02980cam a22003375i 450000100090000000300050000900500170001400800410003101000170007202000310008902000270012003800100014704000230015704200080018008200170018810000370020524501250024225000110036726000410037830000130041933600260043233700280045833800270048652019190051356300070243270000340243990600450247394200120251899900190253095200930254921829829NUST20220828180419.0201204s2021 nyu 000 0 eng  a 2020951544 a9781951627331q(hardcover) z9781951627638q(ebook) aAzhar aDLCbengerdacDLC apcc a297.282bREH1 aRehman, Sabeeha,eauthor.99475110aWe refuse to be enemies :bhow Muslims and Jews can make peace, one friendship at a time cSabeeha Rehman, Walter Ruby. aFirst. aNew York :bArcade Publishing,c2021 apages cm atextbtxt2rdacontent aunmediatedbn2rdamedia avolumebnc2rdacarrier a"For readers of The Faith Club, Sons of Abraham, and The Anatomy of Peace, a call for mutual understanding and lessons for getting there We Refuse to Be Enemies is a manifesto by two American citizens, a Muslim woman and Jewish man, concerned with the rise of intolerance and bigotry in our country along with resurgent white nationalism. Neither author is an imam, rabbi, scholar, or community leader, but together they have spent decades doing interfaith work and nurturing cooperation among communities. They have learned that, through face-to-face encounters, people of all backgrounds can come to know the Other as a fellow human being and turn her or him into a trusted friend. In this book, they share their experience and guidance. Growing up in Pakistan before she immigrated to the United States, Sabeeha never met a Jew, and her view was colored by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In his youth, Walter never met a Muslim, and his opinion was shaped by Leon Uris's Exodus. Yet together they have formed a friendship and collaboration. Tapping their own life stories and entering into dialogue within the book, they explain how they have found commonalities between their respective faiths and discuss shared principles and lessons, how their perceptions of the Other have evolved, and the pushback they faced. They wrestle with the two elephants in the room: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and polarizing material in their holy texts and history. And they share their vision for reconciliation, offering concrete principles for building an alliance in support of religious freedom and human rights. "As members of the two largest minority faith communities in America, we must stand together at a portentous moment in American history. Neither of our communities will be able to prosper in an America characterized by xenophobia and bigotry."-Sabeeha Rehman and Walter Ruby"--cProvided by publisher. aHB1 aRuby, Walter,eauthor.994752 a0bibccorignewd2eepcnf20gy-gencatlg 2ddccLC c590550d590550 00102ddc4070aCLbCLcLCd2022-07-24o297.282 REHpLC-64r2022-07-24w2022-07-24yREF