Comment: How Auschwitz has united Muslims and Jews


Interfaith visit: Mohammad Al-Issa, Secretary General of the Muslim World League and David Harris, CEO of the American Jewish Committee visiting the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Poland last week. — Reuters

WE come from very different backgrounds.One of us is a Muslim, born and raised in Saudi Arabia, a country where Islam is the official religion and the vast majority of the population shares the same faith. There is no local Jewish community and no direct connection to World War II.

The other is a Jew, born and raised in a secular United States, exposed to few Muslims during his formative years. His life was shaped by the events of World War II and the experiences of his parents, both Holocaust survivors.

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