Jonah: I agree that comparison of Yassin with Jesus Christ is pretty…

startling. You never know where this kind of thing will lead.

From The NY Times, 12/10/04:

French film-maker Jean-Paul Poseur has met a storm of criticism over his new

movie THE PASSION OF THE SHEIK. In the movie a shy, mild-mannered religious

teacher is killed on the orders of the evil Sharon, American-appointed

colonial governor in occupied Palestine. The movie won first prize at the

Cannes film festival, where it was cheered by an enthusiastic French

audience. The movie has failed to get distribution rights in the U.S.,

though, because of allegations that it is anti-Semitic…