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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2 2006 7:30 PM

Antisemitic cartoon contest - we have a winner!

Submitted by UpTight

Edited by UpTight

Tags: iran, racist, antisemitic, cartoons

Well it's been a tense few months since my previous article on the contest, but I'm pleased to say that the results are in, the judges are happy and we have a decision!

The winner of Iran's "Gratuitous Jew-Hate" cartoon contest is....Mr Abdollah Derkaoui from Morocco.

If gambling wasn't haram, I reckon you'd have got good odds at any Tehran bookies for Abdollah's entry. Most people's money would surely have been on one of the many entries featuring Jewish vampires.

But perhaps such classical motifs are now considered too "obvious", or maybe even a little passé, in the increasingly sophisticated world of Judeophobia.

The cognoscenti were possibly rooting for this hilarious cartoon of Adolf Hitler raping Anne Frank.

In fact, the judges surprised everyone and went for Derkaoui's more subtle entry -a work featuring Israel's infamous security barrier being compared to Auschwitz.

Although the wall in question has saved hundreds of lives since its construction, I doubt the cartoon was picked for its irony.

More likely, they just sifted through the mountains of racist crap until they came to an entry that would appeal to political antisemites sorry - my bad - "antizionists" in the West.

However, on announcing the winners, Iranian Culture Minister Mohammad Hossein Saffar-Harandi couldn't resist adding

"The Holocaust is a myth and this issue has finally made waves thanks to the action of President (Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad in daring to express himself on the subject and break the Holocaust taboo"

The contest was held in retaliation to the Danish Mohammed cartoons, but rather than asking people to contribute work derogating Danish heroes, bacon, little bronze mermaids or Norse gods, participants were invited to send in their "Holocaust Funnies".

You'd have to have black belt in radical Islamism to see the connection. Certainly Denmark lost Jews in the holocaust, but these days the country is overwhelmingly Lutheran.

Perhaps, I'm looking at this too deeply. The organizers said they chose the holocaust angle for its "shock value". Sure - it was just "Springtime for Hitler" reworked. The Iranian regime aren't just a bunch antisemitic motherfuckers.

"...a gay romp with Adolf and Eva in Berchtesgaden . Fantastic!"

Finally, a big "mazeltov" to Derkaoui, pockets $12,000 for his work. I wonder what he'll spend it on.

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Chainlink

Key West, FL

August 2005

NOV 02, 2006 07:47 PM

TEHRAN, Iran -
Iran's competition for cartoons mocking the Holocaust drew international reproach but made little impression at home Thursday, with not a single Iranian newspaper publishing the winning entries and people on the street saying it left them unmoved.

NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer

Not even in Iran did these cartoons get any kind of attention. Do you really want to help spread them around ?

"The exhibition had no remarkable impact on public opinion," said Gohar Dashti, a professor at the Soureh Art University in Tehran. "It was neither a concern of students nor of the media."

"Drawing cartoons ... isn't a good way to solve real and old problems," said Ahmad Nasiri, a 23-year-old architecture student. "Denying the Holocaust through cartoons doesn't contribute to humanity."

Iranian newspapers reported the results of the competition Thursday, but gave it no significant coverage. Not one paper printed the winning cartoon.

Thanks for sharing them though. No Iranian paper would.

Oh !! but I guess that was mentioned

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

NOV 02, 2006 07:48 PM

More likely, they just sifted through the mountains of racist crap until they came to an entry that would appeal to political antisemites sorry - my bad - "antizionists" in the West.

I think it's safe to say that no one on this site would have ever seen any of these had you not posted them. It doesn't forgive them, but they're not exactly what one would call pervasive in the West.

starguitar

Canada

August 2004

NOV 02, 2006 07:50 PM

political antisemites sorry - my bad - "antizionists" in the West.

Ahh, thank you for this wildly right-wing "joke." One can like Judaism AND criticize Israel and, believe it or not, not be an antisemite. To further the misperception that anyone who is opposed to Israeli political or military policies is an antisemite--even as a hilarious joke--is still insulting.

Dead_Ringer

I'm lost

September 2004

NOV 02, 2006 08:06 PM

Almost the same title and everything.

Good to see you spreading Islamofasicst propoganda. Don't you want to win this thing?

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY

February 2004

NOV 02, 2006 08:11 PM

wait, is there some osrt of secondary joke there with the blood type? like its spelling out arab or abraham in code or something?