Umm Ahmed.

MashAllah

But, as religion resurfaces on the world stage, sometimes overtaking secularization, and sometimes acting as its costume

<– excellently put!

I love the way you ended the article. It was a thoroughly inspiring, eye-opening read.

I’m not sure I understand the paragraph beginning, “Indeed, we see the tale of the Children of Isra’il in the Qur’an..” I’m not your target audience here, so I’m not surprised, but I would appreciate clarification. Obviously, to Jews, it would be offensive for you to tell them they’re really Muslims. But I think you’re saying something more subtle here.

On the other hand, I do think it’s inappropriate to say, “Had there been a significant population of Muslims in Germany at the time of the Holocaust..” Not wrong factually; obviously Muslims would have been killed as well. But since the time people have attempted to decenter Jews from the story – when Jews were the very center of Nazi thought and propaganda – in many ugly and confused ways. The effect is to distort the meanings of the Holocaust and to appropriate the Shoah. (In fact, the idea that 5 million non-Jews died was fabricated.) I know that’s not your intention here, but perhaps you’re not familiar with just how hard have had to fight just for recognition of the Shoah.

But, that aside, the post is certainly much appreciated.