2005-FEB-20: DC: A "model gathering of the Abrahamic faiths:" At Evensong, in the National Cathedral in Washington DC, a special service was conducted which brought together three of the Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Baha'i faith, sometimes considered a fourth Abrahamic faith, may also have been represented. Persons from many non-Abrahamic faiths were also present.

Evensong is an evening service in the Anglican faith. It was led by John Chane, an Episcopal Bishop, Senior Rabbi Bruce Lustig, and Akbar Ahmed, an Islamic scholar. All three delivered talks from the pulpit and discussed their friendship. Guests came from Florida, California, Massachusetts, and Pakistan. to attend the service. Although Evensong is rarely dedicated to an individual, Bishop Chane announced that this was service was dedicated to Akbar Ahmed. Ahmed wrote: "To hear the prophet of Islam greeted as a prophet in the Abrahamic tradition in this grand house of God was to witness history being made. Here was a shifting of the ground. As a Muslim, I felt there could be no better honor for me than this acknowledgement -- neither the Nobel Prize nor the Pulitzer Prize." He hopes that a Jewish or Christian scholar will be honored in a similar way somewhere in a mosque in a predominately Muslim country, perhaps in Cairo, Lahore or Kuala Lumpur. He said: "If we do not take this road of dialogue and understanding then I fear for the next generation. There are enough people preaching hatred, which encourages violence. We are living in times when technology, biology and chemistry have created the possibility of killing in large numbers. And, unfortunately, the cruelty and killing are often justified through a distorted interpretation of religion."

There is, of course, nothing to prevent a similar service from being conducted in a North American mosque or synagogue.

2005-FEB-27: AZ: Second annual PeaceWalk held in Tucson: About 150 Jews and Muslims marched together in the annual PeaceWalk -- a cross-town march in the midtown area of Tucson, AZ. It started with a traditional Native American blessing at 9 AM, given by Patricia Flores, a member of the Tohono O'odham Nation. Islamic Center Administrator Muhammad As'ad read a proclamation from Mayor Bob Walkup which designated FEB-27 as Tucson Jewish-Muslim PeaceWalk Day as a way to "recognize the extraordinary effort for peace in our own community." The march started at the Jewish Congregation Chaverim synagogue, stopped at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, stopped at the traveling Coexistence art exhibit on the University of Arizona campus. and ended at the Islamic Center of Tucson. Reporter Anne Minard wrote: "The event came as people of both faiths are focused on a tenuous peace agreement between Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East - and just after a suicide bombing at a Tel Aviv nightclub Friday threatened it. People taking part in Sunday's walk said they hoped for a ripple effect, so Jews and Muslims all over the world can see each other as real people - as members of the faiths have learned to do here."

Stephanie Aaron, rabbi for Congregation Chaverim said: "In our tradition, the word for 'stranger' means … 'your stranger.'  We want to look at each other and say: 'You are my stranger. I am in relationship with you'." Rashad Aboul-Nasr, a Muslim, said: "Our religion is the most tolerant religion. That's the lesson. That's what we were taught from Day One by our prophets. Go back to the origin, not just what you see in the news." Rene Rene, another Muslim, said: "We talk to our kids. We teach our children to respect each other and each other's religions." ₂

_{2006-OCT-13: ON: Shabbat-Iftar dinner: Muslim students from the Muslim Students' Association (MSA) and Jewish students frim Hillel @ U of T joined together to organize a joint Shabbat and Iftar dinner at the International Student Centre (ISC) at the University of Toronto (UofT). Bracha Shapiro, a member of Hillel @ U of T, said:}

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