This is a repository for web-links and references regarding blood libel in Arab countries. Some people, on first reading about this topic, are shocked that such libels exist, to the point of questioning the veracity of wikipedia. We provide these links as a service for such readers.
- 19 April, 1999, ‘Al-Wattan’, Shuki Hafez, ‘The Commandment of Blood’, in Oman [1] (http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/anti-semitism/arab_press0599) [2] (http://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/archive/archive2/gulfstates/gulfstates.htm)
- TV skit, Abu Dhabi Television, against Ariel Sharon, November 19, 2001?, United Arab Emirates? [3] (http://www.mideasttruth.com/abudabitv) [4] (http://www.adl.org/presrele/AsInt_13/3964_13.asp)
- Ar-Riyadh, Saudi government daily, "The Jewish Holiday of Purim", Dr. Umayma Ahmad Al-Jalahma, March 10 and March 12, 2002 [5] (http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/arab/saudi_blood_l.asp) [6] (http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=antisemitism&ID=SP35402)
- Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass's book "The Matzah of Zion" [7] (http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=antisemitism&ID=SP43202) [8] (http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=antisemitism&ID=SP15000)
- Qatari news channel, Al-Jazeera, Sheikh Colonel Nader Al-Tamimi, November 6, 2000?, "suck the blood of Arabs" [9] (http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=antisemitism&ID=SP15000)
- Egypt, Al-Ahram, August 1, 2000?, "A Jewish Matzah made from Arab Blood." [10] (http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=antisemitism&ID=SP15000) [11] (http://honestreporting.com/articles/critiques/Blood_Libel_Strikes_Back.asp)
- Egyptian Al-Akhbar, April 2, 2001?, "The Last Scene in the Life of Father Toma!! - A Tele-drama for the Arab Summit in Amman!", [12] (http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=antisemitism&ID=SP20101)
- Saudi Arabia, Al-Jazirah, Muhammad bin S'ad Al-Shwey'ir, September 6, 2002 Jews Use Human Blood for Rituals, etc [13] (http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=antisemitism&ID=SP42102)
Anti-Defamation League condemns Egyptian blood libel (http://www.adl.org/presrele/islme%5F62/3790%5F62.asp).
"The Dossier of the Jews in Modern Egypt" - quotes an author saying that Arab reports of blood libels against Jews are literally true. (Source: al-Sha' b, 1 Dec 1998).
Metaphorical(?)blood libel - [14] (http://mypage.bluewin.ch/ameland/Libel)"
Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=%22of+blood%22+%22al-Watan%22+OR+%22al-Wattan%22+Hafez+OR+Matzos+OR+Matzahs+OR+Matzohs) on Shuki Hafez's article for Al-Watan
Blood Libel in the Egptian Media - Feb 2001-2 (http://www.adl.org/egyptian_media/media_2002/blood.asp)
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