Millions of people around the world, including myself, spent much of our Saturday with our thoughts and prayers focused on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. This is a city I've been to many times and is one of many wealthy cookie cutter suburbs in the Dallas metro full of wide streets, McMansions, and vehicles the size of World War II tanks. It’s a rather sleepy place, and on day one of the NFL playoffs, and a night of both championship boxing and UFC fights, I certainly didn't think my mind would be on Colleyville.
I agree with you that birds of a feather flock together and Siddiqui's anti-Jewish outbursts have a correlation with those who would attack Jews. I commented on Imam Omar's page, when he was stumping for her release, that it was not a good look because she was anti-Jewish and a nut. Now Imam Omar finds himself coming to the aid of his Jewish colleague who was essentially incited against. I hate it when the Muslim community gets played like that. We should be more circumspect about declaring Muslims innocent or misunderstood when they are, in actual fact, wolves in sheep's clothing.
I grew up a block and a half from Tree of Life. Antisemitism is primarily Christian in origin, and the person who killed 11 people in my childhood neighborhood was a white Christian, something no one ever mentions. I do not associate Islam with antisemitism, but I have seen how _some_ anti-Zionism has bled into antisemitism (not just among Muslims), and I deeply appreciate your thoughtful discussion of this.
After the Tree of Life shooting, the Muslim community guarded the synagogue until it could be secured and also raised money for the victims. We need each other. Be safe and well. Thank you.
I agree with you that birds of a feather flock together and Siddiqui's anti-Jewish outbursts have a correlation with those who would attack Jews. I commented on Imam Omar's page, when he was stumping for her release, that it was not a good look because she was anti-Jewish and a nut. Now Imam Omar finds himself coming to the aid of his Jewish colleague who was essentially incited against. I hate it when the Muslim community gets played like that. We should be more circumspect about declaring Muslims innocent or misunderstood when they are, in actual fact, wolves in sheep's clothing.
I grew up a block and a half from Tree of Life. Antisemitism is primarily Christian in origin, and the person who killed 11 people in my childhood neighborhood was a white Christian, something no one ever mentions. I do not associate Islam with antisemitism, but I have seen how _some_ anti-Zionism has bled into antisemitism (not just among Muslims), and I deeply appreciate your thoughtful discussion of this.
After the Tree of Life shooting, the Muslim community guarded the synagogue until it could be secured and also raised money for the victims. We need each other. Be safe and well. Thank you.