The idea of Europe was founded on purging Jewish and Muslim presence

Evidence

During the Renaissance, Jews and Muslims continued to be presented as a related enemy that helped to constitute European identity—“the shadow of an ageless ghost.” — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 246 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Judeo-Christian concept emerged around WWII partly to expel Islam from the West — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 229; European modernity answered the Jewish Question through assimilation or expulsion.; Europe rendered its own role in the Jew-Arab enmity invisible to itself — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 58 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• The monstrous Muslim-Jew enemy served to constitute European identity. #corroborates (0.94) — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 246