Canadian Arab Newspaper Apologizes & Deletes Article Claiming Jews Built Titanic to Sink it and to Kill 3 Businessmen An Arabic-language Egyptian-Canadian news site published an appalling antisemitic conspiracy claiming that Jews built the Titanic in an effort to sink it and to kill three businessmen.
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ORIGINAL ALERT: December 5, 2018: As reported by the Elder of Zion (EOZ) website on November 29, Ahram-Canada, an Arabic-language Egyptian-Canadian news site that claims to provide a “platform advocating human rights, and is against racial discrimination in all its forms, colors and justifications,” published an appalling antisemitic conspiracy claiming that Jews built the Titanic in an effort to sink it and to kill three businessmen. The EOZ website reported the following: “Calling it the “smartest Jewish murder in history,” Ahmed Zaki starts the theory off by saying: The Jewish Freemasons built the giant Titanic ship and charged it with the fictional costs, only to kill three businessmen, who built it with a magnificent construction, to drag them on board, and then sink them into the ocean floor and bury the secret with them for ever. The [businessmen were against] the idea of creating the Federal Reserve! They loved to be rid of them in order to pave the way for the new world order. The conspiracy theory that the Titanic was not sunk by hitting an iceberg but was in fact sabotaged is not original to this newspaper, I found this article discussing the absurd theory. But the claim that Jews were behind it – namely, JP Morgan, who wasn’t even Jewish – is a new Arab twist. The editor of Ahram Canada is Medhat Oweida. He is also running for office. Medhat Oweida Announces Campaign for Candidacy to Run in the Federal Conservative .Nomination for the Riding of Mississauga Streetsville . Medhat Oweida declares his candidacy to run in the federal Conservative nomination for the riding of Mississauga Streetsville. Medhat is a proud resident of Mississauga Streetsville with a background in law, social work, media and human rights activist. He has served the community with a strong passion for great Canadian heritage. His passion to run in the federal Conservative nomination for the riding of Mississauga Streetsville is to implement core service values rooted in Andrew Scheer’s platform and vision for a Conservative Government in upcoming election.” Subsequent to being named and shamed by EOZ, this “article” was deleted from the Ahram-Canada website (screen grabs can be found at the bottom of this article) and the Editor of Ahram Canada issued the following apology (emphasis added): Important Message to Readers From Medhat Oweida, Editor-in-Chief Late last night it was brought to my attention that an article was submitted on our online new spaper whose content was offensive and anti-Semitic. The article in question was published on November 11, 2018 by the editor who oversaw the submission process for incoming contributions to the website. As the editor-in-chief, I would typically be involved in the approval process of any submissions. However, sinceOctober 1st, I had delegated this responsibility as I was focused on seeking the CPC Nomination in the federal riding of Mississauga-Streetsville. I would like to make the following clear: I do not share the views of the author of the article in question, and I categorically condemn views which spreads hate directed toward any group. Once I learned of the existence of the article, I took immediate action to have it removed from the website. The author of the article has been banned from accessing the website. We immediately parted ways with the editor who permitted the publication of the article. We are conducting a thorough search of the archives for any other submissions by the same author to ensure removal and to declare we have no association. We commit to work to improve the submission process to prevent such events from occurring in the future. As a human rights activist, I spent most my life fighting hatred around the world. As a Canadian Egyptian writer, I have been a proponent of peace between Egypt and Israel and have written articles in support of the peaceful solution of the Israeli-Arab conflict. In addition, I stand against terrorism and the hate attached to such activities. Part of this fight against extremism is standing for the rights of those who face persecution around the world, in particular members of different minorities, such as the Coptic community in Egypt, Christians in Iraq, Syria and Pakistan, and the Jewish community in the Middle East at large. I deeply regret the offence caused as a result of the publishing of this article. Please be assured it does not reflect my beliefs and I am confident that it will not be repeated in our publication.” EOZ’s response to this apology is as follows: “This is a real, well written and authentic-sounding apology, complete with concrete actions to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. Firing the editor that allowed the publication is an especially bold and appreciated move. There is no justification in this apology at all for what happened, no equivocation, no excuses. There is only one problem, though: The offensive article was written in Arabic, but the apology is only written in English. It seems to me that Medhat should also write an article in Arabic for the Arabic-language readers of his news site – many of whom live in Egypt and other north African countries. Medhat is doing everything he can to ensure that his political career is not hurt by this incident, but if he really cared about human rights and was really against antisemtism as he claims, shouldn’t he write an article denouncing antisemitism in Arabic for his Arabic readers. Antisemitism is rife in the Arab world. Medhat knows this. If he really wanted to contribute to human rights and peace, he would be fighting antisemitism not only in Canada but also where many of his readers are in Egypt and other Arab countries. If he would have translated his apology to Arabic, then that would have shown without a doubt that his apology was sincere. Unfortunately, his failure to do so makes this apology – as well done and as welcome as it is – appear to be political rather than heartfelt.” Importantly, in 2014, Ahram-Canada removed a series of antisemitic cartoons that were published on their website so this isn’t an isolated incident. The question that EOZ posed still remains to be answered, did the publication of this antisemitic conspiracy theory by Ahram-Canada violate Canada’s hate speech laws? 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