Muslim Antisemitism is Immoral

Ethical Individualism and the Rejection of Antisemitism: Toward Human Relational Equality

At the Center for Human Equality, we stand firmly on the principles of Ethical Individualism, as articulated by Russell McAlmond in his foundational work Ethical Individualism: A Human Relational Philosophy. This philosophy insists on three core axioms: the primacy of individuality, the equal inherent value of every human being, and the categorical rejection of group judgmentalism.

It calls us to relate to one another not as members of collectives defined by ethnicity, religion, or ancestry, but as unique, sovereign individuals—each a “mosaic of experiences” worthy of dignity, respect, and personal judgment based solely on character and conduct.

In this light, we unequivocally condemn antisemitism in all its forms, including the widespread expressions of hatred toward Jews emanating from segments of Muslim communities around the world.

Such prejudice represents a profound violation of human relational ethics. It substitutes group stereotypes and collective blame for the recognition of individual uniqueness, poisoning interpersonal and intercommunal relations. Antisemitism does not merely harm Jews; it degrades the moral fabric of societies that tolerate or encourage it, fostering division, mistrust, and cycles of violence that undermine the possibility of genuine human flourishing for all.

The Error of Group Judgmentalism

Ethical Individualism teaches that judging individuals by the perceived characteristics or actions of their group—whether racial, religious, national, or cultural—constitutes a fundamental moral error. No person is reducible to their ancestry, faith tradition, or demographic category.

Jews, like Muslims, Christians, atheists, or any other group identifier, are not monolithic entities but unique individuals. Each possesses infinite personal value and an irreplaceable set of experiences, aspirations, and moral agency. To treat “the Jews” as a collective scapegoat is to erase their humanity in the same way that racism or any other form of group-based prejudice erases the humanity of its targets.

This pattern of group judgmentalism mirrors precisely the ideological pathology employed by the German Nazis in the 20th century. The Nazis did not evaluate Jewish individuals on their merits, contributions, or character. Instead, they constructed a narrative of collective guilt and existential threat, using Jews as convenient scapegoats for Germany’s economic, social, and political woes.

This dehumanization enabled atrocities on an unimaginable scale. Today, when antisemitic rhetoric—whether in the form of conspiracy theories, calls for violence, or blanket condemnation of Israeli policies as inherently “Jewish”—attributes societal problems to Jews as a people, it repeats the same relational and moral mistake.

Blaming an entire group for the failures or frustrations of another is not justice; it is a cowardly evasion of personal and collective responsibility.

The Immorality of Religious Legitimization

No interpretation of any world religion can legitimately sanctify such hatred. The ethical core shared across Abrahamic traditions, including Islam and Judaism, commands love of neighbor, justice, and compassion. Sacred texts repeatedly affirm the equal creation of all human beings in the divine image and the imperative to treat others with the dignity we ourselves seek.

Claims that “God wants” hatred of Jews—or any group—represent a grotesque distortion of religious teaching. True faith elevates the individual soul; it does not license tribal warfare or perpetual grievance. God does not endorse scapegoating. God calls us to love our neighbors, not to hate them under the banner of faith.

The Center for Human Equality opposes antisemitism from any direction—whether from Muslim-majority societies, Western far-left circles, far-right extremists, or any other source. We likewise reject all racism and group-based bigotry, even when proponents cloak it in the language of a “major world religion” or claims of historical grievance.

Ethical Individualism demands consistency: the same principles that condemn Nazi antisemitism condemn contemporary antisemitism. The same framework that rejects anti-Muslim prejudice rejects anti-Jewish prejudice. Human equality is not selective; it is universal.

A Call to Relational Renewal

Adopting Ethical Individualism requires a deliberate shift in how we engage one another. It means rejecting the lazy comfort of group narratives in favor of the harder, nobler work of individual encounter. It means holding individuals accountable for their actions—whether acts of terrorism, incitement, or hatred—without imputing guilt to millions who share only a faith or ethnicity.

It means building societies where Jews, Muslims, and people of all backgrounds can relate as unique persons, free from the shadow of inherited collective enmity.

This is not naïve idealism. It is the pragmatic path to human relational health. When we treat people as unique individuals of equal value, we open doors to trust, cooperation, and mutual enrichment. When we indulge group judgmentalism, we close those doors and invite conflict.

The choice is clear.

The Center for Human Equality therefore calls on religious leaders, educators, political figures, and ordinary people across the Muslim world and beyond to reject antisemitism in word and deed. Denounce conspiracy theories. Teach the equal dignity of every human soul. Model Ethical Individualism in daily relations.

Scapegoating Jews will solve no problems; it will only multiply them. True progress begins with the moral courage to see the Other not as a symbol of grievance, but as a neighbor deserving of respect.Every human being is created equal in value, yet remains irreducibly unique.

To honor this truth is to fulfill our highest ethical calling. To deny it—through antisemitism or any parallel prejudice—is to betray our shared humanity. Let us choose the path of Ethical Individualism: a world of individuals relating in dignity, equality, and peace.