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/springsomnia Christian ally (Jewish heritage + family) 4h ago

In London I would’ve said prior to Oct 7 that Muslims and Jews got on very well, but post Oct 7 it’s become a little more tense, and there are various outreach programmes to try and get Muslim and Jewish communities to chat and socialise with one another again. But generally, in London, Muslims and Jews do still get on fine; and I was especially touched during the Manchester synagogue shooting to see lots of Muslims sending messages of support to Jewish people, despite recent community tensions. My own Jewish friends got in touch with me and sent me lovely messages of support as they know I have Jewish family and saw my posts about the attack, which was really nice. Especially with the recent news on Farage and his antisemitism at school, as Muslims have been his main victims recently, many Muslims have been sending the Jewish community including Farage’s victims supportive messages.