The recent maelstrom of controversy stirring in British politics has been about the structural evidence of anti-Semitism in Labour Party. Labour treat anti-Semitism poorly compared to others and the Tories have failed to deal with the rise of Islamophobia within their party. It’s a meme for these times therefore, and what I think of when I see Melanie Phillips’ article about anti-Muslim bigotry and anti-Semitism. To Phillips, Islamophobia is a buzzword used to silence conversations regarding how British Muslims behave and cannot be compared to anti-Semitism. If these attacks, rising sharply always, are not indicators of a systemic problem with Islamophobia then what are they?

Source: Huffington Post May 13, 2018 20:23 UTC