The Road to Morocco: American Jews, Christians and Muslims in dialogue
Regional, Culture, 10/25/2001

The US Hartford University screened in premiere Wednesday evening at its Harry Gray Cultural center a short movie titled "Road to Morocco: American Jews, Christians and Muslims in Dialogue."

The short movie, shot by the UN TV, explains the true face of Islam through the trip of an American multi-confessional group. The film relates the itinerary of the group in a Muslim country where the three revealed religions have always coexisted in harmony.

The viewers followed the phases of this cultural pilgrimage performed during the Spring season of 2000, the visits to ancestral places of worship as well as discussions with representatives of the three Abrahamic religions, in a country where diversity and dialogue have for time immemorial been part of its pillars.

Executives from the Henry Luce Forum in Abrahamic Religions, which sponsored the short movie, said this is the reason that dictated the choice of Morocco for this film-testimony on the warmth of a people, whose deep devotedness equals its openness and tolerance.

The film will be screened in other university and cultural centers in the US and abroad part of a program of lectures initiated by Hartford University for a better understanding of Islam.

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