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There are short stories accompanying each black and white portrait, explaining that they acted to save their neighbours because of Besa – one's.

Albanian Muslims saved 2,000 Jews during World War II because of a code of faith and honor called "Besa".

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Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews WWII 0815609345, 9780815609346

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General Bibliography

"General Bibliography". A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations: From the Origins to the Present Day, edited by Abdelwahab Meddeb and Benjamin Stora, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, pp. 1063-1100. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400849130-087

(2014). General Bibliography. In A. Meddeb & B. Stora (Ed.), A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations: From the Origins to the Present Day (pp. 1063-1100). Princeton: Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400849130-087

2014. General Bibliography. In: Meddeb, A. and Stora, B. ed. A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations: From the Origins to the Present Day. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 1063-1100. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400849130-087

"General Bibliography" In A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations: From the Origins to the Present Day edited by Abdelwahab Meddeb and Benjamin Stora, 1063-1100. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400849130-087

General Bibliography. In: Meddeb A, Stora B (ed.) A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations: From the Origins to the Present Day. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 2014. p.1063-1100. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400849130-087

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So…this rabbi, imam and a priest walk into a bar.

The bartender looks up from wiping the counter and says, “What is this…some sort of a joke?”

The unfunny part of that joke is why should it be a joke?

That was the opener, and basic premise discussed at last Thursday’s SFU Harbour Centre talk. The point is that Judaism, Islam and Christianity constitute the three “Abrahamic” relgions – that is, religions descended from the prophet Abraham.

Like the best dysfunctional family, you’d never guess they come from the same Daddy.

The talk was a lead-in to an ongoing photography exhibit that I highly recommend.

Norman Gershman has documented the various Albanian Muslims, as well as some of their descendants, who acted to save Jews during the German occupation of 1943-44.

There are short stories accompanying each black and white portrait, explaining that they acted to save their neighbours because of Besa – one’s word of honour. This code instructs the devout that guests must come first, and must be protected and given refuge. There were virtually no Jews killed in Albania because of Besa.

It is a critical message for the world and is rather hopeful. Imagine if we actually operated from a profoundly moral a