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The season of Passover and Ramadan presents a golden opportunity for Muslims and Jews to work together to address hate crimes, promote tolerance in our society and find other ways to help our communities. https://www.mcall.com//mc-opi-passover-ramadan-khaku-pinsl

Our author, Rabbi Marc Schneier writes about hope for this year as all the major Abrahamic faiths celebrate special holidays around the same time this spring. Read the article here. #sonsofabraham #faith #uae #judaism #islam

Covid-19 and the rise of anti-Semitism, racism and conspiracy theories... The Swiss Federal Commission against Racism recently issued an appeal against hate speech and intolerance in Switzerland noting that the pandemic had given rise to a general increase in efforts to scapegoat different communities. https://www.jpost.com//swiss-agency-says-antisemitic-covid

This Sunday! MACFEST, a program supported by The Foundation For Ethnic Understanding-FFEU, will highlight Azerbaijan's for the first time. The "Azerbaijan Festival" will celebrate the country's Muslim heritage and multiculturalism. Congratulations to Qaisra Shahraz, MACFEST Founder and Director and #FFEU UK coordinator to bring the Muslim Art and Cultural Festival to #Baku! Register here: https://bit.ly/31G63Af

Hope is very much with us this holiday season! I am pleased to share my latest op-ed published in Gulf Business, the region's premier business magazine. https://gulfbusiness.com/how-religious-tolerance-can-becko/

First UAE and now Bahrain! If you are in #Manama, head over for a copy of #SonsofAbraham at the Jashanmal Bookstore City Centre. The book is next to the special edition of the Gulf "Who's Who" directory 2021. #MuslimJewishrelations Rabbi Marc Schneier & Imam Shamsi Ali... Motivate Books See more

Al Bawaba News featured my comments on the appointment of H.E. Khaled Yousif al-Jalahama as the first-ever Ambassador of #Bahrain to #Israel. I do believe it "w...ill profoundly advance the spirit of #peace, #cooperation and #coexistence in the Middle East." https://www.albawaba.com//bahrain-assigns-its-first-ever-a

Beautiful story. #MeghanMarkle's foundation donated to Salaam Shalom Kitchen, the only joint Jewish-Muslim community kitchen in the UK. https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/duchess-of-sussex-don/

#MuslimsAreSpeakingOut The Muslim community in #Boulder raised money for the victims of the shooting in #Colorado. We wish to respond to evil with good, as our faith instructs us, and send a powerful message of compassion through action. https://religionnews.com//muslim-groups-mourn-and-raise-m/

In honor of Black History Month this month, the @University of Pittsburgh set up a space for students to share their interfaith and intercultural stories. We’re encouraging anybody, no matter their race, culture, religion or worldview, to participate, because our unique intersectional stories need to be told, heard and shared, said Emiola Oriola, director of the Office of Interfaith Dialogue and Engagement. Read the full feature from Pitt Wire: https://bit.ly/3qe6vjw

During FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier's visit to Baku, His Virtue Allahshukur Pashazade hosted an interfaith luncheon with heads of Christian and Jewish communities in #Azerbaijan in honor of the Rabbi. The leaders of different Abrahamic faiths discussed Azerbaijan’s model of inclusion, coexistence, inter-religious dialogue and intercultural cooperation.

I think it’s important that we talk to each other and get to know each other and not have myths and fears based on myths and misunderstandings about each other, Bill Collins, chair of the Aiken Interfaith Partners told Aiken Standard. Read the full feature on this wonderful organization here: http://bit.ly/35UsdkI

While you’re shopping at Al Wahda Mall in Abu Dhabi, don’t miss your chance to pick up a copy of Sons of Abraham by FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier Schneier at Magrudy’s!

In a meeting yesterday in Baku with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, I thanked him for his support of Azerbaijan’s Jewish community and... emphasized that it is the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world. Read more in TREND News Agency: https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/3374851.html See more

To celebrate Morocco and Israel’s re-establishment of diplomatic ties, Muslim and Jewish Moroccans planted an olive tree in the Casablanca Olympic Stadium (SOC). The planting of this olive tree is the action of compatriots of both religions who are united in thanking HM the King for leading us with such clairvoyance," SOC's president told Morocco World News. Read the full story: http://bit.ly/2Njb3H0