If only Hitler had finished them off

A small excerpt from an anti-Semitic rant by IUMS member Tareq Hawwas on Al-Quds TV (Lebanon):

They are the most miserly of all the peoples. Wickedness, trickery, and deception are engrained within them. The Jews – with only few exceptions – have a natural disposition toward treachery. The Jews think nothing of violating treaties. They have no respect for them. What has happened in Palestine from the beginning and to this day shows us that the Jews have never respected, for a single day, any international agreement or treaty that they signed.

The Islamic nation has suffered from the Jews' violation of treaties ever since the days of the Prophet Muhammad in Al-Madina. These traits are what makes them employ all means of trickery and deception. Therefore, they have ways and means to trick the Islamic nation, first and foremost, through the economy. They have a good understanding of finances, and therefore...

When they were dispersed throughout the world in the days of Hitler... Incidentally, most of what is said about the massacre is exaggeration and lies. If only Hitler had finished them off, thus relieving humanity of them...

IUMS is the International Union of Muslim Scholars, headed by "noted Islamic scholar" Yusuf al-Qaradawi.  The organisation sets as a goal "the representation of Muslims living in countries where non-Muslims constitute the majority, such to enhance bilateral cooperation and promote Islamic scholarship and dissemination." Which is nice.

Qaradawi also has a problem with Jews, though he frames his anti-Semitism in terms of the Palestinian struggle, and is therefore warmly embraced by some Western politicians.

Comments

[grassmarket]

Ah, the classic anti-Semitic double-Salchow, often attempted but seldom as well executed as it is here, where the author manages to pull it off in just two sentences. Jump 1) Hitler did not carry out the Holocaust. Jump 2) Hitler should have made a better job of it. Marks of 9.9 and 10 all round from the judges.

[DaninVan]

Yeh, you beat me to it, GM; well said.

"most of what is said about the massacre is exaggeration and lies. If only Hitler had finished them off"
Seems the 'scholars' can't keep to the script for more than a sentence.

[Recruiting Animal]

It's hard to put these people into any perspective because we're not familiar with the countries they come from.

I always wonder if the clerics in the videos Memri puts online are just freaks like Terry Jones.

But Qaradawi does not seem to be a marginal figure and he says the same things and I have to wonder if there are major people with his stature in Egypt who tell a different tale.

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