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March 22, 2002
Icke may break law: CJC
Conspiracy theories could be considered hate speech.
PAT JOHNSON REPORTER
Conspiracy theorist David Icke may break Canada's anti-hate laws
when he speaks in Vancouver this month, warns a senior official
of Canadian Jewish Congress. In a letter to the owner of the theatre
where Icke is scheduled to speak, Dr. Mark Wexler, vice-chair of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Pacific Region, warned that Icke's ideas
may constitute a breach of this country's laws and requested that
the Vancouver East Theatre take "appropriate action to ensure
that your facility is not being used for the propagation of hate
against identifiable groups."
In a letter to Hamid Alborzpour, the theatre's owner, Wexler included
examples of Icke's vitriolic writings against not only Jews, but
other religious groups.
Icke, a British citizen, has written that the Torah was created
by a "bunch of human-sacrificing, blood-drinking fanatics and
black magicians...."
The letter to Alborzpour also contained excerpts from Icke's writings
that condemn every other major world religion.
"The Christian Church is a farce founded on a fantasy,"
Icke has written. "If anyone requires confirmation of how easy
it is for the few to control the masses, they need look no further
than the billions of people who have worshipped the fairy tales
peddled these past 2,200 years by men in long frocks. And what goes
for Christianity goes for the rest of them, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism
and all the rest."
Icke is also quoted in the letter saying, "Islam was created
by the same brotherhood networks as the Christian religions, to
further imprison, divide and rule."
In addition to his letter to the theatre's owner, Wexler has sent
a similar message to leaders in the Jewish community, including
rabbis, as well as to a number of faith groups who Wexler believes
will be as disturbed as the Jewish community when they hear the
contents of Icke's philosophy.
Icke is slated to speak at the Commercial Drive venue March 23 and/or
24. His organizers found this venue after being rejected by the
Ridge, the Vogue, the Hollywood and the Massey theatres.
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