I am not Muslim myself. But my wife and I are writers. And we are poets. A lot of the poets are huge fans of the Sufi poets like Rumi and Hafiz.

My wife and I used to see Coleman Barks read Rumi at the Dodge Poetry Festival. Just so incredibly wonderful.

The correct greeting is "As-salaamu alaikum...right?

My wife works for Seton Hall University. In 2015, she helped set up a unity concert at Carnegie Hall. They had original compositions from one Christian composer, one Muslim composer and one Jewish composer.

I wish everyone could get along and all the anger and hatred and violence could just stop. Maybe someday in the distant future?

Here's a clip about the concert they put together.

My wife was actually in the chorus...in this clip.

Seton Hall Prayer for Peace Concert...