Syrians Aren't Like Holocaust Victims, They Think the Holocaust was a Good Thing
The most cynical meme of the already cynical debate about Syrian Muslim migrants is the claim that they're just like Jews during the Holocaust. Except that nobody is seeking to wipe out Sunni Muslims. Sunni Muslim terror groups however are trying to exterminate Christians and Yazidis.
Despite that, Obama applied his own UNHCR refugee religious test and only took in 1 Syrian Yazidi, 53 Christians and a few thousand Sunni Muslims.
Oh and there's one more problem with the false analogy. Syrians think the Holocaust was awesome and the Jews had it coming.
Syrian children are also taught that Jews are evil and a false people and that their religion does not make them a nation. Syrian textbooks praise the Holocaust as a positive event.
That last part comes from the "Nationalist Socialist Education Textbook". Might have something to do with the fact that the dominant Syrian political movements on both sides, Baathists, SSNP and the Muslim Brotherhood, were heavily influenced by Nazism. The SSNP stands for Syrian Social Nationalist Party. Its logo is pretty much a swastika.
Other stuff Syrian kiddies are taught...
Israel was never inhabited by Jews, nor is Jerusalem holy to them... The Jews were foreign occupiers and accused of violating the holy space with their presence. It is the Muslim obligation to evict them from the city.
Also terrorism is really great.
In addition to teaching hate and intolerance the Syrian education system teaches martyrdom as an exalted value. Textbooks teach that martyrdom is the way of truth, justice, and glory. Martyrs’ deaths are considered social wedding parties, and are celebrated joyously. This system teaches that martyrdom is the road to victory and liberation.
So much for Syria's "secularism".
Syria has a long history of Nazi sympathies, harboring Nazi war criminals and generally being really Nazi-ish. Like the time Assad's dad threatened another Holocaust.
On March 8, 1986, President Assad of Syria talked openly about Syria's plan to commit another Holocaust; the sweep into Israel would wreak "the apex of Israel's Holocaust".( The Holocaust Conspiracy: William R. Perl, (page 249).)
Don't get the idea that the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood opposition is any nicer. Here are its views on how great the Holocaust was.
"Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the [Jews] people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By means of all the things he did to them – even though they exaggerated this issue – he managed to put them in their place. This was divine punishment for them. Allah willing, the next time will be at the hand of the believers."
Qaradawi, based in Qatar, is the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement and is a popular cleric throughout the Sunni Muslim world.
Syrians aren't like the Jews during the Holocaust. They're like the Nazis.