[Am reposting this because I've added some eye-opening passages from key prayers of Islam, Christianity and Judaism.] Ali makes some intriguing observations about the "myth" of a Judeo-Christian West. A particularly stimulating claim is that there is no unified Judeo-Christian religious tradition because Jews have for much of recent Western history been advocating--as an understandable defensive tactic by a vulnerable minority in Christian societies that were steeped in … [Read more...]

Mozaffar has a thoughtful post on the similiarities between Jews and Muslims, a topic that has long been dear to my heart.other|matters » The Jewish Mirror If the Prophet -p- has been reported to have said that we (Muslims) and they (the Jewish people) are so alike that we are like two shoes of a pair, then what does that tell you? Further, look at al-Baqarah; our Blessed Creator speaks to us by way of speaking to the Children of Israel, and then (almost immediately afterwards) speaks … [Read more...]

Lest we forget how much we have to be grateful for. God bless him and his parents. A photo from Washingtonpost.com of a two-month old baby in Shanghai.  A doctor inspects a 59-day-old baby boy who was born with three arms, at a hospital in Shanghai, in east China Monday, May 29, 2006. Doctors are checking the boys physical condition before deciding whether to remove his third arm. (AP Photo) … [Read more...]

Perhaps Ahmed Deedat needs to start writing novels.Reading "Da Vinci Code" does alter beliefs: survey People are now twice as likely to believe Jesus Christ fathered children after reading the Dan Brown blockbuster and four times as likely to think the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei is a murderous sect.Were I a Christian, the unkindest cut of all would definitely be the casting of Tom Hanks as the face of heresy.  He's just too slight of talent and lacking in gravitas to be heading … [Read more...]