A campaign by right-wing Liberals such as JamesPaterson and Josh Frydenberg to link Muslims with Nazisand anti-genocide demonstrations to antisemitism is on shaky ground, writesBilal Cleland.

Linking Muslims to graffiti

The graffiti on the Sydney synagogue is an attempt to link Hitler and Islam. It reads, 'Hitler on top'and below that, 'Allah',then 'huabkar', suggesting someone unaware of the phrase.

Obsession with Hitler is not a Muslim characteristic. In the Muslim world, Hitler is regarded as just another European colonialist carrying out the usual pattern of invasion, dehumanisation, dispossession, slavery and genocide.

From Columbus in Haiti, to the slaughter of Native Americans to the killings described in 'Killing for Country'byDavid Marr,it has happened over and over again.

The extreme hatred of Jews which obsessed Hitler is what distinguished him from the colonial norm. His notion ofJudeo-Bolshevismshaped his hatred.

European and Nazi antisemitism is based on history.

Resistance to the Roman Empire in the uprisings of 66 ADand Circa 135, then the acceptance ofPauline Christianityby the Roman Empire, blaming Jews for the crucifixion, fed the hatred.

TheEmperor Heracliusintended the forcible conversion of all Jews but the rise of Islam prevented it.

Antisemitism became part of the culture of Christendom, expulsions of Jewish populations a mark of Christian society. The greatexpulsionfrom Spain in the late 1400s was one of the outstanding events. The Nazi Holocaust, perpetrated by Germans, marked its peak.

Following a history of racism, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is now carrying on Israels ethnonationalist rhetoric and fuelling antisemitism in our country.

Blamingdemonstrators

There has been a campaign to try and link anti-genocide demonstrations to antisemitism since the Gaza assault began.

The lie aboutGas the Jewsfrom the Sydney demonstration to the recent graffiti on Jewish property, plus the burning of a non-Zionist synagogue have all been linked by various spokespeople to the Palestinian cause.

Sky News has promotedJosh Frydenbergand his linking the Holocaust to the anti-genocide demonstrations. He seems to think any opposition to Israel and its extremist government is an expression of antisemitism.

That the once independent ABC provided him with a substantial section of the 7.30 Report falls in with its recent stance ofpromoting Opposition spokespeople.

Sarah Ferguson of the 7.30 Reportallowed Frydenbergto deliver his outrageous message unchallenged, despite her knowledge of decades of Liberal Party concealment ofUstaaactivities.Tony Jones, her husband, wrote a novel about them, 'The Twentieth Man.'

The Liberal Party which grew from roots in the originalUAP, should be the very last political organisation to pose as defenders of the Jewish community.

Australia's post-WWII migration record has been characterised by the persecution of Communists and the promotion of fascists, says John Ward.

Australian Tories' fascist history

The whole world knows aboutBob Menziesand his admiration for the Third Reich in 1938 and his and Joe Lyons' support forIl Duceand its suppression of local Italian anti-fascist organisations.

Pre-Holocaust that might be excusable.

Yugoslav anti-fascist Marjan Jurjevic writes in hisbook,Ustasha under the Southern Cross:

NSW Liberal Party'santi-communist faction

Liberal party powerbrokerLyenko Urbanchich, a prominent fascist propagandist in Slovenia during WWII, found on arrival in Australiaa comfortable place in thebosom of the Liberal Party, as a good anti-communist":

He retired only when exposed.

The Cold War, the unusual excuse conservatives give for embracing Nazis, was well over by 2014 when Liberal Party personalities were stillattendingApril 10 Ustasha celebrations:

Liberal Attorney-GeneralGreenwoodwas still denying Ustasha existed here in September 1972. When Whitlam took over in 1973, the Labor Attorney-General Murphyraidedthe ASIO headquarters andfoundthousands of Ustasha documents.

Free speech crusader changes his tune

IPA member Liberal SenatorJames Paterson, who once crusadedagainst18Cof the Racial Discrimination Act which makes it illegal to offend, insult or humiliate someone because of their race, now wants the writing of antisemitic graffiti made a terrorist offence.

Very quiet on the old campaign these days.

These tainted Tories are on shaky ground.

Accusations of antisemitism are continuing in an attempt to drown out the sights and sounds of the dying Palestinians.

Bilal Clelandis a retired secondary teacher and was Secretary of theIslamic Council of Victoria, Chairman of theMuslim Welfare Board Victoriaand Secretary of theAustralian Federation of Islamic Councils. You can follow Bilal/X@BilalCleland.