Posted on 06/03/2014 2:26:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Foreign press fabricates lies about Judaism regularly, whether it’s the conviction that Jews were behind the Islamist uprising in Egypt or traditional accusations of blood libel.
But on Monday, watchdog blog CiFWatch demonstrated that British newspapers have perpetuated yet another outrageous claim: that Jews are guilty of practicing female circumcision, or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
In January, the London Evening Standard published a story—quoting a blogger at the Huffington Post—claiming that “Christians, Muslims, Jews, animists, and non-believers” are guilty of supporting the physical harm of over 140 million women worldwide.
Similar claims were made in a September Guardian report by staff feature writer Homa Khaleeli. But while the Guardian story was corrected within hours of CiFWatch noting the mistake, the Standard allegedly never published corrections to the misnomer. …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
I’m sure is was an honest mistake.
What about the drinking baby blood. Did they mention anything about that?
(Yes, it’s </SARC>)
Sadly, in some "Christian" communities RGM is prevalent, notably the Copts of Egypt.
That should be FGM. Sorry.
Just trying to cover for the barbaric Muslims by saying that everyone is mutilating women.
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Did I need /s too?
“Foreign press fabricates lies about Judaism regularly, whether it’s the conviction that Jews were behind the Islamist uprising in Egypt...”
I wouldn’t write that one off without first checking the last names of those who run foreign policy at the State Department.
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