Reddit reviews The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History

let's remember folks, Islamic anti-Semitism existed long before Israel and was this wasn't unnoticed by certain people.

Islamic anti-Semitism has a long history even before the modern era.

> We don't like it when anti semites take our religious texts out of context and meaning, so I'm not going to do it with Muslims.

Christians and Muslims had the same problem they needed the legacy of the Jews but not the Jews. The Pauline gospels were taken out of context by Christians to justify their hatred, and blood libel and Replacement theory were common Christian Ideas as were Passion Plays during Easter which sparked pogroms.

Islam also needed the legacy of the Abrahamic faith but not the Jews, both had the problem that the original Abrahamic faith didn't recognize their particular messiah/prophet which was (as they saw it) the inheritor of the faith line. So the existence of the Jews continued to deny the legitimacy of their claims. Islam generally regards the Jews as having "corrupted" the Torah to "hide" the fact that it talks about the coming of Muhammed. Since of course, it must have been foretold for it to be legitimate.

There is quite a bit of clear anti-Semitism outside the texts, which is very well documented:

When I get home to my bookshelf I can pull out dates, etc but here as some books on it:

The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History

Anti-Judaism

The largest issue with both traditions was claims of Jewish ancestry and "Judaising" being used to discredit early followers, in Christianity the used these claims to fight over initial thoughts as they hashed out core tenants of Christianity.

In Islam when they went through their own splits after the death of Muhammed, which some blame on the Jews since Muhammed had taken, forcefully, a "Jewess" as a wife and she eventually poisoned him (according to tradition). They used evidence of Jewish bloodlines of "taints" on particular groups that needed to not be followed or justified their removal. There are also some Suras that speak directly about a convert to Islam from Judaism as trying to "pervert" Islam because of his Jewish roots.

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To add some more the Yellow Star used by the Nazis was first introduced in Baghdad by an Islamic Caliph since Jews (and Christians) were considered Dhimmi (second class citizens).

Also review: Muhammad and the Jews According to Ibn Ishaq by Joseph Spoerl originally published in The Levantine Review 2(1) 84-103 The Journal of Near Eastern and Mediterranean Studies at Boston College

https://jewishaction.com/opinion/legal-ease-whats-the-truth-about-muslim-anti-semitism/

I'm aware, the picture you posted doesn't mention semites though, just anti-semitism, which I've never once heard be used to refer to Islamophobia. Searching "Islamic Antisemitism" just returns results like this or this, even searching "anti-semitic islamophobia" returns this or this.

There is no denying that many traditional Islamic texts drip with venomous antisemitism. For anyone interested in a rather comprehensive presentation indicating as much I recommend Bostom's The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism. It is primarily a presentation of primary texts in translation interspersed and scholarly essays. Denial, whitewashing and downplaying of such a history is simply that. This history long antedates the Israeli-Arab conflict.