Bearing trays of hummus and pita bread, fifteen Muslim and Jewish activists came together last week for a bus tour of Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia with a message of peace and reconciliation.
The group is engaging the public with a pledge written by Dr. Ali Chaudry, President of the Islamic Society of New Jersey, which states, “While interacting with members of my own faith or ethnic community, or with others, if I hear hateful comments from anyone about members of any other community, I pledge to stand up for the other and challenge bigotry in any form.”
“By spreading hummus on pita and enjoying it together, we are spreading love, empathy, and reconciliation to replace hatred, fear and anger,” declares Dr. Sahar Khamis, Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland, in a statement about the event.
