Islam and the Election – An Inside Look at Islamophobia

If you are a Christian, watch this brief video: The New York Times – Video Library – Islam and the Election.
…Then, ask yourself: “What is my attitude toward Muslims? What about my church’s attitude? How ought the Gospel direct my stance toward Muslims?”
(HT: The Islamic Workplace)

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Fitna and Faith: Pursuing A Christian Response – Part 4 – Protestant Laity’s Ambivalent Attitude

So far my attempt to think through a faith Christian response to Fitna has (1) introduced Geert Wilder’s film, (2) surveyed its political repercussions, and (3) examined how the Christian world is officially responding to Fitna. In the final two parts I will (4) fill out the Protestant picture by exploring the laity’s response and [...]

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Islam: Monolithic or Multifarious? Ask a Muslim Mystic

As the world awakens to the growing Muslim population one of the new questions facing Christians is whether all Muslims are alike. While we Christians are no strangers to wide streams of diversity within our own religion, strangely we have had a hard time of allowing the possibility of diversity within Islam. Perhaps we should [...]

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The New Excluded Other: How Muslims Are Treated in America

A hijab-clad American woman walks into a local convenience store, and faces unwarranted exclusion:

…would this same woman have been treated any better if she had walked into an American church?
If our own history of how we treated African Americans is any harbinger, then we’d better bow quickly the knee of repentance [...]

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