Berlin and Brandenburg as “laboratories” of Jewish-Muslim encounter
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Currently, Jewish and Muslim communities can be found as ethno-cultural minorities both in Berlin, the capital of Germany, and in the surrounding state of Brandenburg. While they sometimes differ greatly in religious and cultural life, both communities also share similar experiences - such as the (former) existence as immigrants, the image of the “cultural other” and the confrontation with group-related misanthropy (anti-Semitism and Islamophobia). Moreover, there are Jewish-Muslim encounters, there are forms of encounter between Muslims and Jews in the region, in different milieus and intercultural and interreligious projects that appear as a kind of “experimental laboratory”. Though, what are the differences, what are the similarities between the two groups? Finally, this article also relates to how October 7th 2023, Hamas’ brutal massacres of Israeli civilians and the subsequent war in the Gaza Strip influence relationships between Muslims and Jews in Berlin and Brandenburg today.
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Jewish - Muslim Relations Main Topic: Other October 7 2023 attacks + aftermath Islamophobia Antisemitism
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Link to article (paywalled), Berlin and Brandenburg as “laboratories” of Jewish-Muslim encounter
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Berlin and Brandenburg as “laboratories” of Jewish-Muslim encounter. 2024: https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.1177/14687968241289131
