World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW), which promotes harmony between all people regardless of their faith, is an annual event observed during the first week of February. WIHW recognizes the importance of mutual understanding and inter-religious dialogue for promoting a culture… Read More »World Interfaith Harmony Week
Thank you for joining us for a volunteer day in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We cleaned trash from the woods of Suitland Pkwy in Southeast DC in collaboration with Ward 8 Woods Conservancy, a grassroots non-profit with the mission… Read More »MLK and Tu B’Shvat Nature Clean-Up
The Abrahamic House, in coordination with the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., hosted a virtual short film screening and discussion with Ms. Anke Popper on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Over 75 years after the end of the Second World War,… Read More »#ProtectTheFacts
Abrahamic House held a virtual gathering to explore what various faith traditions teach about humanity’s responsibility to care for creation. Inspired by Scriptural Reasoning, a method of comparing texts on a common theme found within different Holy Books, we compared… Read More »Interfaith Perspectives on Ecology
Around Christmas, the time of Jesus’ birth, Abrahamic House hosted a gathering to explore the story of the birth and teachings of Jesus from both Muslim and Christian perspectives. We heard from Dr. Zeki Saritoprak, author of “Islam’s Jesus”, and Fr. Thomas Bonacci from the Interfaith Peace… Read More »Birth and Teachings of Jesus
We each brought with us different visions and expectations of what this project and our community might look like, and then together, we each, like everyone else in the world, were confronted with a new reality: in our case, before we’d even begun.
Ramadan is one of the primary religious practices in Islam. It is a month-long fast that provides time for deep spiritual reflection, prayer and connection to God.
“Verily, all created things were immersed in the sea of purification when, on that first day of Ridván, We shed upon the whole of creation the splendours of Our most excellent Names and Our most exalted Attributes. This, verily, is… Read More »Ridvan Reflections
On the night before Easter, we gathered up the chametz we’d collected as part of our Passover preparation and headed outside to kindle a new flame in commemoration of the resurrected Christ. This literal and metaphorical light would guide us… Read More »Celebrating Easter Together
From Passover to Easter and Ramadan to Ridvan, the first month of multi-faith observance in the Abrahamic House was primed to be potent. And yet, here we are in the midst of a global pandemic. Instead of being able to… Read More »Reflections on Passover