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2004-06-21 Britain

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Posted by Howard UK 2004-06-21 9:49:53 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Two Torah scrolls, hand-written parchments of the Bible and holy Jewish scriptures were also found "torn and desecrated", a centre spokesman said ... We are keeping an open mind as to whether the incident was or was not racially aggravated," he said.

Minds which are kept that "open" probably had their brains fall out some time ago. The synagogue's heart and soul are their scrolls. A hate crime is pretty much the only possible explanation for their desecration.

Howard UK, from your comments, I take it that Schiff has come out in vigourous defense of Muslims like Abu Hamza. Should he neglect to place equal emphasis on the investigation of this obvious hate crime it will be a damning indictment of preferentialism on his part.

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-21 10:05:31 AM|| 2004-06-21 10:05:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 No - I don't know this guy. However there exists a marked difference between the Muslim and Jewish communities in their responses to hate crimes in the UK. I'll let you guess which is the most vociferous...

Posted by Howard UK 2004-06-21 10:25:42 AM|| 2004-06-21 10:25:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Londonstan and shades of Crystal Night!

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-06-21 10:37:05 AM|| 2004-06-21 10:37:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 What's race got to do with it? Religously motivated, obviously, but race? What race? Hebrew? Sorry, that's a linguistic and religous grouping, not a race. Arab? Same deal, linguistic/religous group, with about a thousand different ethnicities included in it.

Why can't they just say "it was an anti-jewish crime"?

Posted by mojo 2004-06-21 12:36:21 PM|| 2004-06-21 12:36:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Mojo - many antisemitic crimes are perpetrated by neonazis and others who hate anyone of jewish birth, regardless of their religion, or even culture. And traditionally other hate crimes in UK are racially motivated, IIUC, - IE hooligans who attack Hindu Indians, Muslim pakistanis, and Christian West Indians indiscriminately. I guess the police are having difficulty adjustingtheir terminology to the new realities.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-06-21 12:47:37 PM|| 2004-06-21 12:47:37 PM|| Front Page Top

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