This book offers a panoply of diverse interdisciplinary perspectives on the final chapter of Jewish minority life within the Islamic orbit, on Islam and Judaism as religions, and on the contemporary relationship between Jews and Muslims in the Western world and between Israel and the Muslim nation-states. It offers a wide variety of eclectic methodological approaches that work synergistically to supply nuances to complex and often-misunderstood relationships. A companion volume to The Convergence of Judaism and Islam, the book explores the Judeo-Muslim relationship from the nineteenth century ... More

This book offers a panoply of diverse interdisciplinary perspectives on the final chapter of Jewish minority life within the Islamic orbit, on Islam and Judaism as religions, and on the contemporary relationship between Jews and Muslims in the Western world and between Israel and the Muslim nation-states. It offers a wide variety of eclectic methodological approaches that work synergistically to supply nuances to complex and often-misunderstood relationships. A companion volume to The Convergence of Judaism and Islam, the book explores the Judeo-Muslim relationship from the nineteenth century to the present. While the earlier volume focused on the shared cultures and often peaceful relationship between the two religions and peoples in the medieval and early modern periods (convergence), this book reveals how the paths of Jews and Muslims began to diverge two centuries ago. Its chapters examine how each group reacted quite differently to colonial rule and how the Palestine question, the Arab–Israeli crisis, and rising tides of local nationalisms have soured relations. With contributing authors from diverse scholarly disciplines, the study offers a broad but deep analysis of the Jewish–Muslim relationship in recent times.