1st Edition

Hatred, Lies, and Violence in the World of Islam

By Raphael Israeli Copyright 2014
358 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

358 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
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

Biography

Raphael Israeli