Full Speed Ahead
Yup, you’ve been waiting for it, so here it is: The most recent Full Speed Ahead award.
One staple of anti-Semitism has been that Jews have taken over the world, or are about to. Now Muslims are being accused of the same.
Haroon Siddiqui starts his comment this way. Of course I shouldn’t be reading the Toronto Star, but it’s important to know what’s being read in Canada. Like my brother in law who reads the Mop and Pail because it’s nice and thick, so he thinks he’s getting balanced coverage.
Siddiqui mentions free speech and the horrible things we say against muslims, but let me focus on his opening words.
One staple of anti-Semitism has been that Jews have taken over the world, or are about to. Now Muslims are being accused of the same.
Jews having taken over the world, unless you consider the blood libel, is the ONLY staple of anti-semitism. I believe the first mention of this was in “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion”, which was a Russian propaganda tool. It has no basis in fact. The Jewish Lobby is present today in many countries, and they’re very active, but to believe they control the world is a joke.
After the Russian Revolution, factions connected to the White movement used the Protocols to perpetrate hatred and violence against the Jews. The idea that the Bolshevik movement was a Jewish conspiracy for world domination, plus the fact that some top Bolsheviks, particularly Leon Trotsky, were Jews, sparked worldwide interest in the Protocols.
It was a joke in Hitler’s time, it’s a joke today.
One staple of anti-Semitism has been that Jews have taken over the world, or are about to. Now Muslims are being accused of the same.
I don’t think muslims are being accused of the same. Jihadis are being accused. Terrorists are being accused.
I hope I don’t have to prove that there are terrorists in the world, and that “jihad” does not mean “self struggle” when fatwas are put out. Somalian leaders don’t declare jihad unless there’s Ethiopians to kill. It never has anything to do with self-struggle when we hear about it in english.
Somalia is one small space in the world, calls for jihad have been heard around the arab world. It NEVER has anything to do with self-struggle.
The fact that “now, Muslims are being accused of the same” may have something to do with Al Qaeda and bin Laden. Since 1993 and 2001, the United States can’t ignore the fact that muslim radicals are in place, ready, willing and able to carry out deadly attacks. Support for bin Laden isn’t limited to arab or muslim nations, polls in the UK have shown that british born muslims agree with the murder of kuffars.
So, when I consider these words…
One staple of anti-Semitism has been that Jews have taken over the world, or are about to. Now Muslims are being accused of the same.
…all I can say is this: Anti-Semitism does not, nor has it ever had any justification.
Hatred towards terrorist radicals who just happen to be muslims is well documented, justifiable and probable recommendable.
It’s sad to see Haroon Siddiqui use his freedom of speech to spread lies. His perception of reality is distorted and misleading. Muslims are sometimes targetted for no reason, but the hate crimes are still lower for Muslims than they are against Jews. Since there is no reason to target Jews and that they’re still attacked more often, I DECLARE THAT MUSLIMS ENJOY THIS IMPRESSION OF VICTIMHOOD THAT THEY NURTURE CONSTANTLY.
Haroon Siddiqui, you can’t say that Muslims are accused of the same because unlike Ahmadinajad, Nasrallah and bin Laden in the Muslim world, there are no Jews out there saying that one day they’ll take over the world.
Congratulations, here’s your prize.
