It would be open to all, with a pool, a theater and cultural, religious and interfaith programming.
The imam, who has led a mosque 12 blocks from the World Trade Center site since the 1990s and who would run the religious and interfaith programs at the proposed center known as Park51, does not control its location.
He declared that he was "the decision maker" and that Mr. Rauf, who did not attend the meeting on Sunday, was heading only the center's religious and interfaith programs; participants had wondered who was in charge.
These efforts encompass advocacy for religious freedom, interfaith dialogue, and legal protections for religious rights.
Let us know in the coManyts.
Do you know of any religious or interfaith organizations working for peace that we failed to include in this list?
My feeling is that religious leaders, interfaith activists and your average citizen in each of the cities where "Rally for Humanity" actions are taking place should be showing the initiative and reaching out, asking how they can help.
Yet Frank Fredericks, Director of Media and Events for Prepare New York -- a coalition of religious and interfaith organizations who will be hosting a number of commemorative gatherings this coming fall -- summed up the event: "This is only the beginning of the conversation".
In the light of the upcoming election and in the face of alarming expressions of religious intolerance, Interfaith for Children called on the public and politicians to put children and harmony first in Myanmar's historic 2015 elections, which should be held "peacefully, and with freedom and fairness".
During spring break of that freshman year, Berenson joined an interfaith religious delegation to El Salvador.
