Hatred, Lies, and Violence in the World of Islam Contributor(s): Israeli, Raphael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138510564 ISBN-13: 9781138510562 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Middle East - General |
Dewey: 305.892 |
Physical Information: 358 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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Publisher Description: Hatred, Lies, and Violence in the World of Islam examines the torrential flood of anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish, and anti-Zionist propaganda that permeates many Muslim societies. Raphael Israeli locates the source of this anti-Semitic sentiment in the inadequacies and insecurities of Muslim states. By demonizing and delegitimizing Israel and Jews, they seek to eliminate a successful counterexample of their own failures, thus putting an end to their own "humiliation." Beyond mapping the distribution of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish propaganda in the Arab and Islamic worlds, Israeli uses case-studies to illustrate the premises of this study: the Palestinians, who have a direct stake in battling Israel; Turkey, which now claims leadership of the Arab and Sunni Muslim worlds; and Shi'ite Iran, which provides a more extreme example of both hatred and disregard for fact and history while threatening to destroy Israel. Israeli documents the worldwide collaboration between Jew-haters of all sorts, explaining the exponential growth of Jew-hatred on the Internet, with thousands of new hate sites added every year, outpacing Jew-hatred in the traditional media. He places anti-Semitism in a broader tradition of political lies and political deceit. In the final chapter, Israeli considers the possibility of reversing anti-Jewish agitation in Muslim countries, which he finds unlikely because so many of the region's regimes are built on foundations of anti-Semitism. |