Muslims and jews

As Ramadan meets Purim, Jews and Muslims must choose shared humanity over fear - opinion

Purim commemorates the deliverance of the Jews in ancient Persia over 2,000 years ago. It is rooted in the broader Middle Eastern landscape, where Jews have part of this region since antiquity.

|ByMENDY CHITRIK
PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS are seen praying at the Temple Mount during the holy month Ramadan, in Jerusalem, on February 17, 2026.
Participants at the CAM-organized Hanukkah menorah-lighting ceremony in Tel Aviv

Muslim American leaders join interfaith Hanukkah celebration in Tel Aviv

Anila Ali, founder and president of the AMMWEC, “Our goal is for Jewish people across the United States to have Muslim partners. Partners who are authentic, resilient, and tough."

|ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns visits Ahmed Al Ahmed, 43, at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, on December 15, 2025.

Jews cannot confront antisemitism by themselves - opinion

From Joseph and Pharaoh to today’s classrooms, it is clear that antisemitism cannot be fought by Jews alone.

|ByZEHAVIT GROSS
A PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY activist holds a placard outside the St George’s Cathedral during an interfaith prayer and vigil for the victims of the shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in Cape Town, South Africa, on December 17, 2025.

Bondi Beach attack shows fractures in Muslim social media cohesion, battles over 'real' narrative

As investigations continue, the digital aftershocks of Bondi’s attack show how quickly local violence is absorbed into global ideological battles.

|ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE

Amid Jerusalem violence, initative to bring Jews, Muslims together launched

The Mukhayriq Initiative, named after the Medina-born rabbi who fought alongside Islamic prophet Muhammad, aims to bring Jewish-Muslim cooperation to the fore.

APRIL 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People gather around the Dome of the Rock, in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City October 28, 2021

Jews, Muslims can walk a common path – Martin Luther King showed us how

The Colleyville hostage crises showed that whether one is Jewish or Muslim, the issue is with extremists – not ideologies.

JANUARY 18, 2022ByEBOO PATEL/JTA, JOSHUA STANTON/JTA
DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

Muslim and Jewish EMT volunteers join forces, resuscitate Ein Nakuba woman

Muslim and Jewish United Hatzalah volunteers successfully resuscitated a 50-year-old-woman whose heart rhythm was undetectable for ten minutes after collapsing in her front yard.

DECEMBER 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
United Hatzalah first response EMS volunteers in Husan

Jews and Muslims must not be divided by politics - opinion

An argument between the ADL and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reflects what could be an alarming turning point in Jewish-Muslim relations in America.

DECEMBER 23, 2021ByYEHUDA KURTZER/JTA
Zahra Billoo (L), Executive Director, Council of Islamic Relations addresses the audience as Maya Wiley, civil rights activist, listens during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, US, October 28, 2017.

Hanukkah marks expansion of religious freedom across Muslim world - opinion

While we still have a way to go combating antisemitism, Jewish life is able to flourish in countries across the Islamic world.

DECEMBER 4, 2021ByMENDY CHITRIK
Jews and Muslims pose in front of a menorah at the Israeli pavilion for Expo 2020 in Dubai, last Sunday on the first night of Hanukkah.

Muslim, Jewish Democrats call for Islamophobia monitor

A source close to the drafters said that the government’s antisemitism monitor, a position created in 2004, was a model for the proposal.

JULY 22, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
PROGRESSIVE JEWISH candidate Alex Morse singled out ‘the squad’ – Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib – for praise and has not a word of condemnation, even though they are the only members of Congress openly calling for a boycott of Israel.

French Muslim Council's Israel-Palestinian policy may violate political prohibitions

CFCM president called his worshipers to recognize the significance of Al-Aqsa Mosque & Jerusalem in the Muslim religion only a few months after standing against politics in places of worship.

MAY 23, 2021BySARAH CHEMLA
"Charter of principles" signing at the Elysee palace in Paris

Seattle Jewish school turned mosque brings Jews and Muslims together

“We’ve got lots of plans,” Cherry Street Village project manager Koloud “Kay” Tarapolsi said. “The only thing holding us back is our imaginations.”

MAY 7, 2021ByEMILY ALHADEFF
The Islamic School of Seattle in 2007. Community figures hope to turn the property into a multifaith cultural center.

On Ramadan, Jewish and Muslim leaders emphasize inter-religious brotherhood

As part of its 16th Plenary Assembly, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) partnered with the Muslim World League (MWL) for a joint Muslim and Jewish celebration of Ramadan.

APRIL 27, 2021ByALAN ROSENBAUM
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder

European Court of Justice approves Belgian kosher slaughter ban

The laws requiring animals to be stunned before they are slaughtered strike "a fair balance between animal welfare" and religious freedom.

DECEMBER 17, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
A KOSHER slaughterhouse.