Muslim antisemitism and anti-zionism in postwar South Africa
TitleMuslim antisemitism and anti-zionism in postwar South Africa
Author
Call number940.5318/0415
Object number08760f
Place of publicationBerlin, Germany, Jerusalem, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
PublisherDe Gruyter, The Hebrew University Magnes Press
Year of publication
2012
Physical descriptionpp137-155
MaterialArticle
ISBN9783110288148
NotesArticle from the book 'Holocaust denial: the politics of perfidy' pp137-155
Description
The radicalization of Islam in South Africa from 1970s onwards was marked by a distinctly negative shift in Muslim attitudes toward South African Jews. Some of the Muslim anger against Jews was underpinned by landlord-tenant relations in the inner city, and by the general anger concerning white privilege with which Jews were associated. However the most important factor influencing relations was Zionism and the Jewish community's public and unequivocal support for Israel