From the American Interest:
A harrowing scene occurred recently on the New York City subway when a group of teens approached and harassed a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke.
The ringleader, a self-identified Muslim teen, threatened to kill the man and added, “They should have killed all of you.”
When police confronted the belligerent 17-year-old at a stop in Brooklyn, a mob formed. As the crowd filmed the scene and yelled at the policemen, one young woman began beating a cop before being arrested.
It’s unclear from the Daily News report whether the mob knew exactly who or what they were defending. It’s conceivable they thought they were protesting the needless arrest of a black teenager, not endorsing the anti-Semitic conduct that led to the young man’s arrest. There’s also no evidence from this report that the 17-year-old insulted and threatened the Jewish passenger out of any religious motivation. We wouldn’t be surprised if he is simply a jerk.
Whatever the motives for the attack and for the mob’s reaction, one can’t help but be appalled. Since its founding, America has been one of the safest and most welcoming countries for Jews, judged against any time period, and New York has played a particularly important role in this regard.
The more Muslims increase as a percentage of a population, the more common this kind of incitement has always become, and will become.
There is yet to be an instance where a high concentration of Muslims has not led to violence against the Other, be they Jews, gays, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, or simply artists.
Do we want this in the United States?
Do we believe that, somehow, the United States has the magical potion to tame the wild Muslim?
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