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Louis Massignon: A Tribute to a Pioneer in Interfaith Relations
Fifty years ago the renowned French Catholic scholar of Islam and the Islamic world, Louis Massignon, died on…
The Four Bs of Religion
Some people assert that all religions are much the same, for better or for worse. Others will insist…
Basis for Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Whenever I watch and read about killings and terrorism in the name of religion today, the music of…
Faith, Worship, and Social Responsibility: The Ideal Person in the Qur’an
As with other sacred texts, one of the most important subjects regarding the Qur’an concerns its interpretation or…
Love for Truth
Truth means the essence and reality of a thing. It is to know clearly what a thing is,…
Rumi: Faith, Knowledge, Reason, and Love
During a trip to Turkey in the summer of 2009, I had an opportunity to visit the tomb…
Does the Qur’an Sanction War?
In Islamic jurisprudence, no divinely ordained clergy rule on religious matters. There are only scholars, learned people that…
Rocks or Rainbows: Lessons for Interreligious Dialogue
More than two decades ago, as a new professor at a small college, I was assigned a course…
The Art of Living Together
At the onset of the twenty-first century, a new relationship is being forged between my own Greek…
Believers as They Stand Before God
The believer is one who believes and trusts, one with prospects for a secure future who is trustworthy…
An Opportunity to Heal and Make Whole
How can anyone residing in the United States, or for that matter living in any other part of…
The Spirit of Norway
A model of reconciled diversity is the only way to the future in our globalized world. It is…
The Truth, Rights, and More
The Truth is one of the beautiful of names of the Divine, al-Haqq, which is linguistically both an…
An Ardent Prayer
The Almighty Creator is He whose existence is the origin of all existence, whose might is the source…