We Need to Bridge the Divide Between Jews and Muslims Now More Than Ever
Muslim Brotherhood theorist Sayyid Qutb explained:
The chasm between Islam and Jahiliyyah [the society of unbelievers] is great, and a bridge is not to be built across it so that the people on the two sides may mix with each other, but only so that the people of Jahiliyyah may come over to Islam.
Unfortunately, no one of these interfaith clowns bothered to ask Akbar Ahmed if he shares Sayyid Qutb’s views.

Why would a senior rabbi and a Muslim scholar engage in dialogue at this moment in history, at a time when relations between Jews and Muslims have reached dangerous levels of tension around the globe?
Barely a day goes by when we do not read of some incendiary terrorist attack by a Muslim claiming to act in the name of Islam. Sometimes the victims are fellow Muslims, and at other times, the acts of violence are perpetrated against Jews or Christians. Muslims have attacked Jewish supermarkets, museums, synagoguesand schools, in part causing more and more Jews to leave France and other European countries, where their roots run deep, for Israel for fear of their safety. These acts are neither sanctioned by Islam nor are motivated by the nobler aspirations of humanity.
How we treat interfaith relations today will have significant implications for our world’s future.
The picture for Muslims is equally dire. Across North Africa, the Middle East, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Muslim world is in turmoil. Our hearts break when we contemplate the hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Africa and the nearly 150 — mostly children — killed at the Army Public School in Peshawar. Equally shocking is the frequent news of violence against Christians or other minorities in countries like Egypt and Pakistan. Muslim on Muslim violence is reaching new heights, with sectarian, tribal and political conflicts tearing the Muslim world apart. In the vacuum of authority, militant groups like the self-proclaimed Islamic State appear to rampage almost unchecked.
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People gather at Casey Council to hear the mosque decision. Photo: Aisha Dow
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