Prominent Saudi cleric Salman Al-Odeh is reportedly shown in this video not just questioning the scope of the Holocaust but repeating the ancient anti-Semitic “blood libel” claim that Jews drink the blood of children. This story is based on a translation supplied by a couple of sites and cannot be verified by this blog. Perhaps one of our readers can address its accuracy.
Salman Al-Odeh a leading “scholar” reportedly explains how “the role of the Jews is to wreak destruction, to wage war, and to practice deception and extortion.” He is then translated saying that
“It is well known that the Jews celebrate several holidays, one of which is the Passover, or the matzos holiday. I read once about a doctor who was working in a laboratory. This doctor lived with a Jewish family. One day, they said to him: ‘We want blood. Get us some human blood.’ He was confused. He didn’t know what this was all about,” Al-Odeh says as the interviewer nods along. “He found that they were making matzos with human blood. They eat it, believing that this brings them close to their false god, Yahweh.”
He is quoted as adding that the Jewish people “would lure a child in order to sacrifice him in the religious rite that they perform during that holiday.” Here is an idea. Why not identify the doctor who can identify the alleged perpetrators? Clearly, neither the cleric nor the doctor want to protect the alleged culprit. We can then prove to the world that this blood libel is nothing more than a knowing falsehood perpetrated by anti-Semites.
If the translation is accurate, it is a truly shocking display of raw anti-Semitism and ignorance — even for part of the world known for extremism.
Source: Times of Israel
Gene, I would have thought you to be a Truther. There has to be some Truthers here?
Any student of history knows that thanks to organized religion; more people have been killed in the name of the Lord, Allah, etc., than saved in his name.
That’s our ally!
Frankly,
Do you have examples of this? What I see in the MSM is largely apologetics and defense of the Saudis attempting to gloss over and mitigate their role in 9/11. Also, if you look at the region’s history and culture, the only lie in my joke is really the camel humping. Consider their primitive justice system (I studied Saudi law as part of my international comparative law studies – the stuff would make your hair stand straight up from an ethical and human rights standpoint), their retrograde treatment of women, their tyrannical and totalitarian theocratic monarchy, and the particular Wahabist bent on not just wiping out other religions, but other forms of Islam as well. Without oil? They’d still be in a state of small scale tribal warfare. The oil profits have simply allowed them to become a real threat to not just regional stability, but world peace. Especially since they got us to do their dirty work for them in removing the only secular state with a sufficient military to thwart both them and the equally vile state of Iran when we illegally invaded Iraq instead of them (the correct, just and proper target after 9/11).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIaORknS1Dk
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Gene H – American kids are already being told that about all Arabs, there is even an entire “news” network that pushes those lies.
Amy – the Koran is no more bloody and demented than the Bible, which also calls for the destruction of “non-believers” They could cherry pick the same sort of bullshit from the OT if they wanted. Its not which cosmic muffin they pray to that makes the difference its that they believe a cosmic muffin talks to them & tells the the only truth. Its not hard to find Jewish and Christian clerics who say the same sort of crap because they believe the great cosmic muffin has given them the only truth.
Hate like displayed by this cleric is a sickness and we won’t cure that sickness by regurgitating the same disease against the believers this clown represents (and lets be honest, every religion with the possible exception of the Buddhists produces sick clowns like this one).
blech
Islam commands the conversion or death of the infidel and preaches hate against those who are not Muslims, especially Jews.
This is some particularly ugly stuff from Islam (from a Hadith — the words and sayings of Mohammed and his close followers): “The Day of Resurrection will not arrive until the Moslems make war against the Jews and kill them, and until a Jew hiding behind a rock and tree, and the rock and tree will say: ‘Oh Moslem, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!'” (Sahih Bukhari 004.52.176)
AY:
It’s only blasphemy when you’re talking about my religion. It’s divine revelation when I’m talking about yours.
So, there are wackos in “the Saudi Arabia”, those who financed the hijackers on 9/11.
Not unexpected.
Religion–bringing the world together one libel at a time.
Blasphemy I tellbyu, blasphemy I say, blasphemy because I know it when I see it….. Except when I’m the one stating my opinion….. Then it’s just fact……
Worthless NAZI collaborators should STFU, and realize, that if it wasn’t for your Oil that the Modern world needs to run, it would have been easy to NUKE your asses a long time ago, together with your 6th Century views…. Why don’t you go marry an 8 year old like Moohammed did.
The Muslims should know all about using human blood for their rituals since that is an integral part of Islam. I have seen that on TV when they cut off the heads of Jews. THAT is no LIE either since they were proud of doing it. The sad part is that they do this as a normal thing and don’t need any religious holday to do it. Two can play this same game of hate if that is what they want.
People who pray to a Meteorite, in a Tent. should STFU!!!!
Saudi Arabia. Our Arab “allies”. Boldly marching into the 14th Century. Thank you, Theocratic Monarchy! And by “thank you”, I mean “you really suck”.
I suggest the rest of the world start teaching their children that Saudis are a bunch of camel humping desert barbarians that will be back to killing each other as soon as the oil money runs out. Turnabout is fair play after all, even if that turnabout has a kernel of truth in it unlike the original lie. I’ll leave it to the reader to decide if that kernel of truth is the part about the camel humping, being barbarians or going back to killing each other as soon as the cash goes away. Hey, if the House of Saud has a problem with a lie being told about their culture? Perhaps they should consider that Golden Rule thingy. I understand Mohamed was big on it too.
Disgusting nonsense. This so-called man of God can’t seem to treasure telling the truth.
Actually, the anti-Jewish “Blood Libel” myth is treated as historical truth throughout most Arab nations. You don’t need to confirm anything about that. Children in Muslim nations have been taught all about it at an early age, and because the propaganda is so omnipresent, it is accepted as true. Here’s a video from an Arab TV show. This clip includes subtitles, but you really don’t need them to get the point of this video. The story and images tell the myth in explcit, unmistakable terms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHqXt_JNSt8
It is not that this individual fool believes that all persons of Jewish heritage that is the most concerning, rather that the television station broadcast it in other than a mockery of this guy that is of most concern.
Aryan = Arabyn = Aryban
Is hate fulfilling to some humans? Us hating them is a binding principle of a perverted fellowship? Is promoting divisiveness and hate a goal?
What occupies the human soul of these humans. Who honors these haters, who supports them.
Professor Turley, I am interested in what “prominent” means in your description of this guy.
Rush Limbaugh is prominent, popular, and has power to influence. Rush is a kindergarten class hater compared to this guy.
What forum is given to this guy. Ted Nugent is a wack, I’d give him a “C” hater status next to this guy. Fox news gives Ted a forum.
The Khalijia station is owned by the Rotana Group, which describes it as a “general viewing channel with mostly films, television series and lifestyle programming.”
His words are proven lies, this station broadcasts them. What is this stations purpose? Are they a radical Saudi version of Fox news.
I get disgusted enough watching our home grown haters, but due to my living here I have a context of their influence in the US.
I have no context to evaluate this guys influence, or how his lies effect those that hear his words. Does some more prominent guy get
equal airtime to dispute his views. I can almost see this article as a propaganda piece, due to the lack of other pertinent information.
I am not an Arab scholar, historian nor sociologist. ….. I lack the knowledge of what context to assign to this.
On the surface this article will appeal to the base instinct of fear and fuel the haters. I would expect this to be on Fox with so little background.
If 1.5 billion Arabs (or Muslims) support this guy there is huge trouble brewing on this earth. A little more balance please.