Its designers and leaders hope it will be used by Jewish, Christian and Muslim members as a place to pray, worship, gather and, perhaps above all, host a dialogue among their respective religions and with society at large. But while the House of One is intended to show that peace is possible among — and through — the world’s so-called “Abrahamic traditions,” some Berliners regard it as an overwrought symbol that has little practical purpose in the heart of one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities.

The idea for the House of One came to Protestant pastor Gregor Hohberg after he discovered the ruins of Berlin’s first church. The late Romanesque building, dating to the 13th century, had been destroyed and reconstructed repeatedly, most recently in World War II, before being torn down during the Cold War…The three began the slow process of getting to know one another and raising funds for the massive building project.

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“There is work going on with the Department for Education (DfE) to create more integrated schools in areas where schools have a very high concentration of a particular ethnic group,” the newspaper said, citing government sources.

“It is part of a new integration strategy across the UK into how we use the free school provision to create new schools with more mixed intakes across class as well as ethnic background.”

Muslim-dominated areas such as Oldham, Birmingham and Derby in England are feared to be at risk of being cut off from British values and vulnerable to alienation and radicalization from Islamist extremist and far-right ideologies.

The plans, being drawn up by the Department for Communities and Local Government and the DfE, follow the publication of a report into opportunity and integration by Dame Louise Casey.

Source: India Today