Some Jews wore kippot, while Muslim fellows wore hijabs and niqabs as 300 members of the two religious communities came together over an iftar dinner June 25 during Ramadan at Wilshire Boulevard Temple.
Terrorists have attacked sites in France, Tunisia and Kuwait, killing dozens people.
Joint Iftar meals for Ramadan fast bring Israeli Muslims and Jews together.
Israel canceled the permits allowing some 500 Gaza Palestinians to enter Israel and pray on the Temple Mount for Ramadan following a rocket attack from the coastal strip.
Islamic State urged its followers on Tuesday to escalate attacks against Christians, Shi\’ites and Sunni Muslims fighting with a U.S.-led coalition against the ultra-radical group.
Hundreds of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza will be allowed to pray on the Temple Mount on Fridays during Ramadan.
No neighborhood along the eastern half of the Gaza strip — the half closest to Israel — emerged unscathed from the recent 50-day war in Gaza, which left more than 2,000 Palestinians dead.
He had a good job and a loving family, but it wasn\’t enough for a 25-year old Jordanian who abandoned his life of privilege in Amman to join the Islamic State group that has seized swathes of neighboring Iraq and Syria.
Iran\’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called Israel a \”rabid dog\” for its attacks on Gaza, and urged Muslims to arm Palestinians to enable them to counter what he termed genocide.
While violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has escalated in recent weeks, a small group is attempting to keep dialogue open between the disparate groups.
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