Antisemitism
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Antisemitism is the hatred of, or prejudice against, Jewish people.
A related word is Judeophobia, which is when people hate Jews for no reason.[1]
History of antisemitism
changeAntisemitism has a long history, but the best-known act of antisemitism in history is the Holocaust.
The Holocaust
changeThe Holocaust was a genocide committed by Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 (during World War II). It was also known as the Final Solution.
The Nazis' plan was to get rid of every Jew in Europe. They succeeded in killing up to 60-75% of the Jews in Europe: around six million people.
This plan was based on antisemitism. Adolf Hitler believed that the "Aryan race" was better than all others, including Jews. To him and his followers, the "Aryan race" was the master race.
Today
changeAntisemitism is still common today.
In 2011 Pew Research Center polled people in all of the Middle Eastern countries where Muslims were the majority. Most of the people they polled viewed the Jews very negatively. Only 2% of Egyptians, 3% of Lebanese Muslims, and 2% of Jordanians reported having a good view of Jews.[2]
In a 2013 survey of 5,847 Jewish people in Europe, 76% thought that antisemitism had increased in the past five years. 29% had thought about moving countries because they felt unsafe.[3]
A 2017 survey showed that 14% of Americans had antisemitic feelings.[4]
Anti-Semitism in religious texts
changeAnti-Semitism in the Bible
changeThe New Testament has contents that some people see as anti-Semitic:
For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.
Anti-Semitism in the Qur'an
changeThe Qur'an has has contents that some people see as anti-Semitic:
Thou wilt find the most vehement of mankind in hostility to those who believe (to be) the Jews and the idolaters. And thou wilt find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe (to be) those who say: Lo! We are Christians. That is because there are among them priests and monks, and because they are not proud.
— Translation of Qur'an 5:82 by Marmaduke Pickthall
Related pages
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References
change- ↑ The raft of Mohammed, Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz - 1988, p. 50
- ↑ "Muslim-Western Tensions Persist - Pew Research Center". Washington, DC. 21 July 2011.
- ↑ http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra-2013-discrimination-hate-crime-against-jews-eu-member-states_en.pdf
- ↑ "In First, New ADL Poll Finds Majority of Americans Concerned About Violence Against Jews and Other Minorities, Want Administration to Act". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
