Abraham Would Be Proud. So Should His Descendants Be. So Should The Rest of Us.

"Fadil Bayyari and Jeremy Hess laid the groundwork a few weeks ago for Bayyari, a Muslim, to build a new home for Temple Shalom, Fayetteville's Jewish congregation. . . .The coming together of faiths often pitted against one another wasn't lost on either. . . Bayyari, a Springdale general contractor, will donate his services to Temple Shalom . . .The symbolism of the men working together is more significant than bricks and mortar, temple president Bill Feldman said. Bayyari and Feldman agreed demonstrating the positive side of Muslim-Jewish relations is important locally and internationally. Bayyari said he approached Hess through a friend in the local Rotary Club about lending his services. He said he thought it would be an important way to show his support. Bayyari previously built a mosque for Fayetteville's Muslim community.‘We are all children of God when you look at it,’ Bayyari said. Feldman said members of Temple Shalom were ‘thrilled’ to work with Bayyari, in order to demonstrate similarities in the two religions." Temple Unites Faiths, Jewish congregation "thrilled" to work with Muslim contractor on new building By Dug Begley The Morning News

Thanks To Jim, the Buddhist, for this ecumenical tip.