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23. May 2006

Jødestjernen genindført - for arabere

 
Nogen har startet et rygte om, at man i Iran skulle overveje at indføre påbud om bestemt påklædning for forskellige religioner, dette har vakt stor opstandelse rundt omkring i skrigosfæren, hvilket vel er forståeligt nok - hvis det ikke var fordi historien var falsk, som Citizen Dane har påpeget.

Ak ja, den kildekritik - det ville spare mange røde ører rundt omkring, hvis man i det mindste overvejede at checke sine oplysninger blot én gang til, før man viderebringer et sådant rygte ...

Men faktisk er der ét land i Mellemøsten, hvor man for nylig har haft gang i en sådan visuel markering af medlemmer af en minoritetsgruppe - og det var ikke Iran, som vi læser i denne historie fra Yahoo! News:
Israeli Arab workers building a new wing at the Israeli parliament had their helmets marked with red paint to help security guards distinguish them from foreign laborers, parliamentary officials confirmed on Tuesday.

Parliament Speaker Reuven Rivlin ordered the markings removed after learning of the practice from a report in the Maariv daily. The newspaper ran a photo Tuesday showing five workers with white helmets, three of them marked. Two of the workers had simple red lines on their helmets, and the third bore a large "X."

About 180 workers, including Israeli Arabs and foreigners, are building a new wing for the Knesset, Israel's parliament. Foreign workers, many from the Far East or Eastern Europe, are not considered a security threat by Israel.

Ahmed Tibi, an Arab legislator, complained of racism. "The Jews know who was marked," he said, an apparent reference to the yellow Star of David emblems Jews had to pin to their clothes during Nazi rule.
Så denne form for stupid forfølgelse af minoriteter dukker såmænd op rundt omkring, men denne gang var det altså ikke Iran, der var begyndt at praktisere den ... (men det fremgår også af artiklen, at denne prakis nu er bragt til ophør).

Via 'Aqoul.

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