UAE's first synagogue opens in interfaith center

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 19, 2023 1:15 am

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opened a center housing a mosque, church and the country's first official synagogue with the aim of promoting interfaith coexistence in the Muslim nation.

The oil-rich Gulf federation, which normalized relations with Israel in 2020, is home to a small but active Jewish community that usually prays in private.

HOUSES IN HARMONY This photograph released on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, shows the Abrahamic Family House interfaith center — which houses a mosque, church and synagogue — in the United Arab Emirates’ capital Abu Dhabi. ABRAHAMIC FAMILY HOUSE HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AFP

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