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I am Sheikh Bukhari. It is good to meet you.
I live with my family in the Old City of Jerusalem, on the Via Dolorosa. Our ancestors have lived here since 1616. They came from the Silk Road city of Bukhara in Central Asia.
For many years I have worked to encourage interfaith dialogue between all faiths. I believe in peace for the Holy Land. We meditatate and pray for it at our center. This continues the Sufi tradition of my family.
Sometimes I travel to Central Asia, Europe and USA, spreading the message that there can be peace in the Holy Land, and that the world has a lot to learn from our experience. I meet friends old and new, and invite them to visit us in Jerusalem.
No basis of religion asks people to kill each other. If we're all going to love each other in the end, why wait until then?