Zulfi Ahmed: 6 misconceptions Americans have about Muslims
I came to generous Texas from Karachi, Pakistan to get my graduate degree in June of 1985 in the sweltering, 105-degree heat. I loved it. I met my beautiful wife, a first generation Mexican-American who came from a Catholic immigrant family, in school. And I loved it more. After leaving university, I got my first […]
German cardinal tarred as ‘Antichrist’ for defending Muslims
A German Catholic leader’s defense of religious freedom has triggered a backlash after anti-Muslim statements by far-right politicians in the country. Editor-in-Chief Ingo Brueggenjuergen of the Catholic broadcaster Dom Radio, which ran the interview with Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne earlier this week, said in a commentary April 27 that some critics are claiming the cardinal is […]
Vince Hatt: Do our Muslim neighbors hate us?
“I think Islam hates us,” Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump confidently asserted. I have many images in my head that say it’s true. Here are two: Muslims praising Allah as they pilot airplanes into the Twin Towers and, secondly, Muslims shouting “death to America” as they burn our flags in the streets of the Middle […]
Professor Who Said Christians And Muslims Worship Same God Is Under Fire – And The Reason Why Might Surprise You
NEW YORK (Reuters)- A professor at an evangelical university near Chicago who got in trouble after saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God will leave the school, according to a joint statement released by Wheaton College on Saturday night. Larycia Hawkins, a tenured political science professor, had been scheduled for a disciplinary hearing in […]
Religious Pluralism and Civic Rights in a “Muslim Nation”: An Analysis of Prophet Muhammad’s Covenants with Christians
Abstract: This article examines the roles that religious pluralism and civic rights played in Prophet Muhammad’s vision of a “Muslim nation”. I demonstrate how Muhammad desired a pluralistic society in which citizenship and equal rights were granted to all people regardless of religious beliefs and practices. The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians […]
Why a Christian Can View Muhammad As A Prophet
As an advocate of interfaith dialogue, particularly between Christians and Muslims, I’m often faced with the issue of conversion. People ask me, “If you admire Prophet Muhammad so much, why don’t you convert to Islam? Why don’t you accept him as “the seal”? I see these questions popping up on my Twitter and Facebook feeds […]
Muslims, Christians and Jews to unite over dinner in Easton
With the Islamic State Group, Syria and terrorism in Paris making headlines, now is the time to build bridges between cultures — not walls, according to a local rabbi. Rabbi Melody Davis at Temple Covenant of Peace in Easton is organizing a multicultural dinner and discussion at her synagogue to show that Jews, Christians and […]
The Meaning Of The Muslim Phrase “Allahu Akbar”
Early reports indicated that the man shot by police in Paris Thursday yelled “Allahu Akbar” as he carried a knife and wore a fake suicide belt. The Arabic phrase — a praise of God — has become a routine cry of Muslim extremists before carrying out their violent attacks. Some right-wing analysts have even called […]
Ahmed Rehab speaks at Dr. Larycia Hawkins Press Conference
As the only Muslim speaker at the Chicago faith leaders’ press conference with professor Larycia Hawkins this morning, CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director Ahmed Rehab spoke on behalf of Chicago area Muslims to convey appreciation for her as her own magnanimous act of solidarity with us now puts her in the crosshairs. But we will do more […]
Wheaton College seeks to fire professor for view on Islam
CHICAGO — Wheaton College in suburban Chicago has begun the process of firing a professor who said Muslims and Christians worship the same God, the teacher confirmed Tuesday. Larycia Hawkins, a tenured political science professor who in December demonstrated solidarity with her Muslim neighbors by wearing a hijab, said last year that the college appeared […]