Religious tolerance

A turning point in religious history - opinion

The Fourth of July also commemorates a turning point in Western religious history that was a blessing to the Jews.

The Battle of Long Island in the US Revolutionary War.
Multiethnic western and middle eastern business team working together in an office of Dubai. Sales people and employees at work on new projects

What Abu Dhabi taught me about tolerance

JORDAN’S QUEEN RANIA: She argued in a CNN interview in November 2023 that ‘Israel uses antisemitism to deflect criticism,’ the writers note.

Queen Rania and manifestations of antisemitism in Jordan - opinion

EVYATAR DAVID, a 24-year-old hostage, is seen in a Hamas video released last month. While our hostages starve in tunnels, the world remains blind to their suffering, the writer charges.

Extremism and antisemitism are becoming mainstream - opinion


Pakistan rejects US commission report on religious freedom

Prime minister’s aide tells The Media Line that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are not being misused against minority groups

 Muslims attend Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan April 22, 2023.

What kind of tolerance is needed in Israel today? - opinion

Tolerance can mean all kinds of things these days. It appears that we are afflicted with “tolerance confusion.”

 IT APPEARS that we are afflicted with tolerance confusion, says the writer.

The House of Religions: From Hindu Temple to kosher kitchen - opinion

Eight religious groups share the communal spaces which comprise a restaurant, a library, meeting and conference rooms in Bern.

 RABBI MICHAEL KOHN and Sasikumar Tharmalingam – the two men, a rabbi and a Hindu priest, came together to work out a system of cooperation in precisely the manner and purpose for which the House of Religions was created.

Pregnant woman banned from entering hospital with hametz

This occurred shortly after the "Hametz Law" passed in Knesset prohibiting Israelis from bringing hametz into hospitals nationwide. 

 CLEARLY, THE BIG hametz controversy is a crummy excuse for Idit Silman’s behavior.

Celebrate the faces of Israel in Jerusalem

April 27 at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem

 Museum of Tolerance

Netanyahu assures no law against Christians after missionary bill outrage

Evangelical Christian groups have supported the Zionist cause in various capacities for decades, and have close relationships with Israeli institutions.

 Head of the Finance committee MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2023.

US gov't commission ‘seeks assurances’ for status quo of Jerusalem holy sites

The commission said it had recorded an increase in the targeting of churches, mosques, and synagogues, as well as religious sites.

A priest shows a gravestone allegedly vandalized by Jewish men in the Christian cemetery on Mount Zion, in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 4, 2023.

The UAE's Abrahamic Family House is a shift in modern history - opinion

Having three holy houses represent the three Abrahamic religions helps bring people from these three faiths to one place

 Abrahamic Family House on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi in the UAE.

Five rabbis sue Missouri over abortion bans on religious freedom grounds

They are seeking to overturn a blanket ban on abortions except in the case of a medical emergency.

 THE ‘JEWISH RALLY for Abortion Justice’ rally near the US Capitol in May. The rally, hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women, took place two weeks after the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s potential decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Museum of Tolerance, municipality dispute intensifies ahead of court hearing

After 20 years, Simon Wiesenthal Center museum still not open. City sent harsh letter recently to the board demanding that it open its doors.

 The Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.