Positive Stories For A Change

TUCSON'S JEWS, MUSLIMS TO JOIN IN WALK FOR PEACE -
Arizona Daily Star, 3/3/06
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/118331

The third annual Muslim-Jewish PeaceWalk will take place this weekend. The three-mile walk will begin at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Islamic Center of Tucson, 901 E. First St., and end at Temple Emanu-El, 225 N. Country Club Road, between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m., when a prayer, a meal and music are scheduled. A midpoint break is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. at Himmel Park, North Tucson Boulevard and East First Street. The walk's purpose is to show that peace among people of all religions is possible.

AL-ARIAN'S CHRISTIAN CHAMPION
SHERYL KAY, St. Petersburg Times, 3/3/06
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/03/03/Northoftampa/Al_Arian_s_Christian_.shtml

During his seminary days, Pastor Warren Clark earned the nickname "el hippie." An avowed pacifist, he also believed the ministry should promote nonviolence and social justice. He worked in shanty towns in Argentina during the time of the "disappearances," when thousands vanished at the hands of the military. When he resumed the pulpit seven years ago, he chose First United Church of Tampa, whose core missions closely matched his own convictions - to be open and affirming to individuals of any sexual orientation, and to actively promote peace with justice. Today Clark, 58, has taken on a cause that some perceive to be outside the Christian mainstream: He is an outspoken supporter of Sami Al-Arian.

THE INTERFAITH ALLIANCE
http://www.interfaithalliance.org/site/pp.asp?c=8dJIIWMCE&b=447561

MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN TO EMBARK ON MISSION TO AFRICA, PAKISTAN
JANE HOLLEMAN, Dallas Morning News, 3/3/06
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/irving/stories/DN-mission_03wes.ART.West.Edition2.1daf657e.html

It could be a profile of cooperation; Muslims and Christians joined to save the woebegone.Sheikh Hasan Hajmohammad is co-founder and senior consultant of Baitulmaal (pronounced BAY-too-mall), an Irving-based group that helped victims of Hurricane Katrina, the Asian tsunami and the October earthquake in Pakistan.He will be joined by Eric Williams of DeSoto, head of a company that produces a religious talk show, on a trip to help those suffering drought in Africa and devastation in Pakistan.

THE JEWISH-PALESTINIAN ENCOUNTER
http://www.salam-shalom.net/