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Evolution of interfaith friendships led to powerful experience of 'trialogue' : Church, synagogue and mosque unite to combat hate and stereotypes
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article41975
- Author
- Folkins, Tali
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2019 January
- Author
- Folkins, Tali
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2019 January
- Volume
- 145
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 1, 13
- Notes
- For about three years, Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, the founding and current rabbi of City Shul, a Reform Jewish synagogue, and Canon Gary van der Meer, incumbent of St. Anne's Anglican Church and interfaith officer for the diocese of Toronto, have been doing a preaching exchange between their Toronto congregations. "In early 2013, van der Meer met Ilyas Ally, the son of Shabir Ally -- imam at the Islamic Information and Dawah Centre International, a nearby mosque, and former host of 'Let the Quran Speak', a Toronto-produced television show on Islam -- and the two discovered they shared an interest in interfaith relationships" (p. 13). "The strong links that already existed among the three places of worship ... have made it possible for them to quickly lend support to one another in the aftermath of violent attacks. After the mass shooting at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec on Sunday Jan. 29, 2017 ... St. Anne's and City Shul organized a 'ring of peace' around their friend's mosque" (p. 13). "Tragically, Dawah Centre congregants had the opportunity to send a similar message to City Shul this fall [2018], after a gunman opened fire on worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Penn., October 27 [2018], killing 11 and injuring seven" (p. 13).
- Subjects
- Interfaith dialogue - Canada
- Interfaith dialogue - Anglican Church of Canada
- Christianity - Relations - Judaism
- Christianity - Relations - Islam
- van der Meer, Gary
- Goldstein, Elyse, 1955-
- Ally, Ilyas
- Muslims - Canada
- Mass murder- Quebec (Province) - Quebec City
- Congregation Tree of Life (Pittsburgh, Pa.)