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The Jewish-Muslim
dialogue is still at an embryonic stage in the beginning 21st
century. For this reason Abdelwahab Hechiche has extended
his commitment to Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian peace
to a more urgent, and more global need for a better Jewish-Muslim
understanding. Hechiche systematically analyses the evolution
of Muslim's perception of Judaism and Jews throughout the
centuries. Based on a selection of verses of the Quran, the
author pleads for an inter-faith dialogue and he supports
a genuine religious diversity.
Abdelwahab
Hechiche grew up in a cosmopolitan and multi-confessional
environment in Tunisia; he studied at the Sorbonne and the
Institute for Advanced Studies of the Faculty of Law in Paris.
Here he received the Prix de la Vocation from La Fondation
de la Vocation for his early commitment to peace in the Middle
East. He was an intern at the United Nations, a visiting Fulbright
Scholar in Virginia and Florida and for the last three decades
he has been a member of the faculty of the University of South
Florida, and twice a Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern
Studies of Harvard University. He participated in the summer
sessions of the Euro-Arab University and in activities of
the US Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East
and he co-operated with the American Jewish Committee's inter-faith
activities.
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