On Thursday, February 27 the Abrahamic Reunion is organizing a coordinated Prayer for Peace and Understanding for the Holy Land at 6:30 p.m. (Middle East), 11:30 a.m. EDT.
Gatherings will take place in several locations in the Holy Land, and online via Zoom, a free online and conference-call meeting platform. The online prayers will be led by Sheikh Ghassan Manasra and David Less.
We hope that you will join us. If you are able to join us, please reply to this email completing the following statement.
I (We), _________________ (Name of Individual/Organization) commit to join in the communal Prayer for Peace and Understanding in the Holy Land on February 27, 2020. We will be participating from ________________ (location), and ____ people will pray.
International Director
Sheikh Ghassan Manasra was one of the Abrahamic Reunion’s Co-Coordinators in the Holy Land until moving to the US in 2015, and has been an active contributing Peacemaker with the AR for more than a decade. He is an ordained Sheikh in the Qadiri Sufi Order in the Holy Land, and son of Sheikh Abdel Salaam Manasra – head of the Qadiri Sufi Order in the Holy Land. He is the founder of Anwar-Il-Salaam, the Lights of Peace Center in Nazareth, and is Director, Islamic Cultural Center in Nazareth. Ghassan is an expert and lectures in Islam, Islamic history, Sufism, and contemporary Muslim issues in the Middle East, Europe, and the USA. Ghassan@abrahamicreunion.org
US Board Chair
David Less is a global teacher of meditation, conflict resolution and inter-faith dialog of over forty years. For over a decade he has been the Global Dean of the Universal Worship, an organization in over thirty countries,that honors the commonality in all religions and appreciates and respects the differences. He started promoting understanding rather than blame as a path to peace in the Holy Land in 2000 and was one of the founders of the Abrahamic Reunion shortly thereafter.
Palestinian Director
Mohamad Jamous is a young Peacemaker living in Jericho, Palestine, coordinating programs, interfaith events, peace journeys, and intra-Palestine peacemaking events to build the movement for peace. He is one of the great emerging multi-faith peacemaking leaders in the Holy Land. mohamad@abrahamicreunion.org
Sheikh Abed Alsalam ManasraIsrael Programs Manager
Sheikh Abed Alsalam Manasra is the son of Sheikh Ghassan Manasra. He is an ordained Sheikh in the Tariqat Qadriyya As-Salaam (Qadiri Sufi Order Of Peace). He is a musician and works with young adults and youth to organize interfaith dialogue and gatherings in and around Nazareth. Abed@abrahamicreunion.org
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