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Can We Just Love Each Other?
Today is Valentine’s Day and as a Muslim I’m expected to write terrible things about it. Don’t get me wrong, I do believe that the whole concept of sexual promiscuity dressed up as “love” is... Read More
A new Mosque in Cuba?
And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, Who, when disaster strikes them, say: “Indeed we be... Read More
At the Intersection of Religious Freedom and LGBT Rights
On January 27 of this year, four of the top leaders from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka the Mormon church) held a press conference to announce the church’s public support f... Read More
Everyday Theology: Humans of New York
Brandon Stanton and the popular blog Humans of New York, are making the media rounds this week. After photographing a student who shared his enthusiastic appreciation for his teacher, Stanton embarked... Read More
The Kind of Leaders We (Don’t) Need
Leadership. We hear the word all the time in our society. You have to prove it on your college applications. “List all leadership positions you have held.” We value leaders. We write them ... Read More
An Audience with Pope Francis—Dispatch from Rome
We were on our way to meet Pope Francis. We—the participants in the 50th anniversary meeting of the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies—departed together from the Urbaniana campus a... Read More
From Atheist to Unitarian Universalist Interfaith Evangelist
Managing Editor’s note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from different... Read More
On Seminarians Meditating in Myanmar
On January 2, 2015 I kicked off the New Year in quite an unforgettable way: by flying to Southeast Asia. As seminarian at Andover Newton Theological School, I had the unique opportunity to take a two-... Read More
Tipping the Scales
It was a cold January afternoon as I pulled into the parking lot of the Noor Islamic Center; the temperature gauge in my car was hovering at around 29-30 degrees. The moment I stepped outside, it felt... Read More