Hatred, Lies, and Violence in the World of Islam

by Raphael Israeli

Overview

Hatred, Lies, and Violence in the World of Islam examines the torrential flood of anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish, and anti-Zionist propaganda that permeates many Muslim societies. Raphael Israeli locates the source of this anti-Semitic sentiment in the inadequacies and insecurities of Muslim states. By demonizing and delegitimizing Israel and Jews, they seek to eliminate a successful counterexample of their own failures, thus putting an end to their own "humiliation."

Beyond mapping the distribution of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish propaganda in the Arab and Islamic worlds, Israeli uses case-studies to illustrate the premises of this study: the Palestinians, who have a direct stake in battling Israel; Turkey, which now claims leadership of the Arab and Sunni Muslim worlds; and Shi'ite Iran, which provides a more extreme example of both hatred and disregard for fact and history while threatening to destroy Israel.

Israeli documents the worldwide collaboration between Jew-haters of all sorts, explaining the exponential growth of Jew-hatred on the Internet, with thousands of new hate sites added every year, outpacing Jew-hatred in the traditional media. He places anti-Semitism in a broader tradition of political lies and political deceit. In the final chapter, Israeli considers the possibility of reversing anti-Jewish agitation in Muslim countries, which he finds unlikely because so many of the region's regimes are built on foundations of anti-Semitism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138510562
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/28/2017
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

ForewordIntroduction: The Nature of Lies: Hoaxes, Wishful Thinking, Envy, Denial, Self-Righteousness, and Conspiracy Theories 1 Lies Generated by Hatred: Political and Religious Sources 2 Truth-Bending Propensities of Politics and Political Ideologies 3 A Sample of Manufactured Libel against the Jews in the Arab and Muslim Media 4 The Distribution of Lies and Hatred: Mosques, Education, the Media, Internet, Poetry, and Folk Songs 5 Distribution of Libel, in Defense of Lies 6 The Palestinians as the Arab Prototype of Lie Manufacturing 7 Iran: The Extremist Shiite Example 8 Turkey: The Non-Arab Muslims Entering the FrayConclusion: Are Hatred and Lie Propagation Reversible?: Summary ReflectionsBibliographyAnalytical Index

Editorial Reviews

"Ambitious, scholarly, and shrewd." —Edward Alexander, The Middle East Quarterly “Hatred, Lies, and Violence in the World of Islam comes from one of the leading scholars in the field of Muslim and Middle Eastern studies and here uses original documents - many in local languages - to document the sources of lies and myths regarding Israel and its neighboring nations. It considers how social and religious ideologies and myths spread, it examines political changes and the Islam world, and it considers the evolution and perpetuation of lies and violence in Islam nations. The result is a solid scholarly analysis that belongs in the collections of any college concerned with Middle Eastern or Islamic affairs.” —The Bookwatch “Raphael Israeli, one of the leading scholars in the field of Muslim and Middle Eastern studies, embarks in his book on a road not too many are willing to take. In a well-documented study based on original documents, especially in local languages, he traces the sources of the lies and wrong myths being injected into world opinion regarding Israel and its neighbors. His knowledge of history and current politics makes the book a necessary addition to any contemporary library.” —Alexander Bligh, director, Middle East Research Center, Ariel University “Raphael Israeli’s book, Hatred, Lies, and Violence in the World of Islam, is a brave, comprehensive, and disturbing description of social, ideological, religious, and political phenomena which strongly influence and mold parts of the Islamic world. Its message is relevant to any analyst, journalist, scholar, diplomat, or politician who aspires to understand the Orient in the context of international relations. Even more, it is relevant to all who appreciate, and are willing to defend, the freedoms we enjoy in the West. At times, the author uses harsh words, but they duly convey description of a harsh reality. Back in the 1990s, Samuel Huntington explained the emergence and development of a global clash of civilizations. In this book, Raphael Israeli expounded why it is not likely it will end any time soon.” —Boris Havel, Biblical Institute of Zagreb

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