Bridging the Divide

Boston Calling

A pastor and an imam ‘programmed to hate one another’ tell us how they bridged a religious divide and offer advice for Americans divided by faith and fear. Then we meet Bajhat Abdulwahed, a face familiar to many Iraqis but few Philadelphians. And we hear why Muslim women in America are being advised to ‘keep a baseball cap handy in the car’.

Plus, the dual life of a Somali-American teenager. And we ask: will hipsters erase the distinctive street art of Miami’s Little Haiti?

(Photo: In decades past, Nigerian Imam Muhammad Ashafa (right) and Pastor James Wuye were leaders of militias that battled one another. Credit: PRI’s The World)

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