Ali puts a finer point on the anti-Semitic text, supplying his own derogatory remarks. He says Jews are “beasts of burden” who have “corrupted” the message of Allah.21 He also calls them, in so many words, men without faith, who are arrogant, illiterate, treacherous, and full of tricks. Tolerance? Respect? If anything, Muslims are taught to hate Jews—as well as Christians. “O ye who believe!” the Quran enjoins Muslims. “Take not the Jews and Christians for your friends” (5:50). Perhaps I am misinterpreting