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Book SynopsisIn
Shoah Through Muslim Eyes, the author discusses her journey with Judaism as a Muslim. Her book is based on the struggle with antisemitism within Muslim communities and her interviews with Shoah survivors. Rejecting polemical myths about the Holocaust and Jews, Afridi offers a new way of creating understanding between the two communities through the acceptance the enormity of the Shoah.
Her journey is both personal and academic: 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 was in truth unprecedented, interviews with survivors, antisemitism and Islamophobia, camps in Arab lands, and Islam and memory. Afridi includes newly-uncovered Muslim-Arab narratives that enhance our understanding of the reach of the Holocaust into Muslim lands under the Vichy and Nazi governments.
Trade Review"I just finished reading one of the most profound and important books that I have read in recent years[...] as inspirational as it is informative." - Ron Cornish, Huffington Post blogTable of ContentsAcknowledgements
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
