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Coming as Strangers, Leaving as Friends

The 2018 Ramadan season began on May 15th. That evening, Muslims gathered around the country and the world to celebrate the first Iftar dinner of the year. This tradition is one that Muslims celebrate yearly following the lunar calendar as an important part of the holy month of Ramadan. This month is marked by fasting[…]

Taking a stand for dignity

Taking a stand for dignity

What do you get when you put Muslim women, Christian women, and 31 days of dresses together? You get a group of fashionable ladies who are deeply committed to seeing justice served, dignity restored, and oppression eradicated in the world!     We are a group of Muslim and Christian women participating in Dressember, a[…]

What to do with all the fear?

What to do with all the fear?

As I got ready to go to a bonfire with Muslim and Christian young adults, I realized something terrible had happened that day in Paris and Beirut the day before. I’m not sure why I wasn’t aware of this earlier, but as I scrolled down my Facebook Feed and saw all the responses my mind got anxious and my[…]

Celebrating our 6-month-aversary and looking to the Future

This past week we celebrate six months since we went ‘live’ with our 2 Faiths 1 Friendship initiative! We especially want to celebrate and thank you, our readers, for what you’ve accomplished in these past 6 months: Because of you, in just 6 short months, we had: * 5646 readers from 104 countries; 131 people starting to follow us on Instagram, 403 in our[…]

Crossing the great divide: The doorstep

Crossing the great divide: The doorstep

At 7:30pm, the doorbell rings. On one side of the door are the hosts, who, despite having been fasting from food and drink for the past 16 hours, have prepared a delicious iftar dinner for company. They are excited to share this Ramadan meal but are also nervous about hosting strangers at their home. Will my[…]

When mosques are targets of hatred…

“Our team wanted nothing more than to drive to Phoenix and stand in solidarity with the mosque that was going to be protested by a radical biker gang. When we first heard the news, the thought of the “ring of peace” that Muslims formed around a targeted synagogue in Oslo and around a church in Egypt and Pakistan came[…]

Middle East Conflict: What is Mine to Do?

Watching the news about the Middle East each day is overwhelming, to say the least. Muslims and Christians (and many other groups!) face death, loss of family and friends, property and dignity. The suffering and pain is indescribable. Several close friends in the region are doing very brave work providing in medical, educational and spiritual help[…]

No one likes others to speak for them

“So you’re Christian?” I nodded in agreement. “O, that’s so interesting! I just took a class on Christianity” said the middle-aged Muslim lady, ready to start engaging me in conversation about what she’d learned about my faith. “No way! How cool! Where did you take the class?” “At my mosque… it ended just last week”[…]

The MLK Day I’ll never forget

The MLK Day I’ll never forget

My heart was pounding in my chest. I slowly felt my body heating up and my mind was racing. “This is it,” I thought. This was a test. What was I going to do? Was I going to be a spectator and stay silent, letting the words of hatred, prejudice, and stereotyping wash over me?[…]