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Go topChristian emigration from the Middle East is impoverishing Arab culture and Muslims have a duty to encourage the presence of Christian minorities, a Lebanese government adviser told a Vatican summit on Thursday. Mohammad Sammak, a Sunni Muslim who is secretary general of Lebanon’s Christian-Muslim Committee for Dialogue, told a synod of bishops the declining number … Continued
Christians are fleeing the birthplace of Christianity in the Middle East, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may be to blame, according to regional bishops summoned to the Vatican this week to reverse the troubling trend. Melkite Patriarch Gregory III of Damascus, Syria, said at the gathering that Christian emigration is “among the most dangerous effects of … Continued
In times of trouble, certain characteristics of predominantly Muslim countries are emphasized in the media, while others disappear. Consider Iran. Until the shah’s “stable” regime collapsed, phrases like “non-Arab” and “Indo-European” were routinely used to express approval of Iran; now of course the adjective “Islamic” recurs numbingly, and with it hints of a sinister “Islamic … Continued
Leaders of prominent U.S. Muslim groups called Monday for interfaith dialogue to combat religious intolerance and said they support the right to build a controversial Islamic center near ground zero. “We stand for the constitutional right of Muslims, and Americans of all faiths, to build houses of worship anywhere in our nation as allowed by … Continued
Valarie Kaur is an award-winning filmmaker who has fought racism for the past nine years, and still she found herself overwhelmed and paralyzed by the anti-Muslim sentiment flowing from controversy over the planned Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York. A student at the Yale Law School, Kaur said the Islamophobia she first observed … Continued
Over the past decade, Eide Alawan, 70, estimates he’s helped host about 10,000 non-Muslims at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, one of the bigger mosques in Michigan. And so when Alawan of Dearborn hears about the intense opposition to Islamic centers in New York and across the nation, or a Christian pastor who … Continued
New York City woke up yesterday to a 9/11 anniversary like no other. Blue skies hummed with the buzz of helicopters as police conducted a major operation to patrol two rival midday protests about Park51, the planned Islamic centre close to Ground Zero. The noise of the aircraft mingled with the sound of church bells … Continued
His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday met with a delegation comprising Islamic and Christian figures, chairmen of charity societies, economists and academicians from the Holy City of Jerusalem. During the meeting, His Majesty stressed that Jordan will continue to exert all possible efforts to protect the holy sites in Jerusalem and help the people of … Continued
Once the Muslim holy month of Ramadan ends this week, the feast and celebration of Eid al-Fitr begins. In metro Detroit, Muslims will celebrate Eid, the holiday for breaking the fast, today or Friday, depending on the sighting of the new moon. On Eid, Muslims first head to mosques to pray, then socialize with family … Continued
THE WHITE HOUSE As Ramadan comes to an end, Michelle and I extend our best wishes to Muslims in the United States and around the world on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. For Muslims all over the world, Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of a holy month of fasting and prayer. It is a time of … Continued
As the anniversary of 9/11 approaches, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders — who did not take a stand in the contentious political debate fueled by some extremist Christians opposing the right to build a mosque and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan several blocks from Ground Zero — condemned “anti-Muslim frenzy” in … Continued
With the approach of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan and its fasting, I am reminded of the holidays and celebrations of my childhood in Palestine; of how eagerly we awaited the Eid, its festivities and rituals. The nights of Ramadan leading up to the Eid were spent at the mosque … Continued
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