Question What event or person inspired you to go into this field of theatre and drama in the first place? Go back to the very first time you had felt …
Book Review – God is One: The Way of Islam
Mr. Speight was the director of the office of Christian-Muslim Relations of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the US from 1979 to1992. Earlier, he served churches in …
Productive Interfaith Dialogue: Guidelines for Muslims
Sh. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi relates the following account in his article Dialogue with the People of the Book and Exchange of Good Will on Holy Days: “Once, in one of the …
Peace and Conflict Resolution Concepts in the Madina Charter
It is easy to make contact with people from vastly different cultures and beliefs in the context of today’s world. Unfortunately, increased globalization has also broadened the scope of conflict …
Narratives, Interfaith Dialogue, and Transformation
Narratives are important. They are central to how we understand ourselves and betoken not just the chronology but also the meaning of our lives. Narratives are the stories we tell …
Interfaith Dialogue: The Need of our Time
Before the tragedy of 9/11, many American Muslims were opposed to interfaith dialogue, thinking that it would compromise their faith. Thus in 1985 when Imam Ihsan Bagby and I, along …
Stamp out Hunger
Amongst the most basic needs of human existence is sustenance. God talks about this in different places in the Qur’an, emphasizing that all people must eat and drink and that …
38TH Annual ICNA-MAS Convention Report
Alhamdulillah, the 38th Annual ICNA-MAS Convention, held in Hartford, CT over the Memorial Day weekend, was a huge success! The theme of this year’s convention was “Islam: The Pursuit of …
Women Scholars of Hadith
History records few scholarly enterprises, at least before modern times, in which women have played an important and active role side by side with men. The science of hadith forms …
Women and Men: Complementary Halves
Sarah had heard many negative characterizations of Islam, especially that the religion oppressed women. She didn’t spend much time thinking about these things, one way or the other. It remained …