[WCUSP] "ANTI-ZIONIST" NETUREI KARTA SYNAGOGUE BURNED

[yvonne simmons]

--- MAS INFO <masnet-service at maslists.org> wrote:

> From: "MAS INFO" <masnet-service at maslists.org>
> To: "MAS INFO" <roweenayvonne at yahoo.com>
> Subject: "ANTI-ZIONIST" NETUREI KARTA SYNAGOGUE
> BURNED
> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 13:40:01 -0400
> 
> In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
> 
> "Anti-Zionist" Neturei Karta Synagogue Burned
> 
> WASHINGTON, DC - Apr. 3, 2007 (MASNET) The Neturei
> Karta Orthodox Jewish community has been in the
> forefront of the national struggle demanding basic
> human rights and justice for the people of
> Palestine. They have stood on numerous occasions
> with MAS and the Muslim community when we
> demonstrated for the rights of the Palestinian
> people. Their principled stand has angered many
> members of the U.S. Jewish community who are
> uncritical of policies of Israel, particularly the
> policy of occupation and the ongoing attempt by
> Israel to wage economic warfare on the residents of
> Gaza and the West Bank.
> 
> As the official investigation of the destruction of
> their Synagogue proceeds, we of the Muslim American
> Society offer our prayers and condolences to Rabbi
> Dovid Weiss and the entire Neturei Karta community.
> May Allah (SWT) grant them ease and relief in this
> time of tragedy.
> 
> An article about the fire is reprinted below
> 
> "Anti-Zionist" Neturei Karta Synagogue Burned
> 
> A suspicious fire destroyed the synagogue and
> residence of a senior rabbi of a Jewish group that
> angered many Jews by attended a Holocaust denial
> conference in Iran. No one was injured in the blaze
> Sunday night at Yeshivas Bais Yehudi in Monsey, N.Y.
> 
> Local police and fire investigators said the fire
> was deemed suspicious because Neturei Karta, the
> anti-Zionist, fervently Orthodox group has been the
> target of threats, a local newspaper reported on its
> Web site. Neturei Karta members attended an
> Iran-sponsored Holocaust denial conference in
> December. Police would not confirm with The
> Associated Press whether the blaze was considered
> suspicious.
> 
> Rabbi Yisroel Dovid of Neturei Karta said that the
> group suspects arson because of previous threats.
> "There's no question that the issue is to stifle the
> opposition to Zionism," he told AP by telephone
> early Monday morning.
> 
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