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  • Pope Bene­dict, Islam and Violence

    But why did the Muslim react in such a manner when Pope Benedict repeated something that we are already accustomed to hearing from not so friendly western public figures? After all flamboyant televangelists like Jerry Falwell have said worse things than the Pope –- calling the Prophet of Islam a paedophile and terrorist – yet…

  • We can­not afford to main­tain these ancient prej­u­dices against Islam

    In the 12th cen­tu­ry, Peter the Ven­er­a­ble, Abbot of Cluny, ini­ti­at­ed a dia­logue with the Islam­ic world. ​“I approach you not with arms, but with words,” he wrote to the Mus­lims whom he imag­ined read­ing his book, ​“not with force, but with rea­son, not with hatred, but with love.” Yet his trea­tise was enti­tled Sum­ma­ry of…

  • What I Did Not Say And The Mis­sion­ary Myopia

    What I Did Not Say And The Mis­sion­ary Myopia

    There are those who say that lying and deceiving is at the soul of all crime and that Christianity epitomizes these traits more than any other faith. As proof of their assertion they often quote Paul of Tarsus, arguably the true founder of Christianity, who is recorded to have said, "But if through my falsehood…

  • The True, Peace­ful Face Of Islam

    The True, Peace­ful Face Of Islam

    There are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world, and Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion. If the evil carnage we witnessed on Sept. 11 were typical of the faith, and Islam truly inspired and justified such violence, its growth and the increasing presence of Muslims in both Europe and the U.S. would be a terrifying…

  • Faith­free­dom Inter­na­tion­al : Islam and the False Alle­ga­tions of Atrocities

    Faith­free­dom Inter­na­tion­al : Islam and the False Alle­ga­tions of Atrocities

    European criticism seems to have lost its sense of justice in dealing with the Prophet(P). All the rates of that criticism seem to be subject to the one consideration that whatever is unfavourable and damaging to the Prophet's reputation must be accepted as true. For example, Answering Islam, a website which is full of lies…

  • The Mus­lim Schol­ars Regard­ing the ​“Bewitch­ment” of the Prophet Muhammad

    The Muslim scholars hold three views with regard to this incident. The sorcery whom the Prophet (peace be upon him) was exposed to is merely a usual disease and a transient illness, this is possible in regard to the Prophets as is to any human being. It does not disprove prophethood or disturb the message…

  • Islam Through West­ern Eyes

    Edward W. Said (We do not nec­ces­sar­i­ly agree with every­thing that is said by the author ? Ed. ) The media have become obsessed with some­thing called ​“Islam,” which in their vogu­ish lex­i­con has acquired only two mean­ings, both of them unac­cept­able and impov­er­ish­ing. On the one hand, ​“Islam” rep­re­sents the threat of a resur­gent atavism, which sug­gests not only…

  • Lessons In The Sto­ry of Jesus, The Son of Mary And His Most Blessed Mother

    This great mission is that, among the major signs of the final Hour and among the keys of the huge deliverance that will dawn upon this Community of Islam there will come a time on this earth when the call to the pre-morning prayer will be raised in Damascus -- at the white minaret East…

  • Chop­ping Down Mis­con­cep­tions : David Wood’s Islam Super­high­way Twist

    Chop­ping Down Mis­con­cep­tions : David Wood’s Islam Super­high­way Twist

    From the beginning of Orientalism, the Christian missionaries have been assuming that Islam is "headless" enough to be attacked and scrutinised with a ferocity that one can only conclude borders on fanaticism. These missionaries proved then that they don't have the brains to acknowledge their own headlessness. One such example is David Wood, a recent…