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Muslims Commemorating Holocaust and Genocides Event
January 10, 2019, Washington, DC – The Center for Pluralism is deeply committed to education and regularly brings Americans together to learn about each other’s joys and suffering. It is an initiative to build responsible civic societies, where justice and co-existence are our values.
The “Story behind” the reason for Muslims to take this initiative is listed athttp://holocaustandgenocides.blogspot.com/
We have to learn, acknowledge and reflect upon the terrible things we have inflicted upon each other and have to commit to ourselves to resist the temptations to be prejudiced towards others. We cannot expect others to be peaceful unless we are peaceful ourselves.
Imam Faizul Khan of the Islamic Society of Washington Area in Silver Spring, MD states, “Muslims, are guided to stand up for the rights of others, and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) says, if you cannot stop the oppression, the least you can do is speak up, and we are pleased to support this initiative.”
“For a long time, Jewish people commemorated the Holocaust event among themselves, and it is good to know that Muslims have taken the initiative to spread the knowledge among people of different faiths and worldviews.” Add Dan Spiro, President of Jewish Islamic Dialogue Society.
The least we can do in the process of healing is to acknowledge everyone's pain in one voice. We have begun the process of coming together as one people and stand with each other, we are indeed one world and one humanity, and caring for each other bring safety and peace to all of us. I cannot be safe if the people around me are not, and I will not have peace if people around me don't. It is in my interest to seek a peaceful world for one and all.
We are working on initiating a course on tolerance education, so one day; we all can learn to have a heart that opens to the pain of every human, yes, we can do that.
Program: 14th Annual Reflections on Holocaust and Genocides
Holocaust
Syrian Refugee Crisis
Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing
Uyghur Chinese Muslims
Crimean Tartars
Organized by the Center for Pluralism
Supporting Organizations:
- Jewish Islamic Dialogue Society- http://Jids.org
- Islamic Society of the Washington Area - http://iswamd.org/
- World Muslim Congress - http://worldmuslimcongress.org/
- JAMAAT - Jews Muslims and Allies acting together
- Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
- Muslim Institute - Interfaith Studies & Understanding
- Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) - UHRP.ORG
- Uyghur-American Association (UAA) - UAA.org
- World Uyghur Congress (WUC) - Uyghurcongress.org
- Great Truth
The Center for Pluralism and the World Muslim Congress are deeply committed to education and relentlessly pursue building cohesive societies where no human has to live in apprehension and fear of the other.
The Center for Pluralism is deeply committed to education and relentlessly pursue cohesive building societies where no human has to live in apprehension and fear of the other. More about us at us http://centerforpluralism.com/mission-accomplished-at-the-center-for-pluralism/
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