![]() ![]() It was conducted by Republican Mayor Giuliani jointly with Democratic political leaders and by religious representatives of all the major faiths, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, and Hindu. Ten days later, on September 21, there was an official New York City Prayer Service at Yankee Stadium for the victims and families of those killed and missing in the terrorist attacks. Not a single “Muslim-looking” person was attacked or harassed in the city. Yet I felt proud that the city responded to the tragic loss of life and its iconic symbol with gests of endurance, compassion, and solidarity, and with the determination to rebuild and to not forget. The scar of their absence from the skyline is still present today. For many years the towers had been a daily sight while living across the Hudson in Jersey City. I am beginning with these personal memories because the loss of the towers and of so many metropolitan New Yorkers buried beneath them was very personal. Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue Topic Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy.Towards a Global Culture of Safeguarding.Religion and the Crisis of Displaced Persons.Politicization of Religion in Global Perspective. ![]() The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power.The Culture of Encounter and the Global Agenda. ![]()
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