Eight rabbis and imams from the Middle East and Africa are meeting to discuss cooperation between Judaism and Islam. The group meeting Sept. 14-16 in Florence, Italy, forms the Executive Committee of the World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace, which was founded in January.
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