eSefarad Noticias del Mundo Sefaradi
27 April 2018
In Honor of Dr. Mohamed al-Issa, General Secretary of the Muslim World League and Saudi Arabia’s Former Justice Minister, for standing-up for historical truth and the possibility of peace at a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations with American Sephardi Federation event this week honoring Muslims who, in the face of the absolute evil perpetrated by Nazi Germany and its allies, respected and protected Jewish minorities living amongst them and Jewish refugees who fled the Nazi onslaught. Dr. al-Issa said: “We have to try to assert our joint values and our joint goals simply because society loves harmony. We should carry on with dialogue, and we should never listen to voices of hatred and exclusion.” The event also included ASF’s Partner Association Mimouna and official representatives of several Muslim-majority countries—Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Morocco—where Jews were protected and who are committed to Jewish-Muslim cooperation today. In the classic Sephardic tradition of tolerance and inclusion, ASF’s delegation to the event included Muslim scholars and communal leaders, including our friends from the Moroccan Americans in New York and Muslim American Leadership Alliance.
