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Abrahamic Religions Discussion Panel -
January 25, 2009
The discussion panel included (from left to right) Stephen Prothero, Boston University Professor of Religion and author of Religious Literacy; Hira Rafiq who is a student at Sandwich High School and her father Imam Mohammad Rafiq of the Islamic Center of Cape Cod; Gary Linehan, teacher of history and comparative religion at Sandwich High School; Rev. Dr. D. S. Dharmapalan, Methodist minister; Rabbi Lawrence Silverman of Congregation Beth Jacob in Plymouth; and Deb Gannett, teacher at Barnstable High School and member of Sandwich Reads Together. Not in this photo, Father Marcel Bouchard of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Sandwich
Over 120 people came to the Quaker Meeting House in East Sandwich for the event.
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Rabbi Lawrence Silverman of Congregation Beth Jacob in Plymouth talking about the Haggadah, a religious text that sets out the order of the Passover Seder. In Geraldine Brooks' People of the Book, the Muslim librarian of Sarajevo risks his life to save from destruction a treasured illuminated Haggadah.
Methodist Minister Rev. Dr. D. S. Dharmapalan talked about his native Sri Lanka and the experience of living side by side, peacefully and collaboratively, with Muslims and Hindus.
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Hira Rafiq and her father, Imam Mohammad Rafiq of the Islamic Center of Cape Cod, read passages from the Qur'an to explain Islam's connections to Judaism and Christianity.
Father Marcel Bouchard of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Sandwich, reflecting on his undergraduate studies of the Old Testament, told the gathered about the time a professor of his said, "Jesus never quoted from the New Testament."
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