In every Jewish home, on every Jewish door is a mezuzah. Most people are unaware of it. They don’t notice it, but it is the first thing Jews do when they move into a home. They hang mezuzahs and kiss them upon entering the house. The mezuzah (translation doorpost) is a “small parchment scroll upon which the Hebrew words of the Shema are handwritten by a scribe. Mezuzah scrolls are rolled up and affixed to the doorposts of Jewish homes, designating the home as Jewish and reminding those who live there of their connection to G‑d and their heritage.”

The 24-year-old Muslim refugee was briefly detained by Belgian police for anti-Semitic hate crimes, including the destruction of at least 20 mezuzahs in Antwerp. Why only briefly? If this had been a mosque, mass arrests would have ensued. The NY Times and other elite media would have run front-page stories blaming my colleagues and me.

When will the international community address Islamic Jew-hatred? Not just 1,400 years of oppression and murder, but the unending war against the Jewish state of Israel?

I have been documenting mayhem and murder in the cause of Islamic Jew-hatred on this site for fifteen years. But instead of outrage and denunciation, I am labeled an “islamophobe” for speaking of the hatred commanded in the Quran. Extraordinary and ….. evil.

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

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. Writers Newsroom Email the Newsroom

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anti-semitism 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. Get The Jewish News’s Daily Edition by email

and never miss our top storiesFree Sign up! 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 vandalising the entrance doors of several Jewish institution, 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. Security cameras showed a black Seat Ibiza swerving sharply on Feb. 3 while speeding on Isabellalei, a central street in Antwerp, toward the father and son, who were dressed in Hasidic garb, according to Joods Actueel. The car is seen intersecting a bike path, apparently while speeding, then climbing the curb as the two are walking toward it, prompting the father and son to jump away from the curb and toward the safety of the building facades. They jump behind a lamppost and the car swerves back wildly, returning to the road from its incursion into the sidewalk. The father runs after the car as it speeds away. Police told JTA the driver was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. That incident in Antwerp is one of several recent cases in which Jewish groups and authorities in Western Europe disagreed on the role of anti-Semitism in the actions of alleged perpetrators of violence, including in Amsterdam and Paris.

Muslim refugee removes mezuzah from Jewish homes in Antwerp

Muslim refugee arrested for placing Qurans in synagogues removes mezuzahs from Jewish homes. By Haim Levi, INN, February 11, 2018: Dozens of mezuzot were removed from Antwerp, Belgium, homes over the course of Shabbat (the Sabbath). Shabbat begins each week at sunset on Friday, and ends on Saturday at nightfall. The mezuzah contains parchment with verses from the Torah (Bible) and is an ancient tradition commanded by the Torah before the Exodus of Jews from Egypt. It is placed on the right side of every doorpost of Jewish homes, offices, schools, and other buildings. Footage from security cameras in the area shows a Muslim refugee removing the mezuzahs from the homes of Jewish residents of Antwerp. The same Muslim was arrested several weeks ago for placing Qurans in synagogues. Local police are investigating the incident. Earlier this month, a Jewish father and son were nearly rammed by a local Muslim as they walked to synagogue on Saturday morning. The pair managed to jump out of the way just before the car reached them. Local police have insisted that the ramming was caused by a drunk driver, and does not constitute a hate crime.

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