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Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things

Posted in Fear, Muslims on November 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things is a very creative (and humorous) site that seeks to break down stereotypes of Muslims and what many think of as “Muslim garb”. Here is an example: Nadia Firozvi. Muslim, friend, lawyer, snuggie lover. HT: Muslimah Media Watch

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Global Pink Hijab Day 2010

Posted in Life, Muslims on October 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Cancer is no respecter of persons. It doesn’t care if you are a Muslim or Christian or anything else. This is why it is good for Muslims and Christians to work together to seek the cure. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and October 27 is Global Pink Hijab Day. Its goal is to raise [...]

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Brass Crescent Awards

Posted in Muslims on October 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I am really grateful for the Muslims who read this blog and are seeking to engage in building bridges between themselves and those who are followers of Jesus Christ. Today is the last day of nominations for the Brass Crescent Awards given to bloggers in the Muslim blogosphere. There is a category for Best Non-Muslim [...]

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Native Deen

Posted in Muslims on October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Native Deen is a Muslim hip-hop group (“Deen” means religion in Arabic). About a month ago I posted “My Faith, My Voice” and urged Christians (and others) to remember to take into account what Muslims say about themselves as we form our opinions on Islam. I came across the video posted below of them singing, [...]

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Muslim Americans and the Quest for a More Perfect Union

Posted in Muslims on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Via Islamicate:

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Video on Mosque Controversy

Posted in Christians, Contentious Issues, Fear, Muslims on September 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

In this short video Hussein Rashid and Joseph Cumming share their thoughts on the Ground Zero mosque controversy. I found Joseph’s comments to be very helpful in thinking about how Christians should respond. How does loving our neighbor as we love ourselves (Matthew 22:39) impact our view on this? How does Jesus’ command to do [...]

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Muslims and Christians Together on Stephen Hawking

Posted in Christians, God, Muslims, Truth on September 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Stephen Hawking’s new book, The Grand Design, makes the claim that we don’t need God to create the universe. Hawking writes, “Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we [...]

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Muslim Scholars Recast Jihadists’ Favorite Fatwa

Posted in Muslims, Terrorism on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Faith World (March 31, 2010): Prominent Muslim scholars have recast a famous medieval fatwa on jihad, arguing the religious edict radical Islamists often cite to justify killing cannot be used in a globalized world that respects faith and civil rights.  A conference in Mardin in southeastern Turkey declared the fatwa by 14th century scholar  Ibn Taymiyya [...]

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Muslims Block Bible-Burning in South Africa

Posted in Bible, Muslims on September 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Muslim Group Gets Court Order Against Fellow Muslim A judge in Johannesburg, South Africa, has blocked a plan by a Muslim to burn Bibles on the anniversary of Sept. 11. An Islamic intellectual organization, Scholars of the Truth, had sought the order. It bans the burning of any holy books. “I’m very pleased the judge [...]

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Eid Mubarak

Posted in Muslims on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Eid Mubarak! Muslim Matters has Eid photos from around the world (this one is from the US). Also check out more Ramadan photos from the Big Picture

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