With 1.2 billion followers, Islam is the world's fastest growing religion--but also its most misunderstood. Karen Armstrong, a scholar and former nun, tries to correct some of the stereotypes in her ...
Currently, the Islamic faith is under tremendous scrutiny from all sides. I often suspect that pundits who deliver their ideological quips regarding my faith do not have much in the way of direct ...
When Sharif Sahibzada took leadership of a Grand Rapids mosque in July 2001, he knew most non-Muslim Americans didn’t know much about his faith. How much they didn’t know was driven home to him when ...
Speakers from the three Abrahamic faiths — Islam, Judaism and Christianity — came together in a Eureka church on Sunday to hold the third of a series of community conversations about understanding ...
SAN FRANCISCO – Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. Why is that? What are the differences between Islam and Christianity? Why does this matter? A new book, THE CRUCIFIX ON MECCA’S ...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — More than 40 Soldiers deployed to Camp Arifjan and Camp Buehring, Kuwait participated in cultural awareness training on Nov. 17, 2021. The religious affairs specialists and ...
While studying international politics and economics as an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, Christopher B. O’Keefe “sort of stumbled into the Islamic Development Bank,” he says. Although the ...
2004-06-05T14:56:41-04:00https://images.c-span.org/defaults/BookTV_default-image.jpgIn a discussion entitled, "Understanding Islam: How Books Can Foster Dialogue in a ...
Among the many scholars who have tried to explain Islam to the Western world, few are as influential as Bernard Lewis. He has engaged in public disputations with Edward Said and Noam Chomsky, and he ...