Oh That Explains It
Really glad that they cleared
that one up:
Two prominent Canadian Muslim leaders issued clarifications Tuesday for recent anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli remarks, in the wake of calls for their resignations and a formal complaint filed by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
During a recorded lecture on October 22, Sheikh Younus Kathrada, the head of Dar al-Madinah Islamic Society in East Vancouver called the Jews "brothers of monkeys and swine."
But in a statement posted on the society's Web site Monday, Kathrada explained he meant only Israelis.
The problem isn't the apology: the problem is that he apparently had very good reason to suspect that no one in Canada would care as long as he only meant some Jews were monkeys and swine.
Two prominent Canadian Muslim leaders issued clarifications Tuesday for recent anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli remarks, in the wake of calls for their resignations and a formal complaint filed by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
During a recorded lecture on October 22, Sheikh Younus Kathrada, the head of Dar al-Madinah Islamic Society in East Vancouver called the Jews "brothers of monkeys and swine."
But in a statement posted on the society's Web site Monday, Kathrada explained he meant only Israelis.
The problem isn't the apology: the problem is that he apparently had very good reason to suspect that no one in Canada would care as long as he only meant some Jews were monkeys and swine.
