A Crucial Difference Between How Muslim & Extremist Evangelical Christian Communities Deal With Their Terrorists and Preachers of Hate

Islamophobes (in particular extremist Christian evangelicals) are continuously nagging on about how Muslims aren’t doing enough combating extremism in the Muslim world. The fact is that there are a countless number of fatwas issued against extremism, Islamic conferences condemning extremism, Muslims cooperating with western countries in thwarting terror […]

Keeping the Connection to the Prophet Alive

by Jonathan Brown, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Washington University The Prophet Muhammad is ever present in the lives of Muslims, but how often do we ask ourselves about the nature of our connection to him or how his teachings have come down to us?  Certainly we know of […]

French philosopher Roger Garaudy dies

According to the BBC, French philosopher Roger Garaudy has died at the age of 98. An ex-member of the communist party, he converted to Islam in the 1980s. He was quoted as saying that “The Christ of Paul is not the Jesus of the Bible”. In his 1996 book The […]