Da'wah Archives

Manufacturing Islamophobia in the Media

WHEN IT COMES to Islam and Muslims, the Western world by and large has turned on the news to learn about this faith and its people. The danger of this kind of education is manifesting in the actions of Americans, with hate…

What is Islam? | Part 2

The Belief that God is the Sole Creator and Sustainer of all Creation There is one thing that definitively stands out when one reads the Quran: Allah instructs humankind to ponder over the creation with all its subtleties and magnificence. At no…

Kosher or Not: Can a Non-Jew Convert to Christianity? (Part 8)

Some Bible translations start this story in Acts 10 under the editorial sub-heading, “The Inauguration of the Gentile Mission,” thus stamping the New Testament text with the Church's acceptance of Paul as a spokesman for Christianity and accepting Paul's subsequent Gentile mission…

What is Islam? | Part 1

The Belief in God (Allah) In reality, belief in Allah is the cornerstone of the entire faith of Islam. All of the other Islamic beliefs and all Islamic practices revolve around the proper belief in God. For this reason, perhaps more than…

‘Kosher’ or Not: Can a Non-Jew Convert To Christianity? (6)

Who Will Judge Gentiles who have Converted to Christianity—Paul? Since it is the twelve Disciples of Jesus whom Jesus indicated would rule over the twelve tribes (‘nations’) of the Israelites (Part 5), the Jesus story applies only to Jesus, his Twelve Disciples…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange -14 | Linda Thayer

CONTINUING IN THIS installment, we look further at Richard E. Rubenstein’s book, When Jesus Became God, The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome so as to elucidate the 4th century Arian controversy that divided the dominant Christian Church…

When You Think People Judge You | Maryam Amirebrahimi

I STOOD IN front of a store employee and gave her a massive smile. I asked about her day, I tried to make small talk. She looked at me disapprovingly, a scowl on her face, barely engaging in my conversation. Immediately I…

Rectifying Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – Part 30 | Linda Thayer

We continue from Part 29 our look at issues arising with Christian writer, Robert F. Shedinger, in his book, Was Jesus a Muslim? Questioning Categories in the Study of Religion (2009) Fortress Press: Minneapolis. In Part 29 we saw how Christianity has…

Biblical Question, Qur’anic Answer (1): Did Aaron Facilitate the Golden-Calf Affair? | Aataai Gazi Mahbub

AARON (HÂRÛN), THE elder brother of Moses (Mûsa) (peace be upon them both), is a prominent and respected figure in the world of the Abrahamic faiths—Judaism, Christianity and Islam. God had selected him as a prophet–one who is chosen for spreading and…

Kosher or Not: Can a Non-Jew Convert to Christianity? | (Part 7)

HAVING LOOKED (Parts 1-6 of this series) at evidence in the Gospel accounts of the New Testament regarding whether non-Jews were ever invited to be followers of Jesus, we now turn to the narratives of the book, the Acts of the Apostles,…