Exploring the history of religious coexistence in the Arab region, this chapter highlights the impact of Western imperialism and challenges the conventional view of the region as inherently violent and sectarian.
Featuring Ussama Makdisi on the late Ottoman Empire's Arab culture of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish coexistence—an ecumenical frame that was interrupted by European colonialism and Zionism, which exacerbated and exploited sectarianism. This is the first of a two-part interview.
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