“Islam is the perfect religion for Muslims. Christianity is the perfect religion for Christians. Judaism is the perfect religion for Jews,” said Rabbi Jim Mirel at “Two Faiths, One God,” an event that brought Jews and Muslims to the synagogue to pray and break the fasts of Tisha B’Av and Ramadan together.
Rabbi Jim Mirel addresses the mixed sanctuary of Jews and Muslims at Temple B’nai Torah and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s joint Tisha B’Av and Ramadan gathering.
The July 29 event joined members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Temple B’nai Torah. Mirel, of TBT, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s leader, Anwar Mahmood Khan, spoke about the unity of the two religions.
“Brothers and sisters,” Mirel began, “we both praise, honor and try to follow the best we can — God. Sometimes we have the Arabic word for God, Allah. Sometimes we have the Hebrew word, Elohim. And other times we have the English word, God. But, one God.”
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