Architect Banned from His Profession for Saying Jews are Not a Race

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Architect Banned from His Profession for Saying Jews are Not a Race
https://www.eutimes.net/2020/08/architect-banned-from-his-profession-for-saying-jews-are-not-a-race/

An award-winning architect has been struck off for claiming Judaism is not a race but a 'cult'.

Cambridge-educated Peter Kellow called for 'restraints' to be placed on Jewish people including banning them from holding influential public office.

In a public Facebook post, he said there was 'no such thing as the Jewish race' and accused them of creating 'resentment and suspicion'.

As a result of his behaviour, he was hauled before a disciplinary panel, found guilty of misconduct and kicked out of the profession after 47 years.

The Architects Registration Board hearing was told that Mr Kellow made the comments in April 2019, as then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faced accusations of anti-Semitism.

He wrote: 'There is no such thing as the Jewish race. This is one of the many stunts that Judaists have pulled on non-Judaists who have swallowed it whole. There is only the religion/cult of Judaism.

'There is no doubt that Judaists have suffered from unfair and cruel treatment at many times in history but this was never racially motivated until the late nineteenth century and bloomed in the ideology of Adolf Hitler.

'It is not far from the truth to say the Judaists were the inventors of European racism for they asserted they were racially different to the rest of us. Judaists have got themselves into a lot of trouble throughout history being subject to pogroms, ghettos and expulsions.

'I am not saying this was justified, but why do we see this consistent pattern?

'The problem people have and always have had with Judaism is not about race.. It is because Judaism is a cult.

'What do I mean by a cult? A cult is a set of people, normally unified by a religion or quasi-religion, who try to create a society within the general society.

Mr Kellow also included freemasonry and Sunni Islam in his definition of cults.

He wrote: 'Cults work against the interest of the general society as its members, in subscribing to a society within the society favour each other over the rest of us.

'This naturally creates resentment and suspicion. How can you trust such people?'

'How should society deal with people who through their cult activity weaken the bonds that the society needs to function well? We must put restraints on their ability to create a society within a society.'

Mr Kellow suggested creating a public register of Jewish people, banning them from public office 'where they could discriminate' between Jews and non-Jews and ban from being judges.

He also suggested banning Jewish faith schools and the wearing of religious clothing other than a skull gap.

He concluded: 'By implementing sensible cult legislation [such as France already has] we can contain the problems of societies within our society and grant appropriate freedom to cult members.'

In June last year the ARB were alerted to the 'offensive' post and began an investigation.

At the subsequent disciplinary hearing, held last week, Mr Kellow said he stood by his post and denied that it was inappropriate, racist or anti-Semitic.

He claimed that he was the victim of a 'witch hunt', that the regulators were behaving like 'thought police' and labelled the process a 'kangaroo court'.

However, the committee ruled that he has 'entrenched discriminatory attitudinal issues' and found him guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.

Mr Kellow had his own London practice before moving to Toulouse in south west France.

In its judgment it said that the posting of 'accusatory and discriminatory' material undermined the profession and ordered that he be erased from the register.

'(His) failings diminish both his reputation and that of the profession generally. Treating others fairly and with respect are core qualities that any member of the public should be able to expect from a professional.

'(He) has not expressed any meaningful understanding of how he has fallen short in this regard. Architects hold a privileged position in society, which brings with it responsibilities, including the obligation to treat others fairly and without discrimination.'

Mr Kellow said today he would be appealing the decision and accused the ARB of taking on 'the role of Orwell's Thought Police'.

He claimed there was 'not a shred of evidence that anyone had been offended' by what he had said.

He said they should not be assessing an architect's 'political views'.

Mr Kellow added: 'To any reasonable person to suggest that a post on Facebook could have anything to do with professional conduct is ridiculous.

'Professional conduct is conduct during the exercising of your profession.'