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And Now... Europe's Kristallnacht
by Douglas Murray
• July 28, 2014 at 5:00 am
They carried banners saying,
"Stop Israeli State Terror," but some went off-message, deciding,
apparently, that it did not matter if their targets were Israelis or not.
In the Netherlands, fresh from a
pro-ISIS rally in Amsterdam, the home of the Chief Rabbi -- not Israeli, just
Jewish -- was attacked twice in one week.
We live in a rightful disgust for
racism of any kind. And yet here we see -- and nowhere more clearly than in
Germany -- the new racist nightmare for Europe.
Scenes
from Europe, July 2014: Left, an anti-Israel protestor in London holds up a
sign saying "Hitler you were right". Right, one of a group of
anti-Israel thugs who stormed a soccer field in Austria assaults a player
from the Israeli team Maccabi Haifa.
The backlash in Europe against Israel has been underway since the
beginning of Operation Protective Edge. In each country the protests have
similarities. And in each they are spear-headed by the same motives and often
by the same people.
In London the protests have been dominated young Muslims with the usual
smattering of far-left fellow-travellers. They have carried Socialist Worker
Party banners saying "Stop Israeli State Terror." But some went
off-message, apparently deciding it did not matter if their targets were
Israeli or "just" Jews. There have also been the predictable
banners comparing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Adolf
Hitler. Others have a more confused relationship with this sinister
conflation. One young protestor was photographed at a demonstration outside
the Israeli Embassy in London with a poster saying, "Hitler you were
right!" Elsewhere the protests have spilled over into occasional
outbursts of violence.
Grooming Jihadists
by Samuel Westrop
• July 28, 2014 at 4:30 am
"These boys were groomed [at
the Al Manar Centre] ... so that they are satisfied that what they go to do
is right ... once they're groomed, all it takes is someone to say come and
I'll take you." — Source close to the Yemeni Community, Cardiff, U.K.,
as reported in The Telegraph.
All these preachers share one
thing in common: they are favorites of the two leading government-subsidized
Salafi charities in Britain.
Saudi
Islamist preacher Muhammad al-Arifi (right) at an iERA stall in London
The British government, on June 26, banned Sheikh Mohammad Al Arifi from
entering the United Kingdom, after reports in the British media linked the
Saudi preacher to the radicalization of British youth now fighting for ISIS
in Syria.
Arifi's sermons at the Al Manar Centre in Cardiff in particular, have
been linked to the radicalization of three young British Muslims: brothers
Nasser and Aseel Muthana and their friend, Reyaad Khan.
This ban demonstrates the British government's growing acceptance that
Islamist preachers actually do play an important role in driving Muslim youth
toward terrorism.
In an interview with Channel 4 News, Mohammad Al Arifi denied the
charges and voiced condemnation for those who incite Muslims to fight in
Syria. His denial, however, was clearly at odds with his earlier
declarations. In 2010, Arifi stated in a television broadcast that:
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