Europeans take credit
The Europeans and even the americans should take the credit for exporting the whole notion of Anti-semitism to the middle and far east:
European history is scattered with enormities against the jewish people:
The Inquistions of Spain
The Crusades the killed 1,000's
The expulsions from countless countries
Hitler (who was baptised at birth) the 'devil incarnate'
The Protcols 'document' (Eastern Europe /Russian)
The very notion of antisemitism and its expression can all be traced back to Christian Europe, most people are agreed that this was definitely a European export that the Easterners could well have done without.
And not only that we only need to read some of the statments by the founder of Protestantism, Martin Luther to get a handle on how deeply embedded antisemitism has been in the Protestant church the same can be said of many Popes who have been and gone.
This hasnt completley evaporated even recent times:
Quote:Bailey Smith, a founding father of Robertson's Christian Coalition, once told 15,000 people at a Religious Roundtable briefing in Dallas, "With all due respect to those dear people, my friend, God Almighty does not hear the prayer of a Jew."
Petersburg Times, June 26, 1994;
And to suggest that it doesnt exist in USA is nonsense when we know of the many instances past US presidents have been caught making anti semitic remarks, Nixon to name but one.
And this does not just stop here big Christain Evangleists have made countless anti semitic remarks see Rev. Jerry Falwells remarks about the new millennium and the antichrist.
And what of the recent american film 'the Passion' by Gibson, that was apparently at least one american Christian interpretation of the famous story and was endorsed by hundreds of thousands of american christians especially in the 'bible belt' areas and yet it was labeled antisemitic.
The article i american or Europan in origin, hy doesnt someone go and write something along these lines?
So let Europes History admit one more act of disservice to the world amongst imperialism, slavery, colonialism, tp Wolrd Wars, let them also take responsibility for antisemitisms growth.