by Jaweed Kaleem
Huffington Post<\/p>\n
In cities across the nation, increasingly diverse after waves of immigration and demographic changes, it\u2019s not uncommon to find Christian, Jewish and Islamic houses of worship located just blocks away from one another.<\/p>\n
But in Omaha, Neb., an interfaith organization is taking such a pattern to the next level. Tri-Faith Initiative, a partnership of Christians, Jews and Muslims that aims to foster greater interfaith relations in that Midwestern city, is kicking off a multimillion-dollar effort to bring the three Abrahamic religions onto a single 35-acre campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thought, let\u2019s intentionally choose our neighbors,\u201d says Vic Gutman, a spokesman for the Tri-Faith Initiative, which launched five years ago as a grassroots interfaith effort and quickly gained funding and community support among the city\u2019s religious leaders. \u201cWe want to form a relationship between all Jews, all Muslims and all Christians.\u201d<\/p>\n