Interfaith leaders urge political parties to reject Islamophobia

IRFWP Director, Dr. Frank Kaufmann has been invited as a “featured guest” to events surrounding the efforts of ISNA to highlight Muslim opposition to religious and violent extremism, and to present interfaith solidarity among leaders and believers of all faiths to stand shoulder to shoulder with friends and believers, brothers and sisters in the world’s great faith traditions.

Dr. Kaufmann is featured with ISNA this week representing Bridges to Common Ground, and its recent release of The Qur’an – with References to the Bible: A Contemporary Understanding 

The meeting opened with a press conference that received wide media attention

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick greets Former ISNA President Imam Mohamed Magid during a press conference pushing national political parties to reject anti-Muslim bigotry in the elections at National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on April. 14, 2016. Religion News Service photo by Aysha Khan

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick greets former ISNA President Imam Mohamed Magid during a press conference pushing political parties to reject election anti-Muslim bigotry at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2016. Religion News Service photo by Aysha Khan

Read one such media report on this pressing initiative here

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