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Islam · DamascusEric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Contributor / Getty Last month, an obscure jihadist group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus, Syria, that killed 25 people. The attack came as a response, it stated, to the government requiring prior approval of Islamic preaching in the Christian neighborhood. Three months earlier, at the site of the future bombing, austere Salafi Muslims called on r…Read Article
Does the Quran Support Religious Pluralism?
Palestine · PalestineWikiMedia Commons / Edits by CT Sitting with a student distraught by religious war, a God-fearing academic lamented the chaos in Syria, the destruction of Iraq, and the existential tensions seemingly ever-present in the Holy Land. “What a great fortune it would be if … every man on earth could be under one religion,” he said. “[Then] there would be no more rancor or ill will among men, who hate each other because of the contrariness of beliefs.”…Read Article
How a 13th-Century Spaniard Modeled Interfaith Friendship
Iran · IranThe year 2023 marked the 50th year of Rana Azam’s association with leftist political movements in Pakistan—a journey filled with many ups and downs. Throughout the decades, he remained committed to Marxist ideology, which deeply influenced him in his formative years. Born into a farming family in Toba Tek Singh, Rana Azam pursued a career in law while simultaneously joining the leftist movement. His hometown has long been a stronghold of left-wi…See the Story
