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Perversely, a widespread fear of Muslims is somehow projected into hostility toward Israel. It’s Stockholm syndrome. Instead of people protesting against ISIS or Turkey or migrants or against the Islamization of Europe, people protest against Israel.

Muslim anti-Semitism in England is a big problem and will probably get worse. Sadly, Adam LeBor has said that when, in the 1990s, he wrote his book A Heart Turned East about Muslim communities in Bosnia, France, Germany, Albania, Turkey, and Bulgaria, in only one place did he encounter anti-Semitism: Bradford. I suspect that he would find it now among Muslims in Sweden and Holland, to judge by news stories.

I rejoice that this problem is being examined center stage, although it is only in the headlines as a way to attack the British Labour Party’s far-left leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn’s old ally Ken Livingstone”€”a vile man, an apologist for the IRA, but no racist or apologist for Hitler”€”is suspended from Labour for saying Hitler was at one time in favor of the Jewish state (because he wanted to expel Jews to Palestine in the early 1930s).

No one talks about anti-Semitism among Muslim Britons. They are too frightened to do so. Frightened of being accused of racism.

I hope people will think hard about what is happening to Britain and Europe, the causes and what solutions can be found, but silencing debate is not the way to do it. Let’s have as much free speech as possible. And talk about whether continuing to absorb large numbers of Muslim migrants is really a good idea.