How deep is the rift between jews and muslims here in America in terms of those of faith? By that same token, does that rift lessen the less devoutly religious these people are? I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of defining jews as a religion and as a race. Most jews that I know are not religious, so it's hard to classify them in the first place. But I still avoid asking questions about faith because of how capricious this issue can be.
The only muslim I follow from a pop culture perspective is Zaki Hasan, who has a movie podcast, but he hardly discusses his faith in depth, but delegates it to another podcast of his called Diffused Congruence. I've never really put any thought into this, but everything I hear about muslims in the news is that're devout, disgruntled, and potentially prone to radicalization (both here and all over the globe). I don't believe this to be true, but it's become so ubiquitous that when you see a muslim who speaks out on radicalization in the news, it's almost treated like a Loch Ness Monster sighting before being swept under the rug and replaced by page one stories of ISIS, or a bombing in Paris.
I know the hatred between both jews and muslims outside of the U.S. is thick, but honestly, my knowledge on the topic is only limited to the formation of Israel, and even that is rudimentary.
edit: Oh, and fuck Rick Santorum too!
