CAIR-Philadelphia

CAIR-Philadelphia Executive Director Jacob Bender was interviewed on El Zol 1340 WHAT-AM. He discussed CAIR, world events, and his documentary film, Out of Cordoba. Listen to the show below: Director Jacob Bender on WHAT (El Zol), August 30, 2014 Because of the interest in CAIR and the Muslim community, Jacob will be interviewed again this coming Saturday morning, Sept. 6 at 8:00 am, on Radio El-Zol, WHAT-AM 1340. Listen and call in with a question or comment!

Shortly after the latest cease-fire expired in Gaza on Friday, Jacob Bender gingerly climbed the steps of the mimbar, the pulpit at the Islamic Society of Delaware here. A Jew in a mosque, his hands palpably quivering but his reedy voice steady, he read some brief comments to close the afternoon’s worship service, called Juma’a. Mr. Bender offered both hope and censure, twinned: Muslims and Jews could still be “partners for peace and justice,” he said. Israel and Hamas bore shared responsibility for the current carnage, he added, and more hatred would lead to more violence, while love would lead to reconciliation.