If you had asked a well-educated European in the early 1990s where the next wave of antisemitism would come from, the answer would have arrived swiftly and confidently:
From the far right. From the fringes. From shaved heads and marching boots.

Thirty years later, it turns out the mistake wasn’t in the details – it was in the direction.

Antisemitism didn’t return wearing boots.
It returned wearing slogans about peace.
It didn’t shout racial slurs – it spoke the language of human rights.
And it didn’t come from the margins – it arrived escorted by universities, NGOs, and progressive institutions.

At the center of this story stands Islam –
not Muslims as individuals,
not neighbors, drivers, shop owners, or coworkers –
but Islamic ideology, theology, and the political culture that grew out of them, and which the modern West is deeply unwilling to name.

🕯️ Old Antisemitism vs. the New Reality

Classical European antisemitism suffered a trauma.
The Holocaust forced Europe – reluctantly, painfully – into shame.

Since then, antisemitism in Europe has existed like smoking in restaurants: still present, but officially forbidden, half-hidden, and accompanied by awkward apologies.

Islamic antisemitism, by contrast, underwent no such reckoning.

No apology.
No moral reset.
No theological soul-searching.

Instead, it modernized.

📜 Theological Roots: When Hatred Is Not a Bug, but a Feature

In classical Islamic theology, the Jew is not a neutral “other.”
He is a defined religious figure:

• The one who rejected the prophet
• The one portrayed as treacherous in sacred texts
• The one meant to be subdued, humiliated, or fought

Historically, Jews under Islamic rule were not exterminated – they were managed.
As dhimmis.
Tolerated.
Inferior.
Granted conditional rights in exchange for submission.

This was not coexistence.
It was hierarchy.

And when Jews stop bowing their heads – when they build a state, win wars, defend themselves – the issue is no longer political.

It becomes theological.

🕌 Islam Meets Modernity – and Refuses the Mirror

When Islam encountered modernity, two things happened:

1. It lost.
2. It refused to accept the loss.

Military defeats, economic stagnation, and cultural inferiority created a deep civilizational frustration.
But instead of reform, introspection, or secularization – blame emerged.

And who makes a better scapegoat than Jews?

• Familiar from the texts
• Visible
• Small in number
• Symbolically linked to power
• And inconveniently successful

Thus, modern antisemitism was reborn – not as a racial theory, but as a civilizational grievance.

🎭 The Perfect Disguise: Anti-Zionism

Political Islam understood something the West still struggles to grasp:
Hating Jews is unacceptable.
Hating Zionists is fashionable.

Same hatred.
Same imagery.
Same conspiracies.
Same dehumanization.

Different packaging.

“I’m not antisemitic.”
“I’m just anti-Zionist.”
“I oppose Israel, not Jews.”
“It’s about human rights.”

And somehow, miraculously, Jews everywhere become responsible.

🧠 Western Complicity: Fear, Guilt, and Moral Cowardice

Here the West enters the picture – not as a victim, but as an accomplice.

The modern West is paralyzed by:

• Fear of being called racist
• Fear of offending
• Fear of distinguishing ideology from people
• And above all – fear of accusations of Islamophobia

So it excuses.
It rationalizes.
It reframes hatred as “authentic anger.”

Islamic antisemitism becomes “understandable frustration.”
Jewish self-defense becomes “colonial violence.”
Mass murder becomes “resistance.”

Moral clarity dissolves – politely.

🇮🇱 Israel: The Unforgivable Crime

Israel is not the problem.
Israel is the evidence.

Evidence that Jews refused to remain submissive.
Evidence that they rejected dhimmi status.
Evidence that they dared to become sovereign, armed, and victorious.

In a culture where honor outweighs life, this is an unforgivable sin.

Not borders.
Not settlements.
Not policy.

Existence itself.

🔥 “We Came to Banish the Darkness” – Even When Darkness Calls Itself Peace

Modern antisemitism does not look like the old kind.
It speaks softly.
Wears the language of justice.
And spreads through social media in high resolution.

But at its core – it is ancient.

And political Islam is its primary engine:
theologically, culturally, and ideologically.

Not the only source.
But the most dynamic one.

🧠 An Uncomfortable Conclusion

• Antisemitism never disappeared – it changed uniforms.
• The West did not confront it – it accommodated it.
• Israel is not guilty – it is simply unwilling to disappear.

In the end, this is not a debate about borders or policies.
It is a struggle over truth.

And over a very simple question the West no longer dares to ask clearly:

Are Jews allowed to defend themselves – even when it makes polite society uncomfortable?