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sheshe2

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Thu Feb 19, 2015, 04:34 PM Feb 2015

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that." [View all]

A group of young Norwegian Muslims plans to create a human ring around Oslo’s synagogue following the Shabat celebration this Saturday, in a gesture they are calling a ’Peace Ring’.

Hajrad Arshad, the event’s 17-year-old organiser, told Norway’s state broadcaster NRK that the group aimed to “extinguish the prejudices people have against Jews and against Muslims”...

Ervin Kohn, the leader of Oslo’s Jewish community welcomed the initiative.

"What they are communicating is that if anyone wants to do anything against Jews in Norway, they have to go through us first, and I think that is very positive,” he said...

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“Islam is about protecting our brothers and sisters, regardless of which religion they belong to,” the event page reads. “Islam is about rising above hate and never sinking to the same level as the haters. Islam is about defending each other.”

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I love what they are doing. lovemydog Feb 2015 #1
the Koran teaches that guillaumeb Feb 2015 #2
Thank you. lovemydog Feb 2015 #12
The peace ring is great! brer cat Feb 2015 #3
It is always good to see news like this. Behind the Aegis Feb 2015 #4
A peace ring. sheshe2 Feb 2015 #6
Islam is about rising above hate and never sinking to the same level as the haters. Islam is about Cha Feb 2015 #5
Beautiful, is it not Cha. sheshe2 Feb 2015 #7
You're Welcome,she~ I tell ya Love Wins.. all we have to do is Promote it! Cha Feb 2015 #8
It does. lovemydog Feb 2015 #13
Hey Aloha, lovemydog! Cha Feb 2015 #16
Aloha & Mahalo mi amiga! lovemydog Feb 2015 #17
k&r ND-Dem Feb 2015 #9
That is a wonderful thing and can go a long way. Rec. nt Bonobo Feb 2015 #10
It sure can. lovemydog Feb 2015 #14
Bless them all Hekate Feb 2015 #11
Sometimes it's so hard to hear these voices lovemydog Feb 2015 #15
Someone is doing it right. sheshe2 Feb 2015 #18
Very much so. It's our choice to seek and share lovemydog Feb 2015 #19
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