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Can the descendants of Prophet Isaac and Prophet Ishmael learn to live together peacefully? By RABBI ALLEN MALLER
Every year Jews worldwide read Genesis chapters 21 and 22 on the first and second days of Rosh Hashanah in conservative and Orthodox synagogues around the world. Reform Rabbi Ron Kronish, Founding Director the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), writes: “I have always been mindful that on these very special days—our ‘High Holidays’—we read about Ishmael as well as …
Read More »Extending an Olive Branch to Palestine by MORGAN HULL
Gaza and the West Bank and have been under occupation since 1967, and in that time over 2.5 million olive trees have been uprooted and destroyed. Cutting down olive trees on Palestinian soil is a brutal assault on the Palestinian people’s culture and livelihoods, a symbolic destruction of Palestine itself. On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, …
Read More »Another former anti-Muslim Dutch politician becomes Muslim
Van Klaveren’s said during writing he came across many things “that made my view on Islam falter,” he told Dutch radio. A former far-right Dutch politician announced on Monday that he has converted to Islam. Van Klaveren served as a member of parliament for the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) from 2010 to 2014. Joram van Klaveren fought a relentless campaign in the …
Read More »Why Turkey and the Muslim world needs Erdogan
The Turkish referendum is an internal political situation of a nation that has received a lot of attention from around the world. And why not? After all, Turkey is one of the fastest movers and shakers of this century. In just over a decade, it has joined the G20 richest industrial nations in the world. Yet, despite this showing of …
Read More »Turkey’s potential shift on mosque and state
A referendum result will likely give strong powers to a president who founded the governing Islamist party. As long as its democracy is preserved, Turkey may find a new balance between Islam and secular rule. The Monitor's Editorial Board APRIL 18, 2017 —For nearly a century, Turkey’s political history has been one of largely secular rule over a mostly Muslim …
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