by Berry Craig | Nov 15, 2010 | Opinion
Mayfield, Ky., my hometown, will have a Muslim prayer space after all. The city’s board of zoning adjustments recently reversed itself and approved a Somali man’s request for such a space, which the media and many townsfolk have been calling a mosque....
by Robert Parham | Aug 3, 2010 | Opinion
A Ghanaian Baptist pastor told participants in a Christian-Muslim dialogue workshop at the 20th Congress of the Baptist World Alliance, meeting in Honolulu, that the Muslims in his city would protect Christians if troublemakers sought conflict with them. Â “If...
by Robert Parham | Jul 27, 2009 | Opinion
Baptists still face state-sponsored religious discrimination, 400 years after the first Baptists sought religious freedom from the intolerant King James I of England, head of the Church of England. Â One such place is the Republic of Serbia. Â The Serbian government...
by Mark Woods | Jul 1, 2009 | Opinion
Encounters between Christianity and Islam are increasingly common and complex, as members of both faiths increasingly live side by side. Â When any faiths have to occupy the same geographical space, there is bound to be tension. For Christians and Muslims, the nature...
by Robert Parham | Jun 29, 2009 | Opinion
The burqa should be as accepted in American life for Muslims as the bolo tie is for Texas Baptists, the yarmulke is for Jews, the ornate cross-necklace is for Catholics and plain clothing is for the Amish. Â The battle over the burqa, an outer garment worn by some...
