Language:
English
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Antisemitism International
Angaben zur Quelle:
3-4 (2006) 18-30
Keywords:
Antisemitism
;
Jews
;
Judaism Relations
;
Islam
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Anti-Zionism
Abstract:
Antagonism of South African Muslims toward Jews predates 1948, but it was less intense and less obvious, since non-Whites had little access to public expression. Anti-Zionism has been present at least from 1948. In the 1970s Muslim students added a more political voice to their non-confrontational conservative elders. University students led protests against Israel and Zionism. The Jewish state was blamed for its ties with apartheid South Africa. The association of Zionism with imperialism continued after the abolition of apartheid, along with a one-sided sympathy for the Palestinians. Muslims combined anti-Zionism with antisemitism that included negative stereotyping of Jews, anti-Jewish conspiracy theories, and Holocaust denial. Anger was directed not only against the Jewish state but also against the South African Jewish community, which unequivocally supported Israel. Muslim antisemitism peaked before and during the UN conference in Durban in 2001, when local Muslims participated in the demonization of Israel and the silencing of attempts to defend the Jewish state. Soon thereafter, Jews were blamed by South African Muslims for 9/11. Antisemitism continues in conjunction with anti-Zionism among Muslims in South Africa.
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