Christians, Muslims & Jesus by Mona Siddiqui: review

Sameer Rahim applauds a stimulating dialogue between great faiths.   Despite that in some parts of the world you find violent conflict between Christians and Muslims, the Muslim theologian Mona Siddiqui touches on a central doctrinal difference between the two largest monotheisms: the true nature of Jesus of Nazareth.   When Mohammed announced his new…

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Sicilian Catholics and Muslims discuss “Sustaining the Family”

Fernando Massimo Adonia April 15, 2013 An interfaith meeting took place in Catania. The Islamic community together with the Catholic community came together to discuss ‘family in crisis.’ In Catania Imam Kheit Abdelhafid, President of the Islamic community of Sicily opened the meeting. The meeting’s main theme is “The Muslim family, the Christian family: challenges…

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Either the Church Denounces Islam or We Will Be Overwhelmed: An Interview with Magdi Cristiano Allam, President of “I Love Italy” and a member of European Parliament.

In an interview, Magdi Cristiano Allam says he disagrees with the Catholic Church in the Church’s embrace of Islam. The interviewer asks, “but Jesus taught to continue a dialogue with the violent,” to which Allam states, “the dialogue takes place between people, it is a tool that can be productive if you share the same…

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You May Now Kiss the Computer Screen

Internet Marriages on Rise in Some Immigrant Communities With a red embroidered veil draped over her dark hair, Punam Chowdhury held her breath last month as her fiancé said the words that would make them husband and wife. After she echoed them, they were married. Guests erupted in applause; the bride and groom traded bashful…

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More details of Kingston, ON “honour killing” emerge in book

The National Post – October 26, 2012   A lethal warning from Hamed in 2009, who was later convicted of first-degree murder along with his father, Mohammad Shafia, and mother, Tooba Yahya, is revealed in Without Honour: The True Story of the Shafia Family and the Kingston Canal Murders, a new book on the disturbing…

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