Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe: A Shared Story? (1st ed. 2015 edition.)

This is the first book to examine the relationship between European antisemitism and Islamophobia from the Crusades until the 21st century in the principal flashpoints of the two racisms.

With case studies ranging from the Balkans to the UK, the contributors take the debate away from politicised polemics about whether or not Muslims are the new Jews.

Much previous scholarship and public discussion has focused on comparing European ideas about Jews and Judaism in the past with contemporary attitudes towards Muslims and Islam.

This volume rejects this approach. Instead, it interrogates how the dynamic relationship between antisemitism and Islamophobia has evolved over time and space.

The result is the uncovering of a previously unknown story in which European ideas about Jews and Muslims were indeed connected, but were also ripped apart.