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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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17 February 2015

Islamophobia Sows Fear

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On twitter, ArabVoicesSpeak: here's my translation of the Arabic, “Amazing gathering of students from the university of the American Muslim student Deeah Barakat in spite of the cold weather”
We may never know exactly why one angry white man burst into his neighbor’s apartment and “executed” three Muslim students with shots in the head. We do know, however, that it shook up the whole region and, in fact, much of the Muslim world too, if the social media are any indication. Two days after, the Turkish prime minister chastised…
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09 January 2015

Charlie Hebdo: Avoid Two Pitfalls

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A woman holds up her hands bearing the words "Not afraid" in French during a gathering in solidarity of the victims of a terror attack against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. (Source: AP Photo)
Like you, I’ve been glued to the media since Wednesday’s dastardly killings at the headquarters of the satirical French weekly. The outpouring of solidarity the world over has been impressive. The slogan “Je suis Charlie” has lit up both the streets and the social media. At first glance, this is understandable. Such a heinous crime against journalism (even if it’s…
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01 December 2014

Finding Solidarity in an Unequal World (2)

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Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) End Human Trafficking Campaign
Modern day slavery is on the rise. In the 2014 UN Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (just published at this link) we read about the following tragic trends:   “Between 2010 and 2012 victims from at least 153 countries were detected in 124 countries worldwide” In the first report (2012) one out of four trafficked persons was a child;…
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16 November 2014

Finding Solidarity in an Unequal World (1)

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“Migrants rest after they were rescued by the Libyan coastguard when their boat sank off the coastal town of Garabulli on 15 September 2014.” Photograph: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images
In a twist of events one could hardly imagine in a horror film, a boat owned by smugglers deliberately destroyed their human cargo. They rammed into a rickety boat jammed with four or five hundred migrants (who had paid them a minimum of $2000), capsizing it instantly. Over one hundred children and many more adults perished in the instants that…
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  • Muslims and Christians Debate Justice and Love
    Muslims and Christians Debate Justice and Love

    This book is now published and available as an ebook. Unfortunately, with the current COVID-19 pandemic, the publisher cannot send out the actual physical books. Read a summary for each of the 6 chapters and buy it on the publisher's page. Here's the abstract, or précis:

     

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  • Earth, Empire and Sacred Text
    Earth, Empire and Sacred Text

    This book seeks to construct a Muslim-Christian theological discourse on creation and humanity, which could help adherents of both faiths work together to preserve our planet, bring justice to its most needy inhabitants and contribute to peacebuilding in areas of conflict. For more information or to purchase (now also in paperback!)

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