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Ukraine’s Muslims: where do they stand on the crisis?

Al Arabiya By Paul Crompton For Ukraine’s Muslims, the ongoing political crisis should not directly affect their 500,000 member community, according to the country’s grand mufti. However, according to observers, a Russia-leaning swing in politics could be “totally suicidal” for Ukrainian Muslims.  The crisis in Ukraine, which reflects the conflict between those who want the country to remain aligned with Russia and those who want closer integration with western Europe, could threaten to split the...
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In the Ukraine Crisis, Don’t Forget the Welfare of the Jewish and Muslim Minorities

Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier Back in May 2011, the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, for which I serve as president, co-sponsored an international conference in Kiev together with the Ukrainian Jewish Committee to fight against anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Ukraine and around the world. During the conference, I met many wonderful Jewish and Muslim Ukrainians — many of the latter from the Crimean Tatar community — all of whom told me that despite long and bitter histories of anti-Jewish...
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Jøder og muslimer føler sig trådt påBerlingske

By Theis Engmann Fødevareminister Dan Jørgensen (S) forbød en slagtemetode, som ikke har været anvendt i årevis. Alligevel mødte en delegation af imamer og rabbinere i går op hos ministeren for at gøre opmærksom på deres utilfredshed. En international delegation bestående af jøder og muslimer satte i går fødevareminister Dan Jørgensen (S) i stævne på hans kontor i Fødevareministeriet. De er oprørte over forbuddet mod slagtning uden bedøvelse, som trådte i kraft 17. februar. Ingen slagterier har...
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A Muslim-Jewish Silver Lining in a European Dark Cloud

Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier Last week, I had the privilege of leading a delegation of European imams and rabbis to meet with Council of Europe (COE) Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland at COE headquarters in Strasbourg, and to present to him a petition signed by more than 500 European Muslim and Jewish leaders calling for revocation of a recent resolution passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) urging the nation states of Europe to consider banning the circumcision...
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A Muslim-Jewish Silver Lining To A Darkening European Cloud

The Times of Israel By Rabbi Marc Schneier Last week, I had the privilege of leading a delegation of European imams and rabbis to meet with Council of Europe (COE) Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland at COE headquarters in Strasbourg, and to present to him a petition signed by more than 500 European Muslim and Jewish leaders calling for revocation of a recent resolution passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) urging the nation states of Europe to consider banning the...
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Jews, Muslims unite to combat circumcision ban

Ynet Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland tells delegation of Muslim, Jewish leaders that religious discrimination of minorities is ‘a very dangerous avenue to pursue’ VIDEO – Just days before the Council of Europe is scheduled to hold hearings on a controversial resolution supporting banning male circumcision across the continent, a 10-person delegation of Muslim and Jewish clerics met with the organization’s secretary-general, Thorbjorn Jagland. The meeting was...
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Knesset Producing Film to Fight Anti-Circumcision Laws

The Jerusalem Post By Lahav Karov and Sam Sokol PACE secretary-general calls motion limiting minority rights dangerous; MK Shai plans to screen pro-circumcision short in PACE committee meeting. The Knesset is producing a short pro-circumcision documentary, to be filmed this week and shown in a committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe next week. On Monday, MK Nachman Shai (Labor) will represent Israel in the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development,...
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Circoncision: Des associations demandent au Conseil de l'Europe de revoir sa resolution

20 Minutes LEGISLATION L’assemblée parlementaire de l’organisation paneuropéenne (APCE) a voté le 1er octobre une résolution classant la «circoncision des jeunes garçons pour des motifs religieux» parmi les «violations de l’intégrité physique des enfants» à combattre… Des responsables juifs et musulmans ont plaidé ce lundi auprès du secrétaire général du Conseil de l’Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, pour que l’assemblée parlementaire de l’organisation paneuropéenne...
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Mandela’s Road To Reconciliation; The Next Stop On The Journey

The Times of Israel By Rabbi Marc Schneier In 2003, I traveled to South Africa with my dear friend, Martin Luther King III, at the invitation of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, where we spoke at their centenary celebration on the state of black-Jewish relations in the United States. During the civil rights struggle, no segment of American society provided as much and as consistent support to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to African-Americans, as did the Jewish community. Martin and...
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‘The Real Challenge Is To Love The Stranger’

The Jewish Week By Sandee Brawarsky A local rabbi and imam try to bridge a wide gulf. Rabbi Marc Schneier is the founder and president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, an organization that works internationally to promote understanding and cooperation between Jews and other ethnic communities. He recently published with Imam Shamsi Ali “Sons of Abraham: A Candid Conversation about the Issues That Divide and Unite Jews and Muslims” (Beacon Press), featuring a foreword by President Bill...
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