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SWC Calls on German Authorities to Prosecute Jihadist Hate in German Schools

CENTRE SIMON WIESENTHAL - EUROPE
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Paris, 13 April, 2011
In a letter to Federal Chancellory Minister of State for Culture and Media, Bernd Neuman, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, deplored "a mostdisturbing video clip"

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DtzMDxjUt_0]

Samuels noted that "this 6 minutes 38 seconds lesson on Islam - in German with English subtitles - was filmed in a German school class and now appears on several blogs. "

The letter highlighted that "though the school is not identified in order to protect the source, what is most chilling is the apparently banal delivery, by the teacher, of dispassionate hate. Theconstant, but low-key, calumnies of their Jewish and Christian neighbours' treachery is passively absorbed by the class of young German Muslims."

Samuels added that "the teacher uses none of the propaganda devices of Hamas, Hezbollah or Al Qaeda ideologues. He is an "ordinary" educator in a school for "ordinary" young Germans - the messageso redolent of such classes in the 1930's. "

The Centre urged the Minister to :

—mobilize all appropriate authorities across the Federal Republic
—promptly investigate this poisonous attrition of young minds
—prosecute the "ordinary" perpetrators of this criminal incitement
—more vigorously monitor minority educational structures nationally
—ensure that only accredited and registered teachers of religion be authorized on school premises

"The consequences of this seditious pedagogy threaten Jews and Christians directly, but menace even more the delicate social compact of Germany and the European Union," concluded Samuels.

NB The Wiesenthal Centre in no way endorses the blogs/websites cited at the end of the clip or any potential offence caused by the closing images.

For further information contact Dr. Shimon Samuels on 0033(0)609770158, join the Center on Facebook, www.facebook.com/simonwiesenthalcenter, or follow @simonwiesenthal for news updates sent direct to your Twitter page or mobile device.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400.000 members. It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations,UNESCO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the OAS and the Latin American Parliament.

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