As Jonathan Kay sees it, the "problem with calling the Koran anti-Semitic" is not that it's awash in Jew-hate (as well as hate speech in general)--as it most clearly is. No, the "problem," apparently, is that it leads to the same cul-de-sac you arrive at when someone mentions the Bible's anti-homosexual vibe.
M'kay.
Sorry, but I must have missed the part in the Torah where Moses turned the gentiles into "apes and pigs" and Jews were commanded by Jehovah to wage jihad until such time as the whole world cried "uncle!" and did Jewry's bidding.
Not acknowledging the Jew-hate in the Koran--the same animus that inspires and revvs up Muslims today and that's at the root of the contempt for and refusal to come to terms with the reality of a modern, sovereign Jewish state--is far more problematic than "calling the Koran anti-Semitic." Moreover, it's downright dangerous, in a see-no-evil sort of way that always--always--has dire consequences for the blind ones.
Oh, and Jonathan Kay should stay away from matters theological. He does not "get" religion.
Update: Ghastly George Galloway ends up in the above-mentioned cul-de-sac (really, the scriptural relativism dead end), and gets his arse promptly handed to him on a platter.
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I am no religious scholar, and I have no doubt the Koran is full of all sorts of evil pronouncements. So is the bible. No I am not attempting moral equivalencies. As for the Torah, I have heard it recommends killing all non-Jews during conflicts, whether the "enemy" or not. It forbids Jews helping gentiles in distress. It forbids Jewish physicians from saving gentile patients (even for money). And encourages harming gentiles non-directly, ie pulling the rope up after a gentile falls in a crevice.
Really is any of this surprising? These "holy books" were written by barbarians, are we surprised they advocate barbarous acts?
link : http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/jewhis5.htm
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