Will antisemitism ever be looked at and dealt with in the same way as Islamophobia is?

Islamophobia in the UK has been horrendous for decades and decades. Made much worse after 9/11 in the US.

I am a white catholic (non practicing). In my childhood we were raised and taught all throughout school to sympathise with the Jews following World War Two. Obviously quite rightly so.

Same. I am a liberal Muslim and got all sorts of comments and ‘jokes’ after 9/11, 7/7 and the London Bridge attacks. My hijab-wearing family got abuse and physical attacks and the men faced discrimination every single time they flew anywhere. Nobody gave a shit. Nobody marched against Islamophobia. The media didn’t care. It was expected and accepted.

That’s exactly why my Jewish friends have all my support right now. I text them and support them and make sure their kids at university are doing ok.

We have much more in common than difference and need to stick together against all bigotry.

It’s not been so far so I don’t think it will be in the foreseeable. I am not Jewish or Muslim but I live in an area that is predominantly Jewish. I’m disgusted by the need for security guards in schools and synagogues - I think if this was any other section of society the media/powers that be would be voicing their outrage.

People murdered at their place of worship and being the intended targets for mass murder because they are Jews, yet the march last week was against Islamophobia. I’d like it to make sense.

Isn't 'whataboutery' exactly what you did here?

Apparently the government in this country is looking to appoint an ‘anti-Muslim’ hostility tsar.
Will the same courtesy be afforded to the Jewish community?

ie, 'they're tackling anti-Muslim hostility, what about antisemitism?'

I don't see why you need to pit these two against each other. Both need dealing with. Encouraging hostility between religions and arguing 'who is the most oppressed' helps no one.

Islamophobia is capitalised because Islam is a proper noun. When antisemitism used to be hyphenated (“anti-Semitism”), a capital S was used.

(You can see this here, plus an explanation of why the non hyphenated version is preferred https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/spelling-antisemitism )

Are they the only group who are discriminated against? 🤔 So why act like they are the only people who are? FWIW, the majority of people can distinguish between semitism and Zionism and are not anti-Semitic.

If you're not Jewish, could you be an Evangelical Christian? I'm wondering why you don't bother vehemently standing up for other heavily marginalised groups in the UK like Travellers, refugees, ethic minorities and such.

Stop playing the Victim.

So many Jewish people - orthodox and secular - are anti-zionists.

Millions of Muslim people are also Semitic!

Semitic-speaking peoples, originating in the ancient Near East, include groups such as Arabs, Jews, Assyrians, Arameans, and Samaritans, with a historical presence spanning from the 3rd millennium BC to the modern day. They are traditionally found throughout the Levant, Mesopotamia, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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I agree OP. And to my knowledge the UK government hasn't set up a working party to discuss anti semitism.

Speak out all you like but be careful not to stoke division between communities who are both experiencing a rise in hatred. And I’m not “offended” I said suspicious, it wouldn’t be the first goady thread along these lines.

I'm not sure really OP. I think that progressives tend to think of the world as being binary between oppressor and oppressed and Jews are seen by many as rich and white thus falling into the oppressor category.

But they're not really comparable. One is a religion. The other is a race and ethnicity.

A distinction I see is that on the left, many seem to find it impossible to condemn antisemitism without adding "and Islamophobia and all other forms of racism" but have no such suffix when referring to Islamophobia.

What's going on in Israel is apartheid, genocide and downright evil. Israel's far right government is becoming deeply unpopular with the Israeli people.

HTH

YABU. My dh and DCs are Muslim and they have endured racism and islamaphobia for years. I can’t believe the things people feel empowered to say. I have seen posts on my local facebook groups calling Muslims nonces and admins refuse to delete them. I have also seen a lot of negative comments about Islam on MN. This is why I have a lot of empathy with Jewish people.

Is that antisemitism, or a political issue?

people have strong opinions on Israel and Palestine, but I’m not sure that is hatred of Jews and the Jewish faith.

you can think Israel is in the wrong in it’s actions against Palestine (or vice versa) without hating the religion practiced in that country.

There’s a fair bit of Islamophobia/racism about too. Harder to hide brown skin as well.

one is not worse than the other. Like pp have said there is no place for either in today’s society.

hmmm... thats your opnion and you are perfectly entitled to it, but it's just an opnion. Also as pp said we don't need to make a competition of it, racism of any kind is unacceptable. I get a bit suspicious when people start this kind of thread.

That's sad, I didn't realise. Is it hiding or just that their race is not obvious in the same way as being Irish or eastern European is not obvious with out asking someone?