Christians and Muslims often form friendships and work together on projects for the common good of human society. A Christian group asked for some theological reflections to underpin such work and to explore some of the issues thus raised. You can read …
Theological reflections on Christian and Muslim friendship and working together. Read More »
Islam works on the lunar year, which is shorter than the solar year, and so everything timed by it appears to move forward by about eleven days annually when compared to the solar calendar. This means that Ramadan will be moving through …
A conference was planned by the Islamic Centre of England, the Iranian administered mosque in London, for the summer of 2020 to make known the life and example of Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, the third Imam in Shi’a understanding. …
Husayn, the grandson of Muhammad: contemporary reflections on the struggle for justice Read More »
Eight hundred years ago, in 1219, Francis of Assisi made the journey to Egypt and had an historic encounter with the leader of the Muslim forces arrayed against the crusaders, Sultan Malik al-Kamil. This had an impact on the rest of his …
Teaching the Faith of Another: Reflections arising from Britain is an article drawn from a paper presented at a conference in March 2016 in Lahore, Pakistan, on “Contemporary Issues in Religious Education”.
Many Christian people have told me that they know in their hearts that people of other faiths and those who profess no faith live godly lives and that their relationship with the one and only God is manifest in their lives. There …
As two faith communities before the one and only God, this should affect the way in which our faith education is done. How do we seek to hear God speaking to us through the faith and practice of the other? How does …