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Ma55ter_fett wrote:It seems an idiot made some idiotic statements.

I have yet to see a Muslim walking around saying "heil mein Allah"

I find it interesting nonetheless since people in the United Sates have been likening Islam to all sorts of nasty things for years.

They may not shout it but they have the same arm spasm

















Google muslim hitler salute

Mein Kampf has been a very popular book in the middle east for years and their are Nazi themed restaurants here and there. It isn't complicated to understand why an ideology that has bigotry toward Jews built in might be empathized with by people who constantly say that they must drive Israel into the sea. I wouldn't call them Nazi's, but there is a popularity and affinity for elements of Nazi party that is fairly well documented.

Kilkrazy wrote:Shocking and saddening.

Christian churches and Buddhist temples have also been attacked on occasion, no doubt by different groups.

Most Japanese people aren't much concerned about religion, perhaps this was a racially motivated attack.

Not exactly suprising. I know people who have lived in Japan for long periods of time, several of them in different roles in different regions. They ALL say the sme thing. The Japanese can be polite but once they know you are there to stay can be very hostile. The hostility is veiled but vey much present. Thee attacks would embarass Japan, because its not how they protest as a rule, but the sentiment for deep hatred is there. 'foreign' rather that 'religious' is the issue. Japan has always been multi-faith (Buddhism and Shinto) and the Japanese Christian community hase been hanging out in ther mountains for four hundred years, though the latter has always had a rough time.

egor71 wrote:
They may not shout it but they have the same arm spasm

Those are not 'Hitler salutes' but much older salutes that Hitler adopted. Big difference. That salute goes back as far as ancient Rome, and perhaps a lot further.