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The first conference to compare antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe was held in London this week — but without any Muslim speakers.
The aim of the conference, held at University College, was to explore the "connections, commonalities and differences between" antisemitism and Islamophobia from both geographical and historical perspectives.
But the organisers failed to find any Muslim academics who were free to participate.
Co-organiser James Renton, senior lecturer at Edge Hill and honorary research fellow in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at UCL, said: "It surprised me, as we put things together, how really tough it was to find people working in this area doing academic research. There were Muslims who wanted to come on board but they couldn't, for one reason or another.