Jews and Muslims are natural allies against religious discrimination
BY DAISY KHAN AND BURTON VISOTZKY, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS , The Hill
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/civil-rights/347824-jews-and-muslims-are-natural-allies-against-religious
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As minority religions, we have been natural allies. Back in 2008-09, Muslims from the Islamic Cultural Center (96th Street Mosque) joined monthly with students and staff from the Jewish Theological Seminary to prepare food for New York’s hungry at the local Presbyterian soup kitchen.
In 2014, Jewish and Muslim physicians joined forces to give low-income Texans free health screenings.
Just last year, the NYC Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee joined with the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees to make up relief packages for the displaced and, in recent months, the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council lobbied Congress for hate crimes legislation.
These are but a few examples of Muslim and Jewish cooperation to “repair the world.” But we need to do more. We can open our Mosques and Synagogues to each other, as well as to the surrounding, largely Christian, community. As the season of holidays comes upon us, it is time for Jews to visit the Mosque, and for Muslims to join the Jewish community, perhaps for lunch in the Sukkah. Open your homes to one another, open your hearts. That is how we can help America to remember the loving and welcoming nation she was always meant to be.
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