http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12836110
"It is the showing of respect to each other, each other's rights, as full American citizens who have the right to practice their religion and to initiate and build their institutions to suit their needs," said Arafat. "Regardless of what faith we come from, we have as much rights as anybody else. We all stand against extremism, regardless of what religion it comes from."
These were the words of Yasser Arafat, VP of the Islamic Center of Tennessee on July 19th, when he marched in an interfaith walk to support the freedom of religion guaranteed by the 1st Amendment. Yasser was joined by over 150 people from Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faith traditions on his walk from the Belmont United Methodist Church to the Islamic Center of Tennessee one and a half miles away. He organized the walk to help raise awareness to recent reports of backlash against the building of Mosques in th US. The article also mentions that Yasser will be speaking to a Sunday school class at Belmont UMC to highlight the commonalities between Christianity and Islam.
If dialogue and action such as this occurred more often, what would the world look like?
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