Five years ago, Atiya Aftab, a Muslim woman, and I, a Jewish woman, invited a group of 12 women – six Muslim women and six Jewish women – to meet together once a month. Other Muslim and Jewish women heard about our effort and asked to join our group and/or help them start their own group in another geographic area. In response to these requests, Atiya and I formed a national non-profit organization at the end of 2013 – the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom (SOSS).
Interfaith Networking Catching on in Europe
Europe’s Religious Leaders Working Together for Peace
‘Getting to Know You’ at Three Faiths Forum
Interfaith Culture Thriving in Arizona
Funding Grassroots Interfaith in San Francisco
How a Small Buddhist Movement is Teaching Children in the Interfaith World to Live Together
Cultivating a Summer of Interfaith Community
Calling Forth the Vision and Voices of Women Building Peace
From Bozeman, Montana, to the World
The World Congress of Faiths – An Overview
Prince Philip Initiated Secular Support for Religious Environmentalism
Discerning a Climate Calling
Reuniting with Wounded Places
The Evolution ‘Battle’ Isn’t What You Think It Is
The Science of Compassion
At What Age Should Interfaith Education Begin?
The IEA – Peacemaking One Relationship at a Time
Twenty years ago I came across an interfaith dialogue group for Jewish students and Christian theology students. For me it was a brand new experience: never before had I had conversation with anyone except Jews, nor did I ever think about such a possibility.
Building a Groundswell, Lighting Up the Network
When a dozen twenty-somethings gathered in my tiny living room in the fall of 2010, vexed about the firestorm of protest against Park 51, an Islamic center planned in Manhattan known as “the Ground Zero Mosque,” we had no idea that we were planting the seed for a movement.
The Story Behind the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy
The Foundation for Religious Diplomacy is a nonprofit in Utah organized to promote and facilitate communication among people experiencing conflicts inspired by religious differences. It seeks to enroll and train religiously bi-lingual “interreligious diplomats” who can engage in deep dialogue encounters to decrease ill will and build trust, even in the midst of difficult conflicts. The Foundation has been particularly successful in providing ‘conservative’ communities from a variety of religions a safe multi-religious haven and platform to build enriching friendships through honest contestation and collaborative efforts. Ed.