How has 'Semitic' become a synonym for 'Jewish'?

by myatomsareyouratoms

And would it not be correct to refer to Islam as a Semitic religion?

Searocksandtrees

hi.. you may be interested in this related post from a couple of days ago

Beansareno1

The only semitic people in Europe were Jews, and therefore it only applied to jewish people. Of course Islam is a semitic religion, that still doesn't make antisemitism anything other than jew-hate.