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Muslim Attitudes to Jews and Israel - The Ambivalences of Rejection, Antagonism, Tolerance and Co-operation (Hardcover, New)
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Muslim Attitudes to Jews and Israel - The Ambivalences of Rejection, Antagonism, Tolerance and Co-operation (Hardcover, New)
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Manifestations of hatred of Jews and Israel have risen over the
last few decades in the Arab and Muslim world. This hatred is
demonstrated in many ways -- from propaganda to terrorism. But is
such hatred the result of Islamic anti-Semitism, as widely claimed?
Or does it have other roots and reasons? This book sets the record
straight by explaining that while anti-Semitism is the credo of
fanatic groups and regimes, such an attitude is not representative
of traditional and contemporary Islam. For centuries Muslim
attitudes to Jews were ambivalent: contempt and antagonism
alongside tolerance and co-operation. In fact Jews under Islam were
better off than their Christian neighbours, and much better off
than their Jewish brethren under Christianity. A similar pattern of
relations has developed over the last several decades between
Muslim nations and the Jewish state of Israel: hostility and
violence, mostly by Muslim Arabs, but also dialogue and
co-operation by and with many other Muslims. These complex
relations are discussed here by Muslim and Jewish scholars -- from
Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, the USA,
Palestine and Turkey -- who analyse the religious, cultural,
political and economic factors that have shaped Muslim attitudes to
Jews and Israel. Ideas and suggestions are put forward to improve
Muslim-Jewish relations -- the theme of which was first conceived
at an international conference organised by the Weatherhead Center
for International Affairs, and the Divinity School, Harvard
University.
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