by Scott Stearman | Mar 24, 2021 | Opinion
In the summer of 1988, I was the subject of great racial curiosity. I was in the middle of the most land locked city on earth. The capital of Xinjiang, Urumqi, holds a population of over one million people. My impression then was that none of those one million people...
by Joe LaGuardia | Feb 13, 2020 | Opinion
I recently had an interfaith engagement with Victor Begg, a Muslim interfaith advocate, at a restaurant attached to a local, municipal airport. When it came time for evening prayer, Victor and his family sought a quiet place to pray. I recommended they walk next door...
by Elias Ghazal | Jun 26, 2019 | Opinion
“Love the sinner but hate the sin” is a common Christian cliché that is not biblical. As I noted previously, it has been used to justify inaccurate views of Islam and unjust attitudes and actions toward Muslims. I find some similarity between the attitude of...
by Elias Ghazal | Jun 25, 2019 | Opinion
Islamophobia is on the rise. Over the last decade, hate crimes against Muslims have increased at an alarming rate. That is, more and more Muslims around the world are being targeted simply for identifying with Islam. This is not referring to Muslims who are complicit...
by Martin Accad | Jun 24, 2019 | Opinion
“What was it like growing up as a Christian in Lebanon, with so many Muslims around you?” “How did you handle the pressures of being a minority in a Muslim-majority context?” These are questions that I have been asked many times while traveling in Europe and North...
