| ID | 144673 |
| Title Proper | Past as a yardstick |
| Other Title Information | Europeans, muslim migrants and the onus of European-Jewish histories |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Nachmani, Amikam |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Various factors shape European and Muslim migrant relations; one of these is European‒Jewish and European‒Israeli precedents. Hitherto, this factor has not been thoroughly discussed. This article focuses on the use of recent and past histories, by all sides, when describing present and future relations between the European majority and Muslim migrant minority. This discourse often makes reference to European Jewry as a guiding precedent, as well as to Israeli Middle Eastern policies. As a result, a meaningful triangle has been formed, whose sides consist of Europeans, Muslim immigrants and Jewish communities. The shared issues between them include the painful record of European‒Jewish relations and its implications for the European‒Muslim encounter; the Holocaust; the European Right, its agendas concerning Jews, Muslim immigration and its surprising contacts with the State of Israel; European restrictions against Muslim and Jewish worship and religious rites; among others. Repeatedly, the Muslim issue in Europe is referred to as the Continent’s ‘new Jewish problem’. Moreover, the contemporary integration experience of Muslim migrants in Europe is compared to that of Jews in earlier ages. |
| `In' analytical Note | Israel Affairs Vol. 22, No.2; Apr 2016: p.318-354 |
| Journal Source | Israel Affairs Vol: 22 No 2 |
| Key Words | Israel ; Arab Israeli Conflict ; Holocaust ; European Jews ; European Muslims |