Muslims Surround Synagogue Creating ‘Peace Ring,’ There’s Just One Problem

On Saturday night, over a thousand people, mostly Muslims, surrounded a Jewish synagogue to support Jews with that they called a “Peace Ring,” but there was a serious issue with the organizer which is drawing criticism from many in the Jewish community.
The Norwegian event was organized with the endorsement of the Jewish community and was done as a protest to the February 15 slaying of a Jewish volunteer at a Copenhagen, Denmark synagogue by a Muslim. The protest was praised by the head of the Jewish community in Oslo, Ervin Kohn, as “extremely positive” and as something that may change the dynamics of the relationships between Jews and Muslims on Scandinavia, according to Haaretz.
While some agree with Kohn, many in Oslo’s Jewish community took issue with the fact that one of the event’s eight Muslim organizers had expressed extreme anti-Sematic views in the past. In 2008, Ali Chishti gave a speech titled “Therefore I Hate Jews and Gays” in Oslo, blaming Jews for planning the bombings of the Twin Towers in New York on 9/11.
“There were several thousand Jews away from work in the World Trade Center, and why there were more Jews in Mumbai when Pakistani terrorists attacked than usual?” Chishti said in his speech, trying to convince people that Jews had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks. “Jews are a small group, but everyone knows that they have a lot of power.”
A pro-Israel activist and member of Norway’s Jewish community, Eric Argaman, said Chishti’s involvement was a dark mark on the event, while questioning his sincerity in participating. Chishti’s involvement “stained the event, which now feels more like a spin, on our backs, than a gesture of good will,” Argaman said.
But during an interview with a Norwegian newspaper on Saturday, Chishti retracted his words and said he was “angry” at the time. “I have since changed my views,” he said, but he still condemned Israel for the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip by saying he “dislikes” those who support “an occupying force that has been condemned in several United Nations resolutions.”
Chishti tried to justify his anti-Israeli comments by saying he thinks it’s “important to distinguish between being critical of Israel and anti-Semitism.”
I find it incredibly hard to believe that someone who tried to blame Jews for the horrific attacks on the Twin Towers so easily changed their views. Regardless, with such statements being made in the past, it seems to be in extremely poor taste to have Chishti organize an event for peace at a synagogue of all places, especially considering he supports the Palestinian terrorists.

How many times have we seen Palestinians call for death to the Jews? It’s kind of hard to support people who wish death upon others, but that’s just me.