An imam told an interfaith audience last Wednesday that, according to the Prophet Mohammed, great honour should be paid to the Jews who escaped from their Egyptian slave-masters in biblical times.
Rezia Wahid cats to Miriam Winston at the
interfaith third seder
Sheikh Salah al-Ansari of Basingstoke Mosque was addressing a third seder at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John’s Wood, held under the auspices of Alif-Aleph UK, which promotes contact between British Muslims and Jews.
It was organised by the group’s founder president, Dr Richard Stone, who wanted to replicate the success of a seder he arranged 15 years ago for Jews and members of the black community.
Afro-Caribbeans and a Japanese woman were among more than 40 invited guests, as were government advisers, councillors, police representatives and Liberal Jewish Synagogue congregants.
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