Claims of Muslim unassimilability recapitulate two centuries of claims about Jews

Evidence

One can think of the entire history of Bosnian Islam from the nineteenth century until its destruction in the past decade, and the resultant fundamentalist cast given to Bosnia since then. … Yet, of course, exactly the same things have been said (with correction for national self-image) about Jews for two hundred years. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 928 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Muslim respondents compare their European position to early twentieth-century Jews; Current rhetoric on unassimilable Muslims mirrors centuries-old claims about Jews — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 928; The unassimilability trope once applied to Jews now targets Muslims (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Current rhetoric on unassimilable Muslims mirrors centuries-old claims about Jews #corroborates (0.98) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 928
• The unassimilability trope once applied to Jews now targets Muslims #corroborates (0.97)
• Medieval Christian texts distinguished Jews from Muslims rather than equating them #complicates (0.76)
• Historical forms of anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim hatred vary fundamentally across time #complicates (0.75) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 72