“Accepting the Other: The Importance of Finding Common Ground among People of Faith”

“Accepting the Other: The Importance of Finding Common Ground among People of Faith”

 

The waterfront at Jeddah
The coastline at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where Eman and Safi Kaskas live
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)

 

I’ve spent several hours yesterday and today with Dr. Safi Kaskas and his wife, Eman Kaskas.  Natives of Lebanon who have lived for three decades in Saudi Arabia, they’re both pleasant and fascinating.  He has recently published a fresh English translation of the Qur’an that features comparative cross references to the Bible — the first time this has ever been done.

 

They will be speaking on the BYU campus on Monday at 11 AM:

 

http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/accepting-the-other/

 

 


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