Anti-semitism and Islamophobia

Of the 1.9 Billion Muslims in the world, how many do you think are members of Islamic militant groups or who are Jihadi terrorists. ?

The thing about people who stereotype an entire faith or race, is that they tend to make dramatic and outrageous statements, like for example suggesting all Muslims are terrorists.

I began reading the opening post until I got to this sentence ... " I always knew that the muslims (I lived in the UAE for years), the Lefties and the BBC hated the Jews, but I see that it's far more widespread than that"

Muslims - SOME Muslims do hate Jews, but inteligent, educated Muslims, do not hate Jews, they may disagree with them on the topic of Israel, Palestine and the generations old unresolved conflict, but I have no doubt that most Muslims do not hate Jews.

The Left - I am a former member of The Labour Party, I support the Labour Party and I vote Labour, I despise all forms of racism, including against Jews. Does this poster also think that "Lefties" in Israel, of whom there are many, also hate Jews. ?

The BBC - (quote) "A former BBC Middle East correspondent, Tim Llewellyn, wrote in 2004 that the BBC's coverage allowed Israel's view of the conflict to dominate, as was demonstrated by research conducted by the Glasgow Media Group" www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jun/20/israel.broadcasting

In 2010, the BBC was accused of pro-Israel bias in its documentary about the Gaza flotilla raid.

In 2014, protesters presented an open letter from the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and other groups to Lord Hall, Director General of the BBC. The letter accused the broadcaster of presenting Israeli attacks on Gaza as a result of rocket fire from Hamas without giving any other context.

The BBC is frequently accused ( by Jewish people ) of been anti Israel, and also frequently accused ( by Muslim people ) of been pro Israel.

I've been astonished by the amount of anti-semitism there is in Britain. The reaction to Israel's justified response after the terrorist attacks of Hamas on Oct 7th has revealed that anti-semitism is everywhere in Britain. I always knew that the muslims (I lived in the UAE for years), the Lefties and the BBC hated the Jews, but I see that it's far more widespread than that.

But what also concerns me is the attempt by the muslims to conflate Anti-semitism and Islamophobia to justify their own feelings of victimhood - as if they're comparable in any way. They're not. Anti-semitism is pure racism which is illegal and completely unjustified. But Islamophobia is the dislike of the religion of Islam which is entirely justified and completely legal. Anyone who isn't an islamophobe has to be a racist, a sexist and a homophobe - to name but a few illegal attitudes.

There IS a reason why the muslims are disliked almost everywhere in the world and it's because they find it impossible to get on with anyone who doesn't agree with them. So I have a lot of sympathy with Israel who live surrounded by muslim nations who hate all the Jews, want them dead and want to take their land off them. This will never change and the muslims will NEVER back down - no matter how many of them the Israelis kill. 

But when the muslims perpetrate their atrocities (across the globe) there are always their defenders who say that it's "nothing to do with Islam" etc etc - and that most muslims don't support this terrorism - it's just a tiny minority of extremists. But we've seen in the last few days that this is total bollocks. There are vast numbers of muslims coming out on the streets in the UK in support of Jihad and the death of Jews. The supporters of Palestine and Hamas are probably the majority of the population of Gaza and certainly the majority of the muslim and Leftie population of the UK.

This all reminded me of a Simon Reeve travelogue program to Myanmar. He went to a Buddhist monastery and talked to some Buddhist monks about the problems with the Rohingya muslims. These monks - who literally wouldn't harm a fly - were visibly angry at the mention of muslims. One of them said that there were 4 religions in Myanmar - Buddhist, Hindu, Christian and muslim. He said that all of the religions got on perfectly happily with the exception of the muslims. Whenever there's trouble it's the muslims. Whether it's minor altercations or the rape of a girl or a terrorist attack it's always the muslims. I always remember that because it was quite a powerful statement.

And it's exactly the same wherever the muslims immigrate to. They almost always cause the same types of friction. In the UK and Europe we also have problems with paedophilic rape and terrorism. It's a pattern. So WHY are there all these apologists for the muslims? And WHY do so many people continue to try to appease them? WHY will no one come out and say we have a problem that need solving - like the Israelis have done. 

I wish them well with their justified attempt attempt to eliminate Hamas, but I'm just afraid that Hamas is just the tip of a huge muslim iceberg.    

There is no such thing as "Islamophobia", there is such a thing as anti Muslim prejudice, hatred and bullying.

It's wrong to hate and bully all Muslims.
It's not wrong to have an aversion to the scriptures or practices of an organised religion.

The far left seem to treat any dislike of Islam as being comparable to the holocaust whilst treating Christians as if they're "homophobes", "transphobes", "racists and bigots" to be subdued.

Weird lot.