Reciprocal radicalization is the shared activity of all these apparently opposing groups. They need each other more than they need us.
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Source/Credit: Haaretz - Opinion
By Muddassar Ahmed | Aug 4, 2017
Britain’s far right is trying to turn Jews and Muslims against each other. Most Jews know better, but a minority has allowed legitimate concerns about Islamist extremism to drive a search for false allies on the far right.
The appeal is understandable. The extremes of liberal politeness and a well-meaning desire to maintain social order has led some of Europe’s chattering classes to go soft on extremist ideology. Many prefer to view Islam as an alien yet benign culture that simply needs to be ‘integrated’. If the jilbabs can be made tighter, the beards shorter and the curry milder, "Everything is gonna be ok."
It’s within this politically correct straitjacket that some British Jews have seen no option other than to ally with (or at least indulge) people who would, in any other circumstance, be called neo-Nazis.
This mirrors the position some young British Muslims find themselves in. When no one in the mainstream appears to say anything of substance about Palestine or Western foreign policy, it can be tempting to ideologically graze in extremist pastures - even if some of what grows there is poison.
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