August 25, 2012
Damien Thompson writes:
"Is a new and shocking wave of anti-Semitism engulfing the
Middle East and the developing world?
Radical Islam Revives An Ancient Hatred ~ Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
"Consider the following:
Radical Islam Revives An Ancient Hatred ~ Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
"Consider the following:
"More than half the Jews in Iraq have been driven out of
the country; those that remain are forced to pay a fine or leave their
homes.
"Some are forced to marry Muslims.
"In Syria, towns and villages where Jews have lived for centuries are now almost entirely Muslim; these communities have fled to safer parts of the country, where they hope to escape an anti-Semitic massacre.
"In Syria, towns and villages where Jews have lived for centuries are now almost entirely Muslim; these communities have fled to safer parts of the country, where they hope to escape an anti-Semitic massacre.
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"In Egypt, the new regime is surreptitiously encouraging
attacks on synagogues; the Jews, despised for their supposed wealth, fear that
the “Arab spring” is about to release centuries of pent-up anti-Semitic hatred.
"In Nigeria, Jews have been attacked and killed while studying scripture. In Bangladesh, Jewish children are being forced into madrassas.
"In Nigeria, Jews have been attacked and killed while studying scripture. In Bangladesh, Jewish children are being forced into madrassas.
"In Pakistan, the body of an 11-year-old Jewish boy was
discovered this week; he’d been tortured to death and his lips sliced off.
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"You won’t have heard about this atrocious
persecution.
"That’s because ~ forgive me ~ I’ve played one of the oldest
tricks in the journalist’s book.
"For Jews, read Christians.
"For anti-Semitic, read anti-Christian.
"For synagogues read churches...
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"The fall of Mubarak means that it’s open season on
Copts.
"Those who can afford to do so may follow the example of Palestinian and Lebanese
Christians and emigrate.
"A key statistic: 100 years ago, the Levant was 20 per cent
Christian; now the figure is 5 per cent.
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"The British government, despite prodding by the heroic
Lord Alton, is doing a good imitation of not giving a stuff about any of this...
"There’s a real chance that all traces of Christianity will
disappear from the very place where St Paul was knocked off his horse and
blinded by a vision of the risen Christ..."
Continued here: Radical Islam revives an ancient hatred ~ Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
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The US and European governments are not Christian.
Most of the media is not Christian.
If Jews were being attacked, Obama would take immediate action.
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