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Jun 8th, 2009 at 7:30pm
 
A GOOD REASON TO STOP ISLAMIC SCHOOLS - MUSLIM  INTOLERANCE DEMONSTRATED BY THE DRIVING OF THE LAST JEWS OUT OF YEMEN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/07/yemen-jews-exodus-arab-countries

The last Jews of Yemen are leaving. They are packing their bags and moving to Israel or the US. A community dating back to Biblical times is on the brink of extinction.

Sixty years ago one million Jews lived in Arab countries, but violence and state-sanctioned discrimination scapegoating them as Zionist spies have forced out all but 4,000 – who remain mainly in Yemen, Morocco and Tunisia.

Most Jews were airlifted from Yemen to Israel in the 1950s. The 400 left have resisted moving to Israel, having come under the influence of the non-Zionist Satmar sect. Some returned after a taste of life in the US or Israel (the government generally turns a blind eye to Jews travelling to the Jewish state). Now things have got so bad that even these die-hards are departing.

The murder in December of Moshe al-Nahari, a 30-year-old teacher based in Reda, north of the Yemeni capital, sparked this latest crisis. At first, the authorities claimed that the murderer was "mentally imbalanced". But it became clear that he was religiously motivated, screaming "convert or die, Jew!" as he pumped five bullets into his victim.

For some time jihadist gangs have been harassing Jews in Yemen. Girls have been abducted and forced to marry local tribesmen. Two years ago, 45 Jews, driven out of their village of al-Salem in north Yemen by threats from Shia Houthis, were relocated to the capital Sana'a.

Yemen is hardly an oasis of tranquility: it has more guns than people. The Jews are not the only ones to suffer in its long history of lawlessness and instability. Lately, however, Jews have had it especially tough.

Jews, tribal sheikhs, rights activists and lawyers all concur that harassment has reached an all-time high. After al-Nahari's murder, the Jews were besieged in their own homes and petrol bombs lobbed at them. Moshe's brother, rabbi Yahia Ya'ish, appealed to the government: "protect or deport us". Those wishing to leave could not claim their passports because the government's computers had mysteriously broken down.

Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, pledged to take the Jews under his wing in Sana'a, where, in contrast to the countryside, he has firm control. Some say the government is well-meaning but ineffective; others that the promised relocation was never serious. The Jews were to be re-housed in two blocks, too cramped for their large families and vulnerable to attack. But they could not even sell their homes in Reda after local imams intimidated would-be buyers.

The Al-Nahari murder verdict in March was the last straw. During the trial the murderer's family threatened the victim's relatives. Instead of the prescribed death sentence, the judge ordered the murderer to pay "blood money". The Jews felt less secure than ever: the Jewish Agency and the US government swung into action to plan the Jews' rescue and resettlement.

Mahmud Taha, a journalist who has been following the story, is not surprised that the Jews want to go. "There is no option for the Yemeni Jews but to migrate. The local authorities have failed to protect them ... The Jews are fed up and have reached an intolerable situation," he said.

Mansour Hayel, a Muslim human rights activist and Yemeni Jewry expert, blames the government: "In Yemen there is hardly a mosque sermon that's free of bigotry. The government's own political rhetoric marginalises the Jews, and civil society is too weak to protect them," he says.

Perhaps because they understand that tolerance towards minorities is the key to strengthening Yemen civil society, Yemeni human rights activists
have been vigorously defending Jewish rights. They want the media to start promoting democracy and tolerance; and equal civil rights for Jews, who pay discriminatory taxes and, as dhimmis, suffer various handicaps under sharia law. But Jews whose lives are in danger are unlikely to stick around long enough to see such reforms implemented.

The lesson one draws from the final exodus of the Jews of Yemen is that the Arab world does not even tolerate non-Zionist Jews. There can be no future for the pitiful remnant in Arab lands if their safety cannot be guaranteed.

In Morocco, where the Jewish community is largest, Jews traditionally repaid the king's sympathy with tremendous loyalty. But the king of Morocco was unable or unwilling to prevent 260,000 Jews leaving in the face of rising antisemitism in the 1960s, media incitement and forced conversions.

Even benevolent rulers have been powerless to stem the rising tide of anti-Jewish hatred engulfing the Arab world. Few Arabs are now likely to meet a Jew in their lifetime, and the gullible believe the demonisation and conspiracy theories peddled by their media.

No wonder Jews have spurned official invitations for them to return to live in their countries of birth. Jews visit as tourists, but few see their future in these countries. In Tunisia and Morocco al-Qaida targeted Jews in 2002 and 2003. In April the murder of a Jew in Casablanca sent the community into a panic.In May, eight terrorists were arrested for planning attacks on Jewish sites.

If Morocco and Tunisia fail to keep a lid on jihadist terrorism and incitement, their last Jews, too, will soon be following the beleaguered Jews of Yemen into exile.
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Reply #1 - Jun 8th, 2009 at 7:39pm
 
This is exactly what Obama was talking about in Egypt.

Religious tolerance must be offered in every country.

Question now is what Obama will do if lack of religious tolerance is going to dominate some countries?
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Reply #2 - Jun 8th, 2009 at 7:49pm
 
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Mansour Hayel, a Muslim human rights activist and Yemeni Jewry expert, blames the government: "In Yemen there is hardly a mosque sermon that's free of bigotry. The government's own political rhetoric marginalises the Jews, and civil society is too weak to protect them," he says.

Perhaps because they understand that tolerance towards minorities is the key to strengthening Yemen civil society, Yemeni human rights activists have been vigorously defending Jewish rights. They want the media to start promoting democracy and tolerance; and equal civil rights for Jews, who pay discriminatory taxes and, as dhimmis, suffer various handicaps under sharia law. But Jews whose lives are in danger are unlikely to stick around long enough to see such reforms implemented.

The lesson one draws from the final exodus of the Jews of Yemen is that the Arab world does not even tolerate non-Zionist Jews. There can be no future for the pitiful remnant in Arab lands if their safety cannot be guaranteed.


This is normal life under Islam...
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Reply #3 - Jun 8th, 2009 at 7:57pm
 
Looks that their biggest worry is loss of "revenue" once there will be no Jews to pay discriminatory taxes.
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Reply #4 - Jun 8th, 2009 at 8:25pm
 

by and large it seems the general population of muslims are happy to have the jews murdered and ran out of their country, again.

yes, Obama - are you reading this ?????
This is exactly the sort of behaviour you said is not on.
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Reply #5 - Jun 8th, 2009 at 8:44pm
 
It seems we all agree that religious intolerance of this nature is wrong, and should never be condoned.

Now, what was that you were saying about getting rid of muslims?
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Reply #6 - Jun 8th, 2009 at 8:54pm
 
mozzaok wrote on Jun 8th, 2009 at 8:44pm:
It seems we all agree that religious intolerance of this nature is wrong, and should never be condoned.

Now, what was that you were saying about getting rid of muslims?



Looks that now Muslims have to do their bit on tolerance and coexistence.

Don't you think?
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Reply #7 - Jun 8th, 2009 at 9:10pm
 
Absolutely agree Happy, they should.

The thing is, just because they do not do the right thing, in some foreign countries, does not mean we should lower our standards here in australia.

While they live in our country, so long as they follow our laws, then we should not place restrictions on them, greater than for anyone else, otherwise we would be no better than those we criticise.
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Reply #8 - Jun 8th, 2009 at 9:34pm
 
Were you suggesting Happy should tolerate the intolerant Mozz...  that's the true thinking of a progressive left mind.
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Reply #9 - Jun 8th, 2009 at 10:40pm
 
Yeh this is terrible. Those Jews in Yemen shouldn't be made to pay for the crimes of the Jews in Palestine.

Funny thing is though I don't see your same sympathy extending to the 4 million odd Palestinians who've been made refugees by the Jews coming into their country and booting them out... Long before any Jew was ever booted out of an Arab country.

You're a hypocrite, pure and simple.
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Reply #10 - Jun 8th, 2009 at 10:43pm
 
ROTFLMAO

Still an idiot I see.
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Reply #11 - Jun 9th, 2009 at 12:10am
 
Who F ucking cares!
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Reply #12 - Jun 9th, 2009 at 12:34am
 
About what AN?

I care to NOT ever be under Islamic rule.
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Reply #13 - Jun 9th, 2009 at 5:18am
 
mozzaok wrote on Jun 8th, 2009 at 9:10pm:
Absolutely agree Happy, they should.

While they live in our country, so long as they follow our laws, then we should not place restrictions on them, greater than for anyone else, otherwise we would be no better than those we criticise.


Yeah they've done a really fine effort at following our laws. And do you think being part of a community is just about following the law? No values or ethics needed? Entrenched misogyny enforced with the threat of severe violence, excessive hatred of Jews, no loyalty to the nation state at all - and supporting the causes of Islamic countries anywhere worldwide over and above their supposed new 'home'.

The prisons of New South Wales are full of muslims, even though they are only supposedly 5 % or something of the population. Why is that? Just coincidence?
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Reply #14 - Jun 9th, 2009 at 5:20am
 
DILLIGAF wrote on Jun 9th, 2009 at 12:10am:
Who F ucking cares!


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When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

Then they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
I did not protest;
I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.


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