Jews, Christians, and Muslims working together » jordan http://3faiths.org Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:42:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Jewish, Christian, and Muslim youth celebrate open debate http://3faiths.org/2008/08/19/jewish-christian-and-muslim-youth-celebrate-open-debate/ http://3faiths.org/2008/08/19/jewish-christian-and-muslim-youth-celebrate-open-debate/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:09:27 +0000 Dave Moskovitz http://3faiths.org/?p=101 A seminar sponsored by the World Council of Churches was held in Geneva recently, where 22 Jewish, Christian and Muslim young people where they “shared their thoughts, meals, and prejudices with each other”.

The story from the Standard Newswire reports a Muslim woman from Jordan saying, “I have realized I have much more in common with a Christian from Palestine than [with] a Muslim from the West … The differences are mainly cultural, not religious.”

Three of the participants were interviewed, and you can listen to their stories below:

Razan Abd El Haque, a Muslim woman from Jordan:

Olivier Salagi, a Jewish man from France:

Veranika Shetskaya, a Christian woman from Belarus:

Thanks to MidEastYouth for the link!

Dave

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