Friday, October 22, 2004
Hatewatch
The monthly "Hatewatch" brief at Winds of Change is up. The highlights:
Among other outrages, WOC identifies a return of the blood libel in another form:
Why are so many winners of the Nobel Peace Prize complete whack jobs? Scandinavians are usually such sensible people, but they seem to go insane when handing out this particular trophy.
Read the whole thing, to know your enemy.
Religious Hate: Indicted London mosque leader praises mothers of suicide bombers; Egyptian Islamist party leader justifies terror bombing; Al-Qaida web article praises beheading of Egyptian; Death threats for defamers of the Taliban; Christian Churches attacked in Istanbul – and Badhdad – and Zanzabar; A primer on Tariq Ramadan.
Idiotarian Seethings: Egyptian editor blames hatred on the West; BBC documentary broaches Al-Qaida denial; Hatred in Arabic at the Frankfurt Book Fair; Nobel winner claims AIDS is western bio-weapon; French neo-fascist too extreme for his own party; Anti-Americanism in Britain?; Neo-anti-Semitism in Italy; Delegitimization of Israel in academia.
Race and Culture: Racism as the source of conflict in Darfur; Bombing at Ras Shytan aims to drive a wedge between Egyptians and Israelis; Interference with Israeli rescue efforts at Taba alleged.
A Hopeful Note: Al-Arabiya TV director condemns Taba bombing; Arab progressive denounces terror; Separation of mosque and state in Afghanistan; Muslim apostate debates Muslim convert.
Among other outrages, WOC identifies a return of the blood libel in another form:
Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai has won the Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental activism. Her political outlook is arguably – how to say this – problematic. Some may disagree, but to me the notion that HIV is a bio-weapon invented by Western scientists to decimate black Africans is a kind of latter-day blood libel.
Why are so many winners of the Nobel Peace Prize complete whack jobs? Scandinavians are usually such sensible people, but they seem to go insane when handing out this particular trophy.
Read the whole thing, to know your enemy.
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