by Jules Gomes
Islamist Antisemitism Mistaken for Liberation Theology by Leftists, Author Warns
In a historic first, an explosive report has established the pivotal role that Islamist ideology plays in fostering and spreading antisemitism among Muslims in Britain.
Published by the Counter Extremism Group (CEG) in June, the report is a critical response to Sir William Shawcross’s Independent Review (2023) of Prevent, the British government’s counter-terrorism program, which aims to stop individuals from becoming terrorists.
The report collates the “best available evidence” linking antisemitism and Islamism, investigating the rhetoric of Islamist influencers, antisemitic sermons, discourses on jihad, and the history of Muslim-Jewish relations in the Qur’an, to show how antisemitism is infecting British Muslims.
In a bold move, it documents the relationship between Nazism and Islamism warning that “highly influential Islamists” either deny the Holocaust or present it as “unfinished business to be carried to its conclusion by Muslims.”
The 94-page document titled Islamist Antisemitism: A Neglected Hate excoriates policymakers for failing to identify “Islamist antisemitism” as a “distinct phenomenon” and for attempting to rationalize Islamist Jew-hatred as a response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.