“The more we’ve gotten to know each other and to know each other’s belief systems we’ve found there are more commonalities than there are differences,” said Jewish cantor Gail Karp.
Jewish and Muslim women came together earlier this week in an unlikely place: Bettendorf, Iowa. The group celebrated the Jewish holiday of Passover at the Quad Cities Muslim Center. Passover begins on April 19.
According to a report broadcast by KWQC News, the women are part of an organization called “Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom,” an interfaith group that spends time together and learns about each other’s faiths and traditions. The women say that the more they do together, the more they similarities in their religious cultures.
“The more we’ve gotten to know each other and to know each other’s belief systems we’ve found there are more commonalities than there are differences,” said Jewish cantor Gail Karp.
Salaam and shalom both mean peace.
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O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of God is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And God has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things). ~ Quran 49:13
