Amar Razali

Assalamu'alaykum Warahmatullah Wabarakatuh,

I went to Islamic Center of Nashville today, to join my fellow Muslim brothers in helping them out because we have a visit from West End Synagogue Youth group. It was a great event, Masha Allah. It feels great to see my fellow young Muslim brothers & sisters gave presentation about Islam, answered questions from the audiences and they were simply the ambassador of Islam in their own way. Some of MSA members were also there such as 'Atif, Mohsinah, and Nadia.

They arrived at ICN around 10am, and have a guided tour around the Islamic Center. Then we have breakfast together with hummus, pita bread, and some salads. After that some Muslim brothers and sisters gave a presentation about Islam. They talked about introductions of Islam, the five pillars, current issues around Islamic world as well as some misconceptions about the religion.

The presentation and questions and answers session took around an hour and a half. It was a very healthy discussion. Maybe for now there is no realistic solution on Israel - Palestine crisis, but I think maybe this event can play a small part of it. There are not many Jewish people in Malaysia, so here's my opportunity to learn more about them and to create the understanding with them as well.

There will be a visit from Islamic Center of Nashville youth to the West End Synagogue on January 11 2009. In sha Allah I am planning to go, because this will be my first time ever to go to synagogue. Overall, in my opinion, it was a great event and hopefully we can keep continue to build the bridges between Islam and other religions.