Muslim Jewish Interfaith Iftaar for Ramadan...
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Muslim, Jewish, Christian Leaders Share Insights With Students...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhElvUmAtQo[/youtube] Three longtime colleagues of different faiths have forged bonds of friendship through decades of dialogue in interfaith forums. The three men, who are leaders in the Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities of Los Angeles, recently shared their insights into religion with middle and high school students. The students learned that the men respect their differences and celebrate what they have in...
Pope Presides Over Interfaith Call for Peace...
October 27, 2011 Sabina Castelfranco | Rome From left, Canterbury Archbishop Rowan Douglas Williams, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Pope Benedict XVI and Rabbi David Rosen look on as a person holds a dove released during a peace meeting in front of the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, central Italy, Oct. 27, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI presided over his first inter-religious gathering Thursday in the Umbrian hilltop town of Assisi. But unlike the meeting called by his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, 25 years ago, there were no common prayers with Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. Pope Benedict welcomed some 300 leaders representing a rainbow of faiths to Assisi, Italy, the birthplace of Saint Francis, to commemorate the 25th...
Film Depicts How Paris Mosque Sheltered Jews During WWII...
October 14, 2011 Lisa Bryant | Paris A newly released film in France depicts for the first time how the Paris Mosque saved Jews and Muslim resistance fighters during World War II. Troves of books, movies and articles have been released over the years in France describing almost every facet of World War II and the Nazi occupation here. But one historical nugget has been largely overlooked – the role played by Muslims during that dark period of French history. A new movie aims to right the record. Released two weeks ago in cinemas across the country, “Les Homme Libres” – “Free Men” in English – describes how the former rector of the Paris Mosque, Si Kaddour Ben Gabrit, offered...
Maryland Mosque Invites Jewish Neighbors for Iftar...
As Muslims around the world observed Ramadan over the past month, one mosque in the suburbs of Washington found the holy month of fasting from sunrise to sundown could provide an opportunity for some interfaith understanding. The Islamic Center of Maryland hosted members of the local Jewish community for evening prayers and an Iftar dinner, the daily meal in which Muslims break their Ramadan fast. Then, they joined their guests for a Havdalah ceremony – to mark the end of the Jewish Sabbath. VOA’s Saqib UI Islam was also there. It’s sunset in the town of Gaithersburg, Maryland, just north of Washington, about time for the Muslims living in this area to break their fast. Many have gathered...
Pope to Meet Jews, Muslims on German visit...
VATICAN CITY | Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:28am EDT (Reuters) – Pope Benedict will meet Jews and Muslims on his visit to his German homeland in September, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The visit, which will take him to Berlin, Erfurt, Etzelsbach, Lahr and Freiburg im Breisgau, will be Benedict’s third trip home since becoming pope in 2005. A Vatican program for the September 22-25 trip showed the pope will meet members of the Jewish community on the first day and Muslims on the second day. While meetings with the Jewish community are common on papal trips, when a pope meets the community in Germany the event takes on greater significance because of the...
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