Steven Stalinsky of MEMRI runs through the top ten conspiracy theories promulgated in the Mideast in 2004. How about this one:
Jews Tamper with The Koran: The Kuwaiti English daily Arab Times published an article on September 21 titled “New Education Plan ‘Enforced’; Jews tamper with Holy Quran.” The article reported on the Dean of the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies of Kuwait University, Dr. Mohammad Abdul Razak Al-Tabtabaei, who had “warned citizens and residents of some versions [of the Koran] which have been manipulated by Jews…” Al-Tabtabaei explained, “For long Jews have been plotting against Muslims using various means… They have been damaging the Holy book by the changing and deleting verses with the aim of hiding the truth.”
Sigh. Some of the others are probably more familiar: Israeli responsiblity for Abu Ghraib, Jews behind the Beslan atrocities, and of course, Israel offing Arafat.
