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...aftermath of Sept. 11, as Americans turned to churches, mosques and synagogues in record numbers, some religious leaders turned to one another in what amounted to a big group hug. One of those interfaith friendships has now unraveled. Three weeks after kneeling in prayer with Jewish leaders, Sheik Muhammad Gemeaha, a scholar with Cairo's prominent al-Azhar University and the leader of the Islamic Cultural Center in New York City, was quoted on an Arabic-language website saying that Jews carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and that Jewish doctors were poisoning Muslim children in U.S. hospitals. Next...
Beyond straining Muslim-Jewish relations, the incident provoked a rift among Muslims. The board of the Islamic Cultural Center decided to break its long-standing tradition with al-Azhar, which for the past 50 years has furnished the mosque with its leader. The board instead has promoted Gemeaha's chief deputy, a Palestinian who has lived in the U.S. for 22 years; his salary will be paid not by al-Azhar, as was Gemeaha's, but by the government of Kuwait, the mosque's main benefactor...
...downtown the train passes NYU, where Stango goes to school now. Stango’s been the author of a number of memorable Loop moments, including one that happened when we all showed up at a Met game one year and it happened to be Jewish Heritage Day at Shea. None of us are Jewish. We’re a couple of Irish guys, a couple of Italian guys, a Chinese kid and me, the black guy. We’re all Catholic...
...American and Israeli national anthems. Stango, one of the few Brooklynites who actually says “youse,” wouldn’t get up. “I’m telling youse guys,” he said. “My ex-girlfriend was Jewish, and I’ve heard this anthem. It’s about a half-hour long. I’m not gettin?...
...moment conjures up a dozen thoughts in my head. How much more does the anthem at the beginning of each game mean now? Will they ever have a Jewish Heritage Day again, or would it be too much of a target? If we accidentally showed up at one by accident next year, would we get up and leave...