Why do Arabs chop off hands? Why do they admire the thief who gets away with his crime?

Frida Ghitis: Arabs suffer from a chronic plague of theft, a perennial social disease in their culture.

She says there is even admiration for the thief who gets away with his crime, which goes to the very roots of Islam .

Armed robbery was a way of life for the Arabs for thousands of years , Ghitis says.

Sha’i ben-Tekoa : The Dome of the Rock symbolizes Islam ’s conquest, not just of the Jews , but of Judaism itself.

He says Islam is a predatory culture afflicted with the uncontrollable appetite to steal what belongs to others, an urge it disguises as a divine command.