Will Muslims and Jews ever get on?

Answer 1

Absolutely, and in fact, in many cities, they already do. Sadly, the media tend to focus on the arguments and the negatives in the relationship between Muslims and Jews; the fact that many Muslims and Jews live side by side, work together and share common interests evidently does not make exciting news. And while Muslims and Jews may not always agree (subjects like the Middle East or which religion is the "true" religion can be contentious), that does not mean the members of these two religions must be enemies.

In the United States, for example, there are a number of Muslims and Jews who are friends, and that is not a recent development. There have been mosques in the USA since about the 1880s, and in many of the smaller cities that had a mosque, there was also a synagogue. Everyone got along, and by all accounts, that story still plays out in many communities across the United States, including the city where I live-- the mosque and the synagogue were built a block from each other, near the shipyard where many of the immigrants were employed; Muslims worked for the Jews on Jewish holidays, and Jews worked for the Muslims on Muslim holidays. (And it should also be noted that even in Israel, especially in cosmopolitan cities like Tel Aviv, Jews and Muslims manage to put politics aside and become colleagues and friends.)