Jews

As a former New Yorker who once had the honor--I have to call it an honor, having read the article below--of waiting in line for tickets at a cinema in The Village a few places behind him, and a Sunni Muslim to boot, I have to say: Here's my kind of mensch! One who stands up and calls it like it is--even when one of "his own" is the offender:

I had a meeting with the khatib (preacher) whom I criticized two Fridays ago after he said we had to give da'wa to stay in American. Problem solved and I think we understand each other better. We're actually more alike than otherwise and despite the Salafiness of that statement, he's anything but that. Don't worry; I know enough not to be hoodwinked and he's sincere in what he does.

Anyway... one of the other guests at his home today does a lot of interfaith work, especially with the local Jewish community. My wife likes this sort of interfaith work, and I'm fine leaving her as the family representative for such functions. I think I'm more secularist: let's all get along under the shared rubric of a secular society. I'm willing to let everyone do thier own faith; I'm not necessarily interested about learning thier faith since I already have one I like. Shortsighted? Maybe, but I got my own bubble to maintain.