Getting to know people from other faith communities goes a long way to breaking down barriers, said Yousef Daneshvar, a Shia Muslim completing his doctoral studies in Canada under a MCC student exchange program with Iran. “Let’s stop looking at each other through the eyes of the media,” said Daneshvar during a recent visit to Winnipeg. “Stop letting others decide how we should think about each other. Let’s talk to each other—have a couple cups of tea and after that the sense of being threatened should disappear.”

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