By Bob Allen / Baptist News Global
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A coalition of 15 civil-rights and faith-based nonprofits including the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, is launching a new project to foster dialogue about America’s religious diversity.
The “Know Your Neighbor” initiative, brainchild of Gurwin Singh Ahuja, a young Sikh man concerned about challenges in his own community, calls on all Americans both to share their own beliefs and to seek to understand and respect those of others.
BJC Executive Director Brent Walker, who has been working with the 14 other sponsors for several months, emphasized the need to move past stereotypes and look out for others’ well-being.
“Our religiously plural democracy and the religious freedom we enjoy depends not just on constitutional protection against governmental interference,” Walker said in a news release. “It also depends on the willingness of American citizens on a personal level to understand and respect each other, including our differences.”
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