{"id":4320,"date":"2006-02-24T01:37:12","date_gmt":"2006-02-24T01:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/and-so-it-begins-again.html"},"modified":"2006-02-24T01:37:12","modified_gmt":"2006-02-24T01:37:12","slug":"and-so-it-begins-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/and-so-it-begins-again.html","title":{"rendered":"And so it begins again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s pray not. Let’s pray that someone figures out what the cause in the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe is tied to:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Halimi was kidnapped and held for three weeks while his captors, led by a Muslim immigrant from Ivory Coast, demanded a ransom from his family. He was found naked and covered with cigarette burns near a suburban train station outside Paris on Feb. 13. He died on his way to the hospital.<\/p>\n

The police initially dismissed charges by Halima’s family and Jewish groups that anti-Semitism had contributed to the crime, even after one of the suspects told investigators last week that Halimi had been a target because he was Jewish. The authorities changed their position after another suspect said Saturday that Halimi had been burned on his forehead with a cigarette because of his religion.<\/p>\n

The government has struggled to strike a balance between suppressing anti-Semitism among the country’s large Muslim population and addressing rising anti-Islamic sentiments in the broader population.<\/p>\n

The Jewish community again criticized the police and the media for playing down the anti-Semitic aspect.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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