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URL:https://www.chaimitzvah.org/events/the-genealogy-of-arab-islamic-antiz
 ionism/
SUMMARY:The Genealogy of Arab–Islamic Antizionism
DESCRIPTION:This lecture is part of Antizionism: The History of an Ideology
 \, a six-part series hosted by Chai Mitzvah. The series examines the histo
 rical origins\, evolution\, and contemporary manifestations of antizionism
 . Sponsored by the Institute for the Critical Study of Antizionism.\n\nCon
 temporary antizionism in the Arab and Muslim world is neither an organic e
 xpression of religious tradition nor a spontaneous political response to t
 he founding of Israel. It is an engineered ideological formation—constru
 cted by intellectuals\, institutionalized by states\, and propagated throu
 gh deliberate networks of cultural production. This lecture traces the gen
 ealogy of Islamic antizionism from its theological antecedents to its mode
 rn systematization\, arguing that the distinctively conspiratorial and eli
 minationist character of contemporary Islamic anti-Jewish discourse emerge
 d from a specific historical synthesis: the grafting of European racial an
 tisemitism onto traditional Islamic frameworks of Jewish subordination. An
  essential role was played by Western-educated Arab intellectuals importin
 g the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and Nazi propaganda and translating 
 them into Islamic forms. Arab nationalist regimes subsequently instrumenta
 lized this discourse\, sponsoring its production while harboring former Na
 zi personnel who continued their work under new flags. Ultimately\, this i
 deological synthesis became the foundation of modern Arab political cultur
 e\, thought\, and mass society. \nRegister Here\nHussein Aboubakr Mansour
  is an Egyptian-American intellectual specializing in modern intellectual 
 history. In 2012\, he had to flee his home country\, Egypt\, due to the pe
 rsecution he faced because of his vocal work against antisemitism. His cur
 rent work focuses on Arab political thought\, Arab intellectual history\, 
 and the globalization of antisemitism and revolutionary radicalism. Hussei
 n previously served as an assistant professor of Hebrew language and cultu
 re at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey\, California. His writing
 s have appeared in Commentary\, Tablet\, Mosaic\, and the Athens Review of
  Books. Hussein is a sought-after commentator and speaker on issues of ant
 isemitism and extremism in the Middle East. In 2022\, he was awarded the P
 er Ahlmark Award by the UN Watch for his advocacy for human rights\, and i
 n 2024\, he was awarded the German Mercator Fellowship from the Hochschule
  für Jüdische Studien in Heidelberg. He is a Fellow at The Elizabeth and
  Tony Comper Interdisciplinary Center and a Fellow at the Z3 Institute.
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CATEGORIES:Scholars Circle
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