"Jews in Marseille urged not to wear skullcaps"

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Or so an important jewish leader in Marseille says.
http://www.thelocal.fr/20160112/mars...ring-skullcaps

The president of the Marseille Israelite Consistory, Zvi Ammar, said that it was an "exceptional decision".

"Life is more sacred than anything else. We are now forced to hide a little bit," he told the AFP, adding that the move made him "sick to the stomach".

But shortly after the country's chief rabbi Haim Korsia, told Jews in France to ignore the call from Ammar and continue wearing the traditional headwear, also called the Kippah.

"We should not give an inch, we should continue wearing the kippah," Korsia said. The warning from Ammar comes just one day after a teacher in his thirties was attacked by a teen wielding a machete.

The teacher escaped with only minor injuries. His attacker, aged 15, was caught soon after fleeing and arrested.
The teen later claimed to have been acting in the name of Daesh, the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.

Interesting is the attack itself.
http://www.thelocal.fr/20160112/the-...chete-attacker

Rather than having a criminal past and a history of being radicalized, the teenager who attacked a Jewish teacher with a machete was a good student, from a normal family, who showed no signs of being psychologically disturbed.

Thoughts?

[Yamuri]

Woah woah woah, I thought Daesh was a an insulting slur to Isis. some kid. lol

[ranzino]

hmm, as an atheist i'm a bit lost, but really ? who wants to be a ( sort of) martyr for his faith ?

“Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead.” Darth Revan

sarcastic, but somewhat true ?

[Revi]

A lot of the worst terrorists we've seen have been college educated in Europe and the US and led successful lives. It might be unusual for the common ISIS grunt, but hardly new.

This just seems like some confused kid though. Either someone radicalized him or his teenage edgy brain fucked him over.

[Kronik85]

The teen later claimed to have been acting in the name of Daesh, the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.

This kid seems highly confused, isn't Daesh a slur to the Islamic State?

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This kid seems highly confused, isn't Daesh a slur to the Islamic State?

Deash is just another name. Anonymous made it "deashbags". I guess thats where the confusion comes from.

[EyelessCrow]

Deash is just another name. Anonymous made it "deashbags". I guess thats where the confusion comes from.

Pretty sure IS doesn't view it as another name, long before anonymous did anything with it IS came out firmly against being called Daesh for some reason.

[Independent voter]

Sad day a Jew can't wear his kippah. I can see that it's practical though.

[Twix]

Woah woah woah, I thought Daesh was a an insulting slur to Isis. some kid. lol

Daesh is just ISIS in Arabic.

[Shadowspire]

-face palm- juvi with religious teachings while in juvenile prison. If he does it again remove him from the country.

Jews shouldn't have to hide thier belief.

[Kronik85]

No idea how credible the source is but here's the low down on the term "Daesh".

The term “Daesh” is strategically a better choice because it is still accurate in that it spells out the acronym of the group’s full Arabic name, al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham. Yet, at the same time, “Daesh” can also be understood as a play on words — and an insult. Depending on how it is conjugated in Arabic, it can mean anything from “to trample down and crush” to “a bigot who imposes his view on others.” Already, the group has reportedly threatened to cut out the tongues of anyone who uses the term.

[Holas]

If you think its a good idea to put a kippah in Iran /Iraq /Syria / Europe then don't be surprised if you get hurt.
Jews have no place in those areas.

Either go to Israel and if you don't like it there then Canada, US, Australia and far East are still places where you can live a decent life.

[Shadowspire]

If you think its a good idea to put a kippah in Iran /Iraq /Syria / Europe then don't be surprised if you get hurt.
Jews have no place in those areas.

Either go to Israel and if you don't like it there then Canada, US, Australia and far East are still places where you can live a decent life.

3/4 I understand but Europe? Wtf this isn't the 10-70s anymore man.

[Powerogue]

Local crazy person tries to kill someone with a machete for wearing a hat.

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Local crazy person tries to kill someone with a machete for wearing a hat.

Yeah lets not call a spade a spade. At the same time in your alternative universe:

Local racist xenophobe bigot tries to kill someone with a machete for being arab

[Notter]

This is not something new, and in European cities that have a large population of muslims, jews and gays are at risk.

And in the last 2 years, there's been a worldwide increase of jews immigrating to israel.
France in particular, in 2015 there's been a 25% increase in immigration of jews (from 4,000, to 5,100).

Also, in Israel they recommend whenever you're going abroad to some countries, to hide any indication of religion (kipas, or star of david necklace..)

Somewhat related:
This is what happens to someone who wears a shirt with an IDF (Israeli army) symbol (it's just a common shirt, that a lot of veterans wear, since conscription is mandatory and everyone has served int he army).

https://www.facebook.com/29616371388...4110892424480/

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remember white women at arms lenght from men and jewish men dont use your little hats and all will be fine!

In the mean time you can google Children of Kalergi

[Ol Scratch]

Please stop calling them IS. They're ISIS. It's not our fault that they didn't realize the named themselves after a female goddess, which has to really sting given their culture.

[Holas]

3/4 I understand but Europe? Wtf this isn't the 10-70s anymore man.

Doesn't really matter what "time" it is. Europe is a dangerous place for Jews. The fact it was much worst in the 40s doesn't mean its safe.
I can agree that if a jew travel in Europe and doesn't meet Muslims then he needs to worry only from "regular" jew/israel hatred from the locals which is usually not violent, but why take the chance?

For example I (as an Israeli Jew) can get a European passport but I don't bother as its useless for me.

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Interesting that no one mentioned the muslim headscarf ban. Obviously it was going to be provocative to target one faith and not the ceremonial religous dress of others.