Nonie Darwish collects quote after quote to make her case. Example:
“The
Jews are the Enemies of Muslims regardless of the occupation of
Palestine; we will fight,
defeat and annihilate them until not a single
Jew remains on the face of the earth.” (January 2009, Egyptian cleric
Muhammad Ya’qoub).
On February 1, 2009, prominent sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi, on Al Jazeera TV, called the holocaust "divine punishment" for the Jews and encouraged Muslims to do same by saying: "Allah willing, the next time will be at the hand of the believers [i.e. Muslims]." He then added that he would "shoot Allah's enemies, the Jews."
She cites many additional quotes and concludes:
. . . Hate propaganda is the rule and not the exception in Muslim preaching. It must go hand in hand with demands for conquering other people, otherwise jihad will end.
Hate rhetoric comes into Muslim homes in America via satellite dishes directly from the horse’s mouth in the Muslim world. Is it any wonder that in recent Muslim demonstrations in Florida, demonstrators were telling Jews to “go back to the ovens”?
We must never underestimate the power of hate propaganda, because, quite simply, it works. Believe it or not, if you grow up hearing ‘holy’ cursing day in and day out, it can feel and sound
normal, justified and even good. Evil, especially coming from religious leaders, is powerful especially if no one opposes it. That is why I decided to end my subscription to satellite Arab TV, simply because I could not take it any more. I now rely on Memri.org for information on Arab media.
By not reporting on Islamic hate rhetoric, Western media is
selectively normalizing hate speech for one particular group against
another and developing a double standard that is detrimental to peace
and democracy. The cancer of hate speech and anti-Semitism is already
in Europe and on American college campuses. No one should be above
criticism and exposure, especially those who issue Fatwas of death.
Courage and honesty are needed in our media.
Me: Read the whole thing, including the earlier part of Darwish's article in which she strings together inflammatory (but not unusual) quotes from prominent Mullahs and Muslim leaders. Note: Darwish is the author of Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law.