1. Architecture of Synagogues in the Islamic World - History and the Dilemma of Identity, Mohammad Gharipour. 2. Prologue - Historic Relations Between Muslims and Jews, Reuven Firestone . 3. Shrines of the Prophets and Jewish Communities - Ancient Synagogues and Tombs in Medieval Iraq, Sara Ethel Wolper . 4. The Synagogues of Herat - A Jewish World of Religious Diversity and Pluralism in the Muslim World, Ulrike-Christiane Lintz. 5. Synagogues of the Fez mellah - Constructing Sacred Spaces in 19th Century Morocco, Michelle Craig. 6. Emotional Architecture - Cairo's Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue and Iconography's Global Reach, Ann Shafer. 7. The Prevalence of Islamic Art amongst Jews of Christian Iberia - Two Fourteenth-Century Castilian Synagogues in Andalusian Attire, Daniel Muñoz Garrido. 8. The Ottoman Jews of the 19th-century Istanbul and the Socio-cultural Foundations of the Yüksek Kaldirim Ashkenazi Synagogue, Meltem Özkan Altinöz. 9. The Architecture and Décor of the Nahon and Bendrihen Synagogues of Tangier - Modernization and Internationalization of the Jewish Community, M. Mitchell Serels. 10. Synagogues and Sacred Rituals in Tehran - An Ethnographic Analysis of Judeo-Persian Identities and Spaces, Arlene Dallalfar. 11. Decorating Synagogues in the Western Islamic World - The Role of Sephardi Traditionalism, Vivian Mann. 12. Djerbian Culture and Climate As Expressed in A Historic Landmark - The Case of El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, Nesrine Mansour and Anat Geva. 13. Synagogue Architecture in Kerala, India - Design Roots, Precedents, Tectonics, and Inspirations, Jay A. Waronker . 14. Immigrants' Sacred Architecture - The Rabi Meir Baal-Hanes Synagogue in Eilat, Israel, Anat Geva . 15. Epilogue - Sensitive Ruins - On the Preservation of Jewish Religious Sites in the Muslim World, Susan Miller