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Judaism in the Sectarian Muslim World: Conflict and Mornalization Following the Abraham Accords

  • Benjamin Netanyahu, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani standing on the White House Truman Balcony for the Abraham Accords signing
  • Event Date: January 31, 2023
  • Event Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • Event Location: Miller Hall (14 College Ave); Room 115

This seminar will explore how Judaism is represented in the modern Middle East, with a focus on Iran,
Iraq, and Lebanon. The Abraham Accords emerged within the context of a sectarian political and reli-
gious struggle between Shia dominated Iran and the Sunni states that are partners to the Accords--a
struggle in which Israel as the self-proclaimed Jewish State has chosen clear sides in its alliance with
these Sunni states against Shia Iran. The seminar will examine the existence of a variety of discourses
about Judaism in contemporary Muslim public spheres that are increasingly constructed along sectari-
an lines.