"Varannan ung muslim antisemit"

Barry Rubin berättar om en tänkvärd

undersökning i belgiska skolor.

Kopplingen mellan antisemitism och

islamism, som vi ser på så många håll,

framgår här (över)tydligt:

The Flemish-language newspaper De Morgen

(link only in Flemish) has a major article about

a survey of Muslim students in Brussels high

schools. The professor who conducted the

survey concludes that half  "can be described

as antisemitic which is a very high rate.’’

Five times higher, in fact, then among Flemish-

speaking Belgians, who historically have been

relatively anti-Jewish.
**
Incidentally, what was being measured here

was not antagonism toward Israel but traditional

anti-Jewish stereotypes. No doubt, the former

attitude is even stronger.
**
The anti-Jewish sentiments among Muslims

don't vary depending on education level or

living standards. Obviously, they aren't

getting it from Belgian society.
"The antisemitism is theologically inspired,"

says the sociologist, Professor Mark Elchardus.

"There is a direct link between being Muslim

and antisemitic feelings. Catholics, too, are

negative toward Jews too, but their sentiments

are by far less strong.’’
**I think the following points are reasonable

to assume:

--These students don't learn anything in school

that is going to change their minds. Note that

these are overwhelmingly people born in Europe

and are native-speakers of the local language.

--Regarding the local media, given the hostility

to Israel it is probable that antisemitic

stereotypes and feelings will be reinforced

rather than diminished.

--It seems reasonable to assume that this

statistic basically applies to other European

countries.

--Hostility to Jews is likely to climb as this

sector of the population grows. It is estimated

that about six percent of Belgians today are

Muslims, climbing to ten percent in 2030. However,

the fact that these people are disproportionately

living in big cities increases their influence on

the society.

--Even though only a small proportion of Muslim

 immigrants will engage in anti-Jewish violence,

the level will increase sharply.

So will discrimination plus other activities against

Jews grow as these attitudes influence other parts

of society or, which amounts to the same thing,

non-Muslim institutions try to appease that sector

of the population.

--Pretending that this problem doesn't exist and

that only neo-fascist white skinheads exhibit

antisemitism is not going to help deal with this

issue.

--I'll bet that antisemitism and not Islamophobia

is actually Europe's number one "hate" problem

but very few politicians or leaders are going to say

that.
***
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