Islamic–Jewish relations comprise the human and diplomatic relations between Jewish people and Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula,Northern Africa,the Middle East,and their surrounding regions. Jewish–Islamic relations may also refer to the shared and disputed ideals between Judaism and Islam,which began roughly in the 7th century CE with the origin and spread of Islam in the Arabian peninsula. The two religions share similar values,guidelines,and principles. Islam also incorporates Jewish history as a part of its own. Muslims regard the Children of Israel as an important religious concept in Islam. Moses,the most important prophet of Judaism,is also considered a prophet and messenger in Islam. Moses is mentioned in the Quran more than any other individual,and his life is narrated and recounted more than that of any other prophet. There are approximately 43 references to the Israelites in the Quran,and many in the Hadith. Later rabbinic authorities and Jewish scholars such as Maimonides discussed the relationship between Islam and Jewish law. Maimonides himself,it has been argued,was influenced by Islamic legal thought.
Interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative,constructive,and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs,at both the individual and institutional levels.
In Islamic law (sharia),marriage is a legal and social contract between two individuals. Marriage is an act of Islam and is strongly recommended. Polygyny is permitted in Islam under some conditions,but polyandry is forbidden.
In Islam,nikah is a contract exclusively between a man and woman. Both the groom and the bride are to consent to the marriage of their own free wills. A formal,binding contract –verbal or on paper –is considered integral to a religiously valid Islamic marriage,and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom and bride. Divorce in Islam can take a variety of forms,some executed by a husband personally and some executed by a religious court on behalf of a plaintiff wife who is successful in her legal divorce petition for valid cause. Islamic marital jurisprudence allows Muslim men to be married to multiple women.
Interfaith marriage,sometimes called interreligious marriage or "mixed marriage",is marriage between spouses professing different religions. Although interfaith marriages are often established as civil marriages,in some instances they may be established as a religious marriage. This depends on religious doctrine of each of the two parties' religions;some prohibit interfaith marriage,and among others there are varying degrees of permissibility.
Farhat Naseem Hashmi is a Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar and preacher. She is the founder of the Al-Huda Institute,a network of conservative Islamic religious schools for women.
An Islamic marriage contract is considered an integral part of an Islamic marriage,and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the husband and wife or other parties involved in marriage proceedings under Sharia. Whether it is considered a formal,binding contract depends on the jurisdiction. Islamic faith marriage contracts are not valid in English law,nor American Law. Because of this,some Islamic Marriage Officiants will only officiate a marriage after the couple had been legally married in court.
The Hartford International University for Religion and Peace is a private theological university in Hartford,Connecticut.
The experiences of Muslim women vary widely between and within different societies. At the same time,their adherence to Islam is a shared factor that affects their lives to a varying degree and gives them a common identity that may serve to bridge the wide cultural,social,and economic differences between them.
Zaid Shakir is an American Muslim scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley,California. He teaches courses on Arabic,law,history,and Islamic spirituality.
Riffat Hassan is a Pakistani-American theologian and a leading Islamic feminist scholar of the Qur'an.
Interfaith marriages are recognized between Muslims and Non-Muslim "People of the Book". According to the traditional interpretation of Islamic law (sharīʿa),a Muslim man is allowed to marry a Christian or Jewish woman but this ruling does not apply to women who belong to other Non-Muslim religious groups,whereas a Muslim woman is not allowed to marry a Non-Muslim man of any Non-Muslim religious group.
Daisy Khan is a Kashmiri-American Islamic campaigner,reformer,and executive director of the Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE),a women-led organization committed to peacebuilding,equality,and justice for Muslims around the world. Khan is a frequent media commentator on topics such as Muslim women's rights,Islam in America,Islamophobia,and violent extremism. In 2017,Khan published WISE Up:Knowledge Ends Extremism,a report intended to prevent the rise of hate and extremism and develop narratives of peace. Her memoir,Born with Wings,was published by Random House in April 2018. Khan has consistently been recognized for her work. She was listed among Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People",the Huffington Post included her in their "Top Ten Women Faith Leaders",and More magazine has described her as "a link between moderate Islam and the West."
Burton L. Visotzky is an American rabbi and scholar of midrash. He is the Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies,Emeritus at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS).
Jack Moline is an American Conservative rabbi who retired as executive director of Interfaith Alliance in 2022,having served in the post since January 2015.
Ibrahim Mogra is an imam from Leicester and former Assistant Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain.
The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD),is a nonprofit organization,founded and directed by Rabbi Yonatan Neril in 2010. Based in Jerusalem,ICSD connects religion and ecology and mobilizes faith communities to act. ICSD's director has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos,multiple UN climate conferences,and the Parliament of World Religions.
Soumaya Khalifa is the founder and executive director of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta. She is an American Muslim of Egyptian origin,with a career in Human Resources and a consulting practice specializing in intercultural communications,leadership development and corporate diversity.
The InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit is a faith-based civic organization founded in 2010 by members of a Detroit-based interfaith group known then as the Interfaith Partners. Its headquarters are in Oak Park,Michigan.
Zainab Alwani is an American activist and Islamic scholar. She is Founding Director and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Howard University School of Divinity.
