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Antisemitism in Pakistan refers to the dislike, fear or hostility in attitude against Jewish people and the Judaism religion in Pakistan. There are general stereotypes against Jews in Pakistan, most of which overlap and are related to the common antisemitic views prevalent in the Muslim world. Due to the Palestine dispute, Pakistan, like many Muslim countries, has no diplomatic relations with Israel and has refused to recognise it as an independent state. Jews are regarded as miserly.〔(Why are the Jews ‘kanjoos’? —Khaled Ahmed’s Review of the Urdu press ),''Daily times (Pakistan)〕 The founding of the Islamic state of Pakistan immediately prior to the creation of Israel in the Levant created insecurity among Jews in Pakistan. After Israel's independence in 1948, violent incidents occurred against Pakistan's small Jewish community of about 2,000 Bene Israel Jews. The Magain Shalome Synagogue in Karachi was attacked, as were individual Jews. The persecution of Jews resulted in their exodus via India to Israel (see Pakistanis in Israel), the UK, Canada and other countries. The Peshawar Jewish community ceased to exist〔(Jewish Virtual Library: Pakistan ) Accessed October 8, 2006〕 although a small community reportedly still exists in Karachi. Pakistani cricket icon and politician Imran Khan's marriage to Jemima Goldsmith, an Englishwoman of Jewish origin, in 1996 caused furor in Pakistan and Khan was accused of acting as an agent of the Jewish Lobby. Egyptian newspapers in Pakistan made other antisemitic accusations against Khan. After Khan complained, the stories were retracted.〔 Arch rival India's establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 have given rise to antisemitism in Pakistani media, usually combined with anti-Zionist rhetoric. India has been referred to as a "Zionist Threat".〔(Pakistan ) Accessed October 8, 2006〕 Pakistan-based Islamist group Lashkar-e-Toiba have also expressed antisemitic views. They have declared the Jews to be "Enemies of Islam", Israel to be the "Enemy of Pakistan".〔(Lashkar-e-Toiba: Spreading the jehad ) Accessed October 8, 2006〕 Military leaflets have been dropped over Waziristan to urge the tribesmen to beware of foreigners and their local supporters who had allied themselves with the "Yahood Aur Hanood". Tribesmen who read the leaflets were wondering over the use of the word "Yahood Aur Hanood" to describe the enemy in the leaflets. Most thought it meant the Jews worldwide and the dominant Hindus of India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=''The News International'', Pakistan ) 〕 The U.S. State Department's first Report on Global Anti-Semitism finds an increase in antisemitism in Pakistan.〔(Global Antisemitism Report - 01.05.2005 ) Accessed October 8, 2006〕 In Pakistan, a country without Jewish communities, antisemitic sentiment fanned by antisemitic articles in the press is widespread.〔(Report on Global Anti-Semitism ) Accessed October 8, 2006〕 Pakistan refuses to recognize Israel as a legitimate state〔(Musharraf says Pakistan not to recognize Israel ) Accessed October 8, 2006〕 on account of their sympathies with the Arabs in the Arab-Israeli conflict. A substantial number of people in Pakistan believe that the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York were a secret Jewish conspiracy organized by Israel's MOSSAD, as were the 7 July 2005 London bombings, allegedly perpetrated by Jews in order to discredit Muslims. Such allegations echo traditional antisemitic theories.〔(Pakistan and Israel - new friends? ),''BBC''〕〔(Pakistan: In the Land of Conspiracy Theories ),PBS.org〕 The Jewish religious movement of Chabad Lubavich had an mission house in Mumbai, India that was attacked in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, perpetrated by militants connected to Pakistan led by Ajmal Kasab.〔("Gunman in Mumbai Siege a Pakistani" ), ''New York Times'', 7 January 2009〕 Antisemitic intents were evident from the testimonies of Kasab following his arrest and trial. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antisemitism in Pakistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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