Jihadis? Non-Muslim Leftists? No way to be sure at this point, but the scream of “F–k Jews” suggests Islamic anti-Semitism more than just opposition to Israel. However, the hatred of Jews that these men harbor almost certainly derives from “Palestinian” jihad propaganda, which is rooted in the jihad imperative to “drive them out from where they drove you out” (Qur’an 2:191) and destroy Israel utterly.
“Toronto Jewish community on alert after threats by hooded men taking photos of synagogue,” by Toby Trompeter, National Post, July 28, 2015 (thanks to Stephen):
TORONTO — The greater Toronto Jewish community is disquieted and on the alert after three hooded men took photos and yelled threats outside a Thornhill synagogue.
York Regional Police received a call from Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto (BAYT) on Friday, according to Const. Laura Nicolle. That afternoon, alerts went out via email and social media from synagogues across the GTA.
“This past Wednesday night, three men with concealed faces were observed taking photos of BAYT,’’ read one alert posted to Facebook and viewed by more than 20,000 people. ‘‘When they were approached, they yelled “F— Jews. Watch!”, jumped into their black Volkswagen Golf and drove off. The car’s licence plates were covered. Unfortunately, they were out of range of the BAYT cameras. Please be alert when walking, especially near our shul, and be on the look-out for such vehicles and/or people.”
Janice Savage, a BAYT member for three years, said the synagogue has increased its security.
‘‘It’s incumbent on all shul members to be vigilant — as the world we live in becomes more dangerous, the shul is responding to our new reality.”
Police cars were seen parked on Clark Avenue outside the synagogue all Saturday, as well as patrolling nearby York Hill Boulevard.
“I’m feeling very vulnerable. It was very reassuring on the Sabbath however to see the whole security task force of the BAYT in full swing. Members of the trained security team were at the door checking visitors — as well as a professional security guard,” said one BAYT neighbour who preferred to remain anonymous.
York region police said a BAYT security guard observed a car parked by a stop sign on York Hill Blvd., with two men nearby, at around 8 p.m. Wednesday. The guard believed they were possibly taking pictures of the security cameras.
“As security approached the men they got into the vehicle (and) fled the area,” said York Constable Andy Pattenden. ‘‘As they were driving away the guard believed he heard an offensive remark.”
Const. Pattenden confirmed they yelled “F— Jews,” but had nothing on record about the threat referred to in the email alerts.
The men wore hoodies that shielded their faces, and the licence plate covered with tinted plastic, rendering the guard unable to get the number….
National Post
duh_swami says
Some of Allah’s sons, no doubt. He’s not supposed to have any but it seems he has many. When Allah wrote in his book 2:191 ‘drive them out from where they drove you out’…how many Mahoundians had been ‘driven out’ by Jews?
Angemon says
Clearly neo-nazi right-wing “extremists” – as far as the leftist narative goes, those are the only Jew-hating crowd in existence, and any attempt to link islam with anti-semitism, or throwing leftist anti-“Israeli” or anti-“Zionism” (leftist euphemisms for Jews) feelings into the mix, is clearly a “bigoted”, “racist” “islamophobic” act.
Lioness says
The usual media narrative, probably individuals with “mental illness”; there are a lot of Muslims with this affliction committing jihad in Canada lately, only no mention that they are Muslims, but for some reeason they have names like Mohmmad, Abdull, Aziz, Ahmad…
Ray Lanfear says
When will we stand up to Iran and Islam.? Their Government has threatened our lives. The Quran says to kill all Jews, Christians and infidels. They are making good on their promise in Europe. Eliminating all Christians and Jews and infidels by beheading them or forcing them out. So I for one take the threat personal, how about you? Get informed on the threat of Islam now, read Ayaan Hirshi Ali, new book “Heretic” for the truth. She was a former Muslim and has won every single debate on whether or not Islam is a religion of peace. It is not. They will never, never adapt to our freedom, culture and customs, but rather want to force Islam and Sharia upon the World. Forget about political correctness, stand up and take a stand America. 3600 Mosques in America with many of them preaching hate and violence by the Imans is 3600 too many in my book. Anwar Alawaki was an Inman from Virginia that fooled America for years, he was a member of Al Quaeda and finally was killed by a USA drone. How many more “Anwars” are there at the Mosques, just one is far too many.
mike ryan says
When I spent a year in Germany several decades ago I couldn’t just walk into the local place of Jewish worship. One had to call in advance and was asked questions. At the site of worship one had to go past a security guard and could still not enter without walking beneath a camera and being buzzed in.
The same thing is now common in the United States. When I traveled to a nearby town to visit the shul (I live in a rural location) I had an experience similar to the one in Germany years ago.
Fear has come to Fortress America.
I would ask Christians in America and Western Europe to put themselves in the shoes of someone who has to go through this on a weekly basis and ask themselves how they might feel.
cs says
Here in the UK I thought it was an exaggeration in the 90’s to have guards in the Shul on Yom Kippur, as our area was very calm, but I did sub-estimate the muzzies.
RonaldB says
This is an example of lax policing.
Any car with a covered license plate or illegally-tinted windows should be pulled over immediately. We have practically the same situation where I live. Illegals drive large cars and trucks with their windshields so tinted, you can’t see through them even when looking directly at the sun, and they seem to drive the streets unimpeded.
Rachael Hicks says
When I spent a year in England several years ago I couldn’t just walk into the local place of Jewish worship.