Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: Religio-Political Fault Lines in Secular Democracies

• Main Author: Hedges, Paul
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Europe; Country and Region Studies; Global; Religion in Contemporary Society
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80562; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40691
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Seemingly politically inspired and media-led Islamophobic allegations and accusations of anti-semitism marred the recent UK mayoral and local elections. This potentially sets a dangerous precedence for using religious allegations as political tools and must be checked. The implications are applicabl...