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An Islamic View of Jesus

Posted in Islam, Jesus Christ, Qur'an on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

At muslimmatters.org, Camilla Morrison has written an essay that gives the Islamic view of Jesus. In the first few paragraphs (pasted below) she describes how the Qur’an views Jesus, referring to most of the texts about him. This is a helpful starter for understanding how Jesus Christ is seen within Islam today.  It’s a long [...]

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A Quick Primer on Prayer (Salat) in Islam

Posted in Islam, Prayer on March 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The CNN Belief Blog recently had a helpful primer on prayer in Islam. If you don’t know much about how and why Muslims pray each day, I would encourage you to read it.

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6 Things NOT to Say to Someone Who is Divorced

Posted in Islam, Marriage on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Suhaibwebb.com is a helpful Muslim blog that has articles on Islam, the Qur’an and how Islam impacts the normal aspects of life. I thought the post on six things not to say to someone who is divorced was helpful and worth passing along. Divorce is a serious issue for Muslims and Christians. I’ve pasted below [...]

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Books on Islam

Posted in Books, Islam on December 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I’m convinced that one of the most important ways we learn about those who are different than us is by learning from those who are different than us. It is good for Christians to read books about Islam written by Muslims. It is good for Muslims to read books about Christianity by Christians. We shouldn’t [...]

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A Good Muslim Magazine?

Posted in Islam, Understanding on November 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Today I was reading Svend White’s post “Educating the Disabled” about an article he read in Christianity Today. Svend is a Muslim. He reads Christianity Today. I don’t know if Svend reads this regularly, but I realized that I certainly don’t regularly read any Muslim magazines. I’d like to. So do any of you have [...]

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Porkophobia

Posted in Islam, Muslims on November 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Altmuslim has a really interesting piece by Jalees Rehman on the culture of disgust towards all things pork in Muslim culture. He notes, “I have virtually never seen anybody who refers to himself or herself as a Muslim ever eat pork. But what is most puzzling, however, is that this simple dietary law has lead [...]

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Happy Eid

Posted in Islam on November 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Eid Mubarak كل عام وانتم بخير Today is the beginning of the Festival of Sacrifce (Eid Al Adha)  

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Hajj 2010

Posted in Islam, Muslims on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

One of the five pillars of Islam is to go on pilgrimage (hajj) once in your life to Mecca (if you are able). Every year more than 2 million Muslims from all over the world go on pilgrimage. Here are some amazing photographs from the Big Picture from this year’s hajj. The Guardian also has [...]

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Who Is God and How Are We Saved?

Posted in Christianity, Contentious Issues, Islam on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

On March 2, 2009 GDS Knowledge Consultants hosted a Muslim Christian dialogue in Dubai. It featured Thabiti Anyabwile giving the Christian perspective and Bassam Zawadi giving the Muslim perspective. Both men did well in representing the two largest religions in the world. I especially appreciated the candor and grace that was evident throughout. Neither man [...]

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Is America Islamophobic?

Posted in Fear, Islam on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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