Odd Phrase in Article about Ayaan Hirsi Ali

According to an article in The Nation:

Seven months ago, Hirsi Ali's implacable campaign against what she views as Islam's oppression of women prompted a Muslim fanatic to ritually slaughter Theo van Gogh, her Dutch collaborator on the film Submission.

I have previously seen the phrase “ritually slaughter” on crackpot antisemitic web sites that purport to show that Jews “ritually slaughter” gentiles. At first sight, this looks like evidence that critics of Islamofascists are acting in the same manner as antisemites … except this came from a supposedly-multicultural magazine.

This might have been an attempt at appealing to Jewish reflexes. It won't work when the multiculturalists are the ones doing it.

Besides, Jewish sources attribute the Diaspora to the sin of causeless hatred. The fanatics should take note.