Our heading is a bit glib and more than an understatement. Mr. Hossain is the person behind the charmingly titled, "Filthy Jewish Terrorists" which attributes, well, pretty much anything he can think of to a vast, Jewish conspiracy. Hossain was a York University student who was suspended as a result of his involvement in the website pending further sanctions, however he ultimately decided to leave the university all together.
We decided to take a look at his website and then immediately felt the need to wash our eyeballs with soap and water. In many ways, it seems to be so ridiculous that one might mistake it for a spoof akin to "The Onion" (evidently it was the Jews who were responsible for the coup in Honduras and for the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995). Except that "The Onion" has yet to advocate genocide. For example, Hossain writes:
All Jews are treasonous, and the punishment includes death. Time to break out the rope and balance the scales of justice.
Charming.
The most recent accusation revolves around the attempted bombing in New York's Times Square. Of course, the Jews framed the person who has been arrested in the case (Hossain devotes a great deal of his site to conspiracies involving alleged Jewish frame jobs). And again, he advocates mass murder as a response:
The Jewish security threat must be exterminated immediately.
Given that this guy has been known of since 2007 (he was in the news in 2008 when he was supporting the killing of Canadian soldiers here in Canada) and his rhetoric has become more violent and extreme, it really does beg the question as to why hate crime charges have yet to be laid? Then again, hate crime charges are seldom laid against the boneheads we cover here, so we suppose we aren't all that surprised.
OPP probe anti-Semitic website
Latest post advocates killing Jews
Police are working "flat out" on an investigation into a website that says Jews should be killed in a genocide, the commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police said yesterday.
"It's a high priority item for us," Commissioner Julian Fantino said. "It's regrettable that this kind of hate mongering is evident in our country but, you know, nonetheless we do what we can."
The police commissioner made the comments in an interview after the Internet site, Filthy Jewish Terrorists, continued to post statements supporting the mass killing of Jews.
The latest post says Jews should be "rounded up and executed" following last weekend's failed bombing at New York's Times Square, which it claims was an attempt to "frame innocent Muslims."
The National Post reported in March that the OPP was investigating Salman Hossain of Mississauga, Ont., over the website. Two months later, no charges have been laid, the site is still active and Canada's largest Jewish organization is growing impatient.
"It's got to stop," Bernie Farber, CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, said after viewing the latest comments. "Legal action is absolutely required now. We can't wait any
longer." Mr. Hossain has described himself in his online postings as "a regular Muslim supporting the jihad overseas" and a "buddy/acquaintance" of the Toronto 18 terrorists who plotted attacks
in Southern Ontario. The Bangladeshi-Canadian has also used the Internet to chronicle his dealings with police going back to 2007, when he began posting messages supporting terrorist attacks in Canada and the killing of Canadian troops.
Despite the police investigation, posts of a violent nature have continued to appear on the site. A March 8 post reads, "All Jews are treasonous, and the punishment includes death. Time to break out the rope and balance the scales of justice."
On Sunday, a new post said Jews should be executed and that, "The Jewish security threat must be exterminated immediately." The article was posted to the site using an email address bearing the name Arman Hossain.
Neither Arman Hossain nor Salman Hossain responded to email queries sent to their accounts yesterday.
Salman Hossain was suspended from York University after the Post reported he was under police investigation.
"It's still ongoing," Sergeant Dave Ross, the OPP spokesman, said of the investigation. Police would not comment on an online report claiming that Mr. Hossain's home was searched by police in mid-April.
Mr. Fantino said police had received "numerous complaints on this particular individual. We certainly are doing all our due diligence to investigate as thoroughly as we can."
He said while he personally feels the website was "crossing the line significantly," the investigation was complex and touched on the delicate issue of free speech.
"It adds complexities, and you know, if you recall, how long the likes of Ernst Zundel went on and on and on with his hate-mongering and all of that, it took a long time to basical ly kick him out of the country.
Mr. Farber said he had confidence in the OPP but, "We are very concerned with the length of time this investigation is taking.
"We know that these can be complicated investigations, but on the other hand it is absolutely necessary to bring this to a conclusion soon."
sbell@nationalpost.com
3 comments:
I don't understand how these websites are allowed to exist. Stormfront and Podblanc and now this one, as well as hundreds more I'm sure. Doesn't free speech have its limits at threats, and haven't these sites threatened others on numerous occassions, going as far as to want genocide? Is that not illegal behaviour, should the people involved not be arrested? I don't understand how they could say it touches on the debate of free speech when he is calling for genocide. It simply makes no sense to me, I am all for free speech, and sure, hate speech does fall into that, but these websites often go much farther than that. This is a perfect example of that.
The reverend Duce at memebee forum is still promoting hatred against visible minorities. last year i reported one of his racist posts an the moderators refuse to ban him
his latest thread is advocating hatred against black Canadians
http://memebee.com/vancouver/vancouver-forum-f2.html
blaming immigrants for mortgage fraud
http://memebee.com/vancouver/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13888
my email is sbenchung@yahoo.ca
His hate web site http://www.filthyjewishterrorists.org is still online.
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