Jew-hatred as systemic ideology is uniquely Euro-Christian, not Islamic

Evidence

Egyptians react rather angrily to any suggestion of “anti-Semitism.” Some­ times they produce the rather illiterate argument that they cannot be anti- Semitic because they are themselves Semites. This is, of course, absurd. Egyptians and other Arabs are, however, justified in disclaiming the kind of hostility to the Jews which is to be found in Christendom. This is a Euro-American rather than an Afro-Asian phenomenon, and has no real equivalent in the lands of Islam. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1277

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Crusades-era beard article and the sacred/sacrifice themes about how Islamic polities historically accommodated religious minorities via dhimma status.