It is hardly surprising that Arab and Muslim anti-Israel utterances during the May 2021 Gaza war made extensive use of quotes from the Qur'an and the Sunna, starkly demonstrating the enduring power of Islam's canonical texts to shape hostile Muslim attitudes towards Jews.
Some might question whether it is justifiable to speak of "Islamic antisemitism" and view this charge as a slur on the name of one of the world's great faiths, followed by close to two billion people. Yet the numerous passages in Islam's canonical sources (the Qur'an and Sunna) that depict the Jews as a warmongering, cowardly, and treacherous lot have played a key role in the perpetuation of the Arab-Israeli conflict, as evidenced among other things by the outpouring of antisemitic hate speech during and after the May 2021 Hamas-Israel war.
As reported by The Middle East Forum/Mark Durie
Mark speaks and writes on relations between monotheistic faiths, human rights, and religious freedom. He is the founding director of the Institute for Spiritual Awareness, a Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum, and a Senior Research Fellow of the Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam at the Melbourne School of Theology.
Islamic Antisemitism Drives the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Newsrael News Desk 11.06.2022
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