Category: Intra-Faith
Proof in the Pudding
On August 14, 2013, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected Elizabeth Eaton as its presiding bishop. She is the first woman bishop in American Lutheran history. Eaton carried the vote wit... Read More
Ramadan Diary 1434/2013 Week 4 (part 3)
Day 28 – Aug. 5, 2013 Prayer from Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS): My God, were it not incumbent to accept Your command, I would declare You far too exalted for me to remember You, for I remember You i... Read More
Ramadan Diary 1434/2013 Week 4 (part 2)
Day 25 – Aug. 2, 2013 Gratitude requires a level of commitment to claim our humanity and is a spiritual practice. The Qur’an says that to be grateful is to receive blessings (14:7). We can see... Read More
Ramadan Diary 1434/2013 Week 4 (part 1)
Day 23 – July 31, 2013 In the primordial moment, when God spoke to the assembled souls, God asked, “Am I not your Lord?” and we responded “Yes, indeed, we bear witness that this is so.” ... Read More
Ramadan Diary 1434/2013 Week 3 (part 2)
Day 18 – July 26, 2013 Prayer from Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him and his family) for the 18th day of Ramadan: O Allah keep me awake, in this month, to find and get the blessings of its mor... Read More
Ramadan Diary 1434/2013 Week 3 (part 1)
One of the things Muslims do during Ramadan is try to read the entire Qur’an over the course of the month. Each night, we try to read a juz’, or section of the Qur’an. As I entered week 3 of Ram... Read More
Who is a Muslim? Tension at an Interfaith Ramadan Gathering
I helped my Muslim friends break the Ramadan fast at the home of Abdel, an Indian scholar of classical Islam who works at the Great Mosque in Rome to facilitate interfaith dialogue and to ameliorate I... Read More
Ramadan Diary 1434/2013 Week 2
Day 8 – Tuesday, July 16, 2013 As I go over my ending from the last week, I realize how depressing it sounds. While it was not meant, I suppose it is because when one realizes how human-h... Read More