Abrahamic Family Reunion

This edition of the Abrahamic Family Reunion biweekly Newsletter is unique in many ways.

First, we collect three Guest columns published last month in the Washington Post’s On Faith section on the general theme of the proposed Muslim community center near Ground Zero. Second, AFR is intimately connected with each author. Joe Montville introduced John Kiser to Padraic O’Hare which resulted in the establishment of the Ignac Goldziher Prize. And Joe chaired the jury that selected Mark Cohen for the first Goldziher Prize. Each of these columns is powerful and enlightening, well worth sharing with wider circles, printing out and saving.

• House of prayer near Ground Zero? Yes! – by Padraic O’Hare

• America already is an Islamic society – by John Kiser

• Americans must transcend ignorance on mosque near Ground Zero – by Mark Cohen