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Bittersweet: A Muslim’s Spiritual Perspective on Special Needs Parenting

Posted in Life, Muslims on July 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »

This is a beautiful post that shows the love of a mother for her special needs son. Other than the Arabic words peppered throughout the article Christians will immediately feel that this mother is like any mother of a special needs child. She knows that life is harder. And she knows that it can be [...]

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Cinema Jenin

Posted in Arabs, Jews, Peace on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The cinema in Jenin is reopening. What a remarkable story. “It will be a cinema for peace that will carry my son Ahmed’s message. Hopefully it will join a number of different nationalities together and hopefully by bringing people together it will bring peace.” – Ismael Khatib, father of Ahmed Khatib. Ahmed was killed when he [...]

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I Love This

Posted in Arabs, Blessing, Christians, Peace on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Lest you think I only hate things, I wanted to post something I love. Ali Elhajj is an Arab follower of Jesus who founded The Bethlehem Christmas Project: Bringing Israelis and Palestinians Together on Christmas. They are bringing people together. They are blessing others. They are tearing down walls. They are making peace. I love [...]

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I Also Hate This

Posted in Qur'an, Sin on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I am not afraid to admit that I don’t believe the Qur’an is the Word of God. If I did I would be a Muslim. However, that doesn’t make me any less incensed when I see things like “International Burn a Koran Day” hosted by a church in Florida. This can’t get much further from [...]

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Manchester Muslims donate to Christian Community Centre

Posted in Muslims on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From City of Brass with Aziz Poonawalla: Lost in all the noise and recrimination of modern Islamophobia about mosques and minarets and burkas and whatnot, is the simple fact that the vast majority of muslims, jews and christians are neighbors, and members of the same civic fabric, and act accordingly towards common interests. Case in point: [...]

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Israeli Millionaire Builds Mosque

Posted in Jews, Peace on July 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »

“I told myself ‘here is an opportunity to bring the people together’ and decided to donate the money,” Harush said. “People were dumbfounded. What does a Jewish-Israeli man have do to with refurbishing a mosque? The answer is simple: I’m sick and tired of the hatred. A sane voice must emerge.” “I myself am not [...]

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Islam in America

Posted in Muslims on July 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Al Jazeera English did a really interesting look at Islam in America a couple years ago. It was hosted by Rageh Omar who is a Somali born British Muslim. His first stop is Minneapolis, MN where he connects with the large Somali population there and is surprised to hear of how strongly they consider America [...]

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Don’t Waste Your Life Sentence

Posted in Grace, Knowing God, Life on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Desiring God: The Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, LA, is the largest and historically one of the bloodiest maximum-security prisons in the USA. In 2009, Desiring God and John Piper were invited to Angola to learn about prison life, hear from men who have been radically changed by the gospel, and minister to many [...]

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Four Feet, Two Sandals

Posted in Books, World on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Four Feet, Two Sandals is a great children’s picture book about two Afghani refugees who become friends by sharing in a Pakistani refugee camp. Author Karen Lynn Williams gives this reason for partnering with Khadra Mohammed to write the book, “I was inspired to write this book when Khadra Mohammed came to me with the [...]

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A Is for Allah

Posted in Arabic, Islam, Muslims on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

My last post reminded me of “A Is for Allah.” It was written by Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) for his daughter to teach the Arabic alphabet. You can read all the lyrics here. I think it is a very beautiful song.

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