NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Aziza Hasan, executive director of NewGround, and Alyson Freedman, a member of Sisterhood Salaam Shalom, about the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: This week of intense violence and the prospect of more violence to come is having a deep emotional impact on those who care about both Israelis and Palestinians. Aziza Hasan is the executive director of the interfaith group NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership For Change.AZIZA HASAN: There’s tremendous grief and pain and nausea and anger all at once, and the feeling of isolation makes all of that worse.DETROW:…
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A journey of knowledge and discovery to take together on a daily basis and in a great spirit of acceptance, while facing the many challenges that the world presents. We spoke about it with Antonio Salimbeni and Rita Moussallem, the leaders of the Center for Interreligious Dialogue (CDI). In a global landscape undergoing profound transformation towards an increasingly multicultural and multireligious society, the Focolare Movement promotes dialogue between religions, so that the religious pluralism of humanity is not the cause of divisions and wars, but contributes to brotherhood and peace. Antonio Salimbeni and Rita Moussallem, heads of the Center for…