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Is Islamophobia the New Antisemitism?

Some scholars, most prominent among them Edward Said, had long recognized the connection between the language of hatred directed at Muslims and Jews, but it is only very recently that the phrase, “Islamophobia is the new antisemitism” and others like “Muslims are the new Jews” became part of ordinary discussion in the media, in the blogosphere, and around the dinner tables of the Western world.

On Nationalism, Ethnicity and Ethnicity Regimes

The Apartheid system in South Africa, the official categorization of Jewish citizens versus non-Jewish citizens in Israel where Jews have legal privileges that non-Jews cannot have (such as serving in the military and all the privileges attached to military service), are among such examples of officially constructed ethnic hierarchies in society.