Dear Brothers and Sisters
One of the main principles of Islam is peace. It encourages human beings to reach the greatest level of mutual understanding, cooperation & love. Through diversity in race, color, gender which creates an interest in mutual interaction between humanity members. An Interaction intended to promote peace through knowing and cooperating with one another to civilize the world.
Yehia
EGYPT
Introduction
The American-Islamic Friendship Project (AIFP) was started by an American seeking to build better relations between the people of America and the Muslim world. The Project collects messages of peace and friendship from Americans to people in the Muslim world and from people in the Muslim world to Americans. We want to publish the messages in a book to be distributed in America and various Muslim countries. The goal is to build greater understanding and friendship between our countries by allowing the voices of “ordinary” people to be heard, dispelling the perception that Americans and people in the Muslim world are hostile to each other, and connecting Americans and people from diverse Muslim countries in promoting our common desire for a more peaceful world.
Get Involved!
Here are some much-needed ways to get involved in the American-Islamic Friendship Project:
1. Contribute a message to the book. Any message is welcome as long as it promotes peace, friendship, and understanding (messages that do not will not be accepted). It can be as short as a sentence or as long as a page. Anonymous messages are also welcome, but please identify your country. Messages can be posted in the blog-posting space below. (Go to the bottom of any of my posts and click on "comments" to post a message. Until I figure out how to automatically display the comments on the main page, I will re-post the comments on the main page so that they can be seen easily.) Messages can also be emailed to: rebecca.cataldi@gmail.com (please put "American-Islamic Friendship Project" in the subject line). For information on sending hard-copy messages via postal mail, please write to the above email address.
2. Share a copy of the pre-published book with people in your community. Messages gathered so far have been compiled in a pre-published book. Please contact rebecca.cataldi@gmail.com about the possibiliy of receiving a copy.
3. Connect us with organizations or people who may like to receive a copy of the book or contribute messages. The book has so far been sent to various places in Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. We are always looking for new places to send the book and for places where we can gather new messages for the final published version. Contacts at schools are particularly appreciated.
4. Help us find a publisher/distributor for the final book.
5. Make a donation. Please contact rebecca.cataldi@gmail.com for more information.
1. Contribute a message to the book. Any message is welcome as long as it promotes peace, friendship, and understanding (messages that do not will not be accepted). It can be as short as a sentence or as long as a page. Anonymous messages are also welcome, but please identify your country. Messages can be posted in the blog-posting space below. (Go to the bottom of any of my posts and click on "comments" to post a message. Until I figure out how to automatically display the comments on the main page, I will re-post the comments on the main page so that they can be seen easily.) Messages can also be emailed to: rebecca.cataldi@gmail.com (please put "American-Islamic Friendship Project" in the subject line). For information on sending hard-copy messages via postal mail, please write to the above email address.
2. Share a copy of the pre-published book with people in your community. Messages gathered so far have been compiled in a pre-published book. Please contact rebecca.cataldi@gmail.com about the possibiliy of receiving a copy.
3. Connect us with organizations or people who may like to receive a copy of the book or contribute messages. The book has so far been sent to various places in Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. We are always looking for new places to send the book and for places where we can gather new messages for the final published version. Contacts at schools are particularly appreciated.
4. Help us find a publisher/distributor for the final book.
5. Make a donation. Please contact rebecca.cataldi@gmail.com for more information.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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Dear all be it a christian a muslim a hindu a sikh a buddhist or a jew. We need to understand that all religions terminate at the one God we all believe in. How we address our God and believe in him and pray to him is our personal decision. No one has the right to judge another human being or question his or her beliefs. We need to learn to respect ourselves first and then the people around us. Islam today has been labelled as a terrorist religion, even though it is the most moderate peaceful and liberal religion of all which talks of equality between man and woman. It talks about forgiveness tolerance and love among all. Violence is not Islam. Neither is terrorism. We need to live and let live and stop interfering in each others affairs to a point where hatred and frustration become the focus of our relationship.
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