The Divergence of Judaism and Islam

A companion volume to The Convergence of Judaism and Islam , this collection of essays explores the Jewish-Muslim relationship from the nineteenth century to the present. While that earlier work focused on the shared cultures and often peaceful relations between the two religions in the medieval and early modern periods, this book reveals how the paths of Jews and Muslims began to diverge two centuries ago. The essays in this volume examine how each group reacted quite differently to colonial ru