Most Palestinian prisoners held unfairly
80% of prisoners in Palestinian jails being held without trial
About 18 months ago, a European Union delegation arrived in the Palestinian Authority to evaluate the condition of prisoners in Palestinian prisons. The delegation, which was attached to the European Union Police Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (Eupol Copps) – a group of European security [...]
Room of the Last Supper resembles mosque
Can the Pope solve riddle of the Last Supper?
It is said by the Vatican to be the site of a seminal moment in human and divine history, when Jesus shared his last meal with his 12 Apostles, instituted the Eucharist and revealed that one of the Apostles would betray him. Today it requires a good [...]
Obligation to know God- three different responses
The development of Islamic theology has always been characterized by the tension between reason and revelation. The Mutazilites (see my previous discussion on them: Mu’tazilla is not Godzilla) were an ancient school of ultra-rationalists who relied exclusively on reason to explain many of the religion’s tenets, but were later sidelined because some of their views [...]
The inward voyage and the fate of Islam
There is a scene in the French film, Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, in which Moise, a Jewish boy, holds up the Quran and confesses: “I don’t understand anything.” To which his friend, a Muslim, answers: “When you want to learn, you don’t pick up a book. You talk to someone.”
Similarly, [...]
Pope has deep respect for Muslims
Pope expresses ‘deep respect’ for Islam
Pope Benedict XVI expressed deep respect for Islam Friday and said he hopes the Catholic Church can play a role in Mideast peace as he began his first trip to the region, where he hopes to improve frayed ties with Muslims.
In his tenure as Pope, he has managed to offend [...]
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