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he intifada and the
Auschwitz convent
controversy should
have little impact on atten-
dance at an upcoming inter-
faith symposium of Muslims,
Jews and Christians, the
symposium's planning direc-
tor said.
"We have worked so hard
at avoiding interference
from outside events" that
the Trialog Symposium
should go on as planned, ac-
cording to Arnold Michlin.
The symposium is
scheduled for Tuesday at
Mercy College of Detroit,
preceded by a Monday night
dinner at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek. About 200
are expected for the sym-
posium, 80 for the dinner.
Michlin said members of
the trialog, sponsored by The
Muslim, Christian, Jewish
Leadership Forum of the
Greater Detroit Interfaith
Round Table, "have learned
to trust each other."
He noted that, after the
bombing of the Istanbul
synagogue last year, both
Christians and Muslims
came to Shaarey Zedek for
the memorial service "to ex-
press their sorrow that such
a thing could have been done
in the name of religion.
"And we have had many
other opportunities to put
out fires in the community,"
Michlin said, pointing out
that, by working behind the
scenes, group members have
in the last two years helped
prevent a proposed business
boycott between area Arabs
and Jews and have cooled off
the situation between Chal-
dean and Jewish students at
North Farmington High
School.
"We are Americans
meeting in that trialog to see
how our religions impinge
on the family in crisis. The
Middle East has nothing to
do with our issue," Michlin
said. And, he added, the
Auschwitz conflict over the
Carmelite nunnery is now
settled, so it won't have any
affect.
The group's formal pur-
pose, he said, is to explore
family issues together; meet
each other religiously;
"manifest unity within our
diversity; celebrate our life
together and work toward
understanding, trust and
caring." The forum holds
four or five monthly sessions

in the spring and the trialog
symposium in the fall.
The sponsoring forum con-
sists of both black and white
Muslim followers of Islam,
including Sunni, Druse and
Shi'ites; Orthodox, Conser-
vative and Reform Jews; and
Christians from across the
spectrum. Sponsorship
comes from both religious
and secular organizations.
Michlin said the forum
contacts all organizations
that could be interested in
the trialog and asks them to
notify their members. About
150 attended last year's
symposium.
Last year's trialog topic
was how different religions
in southeast Michigan

"Every word of the
topics is chosen
carefully, because
some are taboo
topics."

perceive peace. This year's
topic is "Religious Values:
The Family In Crisis."
The daylong program will
offer workshops exploring
the three religious groups'
approaches to responsibility
for child care; how families
deal with substance abuse;
the role for religion in public
schools; changing roles of
women and men in families;
controversial medical issues
in family life; and the family
and government policy.
"We all have such
stereotypes about each
other; we think we know
what Muslims do, what Jews
do, but we don't. We see
these beliefs as facts, but
they're not."
Symposium leaders are
Rabbi Dr. Alan Podet,
philosophy and religious
studies professor at State
University College, Buffalo,
N.Y.; Rev. Dr. Joan Salmon-
campbell, moderator of the
Presbyterian Church (USA);
and Imam Abdulalim
Shabazz, mathematics pro-
fessor at Clark College and
Atlanta University who is a
former resident imam in
Detroit.
The dinner at the
synagogue, open only to the
workshop presenters and
planners, was begun prior to
last year's symposium by the
Islamic Center. A highlight,
said Michlin, was a Muslim
priest chanting prayers.
This year's dinner will in-
clude a cantorial presenta-
tion. ❑