Is anti-Semitism on the Rise in Europe?

[Chaigidel]

the arabs hate the jews because of corrupt arab politico's manipulating the population.

[Tomas of Hinckley]

sure there are historical reasons and political motivations for the attitude to israel, but if imans didnt bring out the "hail and brimstone" and talked more about reconciliation ( i know some do) less muslims would be pressured to hate jews, and wouldnt feel they were being "unislamic" not to.

[Chaigidel]

exactly--- its the leaders of the arab world leading the population into destruction.

[Miraj]

Arab-Jew hate is a two way street. Trying to pin exclusive blame on one side makes you just as intolerant and closed-minded as the very Arabs you so despise.

[wilpuri]

I'm getting tired of the brainless "The muslims are the new Jews of Europe" bollocks. The reasons for anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and anti-immigrationist attitudes, the circumstances, the tensions within society, are of a completely different nature. The comparison is simply evoced as a not-so discreetly disguised Nazi/Hitler card.

[Miraj]

So far I've noticed one person (eranshahr) make that comparison on this thread. So it seems you get tired quite easily.

[Gary88]

Is anti-Semitism on the Rise in Europe?

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so the article in the OP shows one example of a norrow minded racist **** attacking a jewish guy and therefore anti-scematism is on the rise in the UK...utter utter bollocks

[enoch]

I don't see anything wrong in antisemitism . " Russians suck " ,"Americans are idiots " ,"Frenchies are faggots " .If you can hear these every day without caring ,why is "Jews are filthy " a disturbing phrase ?

Because Jewishness is based on blood, not geography. It's one thing to say all Palestinians have shown themselves undeserving of life, it is quite another to say ALL arabs are filthy.

they ahte jews because of the arab-Israeli wars

They persecuted Jews long before modern Israel was even an idea. They hate Jews for far older, less concrete reasons. At lot of it has to do with the fact that the Jews are/were the first of God's children, and in their soul, all others who worship the Jewish God, know the Jews have the best claim on knowing who God really is and what he wants. Christians and Muslims are just interlopers.

[Giorgos]

Anyway, anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe. However, it is not rising among the Europeans (other then Greeks and French);

I live in Greece arfrisco. I haven't seen anti-semitism on the rise here. Or do you take anything you read from everywhere as the absolute truth?

[wilpuri]

So far I've noticed one person (eranshahr) make that comparison on this thread. So it seems you get tired quite easily.

Exactly, because this is the only thread and the only time the comparison has ever been used, correct?

But you are right. I tire quickly in the face of idiocy.

[Miraj]

Hey, I haven't been around the pit in a while so I stand corrected if there have been lots of Muslim = Jew threads. I know I even made one, albeit it was a while ago and also was making a different point altogether.

Besides, idiocy is in the eyes of the beholder.

[wilpuri]

Hey, I haven't been around the pit in a while so I stand corrected if there have been lots of Muslim = Jew threads. I know I even made one, albeit it was a while ago and also was making a different point altogether.

You don't need to be a regular in the pit, it is a common argument in the conversation surrounding the discussion on Muslim-Native tensions, ME immigration, and racism in Europe.

Besides, idiocy is in the eyes of the beholder.

Yeah yeah, everything is relative and all that.

[pannonian]

Nonsense.

There's anti-semitic bullcrap spouted by the lefty academics in Britain who are very well educated and yet are some of the most ignorant and prejudiced people on earth!

Prejudice has nothing to do with education or lack thereof.

Israel does not equal Jews. Israel is an independent country in the middle east. Jews are people who define themselves by the Jewish culture.

[sephodwyrm]

Muslim = Jew threads

Its more like Semites include Arabs and Jews.
And both Muslims and Jews that are religious worship the same Abrahamic God.

[Chaigidel]

no actually the god of Islam is an old moon god "allah" and the god of the jews is an old desert god "yahweh"

[enoch]

no actually the god of Islam is an old moon god "allah" and the god of the jews is an old desert god "yahweh"

Gods have many names, you missed "jesus" in your list.

[Eranshahr]

Hey am I becoming the scape-goat of hatred now?

Muslims and jews were pretty good with each other during historical times, even better than Christians and jews.

Israel go independence and arabs attacks. Still people weren't hating each ohter.

when the 1967 war ended then they started to hate each other. interviews with Israelis and arabs has been done in Aljazeera, both are blaming 1967 as a start of hatred, and both hopes they are going to get along in the future.

But all muslims did not, it was more arabs and israelis. I mean, i seriously doubt turks, Iranians and Malaysians hates Jews. atleast most of them doesn't.

Islam, christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism have all the same god, with different names

Allah, God, god, Ahura Mazda.

[Chaigidel]

well if your a monotheist there is only god with many names :O-- even the hindu are monotheists in my eyes, so are animists.

[Eranshahr]

I actually think there are no polyethist religions left, in hinduism " Brahman" is the true god, or atleast the highest god.

Religion is not my thing, It has harmed many people in the world. And even me myself. Islam, or a way of Islam has grabbed my country, and killed many in god's name. Still i know that they are just using Islam as a pretext, But if there were no religions, they would never trick the people with words nobody understand.

[Chaigidel]

yes eran they would trick people because people beg to be tricked...

thats why so many "tricks" have been noble attempts at peace, that failed because they were applied to rabid animals, who only sought to fulfill themselves in this world rather than seeking the wisdom of the next.