Understanding Islam

Followers of Islam make up almost a quarter of the world’s population. Islam is a major spiritual force in the world, which is often poorly understood and misrepresented, yet it has been playing a growing role in world affairs.

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Mark Durie - October 4, 2021

Is 'Abrahamic' a useful concept?

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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...