We do not usually include comments in our Bulletins but the myth touted by the media and academics that Sharia law is the same as Jewish law is prevelant and gaining ground. This myth is debunked in an important talk given at the SIOA launch in Washington, D.C. by Rabbi Jon Hausman titled Halacha, Sharia and the Religious Acceptance of Constitutional Governance. We encourage you to read it all at New English Review.
Mid-East
September 9, 2009
Syria
A Syrian newspaper published an article claiming that the German Holocast was invented by Israel and the Nazis never singled out the Jews as a target for extermination.
September 18, 2009
Tehran, Iran
Ahmadinejad and Aytollah Khatami in Qods (Jerusalem) Day Address say Zionists are the cause of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and suppression in Sudan. Zionists also slaughter innocent women and children and harvest their organs.
Sept 21, 2009
Israel
While Jewish residents of Havat Gilad were at the synagogue praying, Arabs from a nearby village tried to burn the town down, destroying two homes and the town's infrastructure.
Sep 27, 2009
Jerusalem, Israel
Twelve policemen and 15 rioters were wounded Sunday in riots by Muslims on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and later in the Old City.
North and South America
September 18, 2009
Washington D.C.
At an Al-Quds Day rally in Washington D.C. Muslims celebrate with hate speeches about the destruction of Israel and wave Hizballah flags. The event was organized by an employee of the Fairfax County Dept. of Planning and Zoning.
Sept 19, 2009
USA
David Horowitz, Daniel Pipes and Cliff May discuss the fight against radical Islam and the new anti-semitism on campuses. (video recording from Jewish Policy Center).
Sept 19, 2009
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Anti-Semitism exists globally and at a level prevalent enough to lead to a potential Jewish genocide, according to a leading Jewish scholar and anti-Semitism expert. Charles Asher Small of Yale said that help is needed given the threats to Israel and Jews throughout the world from both Iran and radical Islam.
October 1, 2009
Argentina
Former President of Argentina Carlos Menem has been charged with obstructing justice in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association in Buenos Aires where 85 people died and hundreds were wounded. He's accused of covering up the involvement of another man, also of Syrian origin.
Europe
September 21, 2009
Russia
Russian neo-Nazis attacked a Russian synagogue and the home of a police official who has been investigating terrorism.
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