Quiet Jewish-Muslim coexistence in French banlieues predates today’s conflict narrative

Evidence

Yet the contributions of Gilroy, Rothberg and Silverman remain at a broad-brush level of cultural analysis; arguably an empirical historical approach can add something further. Equally, recent historical works by Maud Mandel and Ethan Katz have pertinently questioned the popular notions that Muslim–Jewish relations in France either have always been characterised by enmity, or can be understood solely as a function of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, or indeed only involved people whose primary self-identification was either Muslim or Jewish. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1334 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Muslim-Jewish relations in France were not always enmity or solely about Israel-Palestine — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 1334; Middle East conflict shapes Jewish-Muslim relations less than local British experiences do — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 1765; Religious othering of Jews and Muslims has historically been intertwined. (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Muslim-Jewish relations in France were not always enmity or solely about Israel-Palestine #corroborates (0.92) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1334