Jewish, Muslim volunteers join to help out during Christmas...
Ari Goldberg filled Styrofoam cup after Styrofoam cup with lemonade from a giant jug cooler in soup kitchen at the St. Leo Catholic Church’s on Detroit’s west side on Christmas morning. The 13-year-old West Bloomfield resident was one of about two dozen volunteers from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit who helped prepare and serve a festive holiday meal to less-fortunate people. It was part of the organization’s annual Mitzvah Day program, the largest single day of volunteering by the region’s Jewish community, which enables Christians to spend the holiday at home with their loved ones, according to the Federation. This year, for the third time, an estimated 1,000 Jewish volunteers joined forces with their Muslim neighbors “Mitzvah” means “good...
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The Islam Information Center strives to present a balanced view of Islam. We intend to help non-Muslims better understand Islam, the religion of 1.5 billion people of the world. If successful, people will have a better appreciation of how Muslims understand the world and our relationship with each other and those of other religions....
The Ten Most Common Misconceptions about Islam...
by Absar on MAY 23, 2011 Islam is probably the least understood and most demonized religion today. The critics of Islam have created this persona based primarily on misconceptions, ignorance and malice. You’ve probably heard of some of the following common misconceptions about Islam. Misconception # 1: Violence and Terrorism is the Muslim Creed Islam and Muslims have become synonymous with terms like terrorism, extremism and fundamentalism. The involvement of some so-called Muslims in the acts of terrorism in the past few decades does not justify the labeling of a whole faith and its people as terrorists. Nobody called Timothy McVeigh a Christian terrorist after the Oklahoma bombing in the 90’s, neither is the IRA labeled as a...
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