(Jewish Group) Belgian Police Detain Refugee for anti-Semitic Hate Crimes

[Behind the Aegis]

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

A 24-year-old refugee, believed to be Muslim, was briefly detained by Belgian police for anti-Semitic hate crimes, including the destruction of at least 20 mezuzahs in Antwerp, local Jews said.

In recent weeks, the same man was filmed in Antwerp destroying at least 20 mezuzahs, religious objects containing a parchment with biblical text inked on it that Jews affix to their door frames, and vandalizing the entrance doors of several Jewish institutions, Joods Actueel, the Jewish monthly reported Sunday. He was detained for 12 hours Friday based on footage from security cameras of him destroying the mezuzahs.

He had also placed a Koran near a synagogue, and was filmed knocking off the hat of an Orthodox Jew on the street. He shouted at Jewish passersby: “This is our land, Palestine!” and: “We will show you!”

The man was spotted hanging around an area of the city that is heavily populated by Orthodox Jews after his release Saturday, Joods Actueel reported based on information from Shmira, the Jewish community’s security service.

Last week, Belgian police said that the near ramming of an Orthodox Jew and his son in Antwerp was not an anti-Semitic incident, although the Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism, or LBCA, said it was.

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[EllieBC]

1. Are the Belgians going to be as pathetic as the Germans and say this is related to ME issues so it

isn't antisemitism?

[Mosby]

2. if he understood his own religion

He would not be defiling passages from the Tawrat (torah) written on the klaf inside the mezuzah.

[MosheFeingold]

3. I'm intrigued by his saying "this is our land"

While being in Belgium. And calling Belgium "Palestine."

It's an interesting mindset. Apperently, in his mind, any land where there are some Muslims belongs to Muslims and Jews are not welcome.

I am curious how many of his fellow immigrants share his belief. I fear it is a large number, which does not bode well for Jewish people in Europe or even the USA.

[EllieBC]

4. This is an excellent point you've made.

And it'll fly right over the heads of many. Or they'll write it off as one random guy.