Identity politics structurally separates Muslim and Jewish anti-racism despite shared experience of denigration.

Evidence

The changed appearance of the politics of antiantisemitism renders common cause with anti- Islamophobia decreasingly likely. Paradoxically, one tendency held in common among Muslims and Jews in recent decades only serves to deepen separation: namely, the politics of identity. A large majority (93%) of British Jews report that Israel forms part of their identity as Jews, and 90% support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state (Miller et al. 2015). This is one potent reason why rhetorical attacks on Israel are experienced by them as attacks on their identity as Jews and are labelled as antisemitic. In the case of Islamophobia too, AbdoolKarim Vakil notes, ‘Where Islam is integral to Muslim identities, the denigration of Islam impacts on Muslim respect and self-worth’ (Vakil 2011: 276). — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 715

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the disputed definitional overlap between antisemitism and Islamophobia debates; the politics-of-identity frame parallels the reader’s mapping of rival camps. — connects to: Anti-Muslim racism is analytically parallel to European antisemitism against Jews as Jews. — Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood, Refutations of Racism in the ‘Muslim…, 28; Anti-Muslim sentiment terminology mirrors the older, unresolved antisemitism debates about racism vs. religious prejudice. — Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood, Refutations of Racism in the ‘Muslim…, 48; Separating Islamophobia as ideology from racism undermines anti-racist struggle — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 159 (+9 more)

Related

• Anti-Muslim racism is analytically parallel to European antisemitism against Jews as Jews. (similarity 0.90)
• Rights-based anti-racism can bridge Muslim and Jewish causes where identity politics cannot. (similarity 0.89)
• Anti-Muslim sentiment terminology mirrors the older, unresolved antisemitism debates about racism vs. religious prejudice. (similarity 0.86)
• Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are parallel projects of majority exclusion (similarity 0.85)
• Debates on antisemitism and Islamophobia have developed largely apart from race scholarship. (similarity 0.85)
• The terms ‘Islamophobia’ and ‘antisemitism’ can undermine the solidarity their comparison aims to build (similarity 0.85)
• Antisemitism and Islamophobia share tropes but remain structurally distinct racisms (similarity 0.84)
• European anti-Semitism and Islamophobia mirror each other in structure. (similarity 0.83)
• The vilification of Jews and Muslims is one continuous historical process (similarity 0.83)
• Anti-Semitism and Negrophobia share the same underlying structure (similarity 0.83)
• Anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish stereotyping operates through racialization rather than mere religious prejudice. (similarity 0.82)
• Separating Islamophobia as ideology from racism undermines anti-racist struggle (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia is best understood as an ideology akin to racism (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia operates as a racial formation, not merely religious prejudice (similarity 0.82)
• Muslim identity cannot be reduced to religion alone (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are parallel projects of majority exclusion #corroborates (0.85) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 482
• European anti-Semitism and Islamophobia mirror each other in structure. #corroborates (0.85) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 465
• Rights-based anti-racism can bridge Muslim and Jewish causes where identity politics cannot. #qualifies (0.82) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 716
• Treating antisemitism and Islamophobia as analogous masks asymmetric power relations. #complicates (0.82) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 23
• Separating Islamophobia as ideology from racism undermines anti-racist struggle #complicates (0.80) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 159
• Anti-Muslim hate replicates anti-Semitic tropes and spreads between targeted groups #corroborates (0.80) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 210
• Structural Islamophobia and structural racism share embedded institutional stereotypes #expands (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 130
• Muslim and Black coalition-building deepened shared understanding of intersecting racisms. #qualifies (0.75)