Shoah Through Muslim Eyes [Paperback]

InShoah through Muslim Eyes, the author discusses her journey with Judaism as a Muslim. Her book is based on the struggle of anti-Semitism within Muslim communities and her interviews with survivors. Rejecting polemical myths about the Holocaust and Jews, Afridi offers a new way of creating understanding of two communities through the acceptance and enormity of the Shoah. Her journey is both personal and academic in which the reader can find nuances of her belief in Islam, principles of justice, and the loneliness of such a journey. The chapters discuss the Holocaust and how it is unprecedented, interviews with survivors, antisemitism and Islamophobia, and Islam and memory. Afridi includes Muslim-Arab narratives that enhance the reach of the Holocaust into Muslim lands under the Vichy and Nazi government.Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One: Why the Shoah?

Chapter Two: My Journey through Academia, Jerusalem, and Dachau

Chapter Three: Why is the Shoah Unprecedented?

Chapter Four: The Document

Chapter Five: Is Islam Antisemitic? No.

Chapter Six: Muslims and the Memory of a Colonial Holocaust

Conclusion

Afterword

Bibliography

Index This is a powerful book, written by a courageous scholar, which helps Jews and Muslims to better understand each other. One hopes that it is widely read and discussed in Muslim and Jewish circles, and especially in those circles where Jews and Muslims sit together. ... One of the most profound and important books that I have read in recent years. Professor Mehnaz Afridi, an American Muslim woman of Pakistani origin, has written an academic and at the same time very personal book entitledShoah through Muslim Eyes, which is as inspirational as it is informative. ... It should certainly be read by everyone who studies the Shoah and other genocides, and by everyone engaged in interreligious understanding and cooperation in todays world. Its deeply interreligious message concerning the need for greater unlã,