Recognizing World War II Muslims that sheltered fleeing Jews
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2017 – One of the little-known stories of the Holocaust is that of Muslims who risked their lives to save Jews from the Nazis. Fortunately, on this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, more attention is being paid to this important record of bravery and idealism. At Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C.., Holocaust […]
US Muslims and Jews strengthen bonds amid acts of hate
They sat on either end of the congressmen’s couch, one a Jewish healthcare executive whose parents fled Germany in 1936, the other the Kashmiri Muslim chairman of a well-known American furniture chain. The men, Stanley Bergman and Farooq Kathwari, came to draw attention to an outbreak of hate crimes. But Bergman and Kathwari hoped their […]
Muslim, Jewish families share dinner after protest encounter captured in viral photo
The Yildirim family brought a gift when they arrived at Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell’s home in Deerfield for Shabbat dinner on Friday. It was a drawing by 7-year-old Meryem Yildirim depicting the moment at O’Hare International Airport that brought the two families together: two fathers — one Muslim and the other Jewish — with…
London Synagogue Raising Funds To House Refugees, Report Says
A synagogue in London is raising funds to house a Syrian refugee family — likely to be Muslims, according to a report on Independent. The Jewish house of prayer is planning to convert a religious studies teaching room into a two-bedroom apartment and is seeking to raise $62,869 in funds. “It’s very easy for religion […]
Jewish activist vows solidarity with Muslims in the US
A Jewish head of an organization dedicated to combating hate crimes in the US has said that if the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump creates a national database for the religion’s followers, he will register as a Muslim. “As Jews, we know what it means to be registered and tagged, held out as different […]
Religious Freedom: A Muslim Perspective
Delivered at the Catholic-Muslim Forum in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, hosted by Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Islamic Society of North America By Dr. John Andrew Morrow The position of Islam vis-à-vis religious freedom is unambiguous. The Qur’an requires Muslims to recognize all of the prophets and messengers of God: Adam, Enoch, […]
ADL expresses solidarity with NY Muslims following imam’s murder
The Anti-Defamation League expressed its solidarity with New York’s Muslim community in the wake of the murder of an imam and his assistant leaving their mosque. Imam Maulama Akonjee and his assistant Thara Uddin were wearing traditional Muslim garb when they left their mosque in Queens on Saturday afternoon and were shot from behind at […]
Seven Jewish visitors ejected from Temple Mount on religious holiday
Tel Aviv (dpa) – Seven Jewish visitors were removed from Temple Mount by police on Sunday as thousands gathered in Jerusalem’s Old City to pray at the Wailing Wall on a Jewish fast day, Israeli media said. According to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, the seven, out of a group of about 300 Jewish visitors, were […]
Thousands of Jews pray at Wailing Wall in memory of ancient temples
Tel Aviv (dpa) – Thousands of Jews prayed at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday in memory of the destruction of the ancient Jewish temples, as hundreds of Israeli police patrolled the streets. The increase in security was meant to prevent confrontations as Orthodox Jews mark the annual fast day of Tisha […]
Rabbi debunks myth, calls for peace
The Western Wall in Jerusalem is not part of Solomon’s Temple, announced the former president of the International Rabbinical Assembly, Rabbi Reuven Hammer, in an article published by The Jerusalem Post on July 3, 2016. Hammer accused some religious groups of attempting to monopolise Jewish life in Israel and endeavour to give sanctity to places […]