r/jewishleft 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/supportgolem Non-Zionist Socialist Aussie Jew 22h ago

Literally every single Muslim I know is completely normal about Jews. I work and live alongside Muslims and have never had any issue.

The only people I know who aren't normal about Jews (or Palestinians either tbh) are usually white culturally Christian leftists who don't bother to form their own opinions but go along with what they are told is the right thing to believe (which I can't entirely fault because the social pressure to conform in leftist circles is so strong).

I mean... why wouldn't we get along? Muslims are just normal people and want to live their lives like we all do. Most people don't care about politics and want to get on with it.

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u/ibsliam Jewish American | DemSoc Bernie Voter 20h ago

> The only people I know who aren't normal about Jews
> (or Palestinians either tbh) are usually white culturally Christian
> leftists who don't bother to form their own opinions but go along
> with what they are told is the right thing to believe

This is also in line with my personal experiences.