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    4 days ago

    It definetely exists and existed outside of Europe but it is predominantlz an European concept. Especiallz the genocidal antisemitism, brought to the extreme by nazi Germany with collaborateurs all over Europe, already has its root at least in the times of the crusades. Pogroms were coined as a term in Eastern Europe as they became more popular their. The whole “race theory” nonsense to somehow make racism “scientific” also included concepts of what would be physical traits of Jews and the British Lord Balfour supported Zionism to get rid of British Jews he deemed “not able to integrate”

    The last point deserves special attention imo. as it shows how the way Jews were perceived in the 19th and 20th century are now transferred to how Muslims are perceived.