I write to express my profound sorrow beyond words, and to extend condolences to the families and friends of the 22 martyrs killed and to the over 90 people who were wounded in the bomb attack on Al-Qiddisin (The Saints) church in Alexandria on New...
A recent forum was held on October 14 2010, and hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations. It was titled The Prospect for Peace in Sudan: A View from Religious Leaders on the Ground. Senior Sudanese Christian leaders discussed prospects for peace in Sudan. The...
Before it was innocuously renamed Park 51, the Ground Zero mosque development had been known as the Cordoba House, which proponents claimed referred to a supposed golden age of multi-faith tolerance under Islamic rule. What they neglect to mention is that historically, non-Muslims under Muslim...
What is a mosque? This is an important and pressing question. I am reminded of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's observation: "One thinks that one is tracing the outline of the thing's nature over and over again, and one is merely tracing round the frame through which we...
I have been ruminating further about Rabbi Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor's 9/11 address. In my previous blog I questioned his presupposition that those who oppose the Park51 Project (the 'Ground Zero Mosque) must be bigots, as well as his assumption that ignorance is the cause of...
Rabbi Bretton-Granatoor, of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, has written a reflection for 9/11 entitled "How many lies are contained in the phrase "A mosque at ground zero"? The rabbi excoriates those who are opposed to the construction of the Park51 project, also known as...
I have hesitated to write about the Ground Zero Mosque, which has grabbed the attention of America in recent months. But today is the 11th of September, and it seems as good a time as any to bite the bullet. For an insightful discussion of what...
Dove World Outreach Centre in Florida has declared that it will burn a Quran on 11 September 2010 on what they have declared as 'Burn a Koran Day'. In response Muslim groups throughout the world have warned that this event will result in extreme reactions. Would-be...