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Saudi Arabian King Abdullah just threw an interfaith party and was kind enough to invite a few Jews, including representatives from the World Jewish Congress, the Latin American Jewish Congress, the Jewish-started Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and a handful of others. The bash was the Madrid-hosted July 16-18 Inter-Faith Conference, which was hosted by the Muslim World League. According to the invitation letter sent by Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, the objective was “to bring together representatives from the three monotheistic faiths, as well as other major religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism, and to focus on the universal values handed down to mankind by our Creator, that all faiths share.” It’s both fascinating and sad to me that Spain hosted this event. The Iberian Peninsula is the site of both tragedy… read more