A Duke University professor has called on his fellow Muslims to face the "increasing anti-Semitism problem" within their society in the wake of the Texas synagogue terror attack.
Abdullah T. Antepli, a professor of the Practice of Interfaith Relations at the Duke Divinity School, took to Twitter Sunday, saying members of his religion have a "moral call for action for the soul of Islam and Muslim" to address the hostility towards Jews.
He also grilled Rep. Ilhan Omar for over past anti-Semitic remarks, including a comment she made in 2019 suggesting that Israel’s allies in American politics were "all about the Benjamins." That was a reference to cash which was widely viewed as an anti-Semitic trope, and which Omar later apologized for.
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"We North American Muslims need to have the morally required tough conversations about those…' polite Zionists are our enemies…The Benjamins!!!'... voices and realities within our communities," Antepli wrote.
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"We MUST! Without ands and buts, without any further denial, dismissal, and or trivializing of the issues… we need to honestly discuss the increasing anti-Semitism within various Muslim communities."
Antepli's words come just hours after an FBI Hostage Rescue Team on Saturday night stormed Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas - near Fort Worth - ending a 10-hour standoff with police by accused gunman Malik Faisal Akram, who disrupted a Sabbath service and took the rabbi and three other people hostage.
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Akram, 44, of Blackburn, England - who was reportedly armed with "backpacks of explosives" - had demanded the release of convicted Pakistani terrorist Aafia Siddiqu - known as Lady Al Qaeda - who police say was cited as his sister.
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The four hostages were all freed uninjured. After the incident, the Jewish community and President Joe Biden renewed calls to address anti-Semitism.
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The FBI has caused fury after claiming that they had yet to find evidence that the attack was anti-Semitic.
"Houston! We have a problem," Antepli tweeted. "Not going anywhere….quite the contrary getting worse."
He claimed that North American Muslims need to hold an honest discussion about anti-Semitism without any "further denial, dismissal and or trivializing of the issues".
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The professor claimed the community has failed to address Jew-hatred "honestly, morally and accurately".
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"I am really sick and tired of the overall defensiveness and tribal nature of our reaction to this alarming internal problem," he wrote.
"We are better than this! We can no longer pretend the problems of anti-Semitism within us do not exist. There are more urgent moral calls than 'Let’s not bring shame to our already vulnerable communities..'"
The professor also called out American leaders - especially Omar - who he suggests aggravate the anti-Semitism problem.
"The Benjamins," he wrote, citing a February 2019 tweet from Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, that caused outrage among her party and other leaders.
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