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| Surfin' Rabbi, U.S.A. |
| 2010-10-25 |
| An Orthodox California rabbi running for state senate under the Tea Party banner marched yesterday with a pro-England group in Britain outside the Israeli Embassy. Rabbi Nachum Shifren, an ex-lifeguard known as the surfing rabbi, is hopes to represent west Los Angeles in the California senate. He has spoken at Tea Party events and says he is a member of the group. The English Defence League has said it wants to foster ties with the American Tea Party, a patriotic group that has also taken anti-Islamist and anti-unrestricted immigration stances, and the rally, at which Shifren spoke, was meant as a first step toward that goal. "I am coming to the UK to express my solidarity with the patriots in England who are on the front line in the war on jihad and stealth jihad," Shifren told the Jewish Chronicle last week. "Multiculturalists have brought us to the brink, insisting on degrading our own cultures while pandering to forces of darkness that threaten to completely transform our societal foundations." Shifren is believed to have previously trained Israeli paratroopers and worked as a driver for Kach head Rabbi Meir Kahane. The rally was meant as a show of support for Israel and Shifren was invited to give a speech about Sharia law. At a rally earlier this month, 1,000 EDL activists clashed with police and pro-Islamist demonstrators in Leicester. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #1 Because, as we all know, jihadis don't surf. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-10-25 15:46 |