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Blood libel, host desecration, ritual
murder, & other largely anti-semitic fables

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Quotation from an American, 19th century Vice-consul:

Disclaimer:

This section links together one basic lie that has been used by many groups to justify persecution of religious minorities:

We do not wish to imply that persons perpetrating one of these myths is/was aware of their linkage to past persecutions. The perpetrators probably believe/believed that their cause was just, and that their beliefs, however deluded, were true.

Topics covered in this section:

Recommended books:

References:

1. Jasper Chasseaud, Letter to John Forsyth (1840-MAR-24, no. 12), microfilm 367, State Department archives, U.S. National Archives. Quoted in: Jonathan Frankel, "'Ritual Murder' in the Modern Era: The Damascus Affair of 1840," Jewish Social Studies Volume 3, Number 2, at: http://www.indiana.edu/~iupress/journals/jss-art3.html#r4
2. "A Calendar of Jewish Persecution," at "HearNow," a Messianic Judaism web site. See: http://www.hearnow.org/caljp.htm
3. "Classical and Christian Anti-Semitism," at:   http://www.virtualjerusalem.co.il/education/education/
4. Paul Johnson, "A History of Christianity," Athenaeum, New York, NY, (1976), Page 490
5. Arnold Leese, "Jewish Ritual Murder," Nazi propaganda by the "Father of British National Socialism." Available from Renaissance Press, a Neo-Nazi group at: http://home.onestop.net/rpress/index.html