Struggle against antisemitism
16-04-2010 / Germany
Germany - Bishop convicted for denying Holocaust
A court in the Bavarian city of Regensburg found the British Bishop Richard Williamson guilty of incitement for saying in a 2008 interview with Swedish television that he did not believe Jews were killed in gas chambers during World War II.
The court ordered Williamson to pay a fine of euro10,000 ($13,544).
The Roman Catholic bishop was barred by his order from attending Friday's...14-04-2010 / France
France - France halts Egyptian antisemitic broadcasts
The French government has ordered a local satellite carrier to halt broadcasts by an Egyptian TV channel due to Antisemitic content. The carrier, Eutelsat, was told by the French State Audiovisual Council (CSA) this month to block the Al Rahma channel, which it said violated a law prohibiting “incitement to hatred or violence based on religion or nationality.”
The Council cited in its...12-04-2010 / Italy
Italy - Man sentenced for Jewish lobby list
A Rome court has sentenced a man to six months in jail for having posted a list of 162 academics on his blog and describing them as members of an alleged “Jewish lobby.”
In a verdict handed down Thursday, Paolo Munzi, 42, was convicted of defamation. But he was acquitted of having violated privacy laws and a law against instigating racial hatred.
In February 2008 Munzi posted a list...07-04-2010 / Hungary
Hungary - Hungarian Jews demonstrate against rising antisemitism and extremism
More than 1,000 Jews marched through Budapest's Old Ghetto district in response to a series of antisemitic incidents and the polarized political climate in the run-up to Hungary's elections next week. The marchers defied a police recommendation to keep a low profile and marched through the neighborhood of the Great Dohány Street Synagogue wearing yarmulkes. The police recommendation was...01-04-2010 / Canada
Canada - York University removes antisemitic student
York University in Toronto says a man who allegedly advocated genocide against Jews is no longer a student there.
Salman Hossain had been accused of running a Web site that refers to Jews as "diseased and filthy," "the scum of the earth," "fanatic, genocidal maniacs," "psychotic" and "mass murderers."
The Arizona-based Web site Filthy Jewish Terrorists also said "genocide should be...29-03-2010 / United States
USA - Members of Congress encourage EU commission president to increase vigilance on antisemitism
A prominent group of members of the U.S. Congress, led by Congressmen Joe Crowley (D-NY), Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) called on the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso to bolster efforts to prevent antisemitism in Europe. The letter was signed by twenty three members of Congress, who sent it in response to the significant increases...26-03-2010 / Russia
Russia - Russia bans Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'
Russia has added Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' to a list of books that are banned for their extremist content.
The Russian prosecutor general's office said the book has been freely available up to now on several websites and was also sold by some booksellers.
The lengthy 1925 book by the Nazi leader, whose title translates as 'My Struggle', tells the story of his early years and exposes...25-03-2010 / United States
USA - Second hate crime suspect turns himself in
Eugene Police says a man suspected in a hate crime has turned himself in.
Officers arrested Michael Rister who goes by the name "Sweet Pea" in the West University area.
Rister, along with Gary Kehm, is accused of attacking a Jewish man twice in one night.
During the assaults, the suspects allegedly yelled antisemitic slurs at the victim. Officers caught Kehm on Sunday, but they'd...24-03-2010 / United States
USA - Counter protest against Anti-gay, anti-Jewish protest
Hundreds of College of Charleston students carried signs and yelled cheers in counter protest of the anti-gay, anti-Jewish Westboro Baptist Church.
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Canada - Muslim Org. condemns vandalism at Montreal synagogue
The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) has condemned the vandalism of a Montreal synagogue and is calling on police to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Vandals used a marker to scrawl swastikas in the bima (podium) and threw religious objects, including prayer shawls and books, on the ground.
In a statement released today, CAIR-CAN said:
“CAIR-CAN...18-03-2010 / United States
USA - Jewish brothers win settlement for alleged harassment at Harford office
Two Jewish brothers won $115,000 settlement from a Texas-based human resources firm after alleging that they endured religious-based harassment, including verbal and physical abuse, while they worked at an office in Harford County, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.
Brothers Scott and Joseph Jacobson detailed several complaints, including being called "dirty Jew,"...18-03-2010 / Canada
Canada - Teen wanted for Calgary antisemitic graffiti
Calgary police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for an 18-year-old youth in relation to a number of racially-motivated graffiti incidents last year.
But police added they cannot name the youth, since the crimes were committed while the suspect was 17, putting him under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Police say they issued the warrants after a thorough investigation of the vandalism at...16-03-2010 / Israel
Israel - Israel condemns Hamas' antisemitic remarks
Israel condemns with disgust the recent contemptuous, antisemitic remarks of senior Hamas officials, aimed at inflaming emotions in the region.
These tenebrous, ignorant and venomous remarks disseminated by the Hamas terror organization against Jews and Judaism, once again emphasize that Hamas is not only a violent, murderous terror organization, which has caused grief and sorrow to all...14-03-2010 / Belgium
Belgium - Antisemitic incidents reported in 2009
Belgium - Antisemitic incidents reported in 2009
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Hungary - Holocaust denial now a crime in Hungary
Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom has signed a law making Holocaust denial punishable by three years in prison. The law was approved last month by Hungarian lawmakers, after more wide-ranging versions of the law had been rejected by courts for limiting free speech. Spokesman Ferenc Kumin says President Solyom signed the bill because in his opinion the law is not...09-03-2010 / Spain
Spain - Spanish neo-Nazi given 33-month prison sentence for incitement against Jews
A court in the Spanish city of Barcelona has sentenced the neo-Nazi Pedro Varela to two years and nine months in jail and fined him US$ 4,000 for calling for genocide against Jews and Blacks, and for selling hate literature in his ‘Europa’ bookstore in Barcelona. Varela received a prison sentence of 15 months for propagating genocidal ideas and another 18 months for working to overthrow...
04-03-2010 / United States
USA - Protesting Holocaust denial ad in a UW paper
Students and staff on the University of Wisconsin - Madison campus are protesting an ad in a student newspaper that links readers to a website denying the Holocaust.
Hundreds of people, including Chancellor Biddy Martin, protested on Library Mall.
The ad appeared in the Badger Herald and on the paper's website .
While the ad doesn't explicitly deny the Holocaust, it links to a...
25-02-2010 / Germany
Germany - Berliners fight antisemitism among Muslims
Anti-Jewish sentiments are thought to be deeply rooted in a fifth of the ethnic German population, and some Muslim residents also hold clearly antisemitic views. Berlin activists wants to change that.
Yasmin Kassar is one of the many activists in Berlin who find anti-Jewish sentiments among young Muslims intolerable. For a year and a half now, the Syrian-German woman has been working to...23-02-2010 / Egypt
Egypt - Suspect says synagogue attack act of revenge against Israel
The Egyptian police arrested a suspect in Sunday's attack on the Shaare Shamayim Synagogue in central Cairo. The Egyptian Interior Ministry said the man had confessed and tried to link his act to Israel's "actions against the Palestinians."
Gamal Hussein Ahmed, a 49-year-old tailor, was arrested in the Egyptian capital. He told his investigators that he was "angry at what is taking place...23-02-2010 / Hungary
Hungary - New effort to ban Holocaust denial
Hungary's parliament has approved a bill making Holocaust denial punishable by up to three years in prison, but the measure may be unconstitutional.
Lawmakers passed the bill submitted by Attila Mesterhazy, the prime ministerial candidate of the governing Socialist Party, by 197-1, with 142 abstentions.
Earlier attempts to ban Holocaust denial have been rejected by the courts for...
