"Moderate" Malaysians Threaten Protests if Israeli Soccer Players Allowed Into Country....

What if they put a yellow "Star of David" on their shirts, would that make it acceptable? Side note: I think I may have posted this already but it's popping up on the news wires today....

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Muslim groups have urged the Malaysian government to stop Chelsea's two Israelis from entering the country when the team visits in July, warning the tour could face protests if they are allowed in.

Chelsea, whose coach Avram Grant and midfielder Tal Ben Haim are Israeli citizens, are set to play in mainly Muslim Malaysia as part of their Asian summer tour.

Malaysia has no ties with Israel and normally bars Israelis from entering the country, but the home minister decided at the weekend to allow the pair to enter the country, on the grounds they were taking part in a sporting event, free of politics.

A group of 21 Muslim and non-government groups now want the government to reverse its decision and has sent a petition to the minister.

"If the Israeli footballers are allowed entry, the government would be seen as being insensitive to the feelings of the Palestinian victims of Israeli ethnic cleansing and atrocities, and the majority of the Malaysians who sympathise with them and support their struggle for justice and peace," the petition says.

Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid, a spokesman for the group, said on Monday that the signatories would consider staging protests during the tour if the government refused to back down.

"People are very, very angry with the decision, so we are going to have discussions on this," he said.

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Funny-this sort of bigotry gets a free pass from the world media. But if someone says one halfway bad thing about the Koran, even if it's truthful, look out!

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The Malays are worse than pussies and cowards. They don't want to compete on the pitch out of fear they'll get their asses kicked by a team of infidels tainted by Jews which will refute the passages in the Koran that the muslim is a superior being to the "non-believer".