Journal for the Study of Antisemitism

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known, no effort was made to establish the Muslim, Sikh, and Buddhist
groups’ positions on the Mormon activities. 13
From the twisted viewpoint of the antisemite, cemetery tombstone desecration
is an entirely rational act, because its intent is to eliminate even the
memory of Jews. The Mormon acts of posthumous baptism are only a more
sophisticated way of desecrating our tombstones.
13. In November 2009 newspaper coverage of the resettlement of Yemenite
Jews to Monsey, New York, it was reported that several of the Jews were subjected
to a forced conversion to Islam at an earlier and unspecified time. A Muslim man
who ordered Jews to convert killed a Yemenite Jew. See http://tinyurl.com/ylzhku9.
In addition, an August 10, 2009 sermon delivered on MEMRITIV (Number 20268)
by Egyptian cleric Mahmoud Al-Marsi proposed that tricking Jews into converting
was permissible. See http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2268.htm.