Epigraph: And who will turn away from the religion of Abraham but he who is foolish of mind? Him did We choose in this world, and in the next he will surely be among the righteous. (Al Quran 2:131)
Huff Post: by Paul Brandeis Raushenbush.
Students and young professionals from around the world have gathered in Sarajevo, Bosnia to exchange experiences and fight prejudice and hatred. They represent different cultures and races and speak dozens of languages, but they share either one of two identities: they are all Muslims or Jews.
As religious tensions flare and Islamophobia and snti-Semitism plague societies, these courageous young people are determined to forge a future of greater peace and understanding.
The conference is the fourth organized by The Muslim Jewish Conference (MJC), a Vienna-based organization whose goal for the conference, according to their website, “is to provide the next generation with a learning experience for life and a positive outlook for establishing intercultural relations and sustaining Muslim-Jewish partnerships.”
In three years, the MJC has attracted more than three hundred young leaders from fifty countries to lead and participate in conferences in Vienna; Kiev, Ukraine; Bratislava, Slovakia, and now Sarajevo.
Categories: Europe, Islam, ISLAMOPHOBIA, Islamophobia, Judaism
Muslims were (nearly) never anti-semitic. The present day anti-Israeli ‘mood’ is due to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and is not a religious issue.
You are right, brother Rafiq. On the other hand, the politics, culture & religion are so intertwined in this Palestine/Israel problem, that Muslims all over the world get really upset for the Palestinian brothers & sisters and thus think that all Jews are enemies
I agree with Mr. Najam
Muslims have never been against Jews