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Refusing to Name the Islamist Threat
(Jewish News-UK) Deborah Lipstadt - You cannot solve a problem if you do not name it. The problem is extremist Islamist jihadism and their compatriots on the far left. I know quite well that the far right also poses a very real threat. But the stabbings, firebombs, assaults, and the like are currently coming in the main from Islamist extremists. When politicians and leaders refuse to acknowledge that, they throw moderate Muslims under the bus. It is not solely Jews who are being threatened. This is an attack on Western culture and civilization. This is an attack on British society in its entirety, including mainstream Muslims. This is a brutal assault on us all. It has started with the Jews, but it will not end with them. I have seen some people proclaiming on social media, "We stand with British Jews." I would like to amend that slogan to: "We stand with British Jews, not out of sympathy, but because they are us." The writer, an American historian and diplomat, served as the U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism (2022-25).