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"Since the French, Jewish and Muslim communities are both [sic] the largest, it is not surprising that misinformation and lack of education can lead to anti-Semitic hate crimes in France," Laila Al-Qatami, spokesperson for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination League, said in a recent e-mail. "As documented by the recent national report on hate crimes in France, these quadrupled in 2002, with over half the attacks aimed at Jews."

Well, that's cheerful. Throw in French, Jews, and Muslims and the Jews will be beaten up. The only thing new is the large amount of Muslims in France.

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"Since the French, Jewish and Muslim communities are both the largest, it is not surprising that misinformation and lack of education can lead to anti-Semitic hate crimes in France"

This article and the ideas it puts forward are ridiculously oversimplified. Since the Roman form of Christianity spread throughout Europe nearly two thousand years ago, Christians were encouraged by the church to hate Jews as the murderers of the Messiah.

The influence of Muslims upon both the RCC and the Europeans who embraced them in the name of enlightenment and progressiveness a thousand years ago has made European hatred of all things 'Jewish' that much worse.

Why else would FRANCE bear the honor of being the first country to force Jews to wear the yellow badge A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, if European hatred of Jews was not perpetuated among the peasants by the state: the Holy Roman Emporor, who happened to be French?

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Maria Sliwa

Is she Curtis's sister??? I know that she is very much involved in the anti-slavery movement in the Sudan.

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I don't recall who proposed this first, but wouldn't it be a great idea for the US to allow French Jews to immigrate to this country with refugee status due to the religious persecution they endure?

I doubt many French Jews would take up the offer, but it would really highlight French hypocrisy.