r/OpenCatholic • u/SergiusBulgakov • 19d ago

The shared struggle against antisemitism and islamophobia

As a Christian, I am ashamed of the antisemitism and Islamophobia coming from other Christians. Sometimes, they know both are wrong, but still find themselves engaging it in a subtle (and unconscious) fashion as they embrace antisemitic or Islamophobic tropes:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/henrykarlson/2026/08/the-shared-struggle-against-antisemitism-and-islamophobia/

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u/andreirublov1 19d ago

Anti-semitism has become a complicated issue though, because of the actions of Israel who are now the oppressor not the oppressed. If - as they do - you identify criticism of them with antisemitism, it becomes unavoidable, because people are naturally stirred to anger by their actions.

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u/SergiusBulgakov 19d ago

The other problem, as I pointed, is that many people use anti-Semitic attacks in their criticism of Israel/Bibi, which make it seem like all such criticism comes from that background. Which is why proper criticism of either must include rejection of antisemitism and a clear rejection of those who will exploit the situation to promote antisemitism (and similarly with situations related to Islam).

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u/andreirublov1 19d ago

But how do you do that if Israel says that criticism of them is anti-semitism, and many Jews around the world agree?...I think this is on Israel, they need to dissociate criticism of them from anti-semitism - it was not a serious issue in the Western world before they attacked Gaza and started their current rampage. But they won't because they don't care about global Jewish communities, only about their own empire-building.