From this etymological derivation the researchers concluded that Manat was the goddess of fate. The goddess Ellath (lat.) According to the composition of Ibn al-Kalbi (ابن الكلبي), the cult of Allah (اللت) entered the Arabian Peninsula shortly after the cult of Manat. The ritual center of Allah was in the city of Taif (طايف) which lies south of Mecca. The idols were brought from other places. Allah was represented in a white square stone that the members of the tribe of Thaqif (Thakif, one of the ancient tribes of Arabia) worshiped. In the pagan worship as it is described in the early Muslim tradition, in the temple of the goddess Allah there was a covering for the stone of the goddess (just as the Kaaba is covered with a black silk cloth, and like the veil that covered the Ark of the Covenant in the Jewish tradition). This covering is called in Arabic Kaswa (kiswa; a kind of veil). The entire area of the city of Taif is considered sacred because of the goddess Allah. In Arabic the word Haram ("Haram") means "holy area", similar to the city of Mecca which was considered holy due to the presence of the Kaaba in the city. The sanctity of a local house of worship ennobled the entire city. Ta'if was especially sacred in the eyes of the Thaqif tribe - they were in charge of the temple of Allah in the city. Under the white square stone was a pit into which slaughtered sacrifices and gifts were thrown: silver and gold vessels. It is also called Beit Otsar. The origin of the name Allah (Lat) Several hypotheses have been put forward about the origin of the name: Some believed that the source was ALILAT which appeared in ancient inscriptions. The researchers determined based on these inscriptions that it was the main god of the Arabs. Since it is close to the name Allah it was the main idol of the Arabs. The origin of the name is اللAT (ILAT) - the feminine form of the word الله. Another interpretation, according to which Allah was the name of a man from the tribe of Thakif, and that after his death Amr ben Lahai ordered to worship the white stone that the man was buried next to. Goddess Elaza (العُزّى) Elaza (العُزّى) was the latest goddess in the Arabian Peninsula. Her temple was in the area of Nakhala (نخلة) which is in the vicinity of Mecca. The tribe of Quraish and also some tribes in the north of the Arabian Peninsula who are called Macher (harmful) worshiped her. The Macher tribes (including the Quraish tribe) used to make a pilgrimage to the temple of Elaza to make sacrifices during the Hajj. The sanctity of the place was double at that time as both the Kaaba and the temple of Eleza were located in the same area. The area that was sanctified around the Al-Aza Temple was called Sakam (سقام). Near the temple of Elaza there were three trees that were considered sacred. The origin of the name Elaza (العُزّى) The root azze - azz - symbolizes glory / power. Julius Walhausen identified[citation needed] the worship of Elaza in the Arabian Peninsula with the worship of the planet Venus[clarification needed]. Elaza is the planet Venus according to Wallhausen's conclusion. He expands on details about Venus and states that it was called by the Jews and the Syrian Syrians - Kokhbata ("the star") = the Kokhbat (a nickname for the planet Venus). And her

[@fgtrhwu2]

How is the proper way to ask the question?

[@vesalco]

@@fgtrhwu2 Perhaps something like: «Before Prophet Muhammed, what was the religion of Arabs living in nowadays Palestine and Israel?» The present question suffers not only from «ancestors» getting lost in translation, but also from the unnecessary overload of subconsciously triggering the politically sensitive Palestinians with the probable Jewishness of their background. Generally, asking any political/religious/historic questions from any typical Israeli and/or Palestinian, is sort of similar to an engagement in a psychoanalytical therapy with a headstrong patient - that same proverbial bull in the china shop.

[@onestrangeanimal3212]

Interesting. Isn't there an Arabic word for ancient ancestors?

[@vesalco]

@@onestrangeanimal3212 I have a relatively long reply above that might somewhat answer your question. But let me make it clear that my own languages are French and Persian. My Arabic is only a touch better than my broken English. But I assume there must be some significant lingual registers in authentic Arabic (الفصحی) to resonate as «ancestors» does in English; however, with all due respect for our beloved Arab/Palestinian fellow humans, I doubt whether one out of a hundred of them enjoys that altitude of sublime Arabic literacy.

[@truthseeking-t7l]

This is one frightening education system.. the joys of living in an Islamic state!

[@AdamDorfman82]

they have no concept of history before Islam and that is the heart of the entire problem to peace

[@KaCi1987]

That is denial

[@halay9568]

The issue is the translation of the question to arabic isn’t right, “ancestors” is translated by the translator to “grandparents” so the people answer according to their grandparents and the grandparents of their grandparents which is just like 100 or 200 years ago, only the young lady that was communicating in English was able to understand the word “ancestors”.

[@destructo3915]

that doesnt matter; he explicitly asked BEFORE Islam and they still kept saying they were Muslim...he even clarified a few times that he was speaking of 600 CE.

[@halay9568]

@@destructo3915 yes I understand, they seemed to be confused by the question, but at least they didn’t make an assumption that affected anyone! I know people who killed thousands based on assumption that their own personal ancestors were jews who lived in a specific land that they gave themselves right to steal now after thousands of years!!

[@karlscher5170]

@@halay9568No land was stolen. Land was conquered in open battle and the muslims were beaten and ran off like dogs.

[@Thenoobestgirl]

Is there no word for ancestors in Arabic or is the translator just bad at translating?

[@karlscher5170]

@@halay9568I know people that killed millions because they followed the bullsht of one illiterate pdf bedouin.

[@MrGJMarshall]

The guy with the ginger beard has definitely got a Scottish christian ancestor.😂

[@shainazion4073]

Jews are known to be gingers. King David was a ginger

[@aos5929]

@@shainazion4073 he's a Muslim

[@chrisabikhalil1774]

@@shainazion4073 ashkenazi jews maybe yes but not the safardim or falasha jews. Ashkenazi are a mix of middle eastern and europeans . That's why there are jewish gingers amd not because some king was ginger

[@shainazion4073]

@@chrisabikhalil1774 Really? King David was a Redhead, Esau was born with Red Hair. The only ancient scalp of hair ever found in ancient Israel was red, straight, male hair found in the Tomb of the Shroud, connected to the Jesus Tomb by DNA. A first century Jewish Tomb found by Dr. James Tabor.

[@johncoxe6329]

As others have said, red hair is found among all races, even sub-Saharan African and East Asian peoples. That said, there is also undeniably Crusader blood in the Levant, just as there is Hun blood in Hungary.

[@omarhasan54]

This is so stupid question, it's like asking jews were your ancestors were pegans before abraham showed up

[@amirabiri2]

Abraham isn't a real person, it's a mythological character. And the answer is yes, of course, before Judaism Israelites and Judeans we were pagans like everyone else. Or more precisely we were Henotheistic like all of the ancient world.

[@andrewstaples7544]

Most of them were pagans , Christians and Jews

[@lega78]

Maaan, ignorance can be very powerful. Great content. Thank you.

[@barbarakauppi9915]

The power of cult. The ignorance is entirely willful, people are addicted to their own emotional thinking.

[@realmoa]

What religion where your ancestors 1400 years ago? It's an impossible question to answer, who the hell knows.

[@Okwealth2345]

​@@realmoafact is they are not accepting that they weren't muslims lol

[@gumonmyshu]

I asked an Afghani the same question and he said that they worshipped some God of fire before Islam. He then asked me, and I said that we've always just worshipped our Ancestors and not other peoples God(s) for it would be like worshipping other people's ancestors instead of our own. He looked very puzzled after I answered him.

[@shafiralee6027]

Majusi religion

[@intercommerce]

No wonder he looked puzzled, your answer is very confusing, and doesn't seem to answer the question, as it names no religion .

[@gumonmyshu]

@@intercommerce That's right, religion is made up.

[@gumonmyshu]

@mansoorahmad2412 If the religion you follow is of your ancestors from the very beginning, then it is rightfully yours. If not, you belong to the children of that religion.

[@bastianbezon2687]

foolish argument , if you believe the religion came from God, it's not about other peoples ancestors, it's about the truth that came from God@@gumonmyshu

[@omrankaedkayed9876]

From someone who speaks Arabic and English well, I can confirm that the idea of ​​the question is not translated well in Arabic, so most of them understood the question wrongly.

[@alanharrison573]

Are they incapable of asking for clarification?

[@LeeTheKnight]

​@alanharrison573 the question sounded like "are your grandparents Muslims? What about your grandparents parents?" The concept of being outside of Islam is embarrassing for Muslims and to speak of the people that came before then as being ignorant. Culturally it would be like asking someone 100 years ago why aren't your parents married? Can you tell us about other unmarried people and their bastard children. It's uncomfortable.

[@Sir.Fisher]

seen a couple of this man's videos and it seems to me that the translator gets very frustrated by his questions, I doubted she was asking the question correctly.

[@MAbuRowais]

I noticed that the translator really did a bad job in actually conveying the question correctly. Many people do not really know much of their ancestry. But one of the people said that his lineage goes back to the prophet himself. That would mean that he is either a descendant of Hussain or Hassan, sons of Ali and Fatima, daughter of the prophet. And if that is the case, this man genuinely is neither from Jewish or Christian descent. The prophet before revelation was monotheist. And he was an orphan. His father died before he was born. And his mother died when he was four years old. He was though of noble descent of the Arabs, a descendant of Ismael and Ibrahim. But bothe his parents were idol worshippers. But he was not. Not every Arab back then did accept paganism.

[@HusamHamtini]

They could have been of course. My great grandmother were Jewish from Persia. She became Muslim after marrying my great grandfather. It is not something bad or I should be shameful about.

[@balham456]

The notion of ‘before Islam’ is profoundly disturbing for Palestinians.

[@lM-ls5jg]

As Muslims we believe that Adam is a Muslim so as Ibraham, Moses, Jesus etc all of them as Muslims so no it is not disturbing but the question is misleading. Secondly Jews did not exist in palestine at the time of Mohammed, they were kicked out long before that. So you reply is also misleading to who reads it

[@samuhoelzer3294]

@@lM-ls5jg not correct buddy, while yes the majority of Judean Jews were kicked out after the Romans expulsion, a minority of Jews has stayed, lived and existed thoroughly until today. Now by definition, muslims are people that submit their will to God, so by technicality yes they were Muslims, however Jesus did consider himself jewish

[@cbujik]

It's very difficult for non muslims to understand this. We believe that the 1st Muslim was Adam because he believed in 1 God. For Arabs they were the descendants of Abraham through Prophet Ismail (Ishmael)

[@bo-hc2wu]

Islam only came to Palestine in 1600's, so the were obviously something else before, why is history disturbing for Palestinians?

[@lM-ls5jg]

@@bo-hc2wu what history are you talking about? 🤣🤣🤣 learn history first then comeback to talk you clown 🤡 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ 1600 you say 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Bielefeld123]

At the beginning there were Jews and Polytheist. Then a big part of the Jews became Christian,the rest remained jewish. One part of polytheists became jewish and one part Christian.Maybe there was a little minority of remained polytheists. Later on with the raising of Islam a part of the Christians and Jews,as well as polytheists became muslim.

[@lobsterbalelegesse9919]

Jew just means tribe of Judah or south kingdom, not a religion. Monotheist and polytheist/pagan it should be.

[@eclark3849]

Jew is judea where you come from like londoners why they called everyone jews likely king did it to bring the people together

[@ashwayn]

No,, every one was Goddess worshippers and we still are look up on line Pagan Moots /gathering in your city you will be amazed Come on I Ashy have taken on priests in cathedral's Durham cathedral was best the priest wen blood red and staggered away A huge crowd had gathered in the Nave as i recounted christian bible stupidity

[@BVargas78]

A lot of the jews were banished from their homeland under reign of emperor Titus, due to the failed revolts against the Roman Empire. Some remained, and continued to practice Judaism but had to play a low profile to not get in trouble with the Romans. Most left or were forced to leave as part of a big diaspora. Some that remained may have converted to Christianity as that eventually became the main religion of the Romans, but I think the majority of the jews who remained in the Levantine regions such as Judea/Palestine continued to be jewish. Persecution of jews was less extreme after the empire became Christian, compared to the times of Titus, but it's not to say it didn't happen and it would have been better to play a low profile.

[@scotthensley8001]

And you lost the fact that all Muslims came from polytheists. “Allah” was the moon god of those polytheists. The entire Koran is an amalgam of the polytheist religions and the new Koran which was copied from the Christians and from the Jews. Mohammad knew he had fro include the polytheist gods in the Koran in order to get them into his invented religion

[@burnin8orable]

What this question reveals to me is that they are very bothered by the concept of non-muslims in their ancestry.

[@marias6583]

Exactly! It’s so obvious that they want to uphold a utopian fantasy rather than reality. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@yusefkhan1752]

The question is not being asked properly

[@hadeel9389]

not true at all... lol you guys don't even speak arabic.. this whole thing was translated so wrongly. and also.. we muslims believe that every christian and jew before prophet muhammad was considered a muslim.. but the word muslim means "one who submits to God"... the way the west perceives islam is just so wrong. you don't understand it nor do you understand our language either or our theology.

[@frankteunissen6118]

If their ancestors were all muslims, then they’re not indigenous Palestinians.

[@xDarkryder97]

The lack of education about their own history is just sad

[@1adamuk]

Or hilarious.

[@xftbllplyr2091]

Same with Khazaria

[@geogeorge103]

THEY KNOW ONLY ISLAM😆

[@akragas4394]

@@1adamuk or scary

[@M.AmineLMK]

Don't be dumb.....they answer according to their belief.....Islam claims that Islam was always there and all humans are born Muslims but their parents converted them to other religions.....that's why someone who's converted to Islam is called a revert.

[@abc_cba]

But Muhammad himself was a pagan until he came with Islam. His mother, father were all pagan ! It's a known history.

[@Sabatonis]

Exactly lol. His uncle remained a pagan. The Arabs themselves call the period prior to Islam "jahiliyyah" and the people "jahili" which means something like ignorance and ignorant, respectively. In other words, not knowing about Islam means you're ignorant. So, in short, most people in this video are quite ignorant of the history and religion. Quite sad really

[@Hi5Ripon]

He never actually worshipped idols despite his parents were pagan

[@reminder5575]

Every new born babies are born as a muslims. Muslim means who obeyed to will of one and only true almighty god. Almighty God have many beutiful names we call him allah in arabic. Adam,Noha,abraham,isaq.ishmael,yaqoob,yusuf,moses,david,solomon ,jesus and muhammad are not jews or christians, they are muslims .they obeyed to almighty god and his commandments . Muslim is correct answer .

[@Sabatonis]

@@reminder5575 sounds like something that a third religion that cams after the first two would say to justify its existence tbh

[@nefertut6750]

@@reminder5575 just because you copy paste your answer again and again does not make it right.

[@unndunn1]

And the results are in… denial is not just a river in Egypt

[@naomigalamsalem5858]

Most of them don't understand the question.

[@adamakaru2683]

DON`T TALK SHIT! THEY DON`T WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION; 7 years in the region taught me a lot than you about the MENTAL POVERTY of islam.

[@harikriz9482]

​@@احمد-ي6ز2كbut Abraham was jew.

[@Bengalinationalist]

I'm a bengali🇧🇩 muslim and my ancestors were Buddhist

[@tumblevid]

Wow man you were so lucky

[@gerryadams9868]

I’m a ex Christian from Ireland following the true religion buddishm only the real know :) god is within it’s the real truth go back to your roots my brother, life is a dance 😊

[@aab222]

it's not too late to go back.

[@EPluribusUnumSemper]

@@gerryadams9868 He will be kill for apostasy if he leave Islam. That is the rule. You’re asking him to die. Islam is not like Buddhism where people are free to believe or not and leave or stay. It’s a religion of force and intolerance.

[@snorristurluson5849]

See? Exactly! Was that so hard?

[@interestingyoutubechannel1]

I haven't watched it yet but let me guess the answers... "we were Muslims" - "but before Islam?" - "no, always we were Muslim"

[@messi-mk3cq]

Muslim means the one who submit to god,so we belive Adam was the first muslim beacuse he sumbit to god😂learn before u talk😂

[@f4wnz132]

@@interestingyoutubechannel1 How can you submit to God if you don't follow his prophets or messengers? How would God communicate to you? If you are a Jew, you're failing to follow Jesus and Mohammed, peace be upon them both. If you are a Christian, then know Jews consider you polytheists. 😉

[@smileyface3296]

@@messi-mk3cq no you lie i am Muslim but bani Israel they follow torah of prophet moses and chariah of torah but islam in quran mean submission to god yes like the word nasara in quran mean the people who انصار الله or the people who are campanion of god and yahud or jew word in quran mean hado or people the one who are guided so this is like characteristics but religion of islam or last chariah came with prophet Muhammad peace be upon him the original habbitan are cannanit have there own mythology of worship baal and statue ect after that like quran tell us the story of bani Israel who god get them from egypte with prophet moses ect .. until they reash god order moses to tell to beni Israel to fight cannanit but they refuse to obey god so god punished them with 40 years of lost in desert but after prophet moses peace be upon him dead yoshua ibn non guid them and they enter the holy land yes and they split and creat kingdom of judea ... but for Palestinian i don't know where they come from so islam is last religion enter to holy land

[@interestingyoutubechannel1]

@Paul Blart I heard that the dinosaurs were also Muslims is that true?

[@MrTiresia]

@shaikh nono, the first dinosaur was muslim too - he submitted to a rock, the first meteor

[@A.Musa76]

My father is a Palestinian Muslim from Nablus/Sychar . We traced him all the back to Samaritan (E-M35). It was during the different empires that's when his family were converted.

[@markjapan4062]

YOU ARE SERYIAN 585 BC NOT PALESTIANIAN THERE IS NO PALESTINE

[@ceasarthegreatminke]

@@markjapan4062 habibi stop it we are jewish/samaritan dna tests say so

[@rafaelzander9744]

@@markjapan4062 shut up ! The whole world including 🇺🇳 UN recognize Palastine heritage.

[@chaimlevin125]

@@ceasarthegreatminke Jewish. That’s the point. The land is Jewish and it’s possible that besides the Arab genes of the Palestinians they have Jewish DNA and customs. Hopefully one day we can return as one nation under the G-D of Israel.

[@JupiterMoon777]

​@@markjapan4062Strange... all the maps and even a bible that I have printed in 1940 show PALESTINE on the maps and bibles. I even bought Palestinian currency from a dealer in Tel Aviv that says PALESTINE on it minted in 1932... It is pathetic how you guys are so insecure and have to go put of your ways in ridiculous denials. I think those who deny Palestine or the Palestinian identity come from the same sewage of the holocaust deniers. Grow the F up!!

[@Elfwyngold]

The translator seemed rather anti. She actually said she hated the question. Maybe the wrong question to ask?

[@johnwilliams7999]

This is an incredibly insightful video thanks! The philistines were probably of greek decent originally, there were many polythesic religions in the area (in Arabia too), Greek temples are in that part of the world so they could have been worshiping anything from a black asteroid to a greek god too.

[@fantezArs]

==From an Islamic position, Islam didn't start with Muhammed. Islam started with Adam. ==The followers of Abraham were Muslims, the followers of David were Muslims, the followers of Moses were Muslims, the followers of Jesus (not Paul) were Muslims, etc. By definition, a Muslim is one who submits to the creator. It's not that these people are being "insincere", it's that non-Muslims see Islam as the religion of Muhammed ( peace be upon him ), while Muslims see Islam as the religion of Adam and the religion of every true prophet of God. == For your better understanding you should know the words these days like " J@w$ " and " Christians" we use to mean religion was not like that before. These words' original forms were used to mean a specific group of people for only that prophet { including the believers and non-believers of God ). ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The need to send Muhammad ( peace be upon him ) was to save Allah's creations from corrupt manuscripts like you have today and you can sense it by looking yours , you even don't bother about from who you get it or among so many B@ib0l which one is correct !!! ++++++++++++++++ My friend, Islam isn't a race, it's the act of submitting to the creator. Allah isn't like "the God of Muslims". The word Allah literally translates to "The God", ie the God of all things that exist. If you read the Bible in Arabic, you'll see the word Allah being used for God. The language that Jesus spoke was Aramaic, and in Aramaic, the word for God is Alaha. The word Islam isn't in the bible because the bible's original language isn't Arabic. As per our paradigm, God sent messengers to all nations in their own languages. It isn't "appropriation", but rather it's an erroneous understanding of what Islam definitionally means. People who assume Islam is just another religion with their own God, etc are either misinformed or unwilling to learn. The question is problematic.

[@johnfleming1476]

Yes, the phillistines were of Greek descent. However, DNA and archeological evidence shows they lived in modern day Gaza area for 200 years (around 600 BCE) but were eliminated at the time of the deportation of Jews to Babylon. There is no connection between the Philistines and the Palestinians. Actually, DNA has shown more connection between Palestinian Arabs and Palestinian Jews than Palestinian Arabs and the ancient Philistines.

[@johnwilliams7999]

@@johnfleming1476 pretty interesting I've seen some videos of Palestinians and some of them have really European features, red or blondish hair blue eyes etc that must either be of greek descent or of crusader genes

[@shuikai272]

It was also part of Rome for a super long time.@@johnwilliams7999

[@Mavi10255]

​@@johnwilliams7999the crusades

[@nsmlsof]

Next question should be: "Do you know when Islam started?"

[@RudydeGroot]

That should be the _first_ question...

[@abrarjahin1799]

It started from the starting of world It started from our ancestor Adham

[@alessbritish228]

@@abrarjahin1799 Wrong. God doesn't like islam.

[@derekaitken]

It does not seem like they know there was a start date.

[@FreedomsNurse]

@@abrarjahin1799 That's what Islam teaches, just like it teaches that everyone is born a Mohammedan. But it patently isn't true.

[@phanuma01]

"What religion do you think your ancestors practiced BEFORE MUHAMMAD WAS BORN?" this should be the question to be asked exactly but this guy failed to execute his question properly

[@newbeginnings4122]

He is really not competent. His questions are really bad and not intelligent.

[@intsccents]

Yes as a westerner its simple but if you grow up in a area where all is dennied or wrose not taught at all your brain cannot handle even a simple question on what people you came from Pegans/Jews/Christians...

[@thewackyiraqi]

@1:04 but before Islam… they were still muslims, how? They don’t even know

[@Patpo3891]

Logic is not the main element here 😂

[@Godzillamonstrosity]

You are expecting logic from Muslims lol 😂😂

[@commanderkeen3787]

Girl at 3:18 is wonderful. Wish you would interview her every time, she seems friendly and intelligent

[@doit2810]

The only Christian girl among the interviewees turns out to be the most sane and logical. What a shock!

[@alessbritish228]

@@doit2810 Muslims are the most delusional, I always knew. They need to learn common sense!

[@bertnl530]

@@doit2810 May be a shock, but one could expect it.

[@EzraB123]

It's because she's Christian.

[@Adam_Alashi]

@@EzraB123 Islamphobic.

[@joealle1]

The Arabic translation of the question doesn’t give the same meaning to the english question… the arabic meaning of the question meant if the grandfathers were none muslims !!! The word grandfather referred to as few generations ago….Thats why the answers were weird!!!

[@batyaseguin3810]

They don't even understand that Islam began in 610 and did not exist before them. Even when yiu say "before Islam" they say they were Muslim, they don't even know thier own history

[@batyaseguin3810]

@Shalom Shalom I do read the Bible and no the Prophets were not Muslims. Islam began with Muhammed. Jews began from Avraham and his descendants. Issac, Jacob , Arabs were from Ishmael and in the Torah they are called Ishmaelites. Esau Jacob's brother marries an Ishmaelite woman. I don't know what kind of Bible you must be reading from but all of the kings, priest, Prophets and judges were Jews

[@batyaseguin3810]

@Shalom Shalom Islam didn't exist until 610 CE. You can manipulate in your mind with all the mental gymnastics you would like to believe what you already believe. That won't work on me. If you believe the Torah says he was a Muslim. Then he would have been born after Islam began. We both know that's not the case. You read Hebrew? Then give me all Torah verses and I will look them up. Yes we all came from the same region , yes we ( Arabs and Jews) came from Abraham. But Hashem gave us the Torah on Mt Sinai , we agreed to it. We were called Hebrews then and Jews later.

[@batyaseguin3810]

@Shalom Shalom The King James is a pitiful translation. I read the Tanack by Artscroll.

[@batyaseguin3810]

@Shalom Shalom I could care less what a bunch of Pagan Greeks translate anything.

[@tanya7931]

Most of them don't remember their history from before Islam..Interesting!

[@PNJB_R]

doesn't help the translation says "grandparents" not "ancestors" they weren't even lying, it's just poorly translated so they misunderstood the question. No person on this Earth denies their ancestors were pagans.

[@mohammadshami1718]

The translation of the question is misleading. Ajadadak means your grandparents not ancestors

[@AslanArtoshi]

Exactly that’s what I thought. Like if someone asks me about أجدادك I think of my (great) grandparents and maybe their grandparents but my ancestors thousand plus years ago, that’s more a history question.

[@boso74]

So understanding the question now...were your ancestors jews, christians, or pagans?

[@mohammadshami1718]

@@boso74 all of the three. Three different conversions in place.

[@annademo]

That Jibreen fellow looks like his ancestors were kidnapped from Ireland by Barbary pirates and eventually converted.

[@helenthomas6716]

Really appreciate what you are doing.

[@LouLou10000]

How ridiculous that they don't know that Islam is so new

[@fl5537]

Islam is the oldest religion. Qur'an 5:111 - And [remember] when I inspired to the disciples, "Believe in Me and in My messenger [i.e., Jesus]." They said, "We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims [in submission to Allāh]." Even the disciples of Jesus were Muslims.

[@nikolajmadum8381]

@@fl5537 Stop lying

[@Okwealth2345]

​@@fl5537" islam is oldest religion " proceeds to quote an islamic book

[@tofayelahamed9821]

How ridiculous you that you don’t know meaning of Islam(submission to the only true creator)

[@StanBarkington-bt7fu]

Why is it ridiculous? Who the fuck knows where someone’s ancestors were 1,000 years ago.

[@MohamedEid-gf8hr]

Both David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel and Yitzchaq Ben Tzvi, the second and longest serving president thereof, and reputable historian both believed and stated that the Palestinian Muslim people in particular are of ancestrally Jewish (not just distant Israelite) heritage. Ben Tzvi wrote about this in his book The Exiled and the Redeemed in fact.

[@adamyitzhak9907]

historically inaccurate as most Arabs that live in the land of Israel infact migrated there fairly recently. As in within the past couple hundred years, often from places like Morocco, Turkey, iraq, Syria etc

[@michaeljensen4650]

I believe he is speaking about the people who lived in the Levant prior to the Arab Conquest of 634 CE. The people who lived in Judea-Samaria and the greater Levant including modern day Lebanon prior the the Arab Conquest and the spread of Islam were Christians and Jews. To your point many people of Arabic decent immigrated to Palestine during the time of the British Mandate. In fact Both of you are actually correct. Both of these facts are not mutually exclusive. @@adamyitzhak9907

[@NubiansNapata]

​@@adamyitzhak9907that's genetically incorrect. The genetic profile of Palestinians has, for the first time, been studied by using human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene variability and haplotypes. The comparison with other Mediterranean populations by using neighbor-joining dendrograms and correspondence analyses reveal that Palestinians are genetically very close to Jews and other Middle East populations, including Turks (Anatolians), Lebanese, Egyptians, Armenians, and Iranians. Archaeologic and genetic data support that both Jews and Palestinians came from the ancient Canaanites, who extensively mixed with Egyptians, Mesopotamian, and Anatolian peoples in ancient times.

[@intsccents]

Most likely true just by region alone could make them cousins something the jews and christians would undrestand and except but would not go so far to say thet the muslims of Gaza and the West bank would embrace...

[@treatseaweed]

@@intsccents christians are no better than the demoniac muslims. Holocaust devils

[@Tebaz366]

These people don’t know anything about the history of religions

[@reminder5575]

Every new born babies are born as a muslims. Muslim means who obeyed to will of one and only true almighty god. Almighty God have many beutiful names we call him allah in arabic. Adam,Noha,abraham,isaq.ishmael,yaqoob,yusuf,moses,david,solomon ,jesus and muhammad are not jews or christians, they are muslims .they obeyed to almighty god and his commandments . Muslim is correct answer .

[@Anonymouse166]

@@reminder5575😂 You want to claim the history of humanity

[@Tebaz366]

@@reminder5575 Before 7th century there was no Islam, only Christianity and Judaism existed in Palestine.

[@aziza4170]

The question is actually stupid

[@burnin8orable]

@@aziza4170 Even stupid questions can yield insightful answers.

[@MyAtabey]

I don't think they even understood the question or they don't know the history?

[@LanielPhoto]

I thought the Ottoman empire' way was "convert to Islam or die " .

[@LanielPhoto]

@@احمد-ي6ز2ك - The crusaders were taking back what was stolen and pushed on for retribution, and of course trying to lighten the effect of a cruel religion. You know, the one where a man is worth 2 women.

[@m3allemsum3a]

Most subjects of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and many others everywhere in the empire were non Muslims, from the start to the end of that empire, so how could that make any sense?

[@fabbel1913]

Really intersting because it’s an absolutly essential question. Thank you.

[@barryirlandi4217]

why? they are Muslim, Arab and Palestinian.. where does it matter what they're 1000 year old forefather claimed to be

[@Bossy23]

What were your ancestors before what they are now? When you are Muslim, whatever you used to follow or worship before Islam is not something you wanna talk about. because it was a dark chapter in one's life.

[@desertrose1996]

I'm a Muslim Moroccan. Paternal side is arabic and maternal side is Jewish converted to Islam after fleeing war torn Europe during WWI. My mother is always reluctant to talk about it even with me 😀

[@arigoldberger1755]

If your mother is Jewish, that means you are to

[@Sara-gc8nn]

@@arigoldberger1755 how he can be jewish when he believes in islam

[@truthteller2711]

@@arigoldberger1755 shes Muslim not Jewish

[@arigoldberger1755]

@@truthteller2711 According to Jewish law, if your mother is Jewish, then all her children Jewish even if you change religions. This mean she is Jewish even if she called herself “moslem” purely because her mother is Jewish.

[@truthteller2711]

@@arigoldberger1755 you can call her ‘Jewish’ as many times as u want. Doesn’t change the fact that she’s a Muslim since she took the shahada

[@vim1471]

If they're saying their ancestors have always been Muslims then that confirms they're from Arabia and not from Israel (originally known as Judea) since Islam originated in Saudi Arabia. The next time a Palestinian says the Jews are from Europe, Someone should tell tell that Muslims are from Arabia. Pot calling the kettle black comes to mind.

[@lordleoo]

it emerged from the sea and it was known as judea. was abraham born there? was abraham's father born there? when the israelite tribes fought their way into the land, were they fighting dust? did they occupy existing but empty unhabited cities? was it called judea then? or do you like to cherry-pick a time in history where what happened before is irrelevant? Arabs were not limited to modern-day saudi-arabia. arabs and arabic was spoken as far north as syria and jordan.

[@khallidium]

differentiate between islam and arab ancestory you dull

[@deans5086]

@@lordleoo Why are you using the Bible as an historical source?

[@meownyan3925]

Israel and Judea are two different geopolitical realities. Judea was never called Israel. Israel was the northern kingdom. Jew just appropriated Israel's culture and religion, which is today embodied in the few extant Samaritans.

[@deans5086]

@MeowNyan Both Judah and Israel take root from the original United Monarchy of Israel though when both kingdoms were united.

[@andreasperelli8745]

To be fair, each of us has millions of ancestors, if we go back to the 7th century

[@alexioflexio8818]

Amazing questions as usual, but equally amazing, scary even, is the blind and almost willful ignorance of people who respond. Because the answer is comfortable, they indulge in it.. there is not even the slightest interest in critical thinking… just compliance. Comfort in compliance. Same goes for many episodes where the lack of curiosity in finding any sort of truth is truly stunning. We are so fucked t

[@HassanMohamed-jt1cg]

I don't think it's that deep not many people know their lineage going back 1500 years

[@TheRockeyAllen]

The question is problematic. From an Islamic position, Islam didn't start with Muhammed. Islam started with Adam. The followers of Abraham were Muslims, the followers of David were Muslims, the followers of Moses were Muslims, the followers of Jesus (not Paul) were Muslims, etc. By definition, a Muslim is one who submits to the creator. It's not that these people are being "insincere", it's that non-Muslims see Islam as the religion of Muhammed, while Muslims see Islam as the religion of Adam, and the religion of every true prophet of God.

[@alexioflexio8818]

@@TheRockeyAllen but isn't that part of "willfull ignorance"? meaning, you should know what your religion tells you to believe, but also what is real. one must realize that religion is pure propaganda, and so muslims are told that everyone is muslim no matter what, so that they are made to feel confident in their religion.. but that if every other religion disagrees.. then it must not be true. to be blind to this.. to look at humans pre-mohammed and call them "muslims" means that these peopel dont' study anythign except their holy book. maybe this is just how deeply religiou speople are, they don't read anything else to check/contrast what theyre fed??

[@TheRockeyAllen]

@@alexioflexio8818 So, how do you think the universe came into existence? Did the universe create itself? Or was it created?

[@alexioflexio8818]

@@TheRockeyAllen i'm not sure, and while i don't think anyone has the answer, i tend to believe the scientific answer which currently is big-bang. I allow that there could be a being who has created all of this. I don't believe that in this tiny spec of a planet, that in the past few thousand years, some humans wrote some books, killed massive amounts of people to intimidate or force others to believe in these books as the absolute truth, is in fact, the truth. I see willfull blindness, and fear, which drives people to seek out absolute answers because they are comforted by "knowing". I know we don't know, and i'm happy with that uncertainty.. as scary as the thought of no afterlife may be to me.

[@NJIT22]

It’s seems like they even afraid to consider a possibility. Very rigid and inboxed thinking

[@rxtr664]

Bla bla bla

[@marias6583]

Indeed

[@tornadoman1054]

They just didn't understand the question, because it's kinda weird knowing the beliefs of your ancestors 1500 years back. And for Muslims Christians and Jews that existed before Muhammad and Quran and worshiped one G-d are considered as Muslims too. For example, in the Quran Abraham was named as 'Muslim'. So, the question is very tricky for Muslims specially, I'd say.

[@generaltv14]

As a muslim I know that when their was a time of hazrat moosa(moses) all people were orders by god to follow moses, torah and his successors.and the moses predicted that jesus will come after me and muhammad will come after him,you should follow them. But some Jews rejected jesus when he came,these were those Jews who cleared some part and added some things in Torah(book of allah) and were criminals.and some Jews accepted Christianity. When jesus came he was born from mother maryem(daughter of prophet imran) without father(parthenogenesis) by the order of god(some christian told him the son of god).he told moses was true prophet and Torah is true book from allah but now I am ordered by god to tell u to follow me, the holy book of injeel(bible)and my successors (Christianity is advanced Jewish religion) ,and after me their will be last prophet muhammad and you should follow him when he will come.but some christians did the same with bible as Jews did with Torah.and some christian accepted islam. Then prophet muhammad spread islam also amoung hindu. And prophet muhammad told that moses,jesus and all prophets were true messengers from god.and I am last one.He addressed muslims to follow him,his successors and the holy quran.and today god completed religion(highest level of religions of moses and jesus).

[@FreedomsNurse]

Ignorance is bliss! They don't understand, they don't know, and they don't want to.

[@Viclip24]

How about the khazar people

[@edwardkantowicz4707]

WILLFULLY ignorant, most of the time I should think. Like the Amaj Media poster repeating Khazar people, and Khazar invaders, despite no recognisable Turkic admixture amongst Ashkenazim. They choose to live in a reality purely of their own making; with no recognition of history, or science.

[@FreedomsNurse]

@@Viclip24 Go ask them. Just because Islam is wrong doesn't mean Rabbinic Judaism is right. Repent and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ. Free Palestine.

[@Cyrenaican]

As a psychologist, I can explain the reason for denial. Palestinians have been in a life-long conflict with the Jews which makes it impossible for any one of them to admit that they have any Jewish blood in their veins. To many of them it feels like treason to their struggle to say so.

[@chriss2452]

It's like revealing to a white supremacist that his grandparents were black.

[@efstratiosfilis2290]

You are a great guy Corey, thank you. We can see how ordinary people think & feel from your work & it gives us hope for peace & understanding.

[@lifeisgood.4576]

Really good question! Probably the best question you asked, it shows the flawed logic. Before Islam they were pagan’s and believed in different gods! Well done Corey!

[@America_1st_the.rest.r_last]

Ya but tgats not what they perceived from the question. In arabic ajdadak doesn't ever refer to 3 or 4 generations. You have to say for example, before the prophet's time. Which were a mix of jews Christians and pegans. Theres no if or buts around it.

[@malektahri5590]

Nobody understood the question, and the translator was useless.

[@lifeisgood.4576]

They have understood the question. None of them would have the confidence to state that their ancestors were pagans or Christians!

[@malektahri5590]

@@lifeisgood.4576 do you even speak Arabic? what a clever explanation. Palestinian's are the owner of the land, and they are the descendant of the ancient people who lived there, whether they were pagans, Jews or Christians.

[@tokojeleksurabaya9716]

Muslims believe that from Adam to Moses, Jesus, Muhammad and all the other prophets, they were all Muslims. The teachings of monotheism (Islam) have not changed much since the beginning, but society has changed and deviated towards polytheism and blasphemy (idol worship). This is why there are so many prophets (messengers) in every era, is to convey the treatise and restore the teachings of monotheism and return to the true teachings.

[@laithruweha1591]

Hi, very interesting subject indeed!!! many of the Palestinians in the video (mainly Muslims) would insist that their ancestors were always Muslims, such answer could stem from not understanding the question (maybe thinking that the ancestors in question are those who they could recognize such as the first one in their family who came to the city they are currently living in?!), no one would think about what was their religion 1400 years ago, also they might not trust the question and the purpose behind it (this is a possibility!!!). However we know that Levantine people were mixed between Pagan, Jewish, and other religions around the time of the Christ, later Christianity becoming the main religion with Judaism staying as a major religion in the region, however with the appearance in Islam many local Christians and Jews have become Muslims (as it happened in Mesopotamia, Egypt, North Africa), of course as the region being part of many Islamic empires brought Muslims from around the Islamic world to that region (as it brought Christians and Jews from around the Islamic world and outside it to the region _like the Sephardim who arrived following the expulsion from Spain in 1492, also Christians such as the famous Greek Orthodox Christian Sursock family that originated in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire), but for Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians they are mainly descendants of the Aramaic, Canaanite, even Israelites who were there, add to them Greeks, Armenians, Turkic groups, Europeans and of course Arabs (Arabs were no aliens to the Levant since centuries before Christ _such as Nabataeans of the Nabataean Kingdom), and before Islam the Ghassanids (who were Christians) ruled a large area in the region being a client state to the Byzantine Empire and fought alongside them against the Sasanian Empire and their Arab vassals, the Lakhmids. Returning to the subject of the video I would say yes most of the Palestinian Muslims interviewed if they were Levantine (solely or partly) then some of their great ancestors must have been Christians or Jews (and we must be proud of it, being Abrahamic for thousands of years), love to all three religions.

[@AugustO-yq6pl]

In the minds of many Muslims, Islam was the default religion since Adam. To them a Muslim is simply someone who submits to Allah (even though that title is of recent origin). To them Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus were all Muslims, So to ask if your answers were Jews or Christians is meaningless, because if they were they were Muslims anyway. Hence the confusion. But that is to make the definition of Muslim very thin indeed.

[@gotogd1233]

Nothing abrahamic about islam - they deny Abraham's conversion to Judaism in accordance with Melchizedek... Therefore, if anything, they are Abram, as such was Abraham's name before coming into The Lord's command and abiding by HIS law. ..Even Moses is deformed according to their teachings and they are taught to believe that Moses was the uncle of the Virgin Mary. And if you look at their timeline according to their book of misinformation you will easily see how deceitful the entirety of it all was plagiarized by uneducated people who twisted old pagan folklore with biblical renditions to concoct a regime to create mindless slaves. The miraculous works of it all, is simply that it has worked for over a 1,000 yrs. Poor souls.

[@natianatia351]

I absolutely agree

[@ach2337]

@@AugustO-yq6plbasically Islam usurped Judaism and Christianity 😂😂

[@gusolsthoorn1002]

​@@ach2337Islam can never usurp Christianity because Islam is based on false premises.

[@franzweiss9777]

beeing muslim before islam is hardcore

[@KaCi1987]

😂😂 amazing

[@jasonbourne6481]

I really enjoy your series. With regards to the question. What most people do not understand is that the question that you asked is not clear enough. When they answered your question they were being honest. Muslims believe that the word of God was passed through the prophets of Islam which include Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. So when they looked confused it is because was not worded in a way that would make sense to them. When you asked what religion your ancestors were before Muhammad they were correct by saying Muslim. It is the belief of Muslims that Moses was Muslim, and that Jesus was muslim. If you had asked them what would people in modern times that are non-muslim, call their ancestors before Muhammad. Then they would Say Christians and Jews. If you asked them what religion were their ancestors before all the prophets of God they may say that they that there really was no organized religion, people worshiped idols. Hope that helps. My knowledge is somewhat limited but it think that should answer your question and maybe also explain to the audience some of the nuances that may not be so clear to them. Keep up the good work. What it all comes down to is that we all are all brothers and sisters. We are all the family on this planet, it's just that we sometimes have annoying siblings that can drive us nuts.

[@missannsaw]

I have a friend who is an Italian Jew and in her family, they "remember" they came from Spain in ca. XIII or XIV century. As much as I'm amazed about family history like this, I don't know how to tell her that "normal people" have no idea about their ancestors from 600 years ago. I have no idea myself. Probably, they weren't in Polynesia, but who knows? I guess the person asking this question has a family tradition like this friend of mine and fails to notice that other people don't. From this video, I can only see how firmly Palestinians are attached to their Muslim identity, this is interesting, actually.

[@Timur_Alma-ata]

You're right. But the problem of this video is that the question is asked absolutely incorrectly. It is set in such a way to confuse a person, so the respondents were not able to properly answer this question. The bottom line is that muslims believe that Adam, the first man, was a muslim, the very word muslim is translated as "one who submitted to God." Also Jesus and Moses were muslims, prophets of Allah. It is also written in the Qur'an that Allah sent prophets to all nations, at all times, therefore all those who followed them, they are also muslims, monotheists. It could be people from North and South America, from Siberia, Japan, and so on.

[@missannsaw]

@Poligraph Sharikov I have issues with calling Jesus a "Muslim". From what you write, this is a very beautiful word in its etymology, but for the current usage, this would imply that Jesus celebrated Ramadan, or went for a pilgrimage to Mekka, which He, to the best of our knowledge, has never done. Is there a separate word for "believer" in Arabic?

[@spieler200]

@@missannsaw The word Islam literally means "submission" in Arabic, and as we all know Jesus had submittet himself to God ("...nevertheless not my will, but Thine, be done"). So he can be called a "Muslim" in this sense. So are the other God's prophets...

[@missannsaw]

@spieler200 I have issues, too :D with calling Jesus a "prophet" or "one of prophets." Because he also said, "Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am." (Which caused a scandal back then, so people definitely thought it's an important sentence. )

[@missannsaw]

@H M very beautiful, thank you! Issue is just with me, being Christian (i.e., heretic for many Muslims and Jews), I believe that calling Jesus a prophet is reducing His role in the history of salvation. Like, you can call my mom a dentist, and she is, no problem about that, but to me, she is first and foremost my mom. Jesus is a prophet, to many, many people, but to me, He is the Saviour and Son of God (personally, I also like the title Emmanuel, that means God with us). You can surely disagree with me about this, and no problem. Still, I would like to point out that in the majority of quotes you gathered, people call Jesus a prophet, which is different from Jesus calling himself a prophet (or from God calling Jesus a prophet!). In the first quote, He compares himself to a prophet, or His job to this of a prophet, but in another famous quote, He compares himself to a source of living water, soooo... In summary, I don't say that it is a criminal activity to call Jesus a prophet ;) just for me, this word is insufficient.

[@aminm7714]

I think they understood the question but don’t know that their ancestors probably were either pagans or even Jewish .

[@themapleland]

If ancestors were converted under terror of beheading without escapting, the descendants would change regardless. After hundreds years, they become the same oppressor.

[@chocomojo9552]

It's funny how they perfectly understand the question, yet their Brain know it's better not to answer.

[@geegeeh.6118]

The interpreter did not use the proper word that’s why they’re all answering incorrectly.

[@i_likemen5614]

The translator used a wrong term. And to most Muslims, Islam has always existed since the times of Adam

[@messi-mk3cq]

Most of them were pagen arabs, but we dont care what our ancestor belived in😂In the quran ALLAH says: And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?

[@kinndah2519]

I'm Arab, the question wasn't being clarified properly. Some did get it and agreed but they weren't translated properly when they responded.

[@Templar056]

I see Muslims are well educated in history

[@richardreese2257]

ha ha

[@CharlieHebdo12222]

​@@richardreese2257i know what you trying to say😂

[@KaCi1987]

Or in other things

[@TingTong2568]

isLAME and logic doesn't come in line

[@SamWise-h6j]

Notice how Levantine Christians are light-skinned like Ashkenazim and many Druze and Alawaites and Samaritans and Karaite Jews, all of whom are descendant of ancient Israel and Judea

[@amouri0307]

Palestinian muslims are the same race as the Christians they look 100% similar

[@keve4253]

these people I am guessing didn't think life existed before Islam

[@thestruggleisallthatmatter8833]

Religious Jews suck the blood out of a baby penis after circumcision. 🤢🤮 Jews think the world revolves around them

[@ПророкМухоед]

Fascinating, how to a muslim there is basically no concept or no possibility of imagining that there was something else before islam, something good, true and moral, and that their far ancestors were non-muslims. Because to them being non-muslim (kafir) is one of the worst things imaginable, despite all the recent talks about "love, tolerance and respect". A world-spread cognitive dissonance.

[@majorianus8055]

The history of the world is extremely rich before Muhammad came and yet most Muslim world view is as if the world is a dark age before Islam.

[@Mike-cb8cv]

Or the question being ask was just badly translated as other commenters have pointed out...

[@MrResearcher122]

Ibn Khaldun spoke about asabiyyah (clannish mentality). Muhammad,the Messenger, spoke about ignorance. Combined together, you get these kind of unacceptable answers from adults.

[@mnr4129]

Give us a break cross dog your Jewish god calls non Jews gentile dogs who are made to serve his chosen people yet somehow got clapped by them at the end 🤣 plus stop being butt hurt by the word kafir it literally means someone who denies a certain belief

[@RaniaKaram]

Really cool question and video. Thank you. As somebody from Lebanese origin, I'm really interested in this subject and need to do a DNA test. I tried to research both my parents surnames to see. My father's family are Christian (Maronite) and I know that a lot of them are also Muslims in surrounding countries. My mum's family have been Christian (Orthodox) since apparently the 2nd century AD. Not completely sure, but I'm assuming that before that, they would have been pagans of Syriac or Greek origin

[@ef2718]

Related study: *Genome-Wide Diversity in the Levant Reveals Recent Structuring by Culture* Prof. Haber et.al. Beirut, Lebanon.

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

Lebanese and jews are Canaanite, Natufian ancestry from the Southern Levant. Palestinians, Syrians, and Jordanians are a hybridized Arab race, primarily Arab but with heavy Levantine admixture. Lebanese and Jews are Levantine people, Mediterranean Basin Caucasian somewhat, similar to Greeks and Italians. Quite a bit different from Arabs with roots in prehistoric Yemen.

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

Well both Lebanese and Jewish communities are good at commerce. I don't want to sound cliché but here in Paris those 2 minorities are doing quite well financially. Not to mention Carlos Goshn headed a top 10 car company. Contrary to.. hum... "other" minorities..

[@pattyhsieh]

Curious to know how you can trace family history up to the 2nd century AD? By oral history passed down?

[@RaniaKaram]

@@pattyhsieh As you know, the history in this part of the world is essentially a history of the various religious sects, and the area where they lived. Sometimes we know from the surname and the location the religion and family history. I did some research online and found a lot of information, including books, folklore and a family crest, about the Saliba/ Saliby family, my maternal ancestors. I thought the name came from the Crusaders period, but then I learnt that the word "Saliba" is actually Syriac/ Aramaic, meaning "of the cross". Folklore talks about them being some of the first Christians, and building churches early on. There are neighbourhoods in Muslim predominant cities called Saliba (Alepo, Cairo..), so they were there in the various Arab periods. My direct family are from Rayak and Bteghrine in lebanon (and I think Nazareth, as my grandpa worked there before 1948. There used to be a boat from Beirut to Haifa), those people follow the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, that's why I assume they were pagans before. However the Melkite Saliba could have been Hellenistic Jews before, not sure.

[@DropTheMyc]

Now I'm curious I want to know what Christians and Jews were before they were Christian and Jew 🤔