Bernard Lewis

Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the recipient of the 1998 Ataturk International Peace Award, which is given to people who contribute to the development of world peace. Lewis is the author of many books, including The Shaping of the Modern Middle East and Semites and Anti-Semites: An Inquiry Into Conflict and Prejudice.

Anti-Semitism among Muslims has grown in recent years, due in part to negative reaction to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. This Islamic anti-Semitism has European roots, such as belief in Jewish conspiracy theories and the popularity of texts such as Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Further aspects of this anti-Semitism are Holocaust denial, the banning or censoring of films that present positive portrayals of Jews, and textbooks...