American Muslim Attitudes toward Jews

Muslims are often accused of being antisemitic and for a major source attacks violence against Jews Jewish institutions. Research also finds variation in Muslim orientations toward at the aggregate, cross-national level, with lower levels anti-Jewish sentiment some western nations. There is individual level This paper asks whether factors that affect antisemitism among non-Muslims similarly same weight. In order to estimate these relative effects precision, it desirable have common dataset includes both non-Muslims. Since comprise small percentage population most nations, nationally representative surveys rarely contain enough respondents reliable statistical analysis. uses Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape survey, which has over 500,000 respondents, including 5000 sufficient such The analysis although American less positive than non-Muslims, difference not great, and, on average, views Jews. Results find education, foreign born, perceiving discrimination affects non-Muslim attitudes However, perceptions weak economy age discernably different