Religious Leaders Stand Up For Peace Amid Anti-Muslim Attacks

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The group held an interfaith pilgrimage promoting unity and condemning extremism.

12/21/2015 06:39 pm ET
Jaweed Kaleem
Senior Religion Reporter, The Huffington Post

Amid a spike in anti-Muslim assaults, vandalism and death threats around the country since the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino and growing sentiment against the resettlement of Muslim refugees, congregations of all faiths have scrambled to think of ways to curb the violence and call for peace.

In Washington, D.C., on Sunday, the Washington National Cathedral played host to an interfaith pilgrimage of Christians, Jews and Muslims who walked with each other from congregation to congregation, calling for the faithful choose "unity over extremism."

For over 90 minutes, a small yet influential group of religious leaders marched with dozens of community members from the Washington Hebrew Congregation to the cathedral before ending at the Islamic Center of Washington.

Along the way, they held signs quoting the Quran on unity and condemning extremism.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/interfaith-rally-muslims-christians-jews_567878ffe4b0b958f657a51f

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1. It's nice to see more of this kind of thing.

And another link to use whenever low-information types demand to know where the condemnations are.

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2. The interesting thing about interfaith activities is that most of them are local.

Right where they're needed.

This one was a rare national showing.