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Following Jesus in a Land of Conflict

Posted in Arabs, Christians, Contentious Issues, Jews, Peace on December 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Day of Discovery has a very interesting program with a discussion between Nizar Touma, a born again Christian Arab (this is how he described himself), and Avner Boskey, a Jewish Messianic follower of Jesus. Both of them are Israeli citizens. While I don’t fully agree with all of what they say the Bible teaches regarding [...]

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What if the Holiday Marking the End of Ramadan Is on 9/11?

Posted in Fear, Jews, Muslims, Terrorism on August 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »

It is Ramadan. Muslims all over the world are fasting from sunrise to sunset. At the end of the month they will celebrate with one of the two most important holidays in Islam: Eid Al Fitr. Because the Islamic calendar is lunar it is possible that this holiday will land on September 11. No one [...]

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Cinema Jenin

Posted in Arabs, Jews, Peace on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The cinema in Jenin is reopening. What a remarkable story. “It will be a cinema for peace that will carry my son Ahmed’s message. Hopefully it will join a number of different nationalities together and hopefully by bringing people together it will bring peace.” – Ismael Khatib, father of Ahmed Khatib. Ahmed was killed when he [...]

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Israeli Millionaire Builds Mosque

Posted in Jews, Peace on July 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »

“I told myself ‘here is an opportunity to bring the people together’ and decided to donate the money,” Harush said. “People were dumbfounded. What does a Jewish-Israeli man have do to with refurbishing a mosque? The answer is simple: I’m sick and tired of the hatred. A sane voice must emerge.” “I myself am not [...]

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A Muslim and Jew get Married, Pastor Does Ceremony

Posted in Jews, Marriage, Muslims on June 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »

From the NY Times The couple chose an olive branch as their theme for the Jewish-Muslim union, and the ceremony under a wedding canopy combined readings in Arabic and English, and a traditional Palestinian wedding dance. HT: Isalmicate

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Anyone Up for a Trialogue?

Posted in Christians, Jews, Muslims, Understanding on February 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I love the idea of a Christian, Jew and Muslim “Trialogue”. It was put together by Bob Roberts, pastor of Northwood Church in Keller, Texas. It worked like this: Members of the church and the mosque went to the Jewish worship service Friday night at Temple Shalom. Then they all went to the Muslim worship [...]

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Muslims Who Saved Jews

Posted in Jews, Life, Muslims on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

During World War II 65 Albanian Muslims risked their lives in order to save 2000 Jews fleeing the Nazis. Photographer Norman Gershman gathered their stories into his book, Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews in World War II. NPR recently interviewed him. You can listen to the interview or read the transcript. Here is one story [...]

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