Today’s faces of the day made history. They are the faces of the Islamic and Jewish Leaders who together visited Auschwitz this month.
According to AJC it was ” the most senior Islamic leadership delegation to ever visit Auschwitz or any Nazi German death camp,”
“To be here, among the children of Holocaust survivors and members of the Jewish and Islamic communities, is both a sacred duty and a profound honor. The unconscionable crimes to which we bear witness today are truly crimes against humanity. That is to say, a violation of us all, an affront to all of God’s children,” said Dr. Al-Issa.
“Visiting this sacred place, understanding what transpired at Auschwitz, is vital to preserving the memory of the Jewish, and non-Jewish, victims of the Nazis and striving to ensure that such horrors never happen again,” said Harris, a son of Holocaust survivors. “We are deeply moved to be the hosts for such an unprecedented visit.”
The MWL and AJC delegations are scheduled to continue their joint mission in Warsaw on Friday. They are to visit the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, meet with the Muslim community of Warsaw and attend a prayer service, participate in a special program at the Nozyk Synagogue, and join together for an interfaith Shabbat dinner at the Royal Castle in the Polish capital.
unitedwithisrael.org/history-as-islamic-and-jewish-leaders-jointly-visit-auschwitz/
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