Tag Archives: peace provocateurs
Wakano: “This one is really small”
Curious and eager for information imam Abidin Wakano from the Moluccas visited a synagogue for the first time in his life. What’s up with the discussion here on ritual slaughter? He wanted to know. How are Jews and Muslims working together? “This visit is very important for him”, Jacky Manuputty, reverend and friend, said after […]
Manuputty: “It’s all about trust”
In their mission to get the interreligious dialogue going and showing the world -and especially their own communities- that difficulties can be overcome by talking, reverend Jacky Manuputty and imam Abidin Wakano paid a visit to the “Bait al Rahmaan” mosque in Ridderkerk. Jacky Manuputty: “My task is also to bridge the communities here. There’s […]
It was unique, yes, maybe even a milestone
“It was a very important evening and I am so happy that it happened here; in our mosque in Ridderkerk. It was unique, yes, maybe even a milestone. A reverend and an imam sitting together in a mosque, talking about peace, now that’s really something. It doesn’t happen here. We do smile at each other, […]
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