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BERLIN — Late on Friday members of Berlin's Jewish and Muslim communities came together in front of Berlin's Mevlana Mosque in Kreuzberg, sometimes referred to as “Little Istanbul.” The groups gathered together to replace two “stumbling stones” commemorating Moritz and Julia Katz, whose family endured terrific hardship when they lost two of their children in the Holocaust. The couple lived in the building currently housing the mosque before fleeing to Palestine in 1939. The stumbling stones commemorating Moritz and Julia Katz were torn out in an attack in April, 2014, mere hours after the stones were installed there, a move that raised concerns in German society and among the immigrant communities living in Berlin. In a separate incident following the removal of the stumbling stones, a group attacked and ... Read more

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AAi High Schooler Risks Speech Competition to Build Bridges

by Rod Cardoza on Fri, 01/27/2023 - 15:10

Growing up in a post-9/11 America, Sierra heard many negative things about Muslims. “Looking at the news,” she said, “I saw all the dangers, and people being killed. It was frightening.” But when she was 11 years old, her parents began bringing her to AAi compassion events and her view of Muslims quickly changed. During the first event she attended in Gilroy, Sierra buddied up with a Muslim girl of similar age named Noor.

“We just clicked,” Sierra said. “I remember telling each other a lot of jokes ... and, of course, we enjoyed serving [a meal to] poor neighbors together.”

That opened the door for Sierra to see Muslims as people, even incredibly kind people who were nothing at all like she’d heard.

In addition to her personal experiences at several AAi compassion events, Sierra credits AAi’s seminar, Loving Muslim Neighbors, with removing numerous misconceptions about Muslims and Islam that are popular among Christians, and with illuminating the immense common ground shared.

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