Lessons to be Learnt from the Aborted Qur’an-Burning “Stunt”
Wow! Mr. Jones certainly “pulled a stunt” that earned him worldwide fame! Not that this sort of fame is anything that the average person would long for. But certainly the sales of his offensive book...
View ArticleSmall Practical Steps for Large-Scale Effective Peacemaking
Edited by Martin Accad 12 Suggestions by Jared Holsing: I assume the best of my Muslim friends and of Muslims in general, taking them at their word and taking their statements as genuine reflections of...
View ArticleBuilding Interfaith Dialogue Through Relationships
Editor’s Note: This column first appeared in The Voice Magazine, then at EthicsDaily.com (Building Interfaith Dialogue Through Relationships), and is used here with permission. It was a Muslim friend...
View ArticleMy view on Israel/Palestine is Inspired by a Jew
Editor’s Note: This column first appeared on the Institute of Middle East Studies blog (My view on Israel/Palestine is Inspired by a Jew) and is used here with permission. Biblical citations between...
View ArticleOur Utilitarian Ethics and the ‘Arab Spring’
Editor’s Note: This column first appeared on the Institute of Middle East Studies blog (Our Utilitarian Ethics and the ‘Arab Spring’) and is used here with permission. The phenomenon that has been...
View ArticleWill Obama’s Second Term Be Worth Dancing For? Revisiting the 2009 Cairo Speech
Editor’s Note: This column first appeared on the Institute of Middle East Studies blog (Will Obama’s Second Term Be Worth Dancing For? Revisiting the 2009 Cairo Speech) and is used here with...
View ArticleRedeeming the Enemy: A Call to Civil Disobedience
Editor’s Note: This column first appeared on the Institute of Middle East Studies blog (Redeeming the Enemy: A Call to Civil Disobedience) and is used here with permission. “To our most bitter...
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