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The reality and the authenticity of religious experiences with regard to conversion may not be necessarily disputed, especially when it has to do with conversion from the other religion to Christianity. This is due to the Christianity’s belief that God still speaks to the hearts of people in mysterious ways. Thus it is Christianity hasContinue reading “The reality of religious experience and its challenges”

The common word which denotes the meeting point of agreement between Christianity and Islam is indeed an expression of a rich dialogical progress made by these two major religions. It really depicts a growth and maturity in Muslim-Christian relations. For the fact that the dual common ground was thought out by these two major religionsContinue reading “What unites is stronger than what divides.”

The above statement as highlighted by D’Costa in his article on Interreligious prayer is an important one as it clearly distinguishes inter-religious prayer from the multi-religious prayer. Reclining to most of the church’s documents and scholars’ thoughts in relation to John Paul II Assisi prayer of 1986, a lot questions have been raised regarding whyContinue reading “Coming to pray together and coming together to pray.”

As I was going through the reading articulated by Khalidi on the Muslim Jesus, what was going in my mind was, how did the Muslims come about this? Could it be through the revelation,an encounter, the analysis of the gospel of Jesus or speculative reflection and thought about Jesus as a prophet? However, there areContinue reading “The Muslim Jesus Indeed!”

From the reading about Salat which reflects the religious content of prayer in a more significant way than physical posture, I came to realize that it is an integral part Islamic religion as it is the best possible way through which the adherents and faithful followers can express their allegiance, trust, obedience, nothingness, worship, devotion.Continue reading “Some important aspects of Salat and their relationship other religious traditions.”

The Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity and the incarnation according to Muslims and Jews have raised questions on the Christians’ claim on the belief of the monotheistic God. For these religions, how can God be one and the same described with three persons. In their thoughts, it is illogical to describe God with suchContinue reading “Christian belief in the Holy Trinity and Incarnation: An anti-Monotheism?”

Fazlur Rahman in his articulation of the personality of God highlighted that the mercy and justice of God are interpenetrated in the Qur’anic concept of God as inseparable attributes. This invariably indicates that God is the creator of everything in the sense that everything is contingent upon God, which equally gives credence that God isContinue reading “God as creator, merciful, and Judge: Common belief for both Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.”

Sayyid Qutb’s perspective of America is what was informed by the pragmatic observation and experience within the course of his studies in America. In his article, “I have seen America”, he highlighted what he perceived America to be it was impressed upon him. His articulation is summarized in what he referred to as the combinationContinue reading “Qutb perspective of America”

The video lecture by Yusuf Estes is a very interesting one which highlights much more why Islam and Christianity should build a strong relationship. Yusuf in this video I think is speaking to Muslims more than Christians. I see him as I observe trying to inform the Muslims to restrain from accusing Christians as polytheistContinue reading “That which unites Islam and Christianity is stronger than what divides it.”

The implication of accusing both the Jews and Christians of falsifying , distorting, and altering of the scriptures is that Islam has assumed that it is only Qur’an that is an authentic scripture, that it is their scholars that have the key to the interpretation of the scriptures and as such has the knowledge. ByContinue reading “The monopoly of interpretation, scripture, and knowledge”