How could he not do so? The idea that Allah cursed the Jews and transformed some of them into apes and pigs is thrice repeated in the Qur'an: 2:63-66, 5:59-60, and 7:166.
Also, this is a Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: mainstream Australian Muslim leaders seem to have no problem with broadcasting Hizballah TV in Australia.
"Australian Arab leader defends blood libels," from the Jerusalem Post, August 25:
Recent comments by the chairman of the Australian Arabic Council, Roland Jabbour, defame the Jewish People, B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) chairman John Searle was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the ADC on Monday.According to the statement, Searle called Jabbour's defense of Hizbullah's al-Manar television station labeling Jews as the offspring of apes and pigs "despicable."
"Roland Jabbour's claim, made in the name of the Australian Arabic Council, that anti-Semitic blood libels and demeaning depictions of Jewish people are acceptable in the context of the perceived 'crimes of the State of Israel,' is deplorable," he said.
The ADC chairman also called on the Australian federal government to look closely at the al-Manar television station and take whatever steps necessary to prevent the dissemination of such racist, anti-Semitic material, designed to incite hatred in Australia....
The station broadcasts vehemently anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and anti-American vitriol, as well as messages from suicide bombers.
Searle said in a statement that he was "distressed" at the anti-Semitic content that is being broadcast in Australia.
"Al-Manar is renowned for inciting violence and hatred," he said. "It broadcasts disgraceful anti-Semitic propaganda, including the infamous blood libel allegations, and it seeks to legitimize terrorism.
"Australian Jews, like all other Australians, have the right to live without being subjected to this kind of vicious defamation. The ADC condemns all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism, and works for a tolerant society that recognizes the right of people of all religions and backgrounds to live free from discrimination and abuse."
But the Australian Arabic Council said al-Manar should not be restricted and that Hizbullah, while anti-Zionist, was not anti-Semitic....
a)antisemitic
adjective
relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews
b)hmmm: Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism, an international political movement and ideology that supports a Homeland for the Jewish People in Israel (in the dominant interpretations, based on the creation of a Jewish majority).
lets compare...a) hates Jews and b)opposition to Jews.. Conclusion...the two are related...
"Roland Jabbour's claim, made in the name of the Australian Arabic Council, that anti-Semitic blood libels and demeaning depictions of Jewish people are acceptable in the context of the perceived 'crimes of the State of Israel,' is deplorable," he [B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) chairman John Searle] said."
-- from the article above
If Roland Jabour of the Australian Arabic Council calimed that antisemitic blood libels and demeaning depictions of Jewish people "are acceptable in the context of the perceived 'crimes of the state of Israel' he was lying. He was covering up the fact that the "Jews are the sons of apes and pigs" and similar statements were enshrined in Islam -- in the texts of Islam -- 1300 years before there existed the modern state of Israel to commit those soi-disant "crimes."
Perhaps John Searle does not know this. Or perhaps he thinks he should not refer to it. But he should. The full truth about where these texts come from, and why they are not to be explained, as the roland-jabbours of this world would have Infidels believe, as responses to things that Israel has supposedly done, but rather, do something much more important: explain why it is that Arab Muslims (and some islamochristians, which judging by his first name may include "Roland Jabbour") will never be able to tolerate the existenceof the Infidel nation-state of Israel, on land once possessed by Muslims. They can, however, be forced to endure that Infidel nation-state's existence if it -- Israel -- remains overwhelmingly more powerful, and is understood to be such. And that can only be achieved if there are no further surrenders by Israel, of land or other tangible assets. That is the only way to keep the long-term peace between Muslims and Infidels, whether in the Middle East or elsewhere: make the Muslim side understand that it has more to lose in any open conflict.
This still does not take care of all the non-military or non-violent means of conducting Jihad against Infidels, but at least it puts a limit to the military problem. Keep major weaponry out of Muslim hands, and then work to divide and demoralize the Camp of Islam, and to show Infidels what Islam is all about, what its texts and tenets proclaim, what the attitudes and atmospherics of Islam are like, and how Islam itself explains the political and economic and social and intellectual and moral failures of states, societies, and individuals suffused with...Islam.
by Israel's acts, but rather,
"But the Australian Arabic Council said al-Manar should not be restricted and that Hizbullah, while anti-Zionist, was not anti-Semitic...."
Translation: Free speech is good, as long as it's Muslims talking.
Do you know that when the Nazis made the Jews were different clothes, they were just copying the "Oath of Omar"?
Just a cowinky-dink, huh?
All Australians reading this should obtain a copy of Andrew Bostom's "The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism".
Read, learn, mark and inwardly digest the contents. If you can afford it, buy a second copy and present it to your political representative, with a suitable covering letter; preferably, do so in person.
If you cannot afford to give away a copy, there are certain articles on the same subject, by Bostom, which you might find, download, print out, and give to journalists, religious leaders, and your local political representative whether state or federal.
Before publishing his book, Bostom posted various articles on jihadwatch and on frontpage, discussing the subject of Muslim hatred of Jews and its source in the canonical Muslim texts and their interpreters. One article was entitled 'Muhammad's Willing Executioners'. Another was called "The First and Last Enemy: Jew-Hatred in Islam". Another 'An Apology for Koranic Antisemitism?'
Any one of these would be educational. Make sure John Searle and B'nai Brith receives copies of all three.
Australian Jewish posters: if B'nai Brith has a 'resources library', get them a copy of "The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism'. They need to know it. They need to read it.
They should also read Dershowitz's 'The Case for Israel,' Meir-Levi's 'History Upside Down,' and 'A Rumour About the Jews' by Bronner. It's not just that the Islamic texts (which are beyond reprehensible in their racism and intolerance toward everyone but Arabs), but it's the fact that the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' actually sells more copies in the Muslim world, followed by Mein Kampf, than the Koran.
I'm over the word 'anti-Semitic.' Arabs are Semitic, so in that context it really isn't anti-Semitism. I prefer 'Judeophobia.' It is a phobia. It is completely irrational. Jews are the most harmless people ever. And Israel is far and away the most defensible nation in all of history. Muslims are jealous because they could never be as awesome as Jews, because Jews have done so much with so little in such a small amount of time, whereas the Muslim world had the whole world in its palm for centuries and did nothing but ruin everything it touched. And they're bitter because every time they attack Israel, Israel kicks their monkey asses, which is doubly hard for them to bear because they refuse to consider Jews to be worthy opponents.
Israel is a constant reminder of every failure on their part and the simple fact that they are, and always have been, as wrong as wrong could be. Read the Koran. This is so deep-seated as to be foundational to Islam. Mo was jealous of Jewish success, prosperity, civility, and superior ideology, so he sought to contrive a new Abrahamic faith and failed miserably. Mo was wrong and Muslims are wrong, and deep-down they all know it. Itty bitty Israel destroyed the air force of Egypt, the most populous Arab nation, and they did it in 6 days. Israel freaking rocks, and Hizbollah reaps everything they sow. It breaks my heart that they took over Lebanon, the only Christian nation in the Middle East.