/ Muslim Leadership Initiative

Sample Study Tour Itineraries

Tours to Palestinian communities and meetings with Palestinians are exclusively planned and coordinated by Imam Abdullah Antepli, MLI Co-Director, in partnership with various Palestinian organizations and communities.

Al-Khalil / Hebron Tour

• Congregational prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque
• Walking tour of the Old City (H1)
• Visit to Palestinian Authority-controlled Al-Khalil/Hebron (H2)
• The Politics of Palestinian Life in Al-Khalil/Hebron
  • Conversation with representatives of the Palestinian Authority
• The Contours of Palestinian Life in Al-Khalil/Hebron
  • Conversation with residents of the Old City

Study Tour of al-Quds / Jerusalem and Bayt Lahm / Bethlehem

• Islamic Jerusalem
  • Guided tour of sites of religious and historic significance
• The Status of Muslim Law and Life in Israel
  • Exploration of the Jerusalem Shariah Court, the highest such office in Israel’s religious courts system
• Friday Prayers at Aqsa
  • Khutbah (Sermon) and Salat al-Jumu’ah (Friday Prayer) at Al-Aqsa Mosque at the Haram Sharif
• Christianity in Palestine and Palestinian Christianity
  • The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and Manger Square

Study Tour of Wadi Ara

• Dialogue at Al-Qasemi College
  • Participants meet and engage with students at Al-Qasemi College
• Umm al-Fahm Tour
  • Directed by Sikkuy: The Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality
• Palestinians in the Knesset
  • Palestinian Israeli political leaders and activists
• Pluralism and Co-Existence: Reflections
  • Mohammed Darawshe, Faculty Member at the Shalom Hartman Institute and Director of Planning, Equality and Shared Society at Givat Haviva Educational Center