ges , ▁while ▁Jews ▁in ▁England ▁faced ▁state ▁per sec ution , ▁cul min ating ▁in ▁the ▁Ed ict ▁of ▁Exp ulsion ▁of ▁ 1 2 9 0 ▁( some ▁Jews ▁may ▁have ▁moved ▁to ▁Scotland ▁at ▁this ▁time ) ▁there ▁was ▁never ▁a ▁corresponding ▁exp ulsion ▁from ▁Scotland , ▁suggesting ▁either ▁greater ▁religious ▁toler ance ▁or ▁the ▁simple ▁fact ▁that ▁there ▁wasn ' t ▁a ▁Jewish ▁presence . ▁In ▁his ▁aut obi ographical , ▁Two ▁World s : ▁An ▁Edinburgh ▁Jewish ▁Child hood , ▁the ▁em inent ▁Scottish - J ew ish ▁scholar ▁David ▁Da ich es ▁wrote ▁that ▁there ▁are ▁grounds ▁for ▁as ser ting ▁that ▁Scotland ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁European ▁country ▁with ▁no ▁history ▁of ▁state ▁per sec ution ▁of ▁Jews . ▁ ▁Some ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Union ▁of ▁F asc ists ▁formed ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁were ▁anti - J ew ish ▁and ▁Alexander ▁R aven ▁Thom son , ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁main ▁ide olog ues , ▁was ▁a ▁Scot . ▁Black sh irt ▁meet ings ▁were ▁phys ically ▁attacked ▁in ▁Edinburgh ▁by ▁commun ists ▁and ▁" Pro test ant ▁Action ", ▁which ▁believed ▁the ▁group ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁Italian ▁( i . e . ▁Roman ▁Catholic ) ▁intr usion . ▁In ▁fact , ▁William ▁Ken ef ick ▁of ▁D und ee ▁University ▁has ▁claimed ▁that ▁big ot ry ▁was ▁di vert ed ▁away ▁from ▁Jews ▁by ▁anti - C atholic ism , ▁particularly ▁in ▁Glasgow ▁where ▁the ▁main ▁eth nic ▁ch au vin ist ▁ag