Re: Arab Christians Mark Easter, But in Saudi Arabia. . . .

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

I forgot to add that the big disappointment of the evening was the
fact that we didn't sit at a table with Moslems (which would have
allowed us to truly experience an interfaith Seder). There were
several points in the service where we supposed to talk among
ourselves.

On 4/9/07, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> speaking of religion, on Saturday night I went to a (4 hour!)
> Jewish-Islamic Seder at the Wilshire Boulevard (Reform) Temple in L.A.
> It's amazing how many references there are to the exodus from Egypt in
> the Koran. (They explicitly made the decision to translate "Egypt" as
> "narrow and dark places.")  It turns out that even the Pharaoh's wife
> didn't like him.The sermon was by a Moslem. The only problem, besides
> its length, were all those references to Adonai and Allah (who
> alternated).
>
> In a strange coincidence, we ended sitting at a table with three women
> who have autism.
>
> On 4/8/07, Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > <http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/08/africa/ME-GEN-Arabs-Easter.php>
> > Arab Christians mark Easter, but in Saudi Arabia, even candy eggs are
> > hard to find
> >
> --
> Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
> way and let
> people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.


--
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let
people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.