Tag: Interfaith

On Monday night,  Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning — Al-Azhar University in Egypt, urged the Middle East’s Muslims to “embrace” local Christians when he and Pope Francis addressed a gathering of religious representatives after signing a “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together“. The document calls on leaders […]

In Israeli Choir, Arab and Jewish Women Put Aside Politics to Sing with One Voice Published online at Israeli media outlet, Haaretz, this moving story of an all-female choir in Jaffa known as Rana (“song” in Arabic). This rare example of a successful coexistence project, sings in Arabic, English and Hebrew, as well as in […]