| Interview | |
| 13 Sep 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| In the context of 9/11, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf on the issue of how America Engages with Islam and Muslims | |
Imam Abdul Feisal Rauf spoke to Narayan Lakshman (Photo: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf) |
What does this mean? It means a number of things. It [raises the question,] how do we express our values? Every religious tradition has a perennial challenge, which is, what are the eternal values of our faith and how do we express them in a different time and in a different place? So we now have a task to do [and that is to ask,] how do we express ourselves as British Muslims, French Muslims, German Muslims and American Muslims? This is the task I am working on and one of the key aspects of this Cordoba House project [is that it] has been my vision and it will be built, whether it is on that site or this site. -- Imam Abdul Rauf spoke to Narayan Lakshman (Photo: Narayan Lakshman) http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamInterview_1.aspx?ArticleID=5471 | ||
Even as the controversy saw these groups grapple with wrenching First-Amendment questions of religious freedom, the man at the centre of the controversy, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, persisted with his decades-long efforts to promote a multi-faith dialogue for better understanding across faith traditions. He ultimately won the approval of not only the Manhattan community board where Park51 is located but also NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and even U.S. President Barack Obama.
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