Utopia or Dystopia? The Truth About Jewish-Muslim History

May 14
1h 1m

View Transcript

Episode Description

In this Conflicted Conversation, Thomas talks to Marc David Baer, Professor of International History at the London School of Economics, about his new book Children of Abraham: The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations.

Marc discusses:

  • The recent stabbing in Golders Green, North London
  • The myth of utopian co-existence and the counter-myth of total antagonism
  • The earliest encounters of Jews and Muslims in Arabia
  • The Qur'an's mixed messaging about Jews
  • The reality of Sharia dhimmitude laws
  • Jewish-Muslim relations in the Khazar Kingdom, in Al-Andalus, and in the Ottoman Empire
  • Colonialism and the rupture of Jewish-Muslim relations
  • Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Jewish-Muslim solidarity today

Join the Conflicted Community here: ⁠⁠⁠https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm⁠⁠⁠


Find Marc on X: https://x.com/MarcDavidBaer1


Find Conflicted on X: ⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/MHconflicted⁠⁠⁠

And Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/MHconflicted⁠⁠⁠

And Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/conflictedpod⁠⁠⁠

And YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sdlF1mY5t4⁠⁠⁠

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠


Conflicted is a Message Heard production.

Executive Producers: Jake Warren & Max Warren.

This episode was produced and edited by Thomas Small.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

See all episodes