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by Kenan Cetinkaya
kchetinkaya@hotmail.com
September 4, 2010
Similar to the example of a King or Queen who chooses certain days in a year to show his/her generosity and love toward his/her folk, God uses the holy times as a reasons to spread his mercy and blessings, much more than the common days and times, to his servants, Children [...]
by Mohammad Jamil
September 04, 2010
It is true that cultural conflicts are increasing and are more dangerous today than at any time in history. Yet the fundamental reason for the turmoil and tension in the world is the absence of a just economic order
Power has its own dynamics, and there are many instances in history when [...]
by Hena Zuberi
August 31st, 2010
This year Ramadan coincides with the first day of school for many families. Realizing that many of our Muslim brothers and sisters do choose the public school system for their kids’ education, this is a resource to help make the best out of Ramadan in public school. This blessed month is [...]
Aug 31, 2010
Washington – A US Muslim group on Monday launched a campaign to raise social awareness in response to what they see as a ‘rising tide of anti-Muslim sentiment’ in the country.
The campaign My Faith, My Voice set up a website with messages that call for dialogue, with a view to later taking the [...]
WILLIAM F. O’BRIEN
The Edmond Sun
EDMOND — Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Carl Albert wrote in his autobiography about why his father, Ernest Homer Albert, had only two years of formal education.
Homer Albert grew up in Krebs, a small town outside of McAlester in Pittsburg County, and the only grammer school in operation [...]
Interview With Director of St. Dominic’s Institute of Rome
2010-02-25
By Gisèle Plantec
ROME, FEB. 25, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The directors of an educational institute are stating that they have found a positive coexistence between Catholic education and Muslims who come to their schools.
Anthony Bardoux, director of St. Dominic’s Institute of Rome, and Sister Marie Joannes, the former director [...]
DECLARATION ON
THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS
NOSTRA AETATE
PROCLAIMED BY HIS HOLINESS
POPE PAUL VI
ON OCTOBER 28, 1965
1. In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the Church examines more closely her relationship to non-Christian religions. In her task of promoting [...]
by Terry Mathis
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Sacred Scriptures and Interfaith Dialogue
Abstract
M. Fethullah Gülen encourages Muslims to be tolerant and accepting of people in other religions and to enter in to interfaith dialogue with them. He succeeds in doing this because the Qur’an sets the ground for this interfaith stance. Christians and Jews are often not aware [...]
by Meryem Weld
The composition and history of Western civili zation is exceedingly complex and it is not an easy task to outline the importance of Christianity within it without over-simplifying and obscuring the question altogether. Christianity is itself a complex and multiform phenomenon that has undergone many transformations and divisions through the ages and the [...]
by FAHRI ÖZTOPRAK
16 August 2010, Monday
A historic mass at the Sümela Monastery in the Black Sea coastal province of Trabzon — a first in republican history — was marked by peace on Sunday contrary to widespread concerns that the religious service would be the target of an act of provocation by Turkish ultranationalists.
Three-thousand Orthodox [...]
by Ibrahim Kalin
About a year after the Sept. 11 attacks in the US, the British Home Office published a study on the “fundamental tenets of British citizenship.” The report defined them as “[to] respect human rights and freedoms, uphold democratic values, observe laws faithfully and fulfill our duties and obligations.”
Another report, this time focusing on [...]
Underlining the Obama administration’s respect for Islam’s diversity, Farah Pandith, the US State Department’s special representative to Muslim communities, refuses to use the expression “Muslim world,” stating that the United States is not endorsing a particular type of Islam in its efforts in building long-term dialogue and partnership with Muslim communities around the world.
The position [...]
by Cemal Ussak
First of all I would like to say that I am very happy to be invited to this meeting. I would like to take this opportunity to state that, as everybody here knows, today the world is faced with many problems such as international terror, human rights violations, hunger, prostitution, pornography and similar [...]
by Hariati Azizan
Like many other European countries, Spain is grappling with the issue of its diverse immigrant communities. However, unlike most of its neighbours, Spain has a rich diverse heritage that it can draw lessons from.
“There are currently 192 nationalities living in Spain. However, there is a general feeling among ordinary Spanish [citizens] that they [...]
by Muzammil H. Siddiqi
Intolerance is on the increase in the world today, causing death, genocide, violence, religious persecution as well as confrontations on different levels. Some times it is racial and ethnic, some times it is religious and ideological, other times it is political and social. In every situation it is evil and painful. How [...]
by Marty Martin
Chicago, Illinois – Over the past five years, as part of a project on religious fundamentalism, I’ve studied and talked with Muslims from Houston to Auschwitz. And as I’ve gained a better understanding of how Christians and Muslims see each other, I’ve learned that how we communicate is as important as what we [...]
by Syed Shahabuddin
Phobia means fear, the fear of the other. Any phobia has a psychological basis, which is a combination of historical memories, blended with myths and legends, complicated by social separateness, generated by the consciousness of economic and political rivalry, not to speak of persistent religious hostility and indifference. In the case of Europe, [...]
by Fr. Theodore Pulcini
Christianity and Islam share much common ground. Both trace their roots to Abraham. Both believe in prophecy, God’s messengers (apostles), revelation, scripture, the resurrection of dead, and the centrality of religious community. Despite these similarities, however, these two religions have significant differences which we need to be aware of, as true dialogue [...]
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, 02.20.2010
New Delhi: The International Dialogue Between Islam & Oriental Religions began in New Delhi today with religious and community leaders calling for unity on the basis of common values shared by the religions in Asia. “Initiation of the dialogue is timely as such dialogues have already started between Islam and [...]
by YOUSSEF AL QARADAWI
From the most compassionate, peace be upon you and the blessings of God be upon you, ladies and gentlemen. It’s my pleasure to welcome you today to the state of Qatar to engage in dialogue together with an open mind and an open heart. We Muslims are ordered by our religion to [...]
by Cardinal Tauran
We Shouldn’t Fear Islam
Interreligious Dialogue Can Deepen Faith
GRANADA, Spain, FEB. 18, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue is affirming that Catholics should not fear Islam, but rather welcome the chance for deepening their faith through interchange with Muslims.
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran affirmed this in Granada during his Feb. 10 [...]
by Nicholas Jesson
The recent controversy over cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed has exposed a disagreement between Western secular democracies and the Muslim community over appropriate limits on public expression. Agreement on when or whether there should be limits on free speech remains elusive. Such an agreement appears to be developing between Anglicans and Muslims, at [...]
THE WORLD-WIDE MESSIANIC MISSION ATTRIBUTED TO JESUS CHRIST TOWARD THE END OF TIME
by Mahmud Al-Hakem
Some of the first converts to Islam were subjected to the severest persecutions in Makka. They bore them patiently and never thought of retaliation, as the Qur’an ordered the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace and blessings, to call unbelievers to [...]
By Santosh Digal
1/16/2010
The attacks against churches are against the teachings of Islam. Also condemned by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).Yesterday, the office of the Catholics lawyers attacked.Manila, Philippines (AsiaNews) – “The attacks against churches and buildings of worship of any religion are against the teachings of Islam.”
Ustadhz Abdulhadi Daguit, Muslim and head of [...]
DEIR MAR MOUSA, Syria — As darkness falls over the vast Syrian desert and the first winter stars emerge, a trail of modern-day pilgrims is slowly climbing the stone steps of this remote cliff-top monastery.
They are a motley crew of religious seekers and backpackers from a dozen countries, some hoping for divine wisdom, others [...]
by Hermann Krause
The world religious summit was definitely one of the biggest events of its kind that ever took place in Moscow. The unique meeting was initiated by the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexi the Second.
Its main objective was however not really religious in nature, but rather political. The world’s religious leaders worked out ideas about [...]
By Jennifer Siegel
Seeking to build on the success of their own longstanding dialogue, Jewish and Catholic leaders have held several discussions in recent weeks about launching more intensive interfaith talks with Muslims.
“Before it was considered like something nice to do,” said Father Patrick Dubois, the French bishops’ liaison to the Jewish community in France. “Now [...]
by Howie Gardner
Dear Fellow Religious Leaders,
I am a Christian pastor with the Assemblies of God and numerous leaders within the Christian community have
approved the following letter.
It is to be recognized that both of our faiths have much in common. We both recognize the existence of one God
Who created the universe. We acknowledge that [...]
by Kenan Cetinkaya
E-mail: kchetinkaya@hotmail.com
THE SANCTITY OF WATER IN CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER RELIGIONS (ESPECIALLY IN ISLAM)
Introduction
In this paper, I am going to examine sanctity of water in detail in Christianity in terms of using in the first sacrament; Baptism. Afterward I will compare water’s role in Christianity and Islam.
In [...]
NEW YORK (JTA) — A landmark statement by leading Muslims intellectuals calling for Jewish-Muslim dialogue has won broad support from Jewish leaders, even as some elements and some signatories were deemed problematic.
Unlike earlier efforts at dialogue, which often have sought to discourage discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the statement openly acknowledges the conflict’s centrality to [...]
Lejla Demiri Studies Christian Theology in Rome
ROME, JUNE 4, 2004 (Zenit) – Lejla Demiri, a Muslim studying Christian theology at the Gregorian University, doesn’t understand some of the West’s criticisms of her religion.
“Let’s be honest,” she says. “I don’t really understand how I, as a Muslim woman, am oppressed.”
There are many women studying in [...]
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I’m Renee Montagne.
Pope Benedict the XVI met today with ambassadors from Muslim nations, along with Italy’s Islamic leaders, in a further effort to diffuse the row over the row over his statements on Islam.
Nearly two weeks ago the pope quoted a medieval text, asserting that Islam is being [...]
KENAN CETINKAYA e-mail: kchetinkaya@hotmail.com
“THROUGH JESUS OF THE GOSPELS TO A PROPHET OF ISLAM”
A research on Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew with Islamic concepts of Prophethood
Introduction
Christianity and Islam are the two monotheistic religions which consist of nearly half of the world’s population. In terms of dialogue of the members of these two religions, [...]
by Joseph ELLUL O.P.
Contrary to what many people have predicted up till about ten years ago, religion has again entered the public domain. Although here in Europe (and contrary to what occurs sometimes in the U.S.), governments are not elected or rejected according to their religious platform, it cannot be denied that religion cannot [...]
by Kabir Helminski
A World Out of Balance
Our whole world is out of balance: ecologically, economically, socially, and spiritually, and we are one humanity.
There are many prophecies that suggest that we are at a point of global crisis. In addition to many other voices, the indigenous peoples of the world, and especially of my own [...]
It can be said that dialogue between Christianity and Islam springs from the essence of Christianity, which is the foremost religion of dialogue. God Himself in the Old Testament, as the God Creator, speaks with man (cf. Gen. 1:28; 17:1-2, Exod. 3:4-6) and reveals the uniqueness of His divine existence (cf. Deut. 6:4);
and the same [...]
by Hmida Ennaïfer (Professor of Muslim Dogmatic Theology at the University of Tunis)
The difficulty
For a Muslim, reference to the figure of Jesus is reason for double difficulty. On the one hand, it has to do with presenting “another”, “different” vision of a subject which, for some, is the essence itself of their faith and, therefore, [...]
by Walid Saif
Over the last ten years, our Muslim-Christian dialogue under the auspices of the WCC has well surpassed/overcome the old conception, or rather misconception, that dialogue is an exercise of interreligious theological debate whereby each side tries to prove his religious truth in contrast with the other. Instead, our dialogue has been based on [...]
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful,
And may Peace and Blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful,
Do not contend with people of the Book except in the fairest way….
(The Holy Qur’an, al-Ankabut, 29:46).
Your Holiness,
With regards to your lecture at the University of Regensburg in Germany on [...]
Islam: Pluralism and Interfaith Dialogue
by Shah Abdul Halim
In the recent past several seminars were organized in the country on interfaith dialogue. These seminars made great contribution in strengthening already existing communal harmony and exposing the hollowness of the propaganda of the interested quarter to malign and defame Bangladesh. These seminars however failed to address the [...]
Children of Abraham – Jews and Muslim
by Gul Rukh Rahman
05 January 2006
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Children of Abraham – Jews and Muslim
Gul Rukh Rahman *
New York – Jews and Muslims have been tied together by culture and history for centuries. For over a thousand years both peoples have contributed to the Middle Eastern civilization. But this relationship has become [...]
Don’t Start With Hot Button Issues
Your group doesn’t need to deny the points of contrast or conflict. They exist. But they are a lot easier to deal with after you have created rapport between members of the group so that people are talking to people,
not symbols. Where conflict is likely, steer away from it until [...]
A qualitative change took place in the relationship between churches and religions, mostly during this century. While exceptions may be found in previous centuries, as evidenced by book titles such as Twenty Centuries of Ecumenism or studies of some instances of irenic Jewish-Christian or Christian- Muslim relations,
most readers will be aware that some genuinely [...]
Dermot A. Lane
The following is a Jewish-Christian Muslim dialogue on Jesus in the form of three brief review articles on a book and a response by the book’s author. The book is by a Christian, and the reviews are by a
Jew, another Christian, and a Muslim. The book at the basis of this dialogue is [...]
For many, Islam and Christianity have little in common. More than a few Christians misperceive Islam as a religion of the sword and of oppression, while many Muslims see Christianity as permissive and rampant with sin.
Yet, much of this misperception arises from the different emphases and vocabulary peculiar to each religion. In fact, most of [...]
I. Introduction
Twenty years ago, during the period between the second and third sessions of the Second Vatican Council, two
panels of experts were given the task of drafting texts on Islam to be included in the evolving documents on the church and on ecumenism. The material, discussed early in the third session, was incorporated into a [...]
Full Text of the Madina Charter
1. This is a document from Muhammad the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), governing relations between the Believers i.e. Muslims of Quraysh and Yathrib and those who followed them and worked hard with them. They form one nation — Ummah.
2. [...]
Importance of Jesus in Islam
Wajahat Husain
As two of the largest religions in the world, Christianity and Islam are at the forefront of many events occurring around the world. Collectively, According to estimates in Encyclopedia Britannica, Muslims and Christians collectively make up 55% of the world’s population. This [...]
The Qur’an always accepts forgiveness and tolerance as basic principles, so much so that “the servants of the All-Merciful” are introduced in the following manner:
And the servants of (God) the All-Merciful are those who move on the Earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say: “Peace.” (Al-Furqan 25:63)
When they meet hollow words [...]
The attitude of believers is determined according to the degree of their faith. I believe that if the message is put across properly, then an environment conducive to dialogue will be able to emerge in our country and throughout the world. Thus, as in every subject, we should approach this issue as indicated in the [...]
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