To think the Manchester terrorist attack today shows the growing Anti-Semitism

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... and how Jews are not protected in this country.

Sure. When you have scores of Jewish men routinely committing acts of terror, then you can say ‘Islamophobia is WAY worse’.

Jews have every right to fear Muslims.

If you want to make blatant blanket statements like this, then it must be fair to say that overall Jews are the biggest contemporary murderers of Muslims, so every Muslim should fear Jews? Or maybe you'll say this has nothing to do with Israel?

And neither is 'Islamism', which is automatically mentioned the second a brown person carries out an atrocity, before we even know if he has a religion.

That's what happens when the majority of terrorist attacks are islamic.

During the troubles do you think people assumed a terror attack here was the work of the IRA?

If you want to make blatant blanket statements like this, then it must be fair to say that overall Jews are the biggest contemporary murderers of Muslims,

In the UK?

The whatsboutery on the thread is insane

I agree. Why do the minimising anyway.

Yes that's exactly my point.

I agree. Why do the minimising anyway.

They can defend or excuse so have to deflect.

can't

Oh, I see Top Trumps didn't take long 🙄

Islam is a growing threat to this country. Our Jewish neighbours live peacefully and integrate and this act has made my blood boil.

This is straight out of far right propaganda.
And nonsense.

Appalling act of terrorism , my heart goes out to those murdered and injured and the Jewish community

I feel like the extremist Muslims are going after the Jews now, but that given the chance they would do the same to any non Muslims. I don’t understand why non Muslims would join the “pro Palestine” marches - as they’ve become “anti Jewish” marches (not “anti Israelis who support Netanyahu “, which would be more understandable).

Today?

Ok, so now that you've agreed that Jews are the biggest threat to Muslims (outside of the UK) should we call it "the Jewism threat"? From your rationale, we can say Muslims have every right to automatically fear Jews, and it should be called Jewism terror as "that's what happens".

Thank you. So proportionally anti semitism is far worse than the levels of Islamophobia in this country. Some of the awful victim blaming comments on here demonstrate why.

People also seem to have been conditioned into accepting the current levels of Islamic terrorism across Europe. The threat is enormous and 75% of the MI5 caseload is Islamic terrorism but people will also dismiss the obvious national security issue of large numbers of men from Islamic countries entering our country.

We know for a fact that terrorists are entering on small boats. One known terrorist from Egypt was convicted of raping a woman in Hyde park.

Just stop for crying out loud.

The whataboutery is shameful.

I haven't agreed with any of the nonsense you have spouted. Clearly that's gone over your head.

This thread is about growing antisemitism in the UK, you are proving the OPs point. Well done.

The whataboutery is shameful.

That poster has no shame unfortunately

No it isn't. Especially on here.

This! Is antisemitism.

Why have you come on this thread to draw false equivalence between the actions of the Israeli state and the cold blooded murder of innocent British people at a synagogue as they celebrate Yom Kippur?

I follow a Jewish lady on Instagram who has lived in the UK, US and I think other countries as well. She has just posted: "I lived in London for 7 years. I experienced more antisemitism there than anywhere else in the world."

I believe her.

We also know that the UK government have actively ignored the threat from far right extremism, preferring to focus on scrutinizing Muslims.

This isn’t a competition. It shouldn’t be a race to the bottom (or top of this fucking pyramid of hatred)!

and I wouldn’t be too sure about that, btw.

London mosques receiving safety training made the headlines in 2024.
but that’s been standard for Jewish institutions. Strict security measures, trained security personnel, entrance controls? Those are needed for all Jewish institutions. In the UK, in France, Germany, Switzerland and all other European nations AFAIK.

My former uni’s Arab studies institute could be accessed by anyone.
The Jewish one? Nope. Security cameras and a security guard that had to buzz people in. Even the local rabbi had to wait to be buzzed in!

The rise in anti-semitism is well-documented, but I don't think yesterday's terror attack is because there is a national culture of it.

I think it's because the terrorist hated what the Israeli government are doing to Palestinian members of his faith, in the name of their faith.

Those people in the synagogue were quietly praying on their holiest day, and the idea that they and other Jews across the country that have never done a thing wrong to any Palestinian, can't observe their faith safely with their community is abhorrent.

But I don't think it's sensible to link faith-based terrorism, to the national picture. It's not like the attacker was a radicalised middle-aged librarian from one of the pro-Palestine marches. This was Islamic terrorism.