Antisemitism watchdog: Antisemitic ‘Tired Islam’ conspiracy takes root on social media
Collecting Art, take a look CyberWell, a nonprofit trusted partner of Meta Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, TikTok and YouTube, focused on combating online antisemitism, has identified and flagged a rapidly growing Arabic-language conspiracy theory known as “Tired Islam.” Born entirely on social media, the narrative falsely claims that a Jewish or “Zionist” author named Jacob Dunne published a book titled “The Tired Islam,” outlining a secret plan to dismantle Arab and Muslim society from within. In reality, no such book exists in the U.S. Library of Congress or elsewhere, yet this fabricated claim has become central to the narrative’s viral spread. “This trend is a modern-day digital replica of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. It revives century-old religious antisemitism, tailored to go viral on today’s platforms,” said CyberWell Founder and CEO Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor. “The narrative pushes the same antisemitic tropes that have historically led to mass violence against Jews, n...