Islamaphobia is the problem?

Islamaphobia is the problem or so we are told when someone dares to criticise Islam's intolerance or refer to Islamic terrorism. However the rise in Islamaphobia in the UK seems to be mostly imaginary whilst the rise in attacks on Jews and Jewish property is ever increasing. The latest is in The Standard and is reported as:

"Vandals sprayed shops, pavements and walls outside four synagogues in Clapton Common and Stamford Hill on Tuesday night. Worshippers were yesterday confronted with slogans such as "Jihad to Israel" and "Jihad to Tel Aviv"."

Attacks on Jews are normally portrayed as being by right-wing thugs from the BNP or similar; I think the content of the above graffiti points to a more Islamic perpetrator .


I am intrigued by the comments of Jules Pipe, the Mayor of Hackney; he is reported to have said:

"Hackney is a tolerant place and we've never seen anything like this before. Our graffiti removal teams are working with the police to remove it as quickly as possible to minimise any further distress."

A "tolerant place", tolerant of what or who? Does he think that the presence of Jews in his borough has to be tolerated?