(Jewish News) Despite a growing understanding of the problem, there is a “crisis” of inaction and “fear” at a government level when it comes to tackling Islamist antisemitism, according to experts on extremism.
Speaking at an event at King’s College London, hosted by the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, a panel of experts expressed concern over the rise of political movements that claim to speak for Islam as a whole, organise within Muslim communities, and embrace antisemitic and anti-democratic values.
Dr Charlotte Littlewood, fellow of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, told the panel that antisemitism is being deliberately used as a political tool by Islamist movements, particularly those inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood, to advance their long-term goal of reshaping Western societies, according to Islamist ideology.
