Just seeing this article from George Washington University's Daily Colonial is enough to make me start beaming:

President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, a handful of ambassadors and over 300 students filled the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom Thursday night for the fifth annual interfaith celebration of Iftar.

The dinner is the traditional breaking of Muslims’ daily fasts during the month of Ramadan. Thursday’s event was sponsored by the Muslim Students Association, the Jewish Student Association and Program Board, in conjunction with Trachtenberg and the University.

Since 2001 they've been doing this? Baruch Hashem v'ken yirbu! Things like this minimize prejudice. Even logistically, this worked out fantastically:

Guests enjoyed free Kosher and Halal cuisine – food that has been specially prepared under the guidelines Jewish and Islamic laws, respectively – during some brief comments by the university’s president and representatives from MSA, JSA and PB.

(While I do have some halacha-based -- and sharia-based -- questions on the most practical of levels regarding the dinner, you can clearly see the sentiment.)

The event began with a joint speech by Fawzi Hindi ‘08, president of the MSA, and Adam Broms ‘09, president of the JSA, welcoming attendees. Representatives from both groups then recited their respective prayers accompanied by English translations.

“With all that’s going on in the world, we need to show we can and must get along and live in harmony,” said Saif Inam ‘08, MSA’s vice president. “What’s going on in the world doesn’t reflect our faiths.”

Inam, like many attendees, sampled food from both the Jewish and Muslim tables. Though not all preparation guidelines are the same in the two faiths, there are many similarities. Much of the food could be eaten by those practicing either diet.

What did they do? They prayed. They davened. They made salat. This -- while not as observant as I personally would like -- was a far cry from being a secularized context. They, unlike many in the peace movement, did not see religion as being part of "the problem", on the contrary.

These people saw that, on both sides, here were G-d-fearing people who want to do the right thing. People who are adverse to killing and who do eschew violence. On all sides of the room and spectrum. They used this as a vehicle for peace and unity.

Baruch Hashem w'alhamduliLl-h!!

The event was also attended by the Ambassador from Chad, Mahamoud Adam Bechir, who said:

“I hope this initiative will even further interfaith dialogue,” said Ambassador Mahamoud Adam Bechir of Chad. “And that will lead us to a better world.”

I couldn't agree more. Muslim-Jewish unity. A mind changed is a life saved.