CANADIAN MUSLIMS SEND ANTI-SEMITIC CARTOONS

Canadian Muslims send anti-Semitic cartoons (JTA)
The Canadian Islamic Congress circulated anti-Semitic cartoons to Jewish homes in Ontario, B’nai Brith Canada charged. According to a B’nai Brith statement, Jewish residents of London, Ontario, received the cartoons in their mailboxes along with political flyers from the Canadian Islamic Congress, days before a Monday federal election.

One cartoon shows Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper draped in an Israeli flag with a slightly exaggerated hook nose, reminiscent of stereotypical anti-Semitic depictions of Jews. “We are concerned by the injection of anti-Semitism into this election campaign,” said Frank Dimant, B’nai Brith Canada’s executive vice president, who decried “the opportunistic use of hate tactics to advance a political agenda.”