1) Discussions for mutual understanding and tolerance were held on the first Summit of Washington Area Imams and Rabbis.
2) An interview with religious scholar and former Catholic nun Karen Armstrong on her new book The Myth of Religious Violence which questions the supposed link between religion and violence over the last few thousand years of religious history.
3) In CLOSE UP: The Kurds journalist Paul Salopek talks about his time recently spent with the Kurdish people of Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran — a “tough and independent mountain people.”
4) And finally, halal turkey gets its due Halal Butcher Gets Ready For Thanksgiving.