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ISSUE 64, WINTER 2012 1

A PUblIcATIoN by SAbEEl EcUmENIcAl lIbERATIoN ThEology cENTER

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ISSUE 64, WIntEr 2012

by Naim Ateek

Sice is icepio, Sabeel has ecogized ha is wok admiisy ca eve be complee uless we each ou o peopleo ohe aihs. I ac, we have always emphasized ha Sabeelis commied o a hee poged miisy, amely, ecumeical,ieaih, ad jusice ad peace, ad ou ogoig pogamso he goud have always eeced his emphasis.Tee was a ime i which I used o ee o he dialogue

amog people o diee eligios as ieeligious dialogue.I was clea o me ha whe people o vaious eligiousadiios mee ad dialogue wih oe aohe, he esul isa ieeligious dialogue. nowadays we call i ieaihdialogue. Te ame ieeligious is o wog, ad heeis ohig wog i coiuig o call i ieeligiousdialogue.

Ten Essential Foundations of Interfaith Relations

te Esseial Foudaios o Ieaih relaiosby Naim Ateek 01

Chisia-Muslim Aab Dialog i he Holy Ladby Geries Khoury 04

Chisia-Jewish relaios i he Coex o Isael/Palesie by Fr. David Neuhaus 06

Te Imam ad His Chisia Fiedsby Sheikh Zuheir Dabai 09

Livig togehe by Monsignor Rafq Khoury 10

Youge Voices by Nanor and Nedal 14

Wiig o he Wall 16

Ogoig Islamophobia by Mustaa Abu Sway 18

Glimpses o Ou Aciviies 20

Unity in DiversityInterfaith Dialogue

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Te Aabic expessio ha we useo ou ieaih wok is Alaysh

Almushaak which lieally measLie togehe o Livig togehe.Beoe 1948, Chisias, Muslims,ad Jews used o live ogehe i he

same commuiies. Tey wee allPalesiias. Sice he esablishmeo he sae o Isael, Chisias adMuslims have coiued o liveogehe bu, o a lage exe, ad wihhe excepio o a ew mixed ciies iIsael, he Jewish people live sepaaely.

Wih he gowig eligious ad poliicalexemism i ou couy i has beeimpoa o Sabeel o have as oe ois oci he ieaih wok. I we aeo vigila i pomoig iedshipsacoss eligious divides, ehacig

geae udesadig amog people,ad segheig he ie abic oou sociey, he we ae allowig heexemiss o wi. Alhough Sabeelsacial esouces ae limied, we aehakul ha we have bee able o builda solid oudaio o ou lie ogehe,

i.e. ou ieaih elaios, especiallywih Muslims.I is impoa o emphasize ha Sabeelsieaih wok o he las seveal yeashas bee doe i paeship wih Al-

Liqa Cee i Behlehem. God hasblessed ou eos ogehe ad we aehakul o ou paeship. WheI assess ou ieaih wok, I ca seee impoa oudaios o geuieieaih elaios wih Muslims:Fis: We see he ohe as a pesoo aih ad o oly as a peso whoadhees o aohe eligio.Secod: Ieaih emiology is moeespecul o he ohe, o hei aih as

well as hei eligio. We accep peopleas hey ae.

Tid: Ieeligious dialogue eecsa iellecual execise amog peopleo diee eligios; bu a ieaihdialogue eecs a deepe ieacioad ecoue amog people who havea aih commime.Fouh: Whe dialogue akes place

amog people o aih, hey ae shaigmoe ha iomaio ad acs abouhei eligio; hey ae alkig abouhei way o lie.Fih: Tough ieaih dialogue bohsides ae wiessig o hei ow aih

i he bes sese o he wod. I doeso mea evagelism wih a objeciveo chage he ohe ad make him/he become like me. I has o do wihhow oes aih i God is lived ou ihe wold ad how ha aecs ouelaioship wih ou eighbo.Sixh: Ieaih elaios deepead eich each pesos ow aihcommime.Seveh: Ieaih elaios ope hedoo o wok ogehe i he buildigo a bee sociey whee hosiliy is

eplaced by love, coemp is chagedo espec, ad ioleace is subsiuedby accepace ad oleace.Eighh: Ieaih elaios compel uso coopeae i he wok o jusice aduh ad seek peace ad ecociliaioo all he people o ou commuiy.

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nih: Ieaih dialogue maues uso become ieds ad o ope ouselves

o he ohe; i makes us iospeciveabou ou ow huma weakess advuleabiliy ad makes us ealize heimpoace o commual uiy adsolidaiy.teh: Te ulimae ed o all ieaihelaios is he gloy ad paise o heOe Ceao Lovig ad MeciulGod.

Wha abou ieaih dialogue wihJews?Ideally, he e oudaios aboveshould equally apply, bu due o heillegal occupaio o he Palesiiaeioies ad he coiued oppessioo he Palesiias by he Isaeligoveme, Sabeel chose o icludeelaios wih Jews ude he jusicead peace miisy.Te oppessive occupaio mus edbeoe ay meaigul dialogue ca

Te Rev. Ateek is the Director o Sabeel

nebi Mousa- Muslim Shie i he Joda Valley

ake place. Expeiece has showha i some places i he Wes,

Jewish paes have imposed ceaipaamees o dialogue. Tey have obee willig o discuss o delve io heIsaeli occupaio o he Palesiiaeioies. I ohe wods, he wholeissue o jusice o he Palesiias hasbee le ou o he ageda. I suchsiuaios, ieaih lacks iegiyad hoesy, ad i us io a dealbecause jusice is excluded ad he

whole discouse is domiaed addecepively guided.

A Sabeel, wih ou Jewish paes secula Jews, Jewish Voice o Peace,re-cosuciois Jews, ad ohe Jewso cosciece jusice is a he heao ou elaioship ad i is addessedi evey coeece ha we hold.Because i we, as people o aih whobelieve ha God is a God o jusice aduh, cao addess a issue o jusice

Veily i heemembace o

God do heasd es, he

Koa eaches.Ad we say,

Come o meall you who

labo ad aebudeed ad

you hea shalld es.

whee millios o ou bohes adsises, boh Chisias ad Muslims,

ae oppessed ad ae cyig ou ojusice, he somehig is dasicallywog wih ou aih ad we eed oexamie ou udelyig eligious,heological, moal, ad ehical moivesad objecives.

I hope he ime will come soo wheou ieaih elaios will be compleei a ipaie elaioship Muslims,

Jews, ad Chisias ad he climaxo all ieaih elaios will be ealizedi he paise ad adoaio o heOe God, ueed ad paciced dailyhough aihul sevice o all ou ellowhuma beigs.

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ceae cosa dialog bewee usbecause ou dialog sas duig ouchildhood ad goes o uil oudeah.

Ou Aab dialog is o ew. Whaeve4.we do is basically ouishme o aee whose oos go deep i hisoy.Tee had bee dialog bewee AabChisias ad Muslims duig heime o he Pophe (May he peace oGod be upo Him) ad also duighe peiod o he Caliphae ad ae.Tee ae housads o mauscipsi Aabic, some o which havebee published ad may oheshave bee kep i seveal libaiesi he Eas ad Wes waiig o

hose who would collec, sudy adpublish hem ha hey may becomea wealh o he Aab libay adhe ieaioal commuiy. Tey

would ecouage dialog i he Aabwold ad i he wold i geealbecause hey will povide evideceo all ha Chisiaiy ad Islamhave always bee a aco o uiybased o love. Boh eligios callo bohehood ad build bidgeso love ad coexisece beweebelieves o codiio ha hey

lise o he voice o God i heiheas (1).Culual coopeaio ad5.coopeaio o build he Aabcivilizaio did o ake place olyi he Middle Ages. I also we opoweully ad deemiedly wheChisias ad Muslims aced hetuks ad tukish powes. Chisiasad Muslims plaed he seedso Aab aioalism ad ogeheouded he Aab eaissace. Tis

mae has gealy aeced ad issill iuecig he ceaio o aamosphee o dialog ad shaedexisece.May poliical posiios have6.coibued o he ceaio o dialog,commuicaio, ad he buildigsog elaios bewee Aab

Christian-Muslim ArabDialog in the Holy Land

by Geries S. Khoury

Why do I call i a Aab Chisia-Muslim dialog ad o a Chisia-Muslim dialog?

I hik ha he Chisia-Muslimdialog i is geeal sese is almosimpossible, due o social dieecesamog believes, he mulipliciy ohei laguages ad hei disibuioove a lage aea o lad, eas, wes, souhad oh. Besides, hey have dieeadiios, culues, social behavio,daily choes ad uue deams. I sayhis i spie o my kowledge o ofcialmeeigs bewee Chisias adMuslims i which may heoeicalissues ae lighly ad impacicallydiscussed.O he ohe had, he Aab Chisia-

Muslim dialog i he Holy Lad i

paicula ad he Aab wold i geealis possible o seveal easos:

Te Aab qualiy is oigial i us ad1.i ou hisoy, beoe eve he ise oChisiaiy ad Islam.

A commo laguage ad commo2.hisoy uies us; hee ae o social,behavioal o ehical dieecesbewee Aab Chisias ad heibohes Aab Muslims.

A dialog is imposed o us i ou3.daily lie i which we shae bead,home ad aio. Ou dialog is adialog o lie ad o a dialog abouheoies. Ou childe sudy i hesame schools ad sudy he samecuiculum. Tey play ogehe adace hei dilemmas ad deamsogehe. Te acos o dialog



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Chisias ad Muslims. Fo example,I would like o meio he posiioo he Ohodox Chuch i Syia,which opeed is doos beoe he

lage umbe o Muslim woshippeso Fiday i 1937 whe tukeyodeed he closue o mosques ihe Alexadia egio whe aieaioal commiee visied helocaio o each a esoluio whehehe egio was pa o Syia otukey. Fo ea ha Muslims mighdemosae ae Fiday oo payead egaively aec he esoluioo he commiee; he tukishgoveme odeed he closue oall mosques o peve Muslims om

gaheig i mosques o paye. Aoce, he Paiach ook a decisioo ope he doos o he chuches oMuslim woshippes. Ae paye,Muslims ad Chisias we ou i ademosaio expessig hei uiyad hei posiio ad demadighe aexaio o Alexadia oSyia. Says riyad najeeb El-rayes ihis espec, Ohodox Chisiasopeed, oe hou ae he tukishedic o close he mosques, heiByzaie ad roma Chuches

ad asomed hem io mosqueswhee he Muslim populaio held heFiday oo paye. Ta was ideeda aioal paade. Fo he s imei hei lives, Muslims held Fidayoo paye i chuches ogehewih Chisias. Te Muslim imamsood i Chiss emple eadig omhe Holy Qua ad he muezziclimbed up he pulpi o call peopleo paye. Tis spoaeous Chisiaaiude was he geaes aioalicide i he hisoy o he Syiasuggle o he Aab aioaliyo Alexadia. I segheed ihe heas o he Syia people heAab aioal seime i ligh oChisiaiy ad Islam ae umoshad spead ha eligios desoyaioaliies (2).

Te Ease Caholic Paiachs haveexpessed he cocep ad codiioso dialog i clea wods, deep meaigs,ad ich spiiualiy. I is ecessayha dialog begi o he basis o hosepiciples ad coceps. Tey wie,Dialog is a spiiual aiude beoeayhig else i which he idividualsads beoe God ad alks o Him,hus his sel is sublimaed ad hea ademoios puged. Tis is eeced ihe idividuals dialog wih himsel ad

wih ohes -- idividuals ad goups.Dialog is a spiiual sae ha caiesus om isolaio o absopio, omejecio o accepace, om labeligo udesadig, om disoioo espec, om vidiciveess omecy, om emiy o iedship,om compeiio o compleeess,om epulsio o ieacio, ad

om coic o bohehood. Dialogwih he ohe meas o kow adackowledge him, o kow him as hesees himsel ad i his ull pesoaliy,ad o ackowledge him as oucompleme ad o as a eemy ocompeio, away om pesupposiiosad pesumpios, ieess adselshess. I such cicumsaces,dialog is asomed io muualichess wihou ay o he paiescocedig hemselves, hei heiage,

hei pesoaliies o ideiies. nodoub ha bigoy i all is kids i heame o God, aioaliy, sec, lad,ace, laguage, o culual o socialafliaio, is he ach eemy o dialog.Te dieece bewee he believead he bigo is vey wide: he believeis used by God, while he bigo uses

God; he believe woships God, whilehe bigo woships himsel, claimighe is woshippig God; he believelises o he wod o God, while hebigo disos His wod; he believeelevaes himsel o he level o God adHis Love, while he bigo cosalyheaes ohe people; he believepays homage o God, while he bigoudemies Gods majesy ad powe;he believe does Gods will, whilehe bigo pus his will beoe Gods

will. Ideed, he believe is a gace o

makid, while he bigo is a cuse.Bigoy is a om o he deial o Godad ma a he same ime. I he bigo,he powe o love ad aih is uedio a powe o haed ad emiy adaggessio. He hiks ha he is doigGods will i he aacks whoeve diesom him i eligio, ace, colo oheiage. I he believe, i us io apowe o comig ogehe, coopeaioad cosucio (3).

1Ga, Geog, Geschiche De Chisiliche Aabische Lieau, i: Sudi e tesi, o. 118, 133,146, 147, 137, Cia Del Vaicao, 19772Al-rayes, riyad najeeb, Chisiaiy ad Aabicism, riyad Al-rayes o Publicaio, Lodo, 2ded. 1991, p. 883Ease Caholic Paiachs, Te Meaig o Chisia Pesece i he Eas, p. 92, paa. 47

Couesy o D. Geies Khouy, om his book Aab Chisias ad Muslims: pas pese ad uue.

Dr. Geries Khoury, Ph. D., is the director o Al-Liqa Center, Dean o the Teological Department at MarElias- Ibillin, and the author o several books and articles.

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Ou dialog is a dialog o lie ad oa dialog abou heoies. Ou childesudy i he same schools ad sudy he

same cuiculum. Tey play ogehead ace hei dilemmas ad deamsogehe.

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by Fr. David Neuhaus

Pespecives o Chisia-Jewishelaios i Isael/Palesie i

paicula ad i he Middle Eas igeeal ae clealy disiguishableom pespecives ha ae cue iEuope ad noh Ameica. Fomhe Euopea ad noh Ameicapespecive, Jews ad Chisias havebee i a uiul ad passioae

dialogue o he pas six decades,ollowig a udameal ehikig ohe elaioship wih Jews ad Judaismi he Wese Chuches. I ac, adeep dialogue has developed bewee

Wese Chisias ad hei Jewish

eighbos. Tis dialogue has beepoweed by wo sog moos. Oeis he awakeed sese o coiioamog Chisias wih egad o heagic ae o he Jews duig peiods

whe ai-Judaism ad ai-Semiismdomiaed, culmiaig i hecaasophe o he Shoah (Holocaus).Te ohe is he embace o he Biblicalad, by exesio, he Jewish heiageo he Chuch ad a is cee he acha Jesus, his disciples ad he ealyChuch ae pa o a Jewish wold ha

has bequeahed o us a ich shaedheiage, mos impoaly he Old

tesame.

Clealy, he coex, ad hus hepespecives i Isael/Palesie ad ihe Middle Eas ae quie diee.

I he Middle Eas oday, Jews aeo geeally peceived as vicims omagializaio ad pesecuio buahe as he ace o a poblemaic

poliical ealiy i he Middle Eas ihe om o he Sae o Isael ad is

occupaio o Palesiia lads. AabChisias, ad Palesiia Chisiasi paicula, challege hose egagedi he Euopea ad noh Ameica

Jewish-Chisia dialogue, askigwhehe a sese o guil o he iiquiyo ai-Semiism has o pomoeda uhealhy dialogue whee someChisias seek o assuage his seseo guil by aively appovig ayhig

Jews say o do. Tis is paiculaly

damaic whe Chisias side wihhe poliical claims o he Sae oIsael ad igoe Palesiias, heisueig ad hei legiimae demadso jusice. Fuhemoe, he Oldtesame, ahe ha beig heldup as a shaed heiage, povokescoce, paiculaly wih egad oexs abou elecio, pomise ad lad.May Middle Eas Chisias ea

udamealis exploiaio o heseexs i he coic bewee Aabs ad

Jews ove Isael/Palesie.

I would like o udelie fvechaaceisics o he paiculacoex o Chisia-Jewish elaiosi Isael/Palesie ad by exesioi he Middle Eas i coas o heEuopea coex:

not part o th Chritia world

Coempoay dialogue bewee Jewsad Chisias has ocused almos

exclusively o hisoical elaiosbewee Jews ad Chisias ihe lads whee Chisias ae hemajoiy ad whee hey have defedculue, sociey ad powe elaios.I elaio o hese lads, Chisiashave ealized ha ceai modaliies ohough, acio ad poliical pacice

magialized ad eve excluded Jews,oe accused o beig ousidesbecause o hei eusal o he Chisiaaih ad hei adheece o eligiouspacice ohe ha Chisiaiy.

Middle Ease sociey ad poliicsae o deived om his sameChisia adiio. O he coay,he mode Middle Eas is omed ihe shadow o he ceaio o a Jewishsae wih a Jewish majoiy i 1948,

peceived by may Middle Easeesad by Palesiias i paicula as helas ema o a coloial domiaioha igoes he aspiaios o heidigeous populaio.

T prc o Ilam

Islam is he domia eligio ihisoical Palesie ad he MiddleEas ad Muslims ae he majoiy iall o he couies i he Middle Easoday (excep o Isael). Te Chisia

Aab ad he Muslim Aab, whaeve

Christian-JewishRelations in the Context ofIsrael-Palestine


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hei eligious dieeces migh be,live i oe sociey, speak oe laguage,shae oe culue ad expeiece oesocio-poliical ealiy. Tus, dialogue

wih Muslims is a pioiy o Middle

Eas Chisias i a way ha is osel-evide i ieeligious dialoguei Euope. Dialogue wih Jews, i ac,almos always becomes a ialogue

wihi he Middle Eas coex becauseMuslims cao be igoed.

T rvralo powr rlatio

Te eachig o may WeseChuches, pooudly cogiza ohe Euopea ad noh Ameicacoex, is exemely sesiive ohe magialized ad vuleablesaus o he Jews i he hisoy ohe Wes. Howeve, Middle Eas

Chisias eec o Chisia-Jewish elaios om he expeieceo he soveeigy o a poweulJewish poliy - Isael. neve beoe ihisoy have Chisias expeiecedJewish soveeigy (his havig beeesablished i 1948 wih he ceaio

o he Sae o Isael). Fo mayMiddle Eas Chisias, he Jew isoe, fs ad oemos, a soldie,a policema o a sele. WheeasWese Chisias egage wihJews as a mioiy, magializedad oe aumaized, PalesiiaChisias ae i a siuaio wheepowe elaios ae evesed. Tey

do o eel esposible o he ae oJews i Euope; o he coay heyoe sese ha hey hemselves aehe vicims o ha vey same hisoy,havig los hei homelad whe heSae o Isael was esablished.

T Iral-Palticoict a dfitiv

Wheeas om he Euopea ad nohAmeica pespecive, he waeshedi Chisia-Jewish elaios was he

Shoah, which povoked a awakeigo a ceai eachig o coemp o

Jews i Chisia cicles, om heMiddle Eas pespecive, he quesioo Palesie is a he cee o elaios

wih Jews. Wheeas dialogue om he

Wese pespecive oe icludes

a ocus o he suggle agais ai-Judaism ad ai-Semiism, he ocuso jusice ad peace is a esseialeleme o ay pospecive dialoguebewee Chisias ad Jews wihihe Middle Eas coex.

T plac o th Bibl

Te shaed Biblical heiage is audameal piciple i he decadeso Chisia-Jewish dialogue hahas ouished ove he pas ceuy.Howeve, he expeiece o he shaedBiblical heiage wihi he coexo Isael/Palesie is o wihou isambiguiies. Te Bible has bee usedas a oudaioal ex whe i comeso esablishig a coempoay Jewish

claim o he lad ha Palesiiassee as heis. Zioism, he ideologyo Jewish aioalism, oe eadshe Bible as a legal, hisoical o eve

diviely evealed ile deed o he lad.Fo may Middle Eas Chisias, amajo poblem is he use o he Bible odispossess Palesiias ad legiimaeijusice. Tis is paiculaly evidei ceai oms o Chisia Zioism

ha oe Biblical jusifcaios o hedispossessio o he Palesiias adhosiliy owads Muslims.

Coclio

Wheeas Chisias ad Jews eque

oe aohe i Euope ad nohAmeica, Jews ae o loge pesei he majoiy o he Middle Eascouies, whee hey had ocecosiued viba commuiiesbeoe 1948. Oly i Isael/Palesieae hee subsaial commuiies

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o boh Chisias ad Jews oday.Hee we migh sugges some pacicaliiiaives o pomoe dialogue bewee

Jews ad Chisias wihi he coexo Isael/Palesie:1. Ecouage a dialogue o daily lieocused o he cocee codiioso lie i his lad called holy.

Jews ad Chisias ogehe wihMuslims ae called o develop a shaedcommime o jusice ad peace oall ihabias o he Holy Lad. Teydo come ogehe i he nGOs hapomoe shaed values bu oe heeligious ad spiiual elemes o heelaioships esablished ae igoed.

Jusice, peace, eedom, ecociliaio,pado, espec o huma lie ad

huma ighs ae all coceps ha caad mus be ooed i he spiiualadiios ha ae ooed i he HolyLad. religious discouse should o bele o aaics ad udamealiss.

2. Jews ad Chisias mus begi o

sudy hei shaed exual heiage,he lieaue o he Old tesame,ogehe. Joi sudy ca how ligh

o he meaig o he eligious exad is cosequeces i he hee adow. Challegig viole, exclusivisad discimiaoy iepeaios osaced exs is a impoa pa oeducaig o jusice ad peace.3. Jews, Chisias ad Muslims aeivied o ecove a memoy o a ime

whe Jews lived iegaed i heMiddle Eas. I ac, beoe 1948,

Jewish Aabs wee as sigifca a pao he Middle Eas as Chisia Aabs.taces o his Jewish pesece icludehe coibuios o pomie Jewishfgues wihi Aab culue whehei he medieval peiod (eg. Saad bi

Yusu al-Fayoumi kow as SaadiaGao, gea biblical commeao ad

aslao o he Bible io Aabic) ohe philosophe Moussa bi Maymou(Maimoides) o i mode imes (eg.musicias like Leyla Mouad, DaoudHousi ad Feiouz al-Halabiyyah).Sadly, he oce illusious Jewishcommuiies o Iaq, Egyp, Syiaad Lebao have all bu disappeaed

wheeas hose o Ia, tukey adYeme have bee damaically educed,ye aohe vicim o he coic hahas plagued he Middle Eas sice

1948.

4. religious people ae called o liveso aih ad hope. Wha moe hopeulsig ca hee be ha eligious people Jews, Chisias ad Muslims

who lise o oe aohe ad gow

Rev. Dr. David Mark Neuhaus SJ, a Roman Catholic priest, is Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Hebrew

Speaking Catholics in Israel and coordinator of the pastoral among migrants. He is a member of the

Society of Jesus and teaches Scripture at the Seminary of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and at

Bethlehem University.

i udesadig ad accepace,speakig a laguage o muual especad eseem ahe ha he laguage ocoemp ha domiaes much o hepoliical discouse i Isael/Palesieoday. Popheic discouse mus beappopiaed aesh so ha God-alk emids all huma ceaues

o hei udameal duy o hoooe aohe as ceaed i he imagead likeess o God. Tis popheicdiscouse mus poi ou he iiquiy ohuma siuless i he dispossessio,epessio, discimiaio ad violeceha suouds us ad ope up hehuma imagiaio o he possibiliyo a sociey whee me ad womeecogize oe aohe as belogig o

oe amily.

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

FROM SABEEL

O behal o all o us i Jeusalem ad nazaeh,

we wish you a Mey Chismas ad a blessed 2013!

We wish o expess ou heael haks

o all o you had wok ad eveyhig

ha each o you does o jusicead peace aoud he wold.

Wih deep appeciaio,

Te Sabeel Sa ad Boad


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by Father Rafq Khoury

Livig ogehe is he big issue o odayduig a phase o ou huma hisoy i

which ou wold has become a smallvillage whee i is o loge possible oay people o live apa, sepaae omhe ohe peoples. I ha coex, weae called oday o eec o Chisia-Muslim elaios i he Aab wold igeeal ad i Palesie i paicula.

Living TogetherTe expeiece o Muslim-Chisia relaios

i he Aab Wold i Geeal ad i Palesie i Paicula

Tis issue is acually o paiculaimpoace ow because Islam ad heMuslims have uouaely become aso o obsessio i he Wes, especially

ae Sepembe 11h, 2001. Sucha obsessio does o oe a saeamosphee i which o develop posiiveelaios amog eligios, peoples adculues.Fo us Chisias i his pa o he

wold, he Muslim is o a absac

o imagiay hig, bu a eal adcocee peso. Muslims ae ou ex-doo eighbos, he mechas whee

we shop, ou colleagues a wok, a

school o i he uivesiy; we meehem ouiely i poliical o ecoomico culual o social lie. Tey ae ous cocee huma beigs, wih heigood qualiies ad deecs, ad wesad beoe hem also wih ou goodqualiies ad deecs.

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I would like o have a look a heseelaios i he pas ad i he pese,beoe peseig some pespecives ohe uue.

expric of t PatWhe I was a child, hee was always aMuslim i ou home wokig wih myahe, sleepig, eaig ad payig iou house. We shaed bead ad sal,as we say i Aabic, expessig he livigogehe, he co-exisece, o pesos ocommuiies. I am om a small villagelocaed o he oh-eas o Jeusalem,eiely Chisia, a village suoudedby seveal Muslim villages; we shaedhe same laguage, he same social

adiios, he same culue, he sameway o lie, wokig ogehe i ouelds, collecig ou olives ogehe,dikig he same wae, smellighe same soil o he lad ad leaigogehe. (I ou paish school, a hido he sudes wee om he Muslimvillage ex doo.)

now, his pesoal ad local expeieceis also a collecive ad hisoic oe sicei goes back hiee ceuies, wih isups ad dows, as is he case wih evey

huma ad collecive expeiece.O his occasio, I would like o ocuso ou elemes o he pas, which weedeiive o boh Aab Chisiaiyad o Muslim-Chisia elaios ihe Aab wold:

T cotribtio of tCritia to t admiitratioof t w tat: Whe Muslimsaived i ou egio, hey appealedo he local Chisias o help ihe admiisaio o he ewsae. Some o hem eached veyhigh ad sesiive posiios. Teexample o he Chisia Masouamily o Damascus is well-kow,sice his amily was called upo oogaize he aces o he sae iaddiio o sevig i may ohe

public elds. We ca say ha heEase Chisias ook he wisesep o iegaig hemselves iohe public lie o he ew sociey

isead o emaiig apa, isolaedad livig i he pas.

T adoptio of t Arabiclagag: Seveal laguages weeused by he Chisias o heseaeas, icludig Aamaic, Syiac,Chaldea, Copic ad Geek. Buelaively soo, hey all adopedhe Aabic laguage i heidaily lie, i hei liugies, ihei admiisaio ad i heieligious lieaue. Te Aabic

laguage allowed hese Chisiaso commuicae amog each oheas well as wih he suoudigew wold which was aisig.

T cotribtio to cltral lif:Ease Chisias aslaed majopas o he Helleisic culue,especially philosophy, medicie,ad he scieces, io Aabic. I ha

way hey eabled he ieaciobewee Aab-Muslim culue adhe Helleisic oe ad heeby

coibued o he developme ohe omaio o he Aab-Muslimculue, which became he mosimpoa oe a ha ime. Iaddiio o aslaio, hey alsopoduced esuls i hese culualelds. I was vey commo, i hapeiod, o a Muslim philosopheo be he disciple o a Chisiaoe ad vice vesa (he case o Al-Faabi is well kow).1

T formatio of t Arab-Critia ritag: EaseChisias o oly coibued ohe omaio o he Aab-Muslimculue bu developed oigialChisia hough i Aabici seveal eligious elds. Tisheiage is acually beig published

i a collecio eiled he AabChisia Heiage.

All hese acos wee decisive i he

omaio o Aab Chisiaiy as wekow i oday. Tis expeiece wassummaized by he Ease CaholicPaiachs i hese wods: We[Chisias ad Muslims] daw o asigle heiage o civilizaio. Each ous has coibued o is omaioaccodig o his ow geiusChisiaso he Eas ae a isepaable pa ohe culual ideiy o Muslims. I hesame way, Muslims o he Eas ae aisepaable pa o he culual ideiyo Chisias.2

Palesie was a pa o ha pocess.Howeve, he peculiaiy o hePalesiia expeiece was deemiedby uhe acos such as hegeogaphical posiio o Palesie a hecossoads o hee coies ad heuique eligious posiio o Palesieo he hee mooheisic eligios. Imode imes, he aue o Muslim-Chisia elaios i Palesie has beepooudly deemied by he agicPalesiia expeiece, sice Chisia

ad Muslim Palesiias sueedogehe, wee exiled ogehe, oughogehe ad shae he same aspiaioso he uue. All hese acosmake Muslim-Chisia elaios iPalesie deepe ha i ay ohe pao he Aab wold. Ta expeiece

was summaized i he PalestinianDeclaration o Independence, whichmeios Palesie as he lad o hehee mooheisic aihs, addig:

nouished by a uoldig seies ocivilizaios ad culues, ispied bya heiage ich i vaiey ad kid,he Palesiia Aab people added ois saue by cosolidaig a uiobewee isel ad is paimoial Lad.Te call we ou om temple, Chuchad Mosque ha o paise he Ceao,


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o celebae compassio ad peace wasideed he message o Palesie Tusshall hese piciples allow o depaueom Palesies age-old spiiual ad

civilizaioal heiage o oleace adeligious co-exisece.Whe Chisia-Muslim elaiosae sudied, i mus be wihi haamewok. Ups ad dows have o besee ad cosideed i ha coex.Ohewise, we misudesad addeom ealiy.

T sitatio of t PrtFis ad oemos, i has o be said ha

wha happeed i he pas has happeedagai i mode imes. I he secod

pa o he 19h ceuy, a movemecalled Te Aab Awakeig ookplace ad cosiues he e-ey o he

Aabs io mode hisoy. Wha haso be said hee is ha he Chisias ohe Aab wold o oly ook pa iha eewal bu wee also he pioeeso is culual, ecoomic ad poliicallie. Tis ealiy, which is sill ogoig,shows ha he Aab Chisias ae aiegal pa o hei socieies.Howeve, a he same ime, i also haso be said ha i he pas wo decades a

umbe o eves have occued o helocal, egioal ad ieaioal levels

which have deeply aeced Muslim-Chisia elaios. Ae he collapse ohe Sovie Uio, may poliicias adsaegiss, i seach o a ew eemy,saed o develop he idea o he clasho civilizaios by lookig a Islam ashe umbe oe eemy o he Wes.

Ae Sepembe 11h 2001, his edwas deepeed ad asomed ioacio (he was i Aghaisa, Iaq adecely i Lebao). Addiioally, wemus meio he ehic ad eligiouscleasig i he Balka aeas ad iohe pas o he wold; he Islamicudamealis movemes wihhei paallels i he Wes, especiallyi he USA; he eligious evival

which oe akes a udamealis

oieaio i Islam, Chisiaiy adJudaism; globalizaio i is Wesead Ameica oms; ad he choicisabiliy o he Aab wold wih is

huge poliical, ecoomic, culualad social poblems, eoism adviolece. Above all, we have o meiohe ogoig ieaioal iabiliy oesolve i a ai way he Palesiiapoblem ad is cosequeces suchas he ioleable oppessio o hePalesiia people.

All hese acos have ceaed aamosphee o esio, which aecsMuslim-Chisia elaios locally,egioally ad ieaioally. I

ha amosphee o esio, we havewiessed some aacks o Chisiaisiuios hee ad hee i heHoly Lad. Oe example is heaacks agais some chuches ae hedeclaaios o he Pope o rome oIslam. I puposely aise such a exampleo o miimize hese aacks bu ahe same ime o o exaggeae hemo o geealize abou hem. I hesecases, we have o ake io accou hepopula ad he ofcial eacios ohese acs. Te Muslim passesby i

Qabaia peveed he buig o hechuch ad oced he pepeaos oee. I he ohe ows whee suchacs occued, hey caused a geealoucy om he eie populaio wihis paies, civil ogaizaios, populamovemes, eligious ogaizaios adesablishmes as well as idividuals,showig ha hese wee he acs oisolaed pesos who did o epesehe whole commuiy ad ha heseacs wee viewed, ideed, as hamigMuslim-Chisia elaios adceaig a sese o ea i he Chisiacommuiy.

Prpctiv of t FtrA expeiece-pesoal o collecive-is eve saic. Ad i i wee o be so,i becomes a mummied expeiece

wihou lie ad uable o give lie. Aexpeiece is always a dyamic ealiy

which develops whe i is cooedwih challeges, ew appeals ad

ew eeds. Te Chisia-Muslimexpeiece i ou egio ad i oulad has o be pemaely developigad deepeig i ode o esue isuue.

Tis so o eecio has aleadybee akig place i Palesie ad ihe Aab wold, a eecio o heexpeiece o he pas i ode oadap i o he ew challeges o hepese. Tis wok is doe houghseveal chaels. Hee is Palesie, his

eecio is coduced by a umbe oogaizaios, such as Sabeel Ceead Al-Liqa Cee, which sice 1982have ogaized aual coeecesad diee iiiaives which aim odevelop Muslim-Chisia elaios iPalesie, icludig he IeaioalFoum i Behlehem, Passia (Palesiia

Academic Sociey o he Sudy oIeaioal Aais) i Jeusalem adohe oums ad ogaizaios.

Wihi his pespecive, I wouldlike o meio wo exs which deal

wih Muslim-Chisia elaios ihe Aab wold. Te s oe is acommo pasoal lee publishedby he Ease Caholic Paiachseiled ogether beore God or HumanBeings and Society: the Living ogetherbetween Christians and Muslims in the

Arab World (Chismas 1994). TeAssembly o he Caholic Paiachswas ceaed i 1990. I oe o isaual meeigs (1994), he Paiachsdiscussed Muslim-Chisia elaiosi he Aab wold ad cosequelypublished a commo pasoal leedealig wih hese elaios i he pasad he pese as well as oeig maypespecives o he uue.

Te secod docume is he wok ohe Aab Wokig Goup o Muslim-


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Chisia Dialogue, which is compisedo pomie idepede pesoaliiesom he diee Aab couies,

Muslim ad Chisia alike, ad whichhas ake seveal iiiaives o developMuslim-Chisia elaios i he Aab

wold. I he yea 2002, he gouppublished a impoa documeo he issue eiled Dialogue andCoexistence: An Arab Muslim-ChristianCovenant, which is, i my opiio,oe o he mos impoa exs o hisissue ad which deseves o be beekow ad sudied. I is peseed asa eecio o eligious believes, ooly as a poliical pespecive, ad i

has he couage o coo he ealpoblems acig Muslim-Chisiaelaios oday i he Aab Wold.

to ope he doo o he uue, Muslim-Chisia elaios i he Aab woldhave o ace a vaiey o issues, such as

muual kowledge, visceal pejudicesexisig o boh sides agais he ohe,public discouse ad is epecussios

o he commo people, poliics adeligio, he challege o oheess, hechallege o secaiaism, he culue odialogue, ad spiiualiy ad dialogue.Tis eecio aims o develop aculue o dialogue hough educaioi he amily, i he schools ad i hediee educaioal oums, such aschuches ad mosques.

CoclioCoexisece ivolves o oly lookig

1 he royal Isiue o Ieaih Sudies, ouded by Pice Hassa o Joda, has saed o edi a

dicioay o all he Chisia gues who coibued o he culual lie i ha peiod, wih a sho

biogaphy o each o hem. Te s volume is aleady published, coveig he s hee lees o he

alphabe, compisig 304 pages.

2 Commo Pasoal Lee: Te Chisia Pesece i he Middle Eas, Wiess ad Missio, 1992, .48.

Monsignor Rafq Khoury, Ph.D. in theology, priest o the Latin Patriarchate, a member o the Board orustees meeting center or religious studies and heritage in the Holy Land, a lecturer at Bethlehem Universityand the Faculty o Teology / Ableen. Has a large number o articles and books in the feld o specialization.

a oe aohe, bu also lookig ogehea he poo ad magialized. religiousdialogue ca be sogly developed

hough a commo eo o issues suchas developme, huma ighs, adsocial poblems. I ha case, coexisecebecomes wiessig ogehe. AsChisias ad Muslims i Palesiead i he Aab wold, we ae calledo wiess o he possibiliy o livigogehe beoe God ad humaiy,a coexisece which he eie woldaspies o. Livig ogehe is possible; iis decisive. Tis is ou wiess, ou hopead ou commime.

Wadi Qel Moasey i he Joda Valley

photobyTinaWhitehead.


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by Nanor Arakelian

Fom aoud he wold, egadless ooes aio, ace o ehiciy, people

joi i o woship ad pay, becomigoe wih he eligio ha God hasblessed hem wih by bih. Jeusalem

has always bee kow as holy goud,whee he hee heavely eligios,Judaism, Chisiaiy ad Islam, comeogehe. Tee eligios, oe God,migh be cousig, a melig po

whee oe migh expec a gh oGods accepace o o his saisacio,as whe childe ague abou who geso be he avoie i he eyes o hepaes!

Te walls o Jeusalem wap heseeligios ogehe uied i oe place.Tis small piece o lad ha all aios

have ough o ad sill gh ove,ha deedes have died o, whee heeelig is so sog ad so deep ha icao be explaied by wods, bu olyby acio.

Jeusalem has bee coqueed bydiee people ad aios ad has

bee uled ude he specic eligio ois coqueo, whehe duig he imeo Salah ad-di, he Cusades, heOoma Empie, he Biish madae,o o his day, he Isaeli goveme.Te people o Jeusalem, o hei cedi,have lived ogehe peaceully wih

hei eighbos. Whehe Chisiaso Muslims, hey have lived i peace,ageeig ha o mae wha, hey aeoe. People om diee eligioshave always bee ogehe, had ihad deedig each ohe, walkigogehe i good imes ad bad.I hisoy i is meioed ha heyhave lived side by side; hey showedlove by akig i ayoe who eededsheleig. Jeusalem opeed is dooso people o mae whee hey cameom o hei eligio. Fo example i

1915 duig he Ameia Geocide,may middle-ease couies -Syia, Lebao, Joda, Egyp, Iaqad Palesie - opeed hei homesad welcomed Ameias io heiamilies. May o hose amilies weeMuslim, ad ill his day elaioships

have bee kep ad he bods whichwee omed back i hose days ae silli eec.time ies by quickly, howeve, adcicumsaces houghou he yeashave played a cucial ole; dieeaspecs migle wih ou daily lives,

aecig us ad ou poliical, ecoomicad social decisios. Wih globalizaioad echology he wold is becomigsmalle ad smalle, ad people aecompeig moe wih each ohe o see

who ca come ou o op. Someimeswe le ou geed o ame o moeymake us oge abou he love ha

we should have o oe aohe, heimpoace o humaiy ad he peaceo mid ha o amou o moey cabuy. Poliics has played he bigges oleuil his day, iuecig ou daily lie

cicumsaces, especially i Palesie.Eve hough i is a small couy i issill divese wih diee ideologies(poliical o ohe) ad backgouds(eligio ad ace) icludig mioiies.neveheless, eligio has eve comebewee ay o hese caegoies. Uil

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A Christian or a Muslim?

his day, a Muslim amily keeps he keyo he Chuch o he Holy Sepulche

wih he cose o all Chisiachuches.

Uouaely, owadays eligio ishavig a huge impac hough poliicsas well as a eec o he culualaspecs o sociey, whee he iueceo ou-souces has pu pessue o

Jeusalem om hee ways: he Islamicwold, Isael, beig epeseaive ohe Jewish wold, ad he Chisiacouies. Tis ieaioal pessueeds o cause a egaive eegy amogs

Jeusalemies which is he esul o heesio ad sess accumulaed omhe sociey wihi, he collisio o he

Nanor Arakelian is an Armenian Palestinian, raised in Ramallah, and living in Jerusalem. Recentlygraduated rom Bethlehem University with a degree in Sociology, she works at Musalaha Ministry oReconciliation.

by Nedal Zahran

I was walkig aoud Bizei oesumme aeoo whe I me hisyoug boy o ve whom I oe sawad chaed wih. I was glad o see himagai ad so I saed speakig o him. I

cao emembe how ou covesaiosaed, bu I clealy emembe howi eded. Ae you a Chisia o aMuslim? he asked. I was so shockeda his quesio ha I sood hee o amiue o kowig how o espod.Should I ell him abou he hid goupo which I belog ha he migh ocompehed? O should I discedi hisquesio diplomaically? Choosig hesecod opio, I asked Why should imae i you ejoy alkig o me?I he ramallah o he lae 80s ad ealy

90s whee I gew up, I do o emembeeligious ideiy beig so soglyemphasised i ou covesaios. I eveecall a uy icide abou my seligio class whe hey asked us ogo ad sepaae io wo goups, ad Ieded up goig o he wog class.

today, you ca sill hea he sadaddiscouse abou ieaih elaios iPalesie comig om eligious leades,poliicias ad he ielligesia, holdigou commuiy as a symbol o oleace,coexisece ad muual espec. Te wodo he see, howeve, echoes a dieediscouse: oe o idepede ideiies

ad muually exclusive commuiiessepaaed alog eligious lies. I oelooks deeply io he dyamics o hePalesiia commuiy oday, oe caclealy eel walls sadig ou o sepaaecommuiies i a mae ha was evehee beoe.Te oo causes o his pheomeoae udesadable. Te secaiapolaisaio i he egio, coupled wihhe ise o eligious goups as poliicalacos ca pooudly impac hedevelopme o ew oms o ideiy

ad blu he commo aioal ideiywe have shaed o geeaios. Myieio is o o pai a dak picue

ieess i-couy wih he exemissaoud he wold, leadig o esioamogs he people. Fo example,may poessios have employees om

diee eligios; hey wok ogehe,hey alk ogehe ad eve joke adhave a laugh ogehe. Fogeig hesessul amosphee o ealiy, he uiyo ieaih is obseved. Howeve,ae wok hous we also oice heealiy check we go back o, ad hepessue om ou social goups adhei expecaios ha makes us a lilebi uhe om oe aohe. Howeve,

we ae hakul ha alhough wih allhe ieaioal pessue ha is upo

Jeusalem, we ae sill able o see heay o hope ad keep iac wih oe

aohe ude oe aio; Chisiaclegy sill aed o Ia i ramadawih Muslim Sheikhs, ad hei cleicsshae holiday geeigs wih Chisiasad hei chuches. Tis isel isieaih uiy.Ae all, eligio is a elaioship wihGod, bu he couy is a elaioship

wih is people.

o he siuaio, bu o aise a alam oa cisis i he makig. I is he duy oeveyoe coceed wih good ieaihelaios ad maiaiig civil peace oace his ac ad admi ha acio isecessay.

Whe I was asked o wie o Sabeels

ewslee, I hough ha I should wieabou how I am iegaed io a divesecommuiy like ha o ramallah. Mydiec commuiy is a libeal oe wheeaih (o lack o i) is eve a acoha deemies elaios beweeidividuals. I does, i ac, symbolisehe mos oble oms o ieaihelaioships. Ye I am coceed hacommuiies like mie ae becomigmoe ad moe difcul o d. I amwoied ha my childe will o havehe chace o live i such a commuiy.

Ta is why I am usig his plaom oaise my coces ad hopig ha someacio migh ollow.

Nedal Zahran, is a specialist in international development and private sector development. He graduatedrom Li Po Chun UWC in 1999. He then went on to obtain a BA in Economics rom Birzeit University,Palestine and MA in International Development rom the University o Manchester, UK.



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I have beahed io humas My spii,he Koa says, le us always cosideouselves as i he Holy Oe dwellswihi, he talmud eaches, I is ologe I who live, bu Chis who livesi me, Chisiaiy says. Bu i we aeall vessels o he divie, how ca we useeligio o jusiy desucio o ohehuma beigs?

take wih pemissio om Becoming Fully Human.rowma & lileed Publishes. Ic.,Laham, MD

Pay o ieaih dialogue;o people o ohe aihs ad ideologies;o siuaios ad places i he woldwhee hee is wa ad coic.

May people o diee aihs ad beliesd udesadigi hei commo seach o meaig.

take wih pemissio om Tis is the Day,edied by neil Paye, Wild Goose Publicaio,Glasgow.


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by Mustaa Abu Sway

O Oc. 12, 2012, I eceived a emailwih he subjec beig Ou DamableAabs! 1450! Te ame o he sede,Cuis, shows ha he did o live upo he oigial meaig o his ame;hee is ohig coueous abou hismessage which icludes he ollowigquoaio:With permission rom the Author,Cornerstone edited out the quotationbecause o its disgustingly abusive

language.Such aaive is vey oesive, ado oly o Muslims.Te sede o he email ivies peopleo ead a ceai Islamophobic ovel ideese o he Fis Amedme ad

Ameica eedom. How does sucha aaive help poec he eedom

o expessio? People who ae i hebusiess o geeaig xeophobichae speech do o esic hemselveso huig Muslims; hey oediscimiae agais ohe mioiiesas well.Islamophobia icludes iaioal eao Muslims, haed, discimiaioi ecoomic ad social isiuios,he dissemiaio o misiomaioo seeoyped images abou Islamo Muslims, ad vebal o physicalabuse owads Muslims o Islamic

isiuios. Some o he wos omso Islamophobia iclude buig heHoly Qua ad idiculig PopheMuhammad (Peace be upo him)ude he bae o he eedom ospeech.

While he coied em Islamophobiais elaively vey ew, he pheomeo

exiss om he vey ealy days o Islam.no pophe was eve acceped wihope ams by his people. All o hem

wee idiculed, shued ad, whe heyudemied exisig powe sucues,hei people ploed agais hem okill hem, ad someimes he plosucceeded. Te asce commuiy obelieves aced pesecuio a he hadso he lage commuiy ad may

wee mayed. Tis was he case wihMoses, Jesus ad Muhammad, peace beupo hem.

Islamophobic aaives y o poayMuslims as oally ohe; hee isohig commo bewee hem ad

wesees. Bu i hose wesees aeJews ad Chisias, he deielyhee ae may commoaliies. Isubscibe o he lage huma amilypicue whee all o us shae s ad

Ongoing IslamophobiaPayig ogehe o Palesiia deaiees i he Domiica Chuch, Jeusalem.


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oemos beig huma. I addiio,egadig he People o he Book, Iadvocae a heology o so-oheess.I we decosuc he pos-evelaioal

wok o heologias amogs heollowes o hese hee eligios, we

will be vey close o each ohe, i oideical! neveheless, i he ligh ocue dieeces, oe ca highligh apocess o iclusio aslaig he loveo God io a love o oes eighbo,

whee he eighbo is absoluely ee

o pacice he eligio ad peseveculual ideiy i a ue muliculualmode sociey. A ue coviveciadoes o equie oe o coom oa pevailig way o lie, because helae is eve chagig. Tis is oabou idiee oleace. I is abouaccepace o he igh o he ohe obe diee. Tis is somehig o becelebaed ad o oleaed oly. Oeca oly hik abou how we haveeaed (ae eaig!) ou ow eligiousmioiies wihi he same adiio,

he cosa eed o disiguish usom hem. Ieal ioleace couldlead o a exeal oe, agais oheeligios, ad o disiguish couldbe aslaed i pacice o puiy,leadig o ehic cleasig.May Islamophobes sell hemselvesas expes o Islam ad Muslims.Tey ypically claim ha hey haveo poblem wih Islam o modeaeMuslims, bu hey decide who ismodeae o o. I oe quesios adopposes ujus oeig policies, oeig

occupaio ad all he immigs oeo-coloialism, he s/he could bepeseed as a exemis. While oeca iom he discussio o have amoe epeseaive ad jus coveageo a specic issue elaed o Islam adMuslims, he oo o he poblem is o

make sue ha we live i a jus wold.Coloialism has o come o a ed, adome coloial powes have o ivesi he souh o ose povey, amie,

illieacy ad disease.Whe I was ieviewed by hePalesiia naioal tV egadig TeIocece o Muslims, which depicedhe Pophe i he wos possiblesceaios, I was asked abou wha shouldbe he eacio o Muslims. I explaiedha while i was expeced ha Muslims

would be deeply oeded ad agy,hee was o jusicaio o violeceagais oeig aioals o damage opublic popey. I also said ha o bepoacive, we Muslims should make a

movie abou Jesus Chis, oly o sayhow much we love him ad his moheMay, peace be upo hem. I Islamicheology, a isul o oe pophe is aisul o all o hem.I moe ha ouee ceuies, heage o Islam, hee wee eve ayegaive wiigs abou Jesus Chiso his mohe. He iegiy was evequesioed by Muslim scholas. Teoly majo dieece is ha hee

was o diviizaio. Moses himsel ismeioed mos i he Qua, ad

o ohe pophe comes eve close ohim quaiaively, hough belie i all

o hem o he same level is a aicleo aih (Te Holy Qua, Sua Al-Baqaa, 2: 285).I did say also ha he Uied Saes

Goveme isel is o ivolved ihe makig o such a hoible movie,ad ha Ameicas hemselves aeo esposible o he acio o heew. I sessed, based o my pesoalkowledge, ha may Jews adChisias did codem such aIslamophobic movie. Tis does omea ha abuse o he eedom oexpessio is accepable. Cao weagee ha oedig eligios shouldbe excluded om he eedom oexpessio?

I do believe ha a he hea o hepoblem is he lack o ue kowledgeabou Islam. Te majo media oulesmigh coibue, wihou delvig ioieios, o a seeoyped image oIslam ad Muslims ha is difcul ochage easily. I is he so o coveageha educes 1.6 billio Muslims o amoolihic egaive picue because ohe behavio o he ew.Uouaely, Islamophobia migh odisappea soo. Fouaely, people ogoodwill ca make his wold a bee

place, God willig.

Proessor Mustaa Abu Sway is Proessor o Philosophy and Islamic Studies at Al-Quds University inJerusalem, Palestine, since 1996. He has recently been appointed as the frst holder o the Integral Chairor the Study o Imam Ghazalis Work at Al-Masjid-al-Aqsa and Al-Quds University.

A he hea o he poblem is he lack oue kowledge abou Islam. Te majomedia oules migh coibue... o aseeoyped image o Islam ad Muslims.


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