Politics

FOX News Headlines Are Why White, Angry, Non-Muslim Men Go on Killing Sprees in America

02/17/201512/01/2015 Dr. Craig Considine2 Comments

The FOX News headline pictured above is why white, angry, non-Muslim men in the US men go on killing sprees against Muslims living in America. It’s why they burn mosques down to the ground. Throwing loaded terms like “global jihad,” “growing terror,” and “Muslim world” into the same headline is an impressive feat of propaganda. The…… Continue reading FOX News Headlines Are Why White, Angry, Non-Muslim Men Go on Killing Sprees in America

Outreach

Rumi, Jesus, and the Power of Interfaith Outreach

02/14/2014 Dr. Craig Considine2 Comments

NOTE: Excerpt from my article Rumi and Emerson: A Bridge Between the West and the Muslim World Rumi not only respected Christian teachings, but he also greatly admired the life and values shared by Jesus. In essence, for Rumi, all religions were more or less equally beautiful because they all sought the divine truth: I am…… Continue reading Rumi, Jesus, and the Power of Interfaith Outreach

Religion

Pope Francis Building Bridges With Muslims Makes Top Ten Good News Muslim Stories of 2013

02/06/2014 Dr. Craig ConsidineLeave a comment

Source: altmuslim.com Pope Francis is not the first pope to win the respect of Muslims – John Paul II was so loved around the Muslim world that even the Taliban mourned his passing – but his outreach to Muslims during the early days of his tenure has struck a deep chord in Muslim communities around…… Continue reading Pope Francis Building Bridges With Muslims Makes Top Ten Good News Muslim Stories of 2013

Religion

Islamic and American Constitutions Give Hope For Religious Freedom

01/28/201403/09/2015 Dr. Craig Considine3 Comments

A recent report from the Pew Research Center, a reputable American think tank, revealed some damning findings on the state of religious freedom around the world. According to the report, religious hostilities increased in 2012 in every major region of the world, with Muslims and Christians being oppressed in the largest number of countries. Pakistan,…… Continue reading Islamic and American Constitutions Give Hope For Religious Freedom

Religion

Overcoming Historical Amnesia: Muslim Contributions to Civilization

10/25/201303/12/2019 Dr. Craig Considine2 Comments

Published on Huffington Post (October 22nd, 2013) In his recent article, Sam Harris, a popular critic of Islam, referred to Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education activist, as “the best thing to come out of the Muslim world in 1,000 years.” Hidden in this comment is the idea that Malala’s fellow Muslims are backward and that her…… Continue reading Overcoming Historical Amnesia: Muslim Contributions to Civilization

Interfaith · Outreach · Religion

Salam and Salutation to Pope Francis

10/08/201302/06/2015 Dr. Craig Considine3 Comments

But Pope Francis was not taking a path outside his faith tradition. On the contrary he was reverting to its foundational principles. He is inspired by two figures above all – Jesus and Saint Francis; indeed taking the name of the latter after being elected pope. He has learned from them that Christianity in its…… Continue reading Salam and Salutation to Pope Francis

Quoted · Religion

Comments by Pope Francis Emphasize Bridge Building with Muslims

09/17/201303/20/2014 Dr. Craig ConsidineLeave a comment

Here is a collection of quotes from Pope Francis directed towards Muslims. This post will be updated as Pope Francis continues to speak about dialogue, common ground, and mutual respect between Christians and Muslims worldwide. On dialogue “Turning to mutual respect in interreligious relations, especially between Christians and Muslims, we are called to respect the…… Continue reading Comments by Pope Francis Emphasize Bridge Building with Muslims

Religion

Most beautiful mosque in “Muslim world” crumbles

04/24/201308/23/2013 Dr. Craig Considine1 Comment

The Great Mosque of Aleppo, also called the Ummayad Mosque, is crumbling because of the war in Syria. The BBC is reporting that its minaret has fallen to the ground and now lays ruined in a pile of rubble. In my opinion it doesn’t matter if Assad’s troops or the “rebel forces” destroyed it. The…… Continue reading Most beautiful mosque in “Muslim world” crumbles

Religion

Tribal Islam: America’s new drone target

04/06/2013 Dr. Craig ConsidineLeave a comment

Members of Islamic tribes often live in remote areas of the world, with ancient codes of honor and revenge. Muslim scholar Akbar Ahmed says they’re now being traumatized by American drones, a technology he calls “mysterious, distant, deadly, and notoriously devoid of human presence.” Source: interfaithradio.org

Work

Saudi Arabian Newspaper Picks up Article on One Film 9/11

10/25/201203/01/2014 Dr. Craig ConsidineLeave a comment

Arab News is an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. It is published simultaneously from Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam. The target audiences of the paper are businessmen, executives and diplomats. In addition to its domestic distribution in Saudi Arabia, Arab News has a wide range of international distribution, including United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Near East,North Africa, Europe and the USA. Continue reading

Outreach

Outreach: One Film 9/11 can make a difference

09/29/2012 Dr. Craig Considine1 Comment

Also published in Islamophobia Today The anti-Islamic propaganda film Innocence of Muslims exacerbated the stereotypes and animosities between Americans and Muslims worldwide. The anti-American protests that have swept across the world have proven that for better or worse, one film can make a difference. For this reason I’m informing you about the documentary feature film Journey into…… Continue reading Outreach: One Film 9/11 can make a difference

Religion

Politics: Culture of dependency between American Islamophobes and ultra-religious Muslims

09/21/2012 Dr. Craig ConsidineLeave a comment

From Moustafa Bayoumi’s Men Behaving Badly: ‘The Islamophobes in the United States and the ultra-religious right in Muslim-majority countries need each other to survive. Each confirms to the other the need for his own existence. To the Islamophobes, all Muslims are extremists. The provocations Islamophobes produce are designed to elicit the very images we see.…… Continue reading Politics: Culture of dependency between American Islamophobes and ultra-religious Muslims

Religion

Religion: (Chart) Number of Muslim protestors from ‘Innocence of Muslims’ film

09/17/2012 Dr. Craig ConsidineLeave a comment

Sociology

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