Why read We Refuse to Be Enemies?

Book cover of We Refuse to Be Enemies: How Muslims and Jews Can Make Peace, One Friendship at a Time

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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…

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1 author picked We Refuse to Be Enemies as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Kerry M. Olitzky

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The title of this book reflects the entire book—and the lives and work of the authors.

A Muslim woman and a Jewish man demonstrate why they refuse to be enemies, even when large segments of their respective communities are them to be so. They use their own life stories and transform them into a dialogue of mutual respect, demonstrating to the reader that Muslims and Jews have more in common than they have differences.

The book is both manifesto and instruction as to how we can create communities that share rather than conflict with one another.

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