Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Classical Period
- Part II Medieval Times
- Part III The Modern Era
- 15 Martin Luther and the Reformation
- 16 The Enlightenment and Its Negative Consequences
- 17 Modern Antisemitism in Western Europe
- 18 Antisemitism in Late Imperial Russia and Eastern Europe through 1920
- 19 Marxism, Socialism, and Antisemitism
- 20A Antisemitism in Modern Literature and Theater
- 20B Antisemitism in Modern Literature and Theater
- 20C Antisemitism in Modern Literature and Theater
- 21 Antisemitism in America, 1654–2020
- 22 Antisemitism in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich
- 23 New Islamic Antisemitism, Mid-19th to the 21st Century
- 24 Anti-Zionism as Antisemitism
- 25 New Issues
- 26 Antisemitism in Social Media and on the Web
- 27 Theories on the Causes of Antisemitism
- Appendix The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance: Working Definition of Antisemitism
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
23 - New Islamic Antisemitism, Mid-19th to the 21st Century
from Part III - The Modern Era
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2022
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Classical Period
- Part II Medieval Times
- Part III The Modern Era
- 15 Martin Luther and the Reformation
- 16 The Enlightenment and Its Negative Consequences
- 17 Modern Antisemitism in Western Europe
- 18 Antisemitism in Late Imperial Russia and Eastern Europe through 1920
- 19 Marxism, Socialism, and Antisemitism
- 20A Antisemitism in Modern Literature and Theater
- 20B Antisemitism in Modern Literature and Theater
- 20C Antisemitism in Modern Literature and Theater
- 21 Antisemitism in America, 1654–2020
- 22 Antisemitism in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich
- 23 New Islamic Antisemitism, Mid-19th to the 21st Century
- 24 Anti-Zionism as Antisemitism
- 25 New Issues
- 26 Antisemitism in Social Media and on the Web
- 27 Theories on the Causes of Antisemitism
- Appendix The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance: Working Definition of Antisemitism
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
Drawing on classical antisemitic themes, this chapter reconstructs the growth of antisemitism in the modern Muslim world.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism , pp. 430 - 447Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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Further Reading
Bostom, A. G., The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism (Amherst, NY, 2008). A compilation of primary and secondary sources of and on Islamic antisemitism. This book includes a long introduction contending that Islamic antisemitism has a long-established history embedded in the religion and culture of Islam.Google Scholar
Cohen, M. R., “Modern Myths of Muslim Anti-Semitism,” in Muslim Attitudes to Jews and Israel: The Ambivalences of Rejection, Antagonism, Tolerance and Cooperation, ed. Maoz, Moshe (Brighton, 2010), 31–47. Based on his comparative study of Muslim and Christian attitudes toward the Jews in the medieval era, this essay challenges the view that antisemitism is an old phenomenon, rooted in Islamic tradition.Google Scholar
Frankel, J., The Damascus Affair: “Ritual Murder,” Politics, and the Jews in 1840 (Cambridge, 1997). A comprehensive account of the Damascus blood libel from 1840, including an analysis of behind-the-scenes struggles between the big powers.Google Scholar
Herf, J., Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World (New Haven, CT, 2009). A study of Arabic broadcasting to the Arab and Muslim worlds from Nazi Germany during World War II, with an emphasis on the anti-Jewish and antisemitic propaganda.Google Scholar
Lewis, B., Semites and Anti-Semites (London, 1997). The first and so far the only study fully dedicated to antisemitism in the Middle East from the end of the 19th century to the 1990s.Google Scholar
Litvak, M., and Webman, E., From Empathy to Denial: Arab Responses to the Holocaust (London, 2009). This study is a comprehensive account of Arab attitudes toward the Holocaust from the end of World War II to the first decade of the 21st century.Google Scholar
Nettler, R. L., Past Trials and Present Tribulations: A Muslim Fundamentalist’s View of the Jews (Jerusalem, 1987). This book provides a thorough analysis and translation of the tract “Our Struggle with the Jews” by Sayyid Qutb, which clearly exposes the Islamist perceptions of the Jews.Google Scholar
Sivan, E., “Islamic Fundamentalism, Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism,” in Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism in the Contemporary World, ed., Wistrich, Robert (London, 1990), 74–84. This essay discusses the role of antisemitism and anti-Zionism in the ideology of Islamist movements since the late 1960s.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Webman, E., “Al-Aqsa Intifada and 11 September: Fertile Ground for Arab Antisemitism,” in Antisemitism Worldwide 2001/2, ed. Porat, Dina and Stauber, Roni (Tel Aviv, 2003), 37–59. This chapter is a survey of the antisemitic manifestations in the Arab media in the wake of the intifada and the 9/11 attacks.Google Scholar
Webman, E., “The ‘Jew’ as a Metaphor for Evil in Arab Public Discourse,” The Journal of the Middle East and Africa 6.3–4 (2015), 275–92. This article traces the historical roots of the use of the term “Jew” as a negative noun. This tendency intensified in the antisemitic discourse in the wake of the “Arab Spring.”CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wistrich, R., Muslim Anti-Semitism: A Clear and Present Danger (New York, 2002). This booklet, published in the middle of the Second Intifada, discusses antisemitism in Arab and Muslim societies, stressing its Islamic roots and genocidal intent.Google Scholar
Yadlin, R., An Arrogant Oppressive Spirit: Anti-Zionism as Anti-Judaism in Egypt (Oxford, 1989). This study presents the negative attitudes toward Zionism, Israel and the Jews in Egypt ten years after the signing of the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt in 1979.Google Scholar