Cleric Mohamed Ali El-Husseini: My Message to the Descendants of Isaac and Ishmael

O our cousins, followers of Prophet Isaac, son of Prophet Abraham:
Know that we are your cousins and followers of Prophet Ishmael, son of Prophet Abraham. We both belong to the same family and are relatives as your ancestor and ours were brothers who had the same father, i.e. Prophet Abraham.

Our Jewish and Christian cousins and us Muslims all believe in God and worship none other than Him.
We respect and sanctify Holy Scriptures and we believe in the Torah, Bible and Quran. We also believe in all prophets and respect them and we do not differentiate between them.

We believe that not all Jews are evil, not all Christians are depraved and not all Muslims are terrorists.
Our cousins, let us therefore leave behind our differences, stay away from evil and hatred, reject extremism and violence and refuse to accept bigotry.

Let us come together to do that which is good, be righteous people, open our hearts and minds for each other, spread a culture of tolerance and take the path of moderation. Let us live in love and peace and reject hatred.

That is my message to you.

Mohamed Ali El-Husseini