07 September 2010

A Jew Speaks Out Against Islamophobia

Finally there is a line of thought getting put out there drawing the all-important parallels between the climate that led up to the Nazi Holocaust and the anti-Muslim screaming (and actions) going on right now. Anya Cordell speaks out in Tikkun Magazine in her article Lighting the Anti-Muslim Fuse:
When I hear the presumptions about all Muslims these days, I, a Jewish woman, silently substitute “all Jews” and then I know how terrifying and incendiary this language is, because we’ve already seen how these scenes play out, in all too horrific reality. Will those who are screaming the stereotypes the loudest take responsibility when people accept their cues and assume they have license from society to target innocent Muslims in hate-crimes, or worse?

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