{"id":74141,"date":"2015-09-10T06:25:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T14:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=74141"},"modified":"2023-09-10T03:46:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T11:46:47","slug":"why-does-the-left-care-more-about-islamophobia-than-anti-semitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=74141","title":{"rendered":"Spectator: Why does the left care more about Islamophobia than anti-Semitism?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brendan O’Neill writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Why do leftists care more about Muslims than they do about Jews? If that sounds confrontational, consider this: this week, the Met Police released the latest hate-crime figures for London<\/a>. They show that offences against Jews have risen by 93% over the past year, while offences against Muslims have risen by 70%. And guess which story the BBC, Guardian<\/em> and Independent<\/em>, those voices of the British liberal conscience, have chosen to flag up? Yep, the 70% hike in Islamophobic attacks, not the nearly 100% hike in anti-Semitic offences.<\/p>\n

The BBC\u2019s headline<\/a> is \u2018Islamophobic crime in London \u201cup by 70%\u201d\u2018. The Guardian<\/em>\u2018s is \u2018Hate crimes against Muslims soar in London\u2019<\/a>. The Indie<\/a><\/em> opts for \u2018Hate crimes against Muslims in London \u201cup by 70%\u201d\u2018. What about the crimes against Jews? Sorry, no room for those. They aren\u2019t mentioned. Whether as a result of how the cops chose to press-release their new figures or how editors chose to interpret them, or maybe a bit of both, someone down the line has taken the decision that a bashed-up or verbally abused Muslim is more newsworthy than a bashed-up or verbally abused Jew.<\/p>\n

This is becoming increasingly common. For some reason, so-called progressives, especially those of a leftist bent, are made more upset by hatred of Muslims than they are by hatred of Jews. It\u2019s why the very people \u2013 Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Diane Abbott, every leftie on Twitter \u2013 who normally rail against racism, and against the people who rub shoulders with racists, could in essence say \u2018What\u2019s all the fuss?!\u2019<\/a> when it was revealed Jeremy Corbyn had been hanging out with Holocaust deniers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Brian emails:<\/p>\n

You make excellent points with respect to this strange emphasis but would you agree this might be the inevitable consequence of the left (Jewish left?) deconstructing union\/worker based solidarity and replacing it with the this effort to balkanize EVERYONE not in the dominant culture.<\/p>\n

And this conflict between Jews and Muslims would not be an issue if not for Jewish leadership emphasizing non-white immigration.<\/p>\n

What’s genuinely inexplicable to me is the lack of coherent conversation within the Jewish community around the topic of … “we rabidly support Muslim immigration … and Muslim are being mean to us.”<\/p>\n

Do you have an insight? Writings ?<\/p>\n

Luke – you are very brave. It takes a kind of singular courage to follow your beliefs to their logical and ethical ends.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Luke: As more Jews get murdered by Muslims, this might shift. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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