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Sabbatai Sevi’s Conversion to Islam

A 17th-century ‘holy apostasy’: like Christ’s crucifixion, the fulfillment of a messianic prophecy?

By Cengiz Sisman · December 22, 2016

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I Spent the Shabbat After Trump’s Election With Muslim Leaders from Across America

Now of all times, we should listen to what they have to say

By Yair Rosenberg · November 15, 2016

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Persian Heretics and Heresies

Patricia Crone, the late scholar of Islam, fearlessly and rigorously explored the origins of Iran’s influential and mystical version of the religion

By Christopher de Bellaigue · September 12, 2016

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In Jerusalem, a Prayer Space for All—for One Week

The ‘Amen’ project, part of Jerusalem’s Mekudeshet Festival, will host Muslim, Jewish, and Christian prayers services this weekend, along with a bevy of other cross-cultural events

By Debra Kamin · September 7, 2016

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Can Islam Be More Jewish?

In his new book ‘What Is Islam?,’ the late scholar Shahab Ahmed asks if it’s time to return to an idea of the religion that prizes more than just the Quran

By Mark Oppenheimer · July 5, 2016

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Leopold Weiss, the Jew Who Helped Invent the Modern Islamic State

‘Europe’s gift to Islam’ was born in Austria-Hungary 116 years ago this week. His ideas on the intersection of politics and religion are more relevant than ever.

By Shalom Goldman · July 1, 2016

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The Daoud Affair

How Western intellectuals turn themselves into the enemies of an entire class of liberal writers from Muslim backgrounds

By Paul Berman · March 21, 2016

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Triumphalist Religiosity: The Unanticipated Problem of the 21st Century

Why the key to the great civilizational clash of our time is understanding faithful people of all religions who must dominate non-believers to uphold their own truth

By Richard Landes · February 10, 2016

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The Failure of Intelligent Explanations

France grapples with the aftermath of attacks that are no longer ‘just against Jews’

By Marc Weitzmann · November 25, 2015

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Unveiling the Ka’ba

As a million devout Muslims descend on Mecca, a meditation on the coy symbolism of the shrine’s hidden truth

By Elliot R. Wolfson · September 17, 2015

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Holding Our Tongues

Why aren’t more non-Muslim feminists decrying violence against women in Muslim-majority countries?

By Heather Rogers · March 4, 2015

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Does Talking About ‘Islamism’ Make Us ‘Islamophobic’?

How a ‘high-level’ panel discussion at the United Nations danced around definitions—and why it matters

By Paul Berman · February 12, 2015

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My Jewish Feminist Problem

Why my sisters can’t think straight about Israel

By Phyllis Chesler · December 16, 2014

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The Nazi Romance With Islam Has Some Lessons for the United States

Two new important histories look at Hitler’s fascination with Islam and Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey

By David Mikics · November 24, 2014

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Screen Controversial Film

Much to the chagrin of some at NYU

By Liel Leibovitz · October 22, 2014

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Rooting for the Women Fighting ISIS in Syria

But defeating the brutal jihadist group will require international assistance

By Roya Hakakian · October 20, 2014

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Tablet Gives Moses Award to Ayaan Hirsi Ali

After Brandeis president disgracefully revokes her honorary degree

By the Editors · April 10, 2014

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Remembering Moshe Gil, Historian of Medieval Jewry

A friend and former classmate pays tribute to the late scholar and author

By Norman A. Stillman · February 10, 2014

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Jews and Muslims Break Their Fasts Together

Brooklyn synagogue hosts joint Tisha B’Av fast break and Ramadan iftar

By Romy Zipken · July 17, 2013

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How Ed Koch Honored My Son

The late New York mayor told me he wanted to be remembered by my son Daniel Pearl’s final words: ‘I am Jewish.’

By Judea Pearl · February 4, 2013

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Our Abraham, Not Theirs

Inheriting Abraham, by Jon Levenson, expertly dismantles the idea of the patriarch as the father of three religions

By David P. Goldman · January 25, 2013

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Islamic College Funded by Jews

The school aims to promote a moderate vision of Islam, but it faces deep skepticism from Jews and Muslims

By Oren Kessler · December 14, 2012

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Behind the Veil of Islamophobia

The murder of Shaima Alawadi isn’t a sign of increasing prejudice, but of writers’ credulousness

By Michael Moynihan · November 15, 2012

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Jewish Aleppo, Lost Forever

The Syrian diaspora in Israel watches its once-vibrant ancestral home fall to ruin in the country’s civil war

By Joseph Dana · August 23, 2012

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Free-Speech Hypocrisy in Europe

A Danish art exhibit attacks public figures who ‘insult’ but not those who issue death threats in response

By James Kirchick · August 14, 2012

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Modern Muslim Girls

Documentary film The Light in Her Eyes reveals how a Syrian school upends notions about religious education

By Vox Tablet · July 18, 2012

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Q&A: Sam Harris

The Christian right, radical Islamists, and secular leftists agree: this atheist is America’s most dangerous man

By David Samuels · May 29, 2012

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Hezbollah’s Newest Threat

Lebanon’s Party of God is feeling heat from certain Shiites, who aren’t eager to serve as human shields again

By Lee Smith · May 16, 2012

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Adel Imam and Arab Farce

Egypt’s famous comic actor was on trial this week for offending Islam. But for Israeli kids, he was a beloved face on state TV’s weekly Arab Movie.

By Liel Leibovitz · April 27, 2012

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Iran’s Missing Nuclear Fatwa

Hillary Clinton’s State Department policy relies in part on Ayatollah Khamenei’s supposed anti-nuclear fatwa. But the edict may not even exist.

By Lee Smith · April 25, 2012