Muslims give Christian and Jewish volunteers a day off for Easter
PHOENIX, AZ (3TV/CBS5) — This Easter, a group of Muslims shared a special gift with volunteers who help asylum seekers. Women from a north Scottsdale mosque helped serve a group of immigrants Sunday, so Christian and Jewish volunteers could have time off during Easter and Passover. [WATCH: Volunteers serve dinner to asylum seekers in south Phoenix] A […]
Muslims Protecting Christians Around the World
By Charles Upton and John Andrew Morrow In recent years many stories of the heroic defense of Christians by Muslims, often against attacks by ISIS, Boko Haram and other Takfiri terrorists, have emerged from Syria, Iraq, Egypt, the Philippines, Canada, France and elsewhere. These actions are entirely in the spirit, though not always in the […]
Faith communities must take action against anti-Muslim hate
The graffiti that was spray-painted last week on the sidewalk in front of the home of a Muslim family in Homer Glen (“Man charged with spray-painting anti-Muslim graffiti in Homer Glen,”Sept. 20) was a cowardly act that should be condemned by all faith communities in the Chicago area. It’s noteworthy that the graffiti included crosses and a […]
EDITORIAL: Local church does its bit to heighten mutual understanding of different faiths
A Facebook and Twitter meme in circulation these days holds that the only thing any American need know about Muslims can be summed up in the 9/11 attacks on our nation. Another asks why, if Islam is a religion of peace, Muslim scholars and clerics don’t loudly condemn extremists who misrepresent it so. Of course, […]
Faith leaders promote peacekeeping in increasingly heated times
When the Rev. Dan Clark heard that an anti-Muslim group planned to protest at a central Ohio mosque during Ramadan two months ago, he immediately reached out to several Muslim leaders to see what the interfaith community could do. “They were very grateful that we were there to help,” said Clark, director of Faith in […]
Sisterhood Of Salaam Shalom Brings Christmas Cheer To Willow Creek Residents
Willow Creek resident Jimmy Collins opens gifts brought to him on Christmas Eve by members of the Somerset-Highland Park chapter of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom. Nearly a dozen members of a local women’s group brought some Christmas Eve cheer to residents at the Willow Creek Rehab & Care Center on Easton Avenue, even though […]
Shoulder to Shoulder: A Black Pastor, a White Pastor, and an Imam’s Journey for Justice
By Rev. Dr. Michael W. Waters “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him shoulder to shoulder.” – Zephaniah 3:9 I remember our first meeting well. It was a sweltering summer day in Dallas, Juneteenth, to be exact. The nineteenth of June […]
Image Of Jesus Left Outside Mosque To Insult Muslims
A large painting of Jesus was left outside a mosque in Long Island in what police are investigating as a bias incident. The Hillside Islamic Center in North New Hyde Park said an employee discovered the picture on Friday on a fence outside the mosque. Mosque president Abdul Aziz Bhuyian told The Island Now surveillance […]
Response to: “The Superiority of Judeo-Christian Faith”
On PJMedia, Mr. Quin Hillyer compares Christianity (in all of its denominations) and Judaism (in all of its denominations) and Islam (with just one broad stroke — as if all of the teachings of Islam are unanimously agreed upon by all of its professed followers) – therein lies part of the difference between Mr. Hillyer […]
CAR: Church shelters Muslims fleeing anti-Balaka rebels
Bangui, Central African Republic – At least 1,500 people, mostly Muslim civilians, currently stuck in a Catholic church in the southeastern town of Bangassou are growing increasingly desperate, a priest has told Al Jazeera. The displaced people took refuge in the Cathedral of Bangassou after fleeing deadly violence in mid-May. “The situation is not safe […]