Muslim Sues UK Blogger
By Bernie on 14 Jul 2008
A tip of the turban 
to Blogging for a free world for alerting us to Harry's Place who is Being Sued By Hamas UK. Mohammad Sawalha, President of the British Muslim Initiative, spoke to Al Jazeera in Arabic about his demonstration against the celebration of the foundation of the State of Israel. Herr Sawalha told them, "We, the Arab and Islamic community, gather here today to express our resentment at the celebrations by the Jewish community and the [evil Jew/Jewish evil] in Britain”.
Later, Al Jazeera changed the text from "evil Jew" to “the Jewish Lobby”.
Harry's Place, British Muslim Initiative: We Resent the Evil Jew in Britain
It is pretty well known that Islamists in the West habitually say one thing to their English speaking audience, and another thing to their Arabic speaking audience.
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The original text contained the word الوبيل. It means “evil” or “noxious” or “dreaded” or “disasterous”. We’ve asked other Arabic speakers, and they’ve confirmed that, combined with the word “Jew”, the sense of the phrase is “Evil Jew” or “Jewish evil”.That word has been replaced with “lobby”, اللوبي. The words don’t look at all similar. So this isn’t a spelling mistake.
If we wait a little bit longer, I bet they’ll change it to “the Zionist Lobby”.
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Photo Caption: "This week's protest by Palestinians against excavation work near Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem led to this protest by the British Muslim Initiative on Whitehall, opposite Downing Street."
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