Second interfaith forum scheduled for April 30

Epworth United Methodist Church and Seaside Jewish Community will present What is Islam: Foundations of Muslim Belief and Practice and Confronting Islamaphobia, at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 30 at Epworth. This event continues the series begun in November 2016 with a presentation to more than 200 attendees by Dover Muslim neighbors Sobia Choudhri and Usman Sandhu.

The April 30 presenters are Dr. Homayra Ziad, Scholar of Islam at Baltimore's Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies, and Dr. Heather Miller Rubens, executive director of ICJS and its Roman Catholic Scholar. After each presentation there will be time for questions and answers. The program will begin with a fellowship opportunity at 2 followed by the presentations starting at 2:30 and concluding by 5 p.m.

To RSVP with the number who will attend, email Emory Buck at emorywbuck@comcast.net.

Epworth is at 19285 Holland Glade Road, just north of Rehoboth Beach off Coastal Highway. Epworth UMC is a church Exploring Faith & Embracing Community, truly practicing open doors, open minds and open hearts. Epworth is a member of the Reconciling Ministries Network and has a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministry. For more information, go to www.EUMCRB.org.

Seaside Jewish Community is at 18970 Holland Glade Road in Rehoboth Beach. An independent, unaffiliated, inclusive and egalitarian community, Seaside offers worship services, a religious school for children and a range of cultural, social and adult education activities. It is an open community, welcoming people of all national origins and races, young and old, gay and straight, married and single, firmly rooted Jewishly and new seekers, members and visitors. For more information, go to www.seasidejewishcommunity.com.