New online conspiracy theory accuses Jews of plotting to destroy Islam

“Tired Islam” conspiracy theory spreading on social media, pushing claims based on a fictitious book of a secret Jewish plot to dismantle the Muslim world from the inside.

By World Israel News Staff

A new antisemitic conspiracy theory being spread through social media accuses Jews of secretly plotting to bring about the internal collapse of Islam and the Arab world, an antisemitism watchdog group has warned.

On Tuesday, CyberWell, a nonprofit group used by social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube to track online antisemitism, reported on a rapidly growing Arabic-language conspiracy theory known as “Tired Islam.”

Originating entirely on social media, the theory 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 US 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, now wrapped in a pseudointellectual setting to appear credible and urgent.”

Online videos promoting the conspiracy often include a series of fabricated excerpts from a fictional chapter titled “The End of the Arabs.”

These include false claims that Jews aim to destroy Muslim society by promoting feminism, moral decay, attacking mosques, eroding family values, and using technology to distract and dominate Muslim youth.

The videos also display fake publication details, such as “Volume 7, 4th Edition, 2011,” and falsely state that the text is stored in the Library of Congress.

“Digital platforms are facing a moment of reckoning due to the continued poisoning and abuse of the information economy,” added Cohen Montemayor. “Antisemitic actors are using the virality of misinformation to inject age-old conspiracies into religious and political discourse.”

“The fact that this narrative is being promoted as a ‘religious’ imperative makes it especially difficult to moderate and even more dangerous. We are watching, in real time, the formation of a new Protocols; but unlike 1903, this time the digital platforms governing content through Trust & Safety can still stop it before it spreads beyond control.”