have been working with Muslim and Jewish interfaith groups for five years. Weâ??ve had a lot of dinners, a lot of panel discussions, and weâ??ve shared a lot of good will. But I have one major regret about all these efforts: they are a huge façade.
Thatâ??s not to say Iâ??m not grateful for parts of interfaith work. I grew up in a traditional Arab household where I was told that the Jews are our enemies. Joining interfaith initiatives has softened my heart tremendously. I now understand the bigger picture of why coalition building exists in the first place: to allow us to view the world from a different perspective, and to work on causes that are important for our communities, even as we know that our families back home are fighting against each other in a battle we have no control over. We do interfaith work to create at least one open, safe space of dialogue between two different faiths.
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