Here’s the estimated number of people who participated in “Don’t Burn A Qur’an Day” (most of whom are still continuing to observe it): Somewhere in the vicinity of 6,865,942,376 people refrained from burning Qur’ans over the past 24 hours. This was a major global event!
I brought a copy of the Qur’an with me to Sunday school today – or more precisely, Arberry’s English translation. We spent some time discussing Islam, differences between Islam and Christianity, and the possibility of expressing disagreement without engaging in acts of hate or malice.
One person who skimmed the pages of the Qur’an, never having held one before much less read it, was struck by all the familiar names they encountered.
Next week we’ll return to our study of the letter of James in the New Testament.
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