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How American Jews & Muslims See Each Other & Interact - FFEU Online Study

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 21

The more that American Jews and Muslims interact with each other, the more likely they are to see the two faiths as more similar than different, a comprehensive study of Muslim-Jewish relations in America has found.

Fifty-four percent of Jews and 65 percent of Muslims surveyed in a poll for the Foundation of Ethnic Understanding responded that “Judaism and Islam are more similar to each other than they are different.” Jews who had frequent exposure to Muslims said Islam is more inclusive, more evolving and more modern than those who were exposed more infrequently.

The FFEU runs synagogue and mosque “twinning” programs and other interfaith activities for Jews and Muslims.

PSB Research on behalf of the FFEU conducted a national online surveyof 1,000 respondents — 500 self-identified American Jews and 500 self-identified American Muslims — between January 9 and January 24, 2018…

Six more paragraphs at the top link, well worth reading in full for additional question-and-response results, or use the link in the last paragraph above.


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