Jewish Daily Forward A joint delegation of observant Muslims and Jews made the case to the Danish ambassador to the United States that his country’s ban on ritual slaughter was harmful to its reputation. Leading the 10-person delegation to meet Peter Taksøe-Jensen on Feb. 27 were Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president for the Foundation for Continue Reading »
Jewish Daily Forward A joint delegation of observant Muslims and Jews made the case to the Danish ambassador to the United States that his country’s ban on ritual slaughter was harmful to its reputation. Leading the 10-person delegation to meet Peter Taksøe-Jensen on Feb. 27 were Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president for the Foundation for Continue Reading »
Berlingske By Michala Rask Mikkelsen En delegation af amerikanske muslimer og jøder mødes torsdag aften med den danske ambassadør i USA for at udtrykke deres bekymring over Danmarks nylige forbud mod religiøs slagtning uden bedøvelse. Torsdag aften dansk tid mødes en delegation af muslimske og jødiske ledere i USA med den danske ambassadør, Peter Taksøe-Jensen, Continue Reading »
Al Arabiya By Paul Crompton For Ukraine’s Muslims, the ongoing political crisis should not directly affect their 500,000 member community, according to the country’s grand mufti. However, according to observers, a Russia-leaning swing in politics could be “totally suicidal” for Ukrainian Muslims. The crisis in Ukraine, which reflects the conflict between those who want the Continue Reading »
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier Back in May 2011, the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, for which I serve as president, co-sponsored an international conference in Kiev together with the Ukrainian Jewish Committee to fight against anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Ukraine and around the world. During the conference, I met many wonderful Jewish and Muslim Ukrainians Continue Reading »
By Theis Engmann Fødevareminister Dan Jørgensen (S) forbød en slagtemetode, som ikke har været anvendt i årevis. Alligevel mødte en delegation af imamer og rabbinere i går op hos ministeren for at gøre opmærksom på deres utilfredshed. En international delegation bestående af jøder og muslimer satte i går fødevareminister Dan Jørgensen (S) i stævne på Continue Reading »
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier Last week, I had the privilege of leading a delegation of European imams and rabbis to meet with Council of Europe (COE) Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland at COE headquarters in Strasbourg, and to present to him a petition signed by more than 500 European Muslim and Jewish leaders calling for Continue Reading »
The Times of Israel By Rabbi Marc Schneier Last week, I had the privilege of leading a delegation of European imams and rabbis to meet with Council of Europe (COE) Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland at COE headquarters in Strasbourg, and to present to him a petition signed by more than 500 European Muslim and Jewish leaders Continue Reading »
Ynet Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland tells delegation of Muslim, Jewish leaders that religious discrimination of minorities is ‘a very dangerous avenue to pursue’ VIDEO – Just days before the Council of Europe is scheduled to hold hearings on a controversial resolution supporting banning male circumcision across the continent, a 10-person delegation of Muslim Continue Reading »
The Jerusalem Post By Lahav Karov and Sam Sokol PACE secretary-general calls motion limiting minority rights dangerous; MK Shai plans to screen pro-circumcision short in PACE committee meeting. The Knesset is producing a short pro-circumcision documentary, to be filmed this week and shown in a committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Continue Reading »
20 Minutes LEGISLATION L’assemblée parlementaire de l’organisation paneuropéenne (APCE) a voté le 1er octobre une résolution classant la «circoncision des jeunes garçons pour des motifs religieux» parmi les «violations de l’intégrité physique des enfants» à combattre… Des responsables juifs et musulmans ont plaidé ce lundi auprès du secrétaire général du Conseil de l’Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, Continue Reading »
The Times of Israel By Rabbi Marc Schneier In 2003, I traveled to South Africa with my dear friend, Martin Luther King III, at the invitation of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, where we spoke at their centenary celebration on the state of black-Jewish relations in the United States. During the civil rights Continue Reading »
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