In the course of the rise in anti-Semitic incidents over the past years, there has been a shift in media reports and in the public perception of the ‘typical’ anti-Semitic offender, particularly in countries, like Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, and the UK, from the “extreme right skinhead” to the “disaffected young Muslim”, “person of North African origin”, or “immigrant” and member of the “anti-globalisation” left. However, this shift, although widely reported, is difficult to substantiate on the basis of the available statistical evidence, particularly as in most countries the ethnic or religious background of perpetrators is not recorded.
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