# Jerome Corsi revives the Blood Libel! Against Muslims! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992 "2014-01-06T01:51:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/1 "2014-01-06T01:51:57Z")
From [WorldNutDaily](http://www.wnd.com/2014/01/nun-slain-christians-blood-drained-and-sold/): > [@](#): > > NEW YORK – Atrocities by Syrian jihadist rebels have reached sensational new levels, according to a revered nun working with persecuted Christians and an explosive new video report. > > Sister Hatune Dogan told WND in a Skype interview that members of the Syrian opposition are draining the blood of Christians they behead and selling vials to Islamic radicals for $100,000 a piece. > > The Syrian Orthodox nun explained that the blood is used in a ritual washing of hands in the belief the act atones for sins and provides privileged access to heaven. Now, I know Muslims ritually wash before prayers – with water, or if no water is available, sand. Human blood’s a new one on me; I should think Muslims would regard it as an impure substance, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/2 "2014-01-06T02:20:19Z")
\ And just where are these Syrian rebels getting $100,000 for anything? Doesn’t World Net rank up there with Weekly World News for accuracy and believability? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/3 "2014-01-06T02:40:28Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > \ And just where are these Syrian rebels getting $100,000 for anything? No, they’re purportedly **selling** the blood to “Islamic radicals” – not necessarily Syrian rebels, and some Islamic radicals do have money (e.g., bin Laden). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/4 "2014-01-06T02:44:52Z")
[World Nut Daily](http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/ChimeraPic/media/Hazelnut_zps3efd482d.jpg.html?sort=3&o=13) proposed logo (not a link to the “news” site) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/5 "2014-01-06T03:18:11Z")
Corsi. Give me a break. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/6 "2014-01-06T03:42:54Z")
Sadly, this is only the second-craziest thing I’ve heard people claim Muslims believe. (#1 would be the woman who insisted to me, without any trace of incredulity, that the Koran instructs Muslim men to have sex with children and animals on Thursdays.) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/7 "2014-01-06T04:07:49Z")
Ask her why Muslims would have a day named after a Norse god. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/8 "2014-01-06T04:15:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Sadly, this is only the second-craziest thing I’ve heard people claim Muslims believe. > > (#1 would be the woman who insisted to me, without any trace of incredulity, that the Koran instructs Muslim men to have sex with children and animals on Thursdays.) That’s **incredibly** ignorant! The Islamic Sabbath is **Friday!** ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/9 "2014-01-06T05:31:38Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > That’s **incredibly** ignorant! The Islamic Sabbath is **Friday!** Party the night before. Repent the morning after. Where do you think Baptists got the idea from? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/10 "2014-01-06T05:38:14Z")
I will sell them a pint a month of my blood for $100,000. I’ll even include shipping and plastic vials. Cut it with some stage blood and you could probably get 50 vials out of each pint. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/11 "2014-01-06T11:53:15Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Doesn’t World Net rank up there with Weekly World News for accuracy and believability? That’s a vile slander. You’ll be hearing from WWN’s lawyers, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/12 "2014-01-06T12:34:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Sadly, this is only the second-craziest thing I’ve heard people claim Muslims believe. It is common for an adherent of religion “x” to think that adherents of religion “y” spouts nonsense. What gets me is why the adherent of religion “x” doesn’t question their own crazy beliefs. From the outside looking in, most theists’ beliefs are crazy. Wash your hands in blood to purify yourself? That’s insane! What you do is wash your hands in water that is blessed, then you turn some wine into Jesus’ blood and take a sip! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/13 "2014-01-06T13:18:06Z")
Sister Hatune Dogan is a member of [the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/14 "2014-01-06T13:52:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Sister Hatune Dogan is a member of [the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church) > [@](#): > > The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox . Don’t you need to have a really limber back to be autocephalous? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/15 "2014-01-06T16:17:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Party the night before. Repent the morning after. > > Where do you think Baptists got the idea from? Hey, what’s the difference between a Baptist and a Methodist? A Methodist will say “Hi!” at the liquor store! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/16 "2014-01-06T16:19:47Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hey, what’s the difference between a Baptist and a Methodist? > > A Methodist will say “Hi!” at the liquor store! That’s kind of like why you can’t invite just one Mormon to your parties. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/17 "2014-01-06T16:21:57Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > . > > Don’t you need to have a really limber back to be autocephalous? No, that’s _anal_cephalous. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/18 "2014-01-06T16:27:01Z")
Do Muslims wash in Christian blood? Well, is the [Pope Catholic](http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/is-pope-francis-even-catholic/)? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/19 "2014-01-06T16:36:36Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > It is common for an adherent of religion “x” to think that adherents of religion “y” spouts nonsense. What gets me is why the adherent of religion “x” doesn’t question their own crazy beliefs. I once worked for some fervent Baptist converts. Real quote from my boss, “We have the one true church of Jesus and all others have fallen for snares of Satan!” He was referring to the other Baptist sects. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992/20 "2014-01-06T16:36:51Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I will sell them a pint a month of my blood for $100,000. I’ll even include shipping and plastic vials. Cut it with some stage blood and you could probably get 50 vials out of each pint. For sure! Line up the buyers and I’ll sell as much as they want. Unless the beheading is required as well, then I’m not so sure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992.md?page=2)