Islam and Antisemitism

by Dr Zahid Aziz

This new book, published in September 2024, seeks to dispel the grave misconception that Islam teaches its followers to bear hatred and enmity towards Jews. In fact, Islam regards the Jewish religion as being of true Divine origin, exactly as Islam presents itself to be. It requires Muslims to believe in, and honour, the prophets of the Israelites whose lives are mentioned at length in the Quran.

The same standards of justice and treatment are applied by Allah to Jews as to Muslims. The Quran prohibits Muslims from discriminating against Jews and depriving them of their rights. The Prophet Muhammad treated Jews with respect, and he abhorred and prohibited the making of racial slurs against them.

This book, in Part I, deals at length with the points summarized above. Then in Part II it turns to the historical angle, showing that when Jews were under persecution by Europeans, in Spain 500 years ago and under Nazi-ism in the 20th century, Muslim individuals, rulers and states came to their assistance and saved many Jewish lives. Testimony of Jews themselves, and historians, is provided to illustrate numerous incidents of Muslims risking their own lives to save Jews during the period of the Holocaust.

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