Comments on: Al-Andalus: A Case Study in Inter-Religious Tolerance, By Joshua Stanton

By: Jonathan Kamel

Jonathan Kamel — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:07:42 +0000

I just want to tell you that I used your essay as a source for a research paper that I had to write in my ninth grade world studies class about Al-Andalus. I took a different approach and looked at the positive and negative aspects of the society. Let’s face it, although al-andalus was extremely tolerant the muslims did not treat jews and christians as equals. If this was because of the koran or just their way of living, i do not know, but i do believe we should look back at muslim spain as a model society.

By: Inter-Religious Dialogue - Seminaries as Incubators of Inter-Religious Leadership, By Joshua Stanton

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:37:13 +0000

[...] For more on al-Andalus as a case study for tolerance, see Stanton, J. “A Case Study in Inter-Religious Tolerance.” http://irdialogue.org/articles/best-practices-non-profit-articles/al-andalus-a-case-study-in-inter-r… [...]

By: Marinus

Marinus — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:28:07 +0000

It is inspiring to reflect on such a beautiful model of harmony in a multi-religious society in the MIDDLE AGES. Knowing what we do about Al-Andalus during the reign of the Moors, our AGE is strongly challenged to be more innovative to come up with better praxis of harmony in our religious pluralist societies. If the Moors in Medieval times could do it, my belief in the dynamism in human nature convinces me that we of our age can top their achievement, if we earnestly work on ourselves.