Abrahamic Family House
The Abrahamic Family House was inaugurated in the Saadiyat Cultural District in February 2023 and opened to visitors from 1 March 2023. It contains a mosque, a church and a synagogue (the Eminence Ahmed El-Tayeb Mosque, His Holiness Francis Church and Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue) along with shared spaces for dialogue. The Abu Dhabi Media Office says the project was inspired by the principles of the Document on Human Fraternity (Abu Dhabi Media Office, 17 Feb 2023).
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Document on Human Fraternity
Signed in Abu Dhabi in 2019 by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.
Everyday contact
Direct flights and tourism bring citizens into everyday contact. See the Index.
More coexistence initiatives
Jewish community life
- UAE: the Jewish Council of the Emirates estimates that about 1,000 Jews live in the UAE, mostly in Dubai, and is described as the first new Jewish community in the Arab world in over a century (World Jewish Congress).
- Bahrain: about 50 Jews, most of them in Manama, are described as a small but active community (World Jewish Congress).
- Morocco: the largest remaining Jewish community in North Africa, about 2,100 people in 2020, with roots going back more than two millennia (World Jewish Congress). The 2011 Constitution names "Hebraic" influences among the strands of national identity (Constitute Project).
People-to-people ties under the Accords
UAE–Israel cooperation has included cooperation between the two football associations, the Abraham Accords Padel Games at Expo 2020 Dubai and interfaith Iftar gatherings at the UAE Embassy in Israel (UAE MOFA).
Figures and dates were checked against the linked sources on 27 October 2026.
