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Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Monday, November 24, 2008 11:34:41 AM
For the first time, yesterday in my city Muslims joined local Christians and Jews in their annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Service.
Temple Israel and several Christian congregations have made the service a holiday tradition for about 15 years. Local Muslims had not joined the celebration ever before. ( City's Muslims to take part in interfaith event )
"It was Rabbi (Aryeh) Azriel's initiative," said Syed Mohiuddin, president of the American Institute of Islamic Studies and Culture. "He thought it would add something to the services, and (Islamic Center) members thought it was a very good idea."
First Christian Church, Dundee Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church and Underwood Hills Presbyterian Church are involved.
Mohiuddin's institute has been participating with Azriel and Omaha Episcopalian leaders in the Tri-Faith Initiative, an effort to, among other things, create a joint campus for Muslims, Jews and Christians.
The theme of this year's Thanksgiving service was "One God, One Nation, One World."
I would be all for this if they had invited people of the Islam faith as individuals not as a group. The truth is the Islam faith is against what our nation stands for and they are against the Jewish faith and the Christian faith. Their Bible tells them not to have friends who are Jews and Christians. I believe those of us who are followers of Christ should reach out and try our best to be friends with followers of Islam but we shouldn't act like they believe the same as us because they don't.
I also like what Dr. Laura says when she hears the words Interfaith, she thinks faithless.
