Are Muslims Treated As Outsiders In Their Own Country? : NPR

Muslim cab drivers rescue New York City's oldest Jewish bagel bakery from closing, plan to keep it kosher – NY Daily News. The oldest Jewish bialy and bagel shop in New York City is being rescued by two Muslim cab drivers — and they plan to keep it kosher.  Coney Island Bialys and Bagels — founded in 1920 by Morris Rosenzweig, a Jewish immigrant of Bialystok, Poland — was about to go out of business until two unlikely proprietors saved it.  Zafaryab Ali and Peerzada Shah said the first bagels and bialys they ever tasted when they immigrated here from…

The Ariane de Rothschild (AdR) Fellowship program (www.adrfellowship.com) to be held at Columbia Business School in partnership with University of Cambridge, UK, starting July 4 – July 16, 2010. Last date to receive applications is January 22, 2010. This is an intercultural and interfaith initiative which aims to define new paradigm of dialogue between Muslims and Jews from UK, USA and France. The Fellowship aims to develop a network of entrepreneurs with a demonstrated interest in social change and cross cultural dialogue. It is an endeavor to create a new brand of both dialogue and social entrepreneurship that allows for…

Unfortunately, I think the title is misleading. At least the author says he knows nothing about Park51. Most of us don’t, and that’s why I am ambivalent. However, it is a good discussion about the need for religious freedom. The Faith Divide: An evangelical supports mosque near Ground Zero – On Faith at washingtonpost.com. You might think I’m a liberal or mainline Christian. Not at all. I’m an Evangelical, a conservative Evangelical at that, and an Evangelistic Evangelical to top it all off – that means I tell everyone I can in a polite way about Jesus. I believe Jesus…