Muslims, Jews co-exist on Tunisian isle

JERBA, Tunisia - Some call this "the miracle island."

The painted signs above the shop doors reveal the unusual fact of life here: Hebrew on one sign, Arabic on the next, one after another, long after today's Middle East rendered that a relic from a more peaceful age.

About 1,000 Jews remain on this dot of lush green land off the Tunisian coast, living among nearly 70,000 Muslims. They live side by side, as they have for centuries.

"Sometimes we talk about the situation between the Israelis and the Arabs," said jeweler Hai Haddad, as he burnishes a piece of silver at his tiny shop deep in the market. "But we don't let it affect us here. We know the situation in the Middle East, and we know the situation here."

Muslims, Jews co-exist on Tunisian isle....

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Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Great place to shop by the way.

side. I hope to see it in my lifetime.

It might still be that way if it were not for the intervention of an unnamed superpower.

movement in the late 1800s. Christians also lived there side by
side with the Muslims and Jews, and that's how it should be. But
the extremists stirred up feelings that would have been better
left asleep. So sad.

I'm not sure if news of the existence of this 1000 year old community is exactly breaking news, but its still good to know.

amazing how people can get along. is there any oil in Tunisia?

Muslim theocratic

Jewish theocratic

or secular


If its secular law, that might explain the relative harmony (not that that is an option for Israel).

The country is a republic, 98% Muslim 1% Christian 1% Jewish. The legal system is based on French civil law and Islamic law

Are Jewish people allowed to marry Muslims there?

Rush Limbaugh much.

No one escapes his or her role in the apocalypse. No one!

can`t have peace between people of different religions, it`s against god`s law...actually jews, muslims, and christians have lived in peace thru out different times in history in parts of the middle east and africa. maybe they should try now..

Imagine this,...it is REAL in so many places.

O8)

A touch of reality, outside the world of power-mongering political greed,...is SOOOOO good.

It used to be that way when Jesus walked the earth.

There were no Muslims when Jesus was alive. Islam is a more recent invention than Christianity.

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... used to be a most fascinating culture, where Muslims, Jews and Christians were coexisting peacefully. A very enlightened culture, cherishing philosophy, art, architecture and science, having an important influence on medieval Europe.

This was destroyed with the christian "reconquista" of Spain. Muslims and Jews were forced to adopt christian faith, or driven into exile - else they became subjects to the inquisition, suffering a dreadful death on the pyre or in the torture chambers.

started fucking things up.