The relationship between Jews and Muslims has been a flashpoint
that affects stability in the Middle East and has consequences
around the globe. In this absorbing and eloquent book Martin
Gilbert challenges the standard media portrayal and presents a
fascinating account of hope, opportunity, fear, and terror that
have characterized these two peoples through the 1,400 years of
their intertwined history.
Harking back to the Biblical story of Ishmael and Isaac, Gilbert
takes the reader from the origins of the fraught relationship--the
refusal of Medina's Jews to accept Mohammed as a prophet--through
the ages of the Crusader reconquest of the Holy Land and the great
Muslim sultanates to the present day. He explores the impact of
Zionism in the first half of the twentieth century, the clash of
nationalisms during the Second World War, the mass expulsions and
exodus of 800,000 Jews from Muslim lands following the birth of
Israel, the Six-Day War and its aftermath, and the political
sensitivities of the current Middle East.
"In Ishmael's House" sheds light on a time of prosperity and
opportunity for Jews in Muslim lands stretching from Morocco to
Afghanistan, with many instances of Muslim openness, support, and
courage. Drawing on Jewish, Christian, and Muslim sources, Gilbert
uses archived material, poems, letters, memoirs, and personal
testimony to uncover the human voice of this centuries-old
conflict. Ultimately Gilbert's moving account of mutual tolerance
between Muslims and Jews provides a perspective on current events
and a template for the future.
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