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I would like to tell a story of my own experience in this topic.
I used to pass a certain Jewish institution daily which had a Shiite school for a neighbor. It seems the Jewish institution had rented some space at the edge of its property to a billboard company. At first, the ads were decent. However, as time progressed, the ads became indecent. I called up the billboard company and spoke to the owner, a Conservative Jew. I explained how harmful the ads were to the viewing public and the additional Chilul Hashem that was being produced by the impression that the Jewish institution, a Yeshiva, was giving that such indecent exposure was okay. He didn’t understand my concerns and refused to change the ads. The Yeshiva couldn’t help me because the contract, unfortunately, did not contain any clauses about ad content.
So I called up the Shiite School. I spoke to the pricipal, Sheikh something-or-other, about the problem and asked him if it concerned him. (At the time, they were in the middle of building a mosque on their premises.) He commiserated with me that the billboard was in full view of his office window and pained him greatly. I advised him to call the billboard company and maybe he could succeed where I had failed.
The very next day, the ad was changed and never showed an indecnt poster again. After several weeks, I was curious, so I called up the Sheikh and asked him what he said to the billboard owner. He told me that after the owner refused to change the ad, he told the owner that if the billboard wasn’t changed within 24 hours, he, the Sheikh, would have it burned down. So, that produced results because the threat was believed. I thanked the Sheikh and shared with him the blessing that we, the Jews and the Shiites, could cooperate further in the future on similar interests. What I didn’t know at the time was that the Rosh Yeshiva, on his early morning walks, would meet the Sheikh daily on the street and have mutual discussions about morality and ethics.
Now, America also has enough Muslims. Why can the Jews not take advantage of their common sentiments and get them to do our dirty work?