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Humantrustees.org aims to foster understanding and cooperation between Muslims and Christians so as to empower them to live up to their God-given calling as “trustees of the earth.” This Christian initiative seeks to accomplish this goal through scholarship, teaching, news commentary, and networking between scholars, members of both communities, and with anyone else who is passionate about peace and human flourishing.
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20 February 2012

Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Tale of "Christophobia"

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Christian businessman Abskharon Suleiman in the home of a Muslim family, where he is staying after being evicted from his village.
Last week I happened to see Newsweek’s cover article, “The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World,” and read it immediately. My reaction: like Ayaan Hirsi’s other writings, it is less than truthful. Most cited facts are indeed “facts.” But truth, surely, lies in a balanced telling of such life-and-death stories within their wider context. She does not. Truth…
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08 February 2012

Detroit's TheCall Seen through Muslim Eyes

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Haroon Moghul is an Associate Editor at Religion Dispatches, Senior Editor at The Islamic Monthly, and a Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU).
[A slightly different version of this blog was posted on the Peace Catalysts site in Nov. 2011] Haroon Moghul is the epitome of the young, charismatic and connected American Muslim leader. A PhD candidate at Columbia University, he is a sought-after speaker on the interfaith circuit (including CNN, NPR, the New Yorker and the Guardian). He’s also a popular blogger…
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04 February 2012

Christians Investing in our Planet

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Sally Bingham worked to get solar panels on the roof of San Francisco's Grace Cathedral.
[This is the 4th and last installment of the series, “Earth Warming, Faith Rising?”] If you go back to the trailer of the “Renewal” documentary mentioned at the end of the last blog, you will hear the voice of a doctor saying that strip-mining is the equivalent of raping the land – “it’s obscene, it’s a sin.” Then he adds,…
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23 January 2012

Muslims Investing in our Planet

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logo of the DC Green Muslims organization
[This is the 3rd installment of the series, “Earth Warming, Faith Rising?”] “Investing” is a business term. People invest in start-up ventures that seem promising; in company stocks that are slated to rise; in a property whose market value is climbing. In each case, the investor expects to reap financial dividends. People invest in charities too. They invest their time…
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