ABSTRACT
Paradoxically, on the one hand there is, theologically speaking, much less of a prima-facie problem between Judaism and Islam than there is between Islam and Christianity. Indeed, when it comes to the business of day-to-day communal existence as religious persons, there is a high level of compatibility, and this is not only in terms of religious life,1 it has also been borne out through much of the history of Islam. Yet, on the other hand, there is a deep vein of negativity towards Jews, Judaism, and Israel that is manifest throughout the world of Islam and which impacts on many areas of international affairs. It is as if there is a profound antipathy between Islam and Judaism that eclipses any posturing against Christianity and even the oft-expressed negativity toward the West in general.
