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Abdul-Malik Ryan

Abdul-Malik Ryan is Muslim chaplain and assistant director of the Office of Religious Diversity and Pastoral Care at DePaul University and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.

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Members of an Islamic center in Colleyville, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area are interviewed by the media Jan. 15 about a hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville. (CNS/Reuters/Shelby Tauber)

Stand together: Violence is every faith community's business

Commentary: Amid continued violence, it is urgent for faith communities to come together across religious lines even in the presence of differences and disagreements to know and to recognize one another.

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