Members of the Muslim and Methodist community in Greenville, South Carolina came together to help the city’s less fortunate. One participant notes that the service day helped participants get to know new people they may not have ever met otherwise, saying “We just have to get out of our comfort zone… out of our bubble… Meet people who have different looks, different religions and you know what, we find out they are just like us and that’s what we’re doing here today.”
Muslims Lead Interfaith Service Initiative in Houston
Learn more about this great Muslim-led interfaith service initiative out of Houston, Texas with the ethos “service by all, for all.”
Interfaith Choir Finds Harmony
The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir brings together musicians and singers from at least 13 faiths and various backgrounds to inspire and unite. Read this engaging discussion with three members of the choir, who offer their thoughts on getting along, having faith, and healing through music.
Muslims Lend a Hand at Christmas
Enjoy this wonderful story of interfaith community and solidarity: Muslims step in to help with a church’s homeless aid so that the church’s Christian congregants could attend Christmas Eve religious services.
Documentary Revives and Retells 800-Year-Old Interfaith Story
The Sultan and the Saint is a documentary written and director by Alex Kronemer, which revives and retells an 800-year-old story of interfaith friendship between a Catholic saint—Saint Francis of Assisi—and Malik al-Kamil Nasir al-Din Muhammad, ruler of Egypt and nephew of the great Muslim leader Saladin, during the Crusades. The film follows the two men’s unlikely friendship, which developed over several days spent together, learning from and about one another. PBS will air the film this Tuesday, December 26.
