Similar not different

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“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!”

Psalm 133:1

“Do things for people not because of who they are or they do in return, but because of who you are.”

Rabbi Harold S. Kushner

“ God is peace : Let us ask him to help us to be peace makers each day, in our life, in our families, in our cities and nations, in the whole world. Let us allow ourselves to be moved by God’s goodness.”

Pope Francis 12/25/13

“Do you know what is better than charity, fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good relations among people as quarrels and bad feelings destroy mankind”

Prophet Mohammed 

Coexist Through Knowledge

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Coexist through knowledge is a call for peace and coexistence among people of different faiths and cultures, in order for them to learn from one another, share knowledge, and communicate it to those willing to learn, because the treasure is knowledge.

“Learn, and when you learn, teach.”

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This hadith from the Prophet Mohammed serves as a call to save humanity through knowledge. Prophets are teachers, so are scholars, priests, ministers, imams, and rabbis.

“Indeed, we revealed the Torah, containing guidance and light, by which the prophets, who submitted themselves to God, made judgments for Jews. So too did the rabbis and scholars judge according to God’s Book, with which they were entrusted and of which they were made keepers.” Quran 5:44.

 Ahmed Chawqi said, “Stand up for your teacher and honor him with praise, for the teacher is almost a prophet.” 

“And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.”

Khalil Jubran, aka Kahlil Gibran, from his work: “Self-knowledge.”

 Ignorance is the source of all the problems the world faces. Racism is built on ignorance because humans reject what is different or new to them. From racism and the refusal to accept and coexist with those who are even slightly different, hate was born, and hate creates violence because hate is based on ignorance.

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Tu B’shevat and Trees in the Scripture

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Believers from the three faiths celebrated the holidays: the new year for all, Christmas for Christians, Hanukkah for Jews, and Muslims preparing for the holy month of fasting and prayer, which will start next month, according to the lunar calendar for lunar year 1447, corresponding to 2026 AD.  The Jewish community will celebrate Tu B’Shevat on the fifteenth day of the month of Shevat, which this year coincides with the months of January/ February.

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Peace in the Middle East

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The problem of Palestine / Israel has been going on for seventy-six years without any progress toward a final and definite peace despite the Oslo Accords and the efforts made by both sides of the conflict. Yet, the children of Abraham are still fighting for a piece of land that is precious and holy to both. Even if it looks like it the conflict is neither religious nor ethnic. It is not a war between Jews and Arabs or Jews and Muslims nor it is a holy war. Not all Israelis are Zionists and not all Palestinians are Muslims. The media always omits the fact that Christian Palestinians have been living in the holy land for centuries. 

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