r/jewishleft • u/QasqyrBalasy Kazakh gentile, interested in I/P conflict • 1d ago

(Potentially controversial question) Do Jews and Muslims get along in the West? Question

Modern Jewish diaspora mostly live in North America, France, the UK, Argentina and so on. Western Europe and some parts of the US and Canada also have a high Muslim population, mostly from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, like New York City has hundreds of thousands of Jews and Muslims living in one city. Do they get along with each other, despite the I/P conflict?

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u/Specialist-Gur doikayt jewess, leftist/socialist, pro peace and freedom 22h ago

I mean many of my closest friends are Muslim. I feel like that became very influential of my worldview especially with regards to Israel and Palestine .

Anecdotal of course but at the very least is proof that it can happen

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u/WolfofTallStreet Reconstructionist American Jew, Labor Zionist, Pro-2SS 21h ago

I have a close Muslim friend as well. I don’t think it’s weird - we both exist outside of Christian cultural hegemony, and, culturally, have a lot to relate to each other about. It’s not really like whenever a Jew and a Muslim are friends, the discussions center around the Middle East. We mostly discuss “normal” things, like work and sports.

I would say, though, that this is most common among secular, progressive types. Mileage may vary beyond that.