ABSTRACT
Muslim hatred groups within Western societies, though they are not totally out of place in view of the many extreme right and left parties that infest those countries, add nevertheless a novel dimension of social disturbance in the heart of the West. The Swedish Radio News (SRN) in fact reported that a Stockholm mosque was selling cassettes calling for a genocidal holy war against the Jews. A press release by the Jewish community wondered at this state of affairs and asked whether this was an act of political correctness, of elections tactics, or fear of radical Islam's reaction if legal steps are taken against it. While outbursts of violence against Jews in Europe are not isolated and are probably part of the general ambience of increased violence that is due to social, economic, and political problems, it is disturbing to observe that the rate of anti-Semitic violence by Muslims in Europe is far higher than their proportion in the population.
