"The genocide of the Muslims in Myanmar is ostensibly being carried out by the Buddhists, but we are certain that Judaism and Global Zionism are [behind] the massacre and the genocide against the Muslims... The tenets of Buddhism are derived from Judaism. The Buddhists are a tool [in the hands] of the Jews, and 'Buddhism' is a name behind which [hides] the hand of Judaism and Global Zionism.
-Ayatollah Ruhollah Qarehi, head of the Imam Mahdi seminary in Tehran
Leave it to the mullahs who run Iran to come up with a novel theory about the religious strife in Burma between Buddhists and Muslims to find the convenient scapegoat. It's the Jews because the Jews invented Buddhism, you see.
The below report is from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) and is also running today in Frontpage Magazine. It features some very disturbing antisemitic cartoons on the subject produced in Iran.
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7029.htm
Keep in mind that this type of cartoon is hardly limited to Iran. They run in mainstream media across the Arab world.
I am no expert on the Burmese situation, and it appears that innocents on both sides are being killed. Muslims are a minority in Burma, and many of them (Rohingya) are considered ethnic Bengalis. Irregardless of who is at fault, this is no excuse for anyone to blame a group that has nothing whatsoever to do with it (the Jews).
Its a simple case of my enemies must be in collusion with my enemies.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't about facts, its about denunciation -- like when Michelle Bachman raves about liberals.
Remember what the Shia Iranians Sunni allies (tongue in cheek) did to the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan?
Come to think of it, the Shia must be secret Jews, no, I mean the Sunnis, no, I mean...
Siarlys,
ReplyDeleteHuh?
Perfectly lucid and clear you are as always.
Like Jakes said... Do I need to explain that I'm kidding?
ReplyDeleteWould you say the quote you originally highlighted was clear and lucid? Wasn't your point that it was absurd?
But on a more serious note... have you ever noticed, when you rail about Muslim immigrants wanting their own ...stan in the midst of secular liberal republics, that truly Orthodox Jews seek the same thing?