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IS ABE FOXMAN A HATE CRIMINAL?

By Rev. Ted Pike

There is now widespread speculation that the three college students
arrested for firebombing eight Southern Baptist churches in Alabama are
Jewish. It's suspected that their alleged arsons were incited by recent
diatribes against the Southern Baptist Convention by Abe Foxman, ADL's
national director.

Were these firebombings more than arson? Were they bias-motivated
hate crimes?

I've found no concrete evidence that the three defendants are Jewish.

There is, however, much evidence that Foxman's many statements
against Christianity and Southern Baptists are inflammatory. They are
strong enough to incite unstable persons, Jewish or not, even to the
point of violence. In countries now under ADL-inspired hate laws, it is
a hate crime to publicly express contempt toward members of a federally
protected "identifiable group." In these countries, Foxman's written
contempt for Christianity could easily make him a hate criminal.

Christianity Bashing by Foxman

How does Foxman show contempt for an identifiable group
(Christianity)?

Let's start with his Baptist bashing. Foxman says "to target Jews for
conversion is disgraceful, insulting, and dangerous." He contends the
Southern Baptist Convention is "part of a deceptive movement ... whose
real goal is to convert Jews to Christianity. These efforts should be
stopped once and for all ... the Southern Baptist leadership continues
to show its disrespect and disregard for the validity of Judaism and the
Jewish people." (www.adl.org)

In Foxman's latest book, No Place for Hate? The New
Anti-Semitism, he says the lies of the New Testament are
responsible for the death and suffering of countless Jews throughout
history, culminating in the Holocaust of World War 2.

"Every annual reading or reenactment of the story of the death of
Jesus in Christian churches ... has been used to justify hatred of Jews
and violence against them, including from Christian pulpits. Through the
centuries, these denunciations have led to countless outbreaks of
violence against Jews, including murderous pogroms ... For almost 2,000
years, Christian leadership drove the spread of anti-Semitism throughout
Europe and beyond" (p. 48).

Foxman believes there is "a direct line from ancient Christian
teachings on Jews and Judaism to the death camps of Hitler" (p. 48). The
Christian mission to evangelize Jews, Foxman says, is inherently
anti-Semitic (p. 138).

Could it be that Jewish youths, believing Foxman's words, would burn
down churches in righteous anger? It's easy to imagine, considering how
Foxman paints Christian churches as temples of hate.

For example, Foxman's book says for nearly 2,000 years the Catholic
church has been the "cradle of hatred ... the arch-enemy of the Jews --
our most powerful and relentless oppressor and the world's greatest
force for the dissemination of anti-Semitic beliefs and the instigator
of violent acts of hatred" (p. 75). He says the Catholic church has "a
legacy of incredible shame and horror" (p. 74).

Is Foxman exposing an "identifiable group" to contempt -- the ADL's
definition of a "hate crime" in Canada and many other countries? Judge
for yourself.

Foxman's Hate Mongering

It probably can't be proven in Canada or Alabama that Foxman directly
incited church burnings. And we don't need to prove it! In his diatribes
against Christians, Foxman lives up to his own definition of a hate
criminal perfectly. Throughout Canada, a growing number of Holocaust
reductionists and Christians have been dragged through the courts and
severely fined for inciting far less contempt for other religions than
Foxman has against Christianity.

In Canada, Foxman's widely circulated book should, under ADL's
Canadian hate law, be considered "hate literature." His writings could
well "incite to violence" overzealous Jews. The Canadian government
could at least ban his books, exclude him from the country (as they did
to David Irving), and filter his internet outreach to the country, as
they are trying to censor right-wing websites today. All this, of
course, would only happen if hate crimes enforcement were even-handed in
Canada -- which it is not.

Real Hate Crimes Do Exist

Of course, ADL's definition of a hate crime is a farce. It is skewed
for one ultimate purpose: to entrap and persecute Christians and those
who criticize matters Jewish.

In reality, thoughts and sincere words are not crimes. It shouldn't
be a crime for Foxman to criticize the Southern Baptist Convention or
for me to criticize evil Jewish leaders.

There does exist, however, such a thing as a bona fide crime of hate.
When, from extreme hostility, one uses government to criminalize people
for expressing their opinions -- and exhausts, bankrupts, and finally
imprisons them -- that is a hate crime of the vilest sort.

Recent examples of such government-sponsored acts of terrorism
against innocent persons are:

• Deportation of Holocaust reductionists Germar Rudolph and Ernst
Zundel to Germany. They questioned the accuracy of the 6-million
figure of alleged Jewish dead. Theirs was a violation of ADL/B'nai
B'rith's German anti-hate laws.

• Imprisonment of David Irving for three years. He also questioned
the Holocaust figures and methods, violating ADL/B'nai B'rith's
Austrian anti-hate laws.

• The 2004 arrest and imprisonment of the "Philly 11" Christians by
ADL's national executive board member, Philadelphia DA Lynne Abraham.
Abraham incarcerated them for 21 hours, threatening each person with
47 years in prison and a $90,000 fine. By peacefully witnessing to
homosexuals, she claimed, they had violated ADL's Pennsylvania
anti-hate law.

A Higher Court

What would be the verdict of educated and fair-minded persons? Are
Abe Foxman and his ADL hate criminals according to the truest definition
of the term?

The verdict of this court is unanimous.

"Guilty as charged."

Educate yourself about the threat of anti-hate laws. See how
ADL/B'nai B'rith have created them to persecute Christians and take away
free speech. Watch 7 minutes of Ted Pike's "Hate Laws: Making Criminals
of Christians" at http://www.truthtellers.org/.
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