There’s a case for arguing that this has been the worst year for Jews in Britain since Edward I ordered their expulsion in 1290. This sense of growing peril explains why the Prime Minister has summoned police chiefs, civil society organisations and politicians to a ‘Forum on tackling anti-Semitism’ first thing tomorrow at No. 10 Downing Street.

But how far will this summit actually be willing to go in tackling the really difficult questions here – notwithstanding the government’s pride in its new strategy for counter-extremism and strengthening social cohesion that was produced in March. The current government proclaims loudly its opposition to anti-Semitism. But ministers – and key agencies – are now saying surprisingly little about which ideology is actually responsible for the upsurge in one of the oldest forms of hatred.

So which ideology is actually powering this upsurge in violence in the UK today? Hardline Scientology?

So which ideology is actually powering this upsurge in violence in the UK today? Hardline Scientology?

Thus, references to Islamism are rare – and, if last week is anything to go by, they appear to be on a downward trajectory.

To address any problem, it must be named. In Golders Green, ministers and senior police officers were explicit that it was British Jews who were under attack and that it was an act of anti-Semitic terrorism which had occurred.

So which ideology is actually powering this upsurge in violence in the UK today? Hardline Scientology? Buddhism? Or Zoroastrianism – of the kind which the late Freddie Mercury grew up in?

Speaking in Golders Green, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley stated: ‘Anti-Semitism is fuelled by hateful and extremist ideologies. It comes from hostile states, the extreme right and the extreme left. These are terrorist and hateful belief systems but they are all........

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