The Jews of Islam

Synopsis

This landmark book probes muslims' attitudes toward jews and judaism as a special case of their view of other religious minorities in predominantly muslim societies. With authority, sympathy and wit, bernard lewis demolishes two competing stereotypes: the islamophobic picture of the fanatical muslim warrior, sword in one hand and qur'? N in the other, and the overly romanticized depiction of muslim societies as interfaith utopias. Featuring a new introduction by mark r.