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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East
There has been a dramatic decline in the number of Christians in the Middle East and they face some difficult dilemmas. At the time of the Islamic Conquests in the 7th century, a few thousand Muslim Arabs were ruling over…
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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East, Eschatology, Faith & Practice, Quran & Hadith, Theology & Law
Many Muslim theologians consider Jesus Christ the most important aspect of Islamic eschatology.¹ In fact, Jesus is connected with eight of the fifty signs mentioned in the previous article. In fact, the Qur’an declares Mary and Jesus as a “sign…
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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East, Eschatology, Faith & Practice, Quran & Hadith, Theology & Law, Dialogue, Education & Society
By now, everyone has heard of the shootings at the two mosques of Al Noor and Linwood in Christchurch, New Zealand, that led to the deaths of 50 Muslims and the wounding of 50 others at prayer on Friday the 15th of March…
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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East, Eschatology, Faith & Practice, Quran & Hadith, Theology & Law, Dialogue, Education & Society, Dialogue, Radicalism
Images of what a 24-year-old, white male did at a mosque in Christchurch, reminded me of something: “We have seen the face of evil and it is us.” I also recalled a similar incident much closer to home. It happened…
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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East, Eschatology, Faith & Practice, Quran & Hadith, Theology & Law, Dialogue, Education & Society, Dialogue, Radicalism, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith
Whereas non-Muslims in the west may joke that there are only two things we can count on–death and taxes, Muslims as a rule do not joke about such serious matters lest such levity invite a premature occurrence. But as to…
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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East, Eschatology, Faith & Practice, Quran & Hadith, Theology & Law, Dialogue, Education & Society, Dialogue, Radicalism, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, Middle East, Refugees
I was born in the same year Lebanon entered into what would become sixteen years of civil war. During the years of Syrian occupation, our people were killed, our women raped, our national resources plundered, and our dignity stolen. I remember…
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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East, Eschatology, Faith & Practice, Quran & Hadith, Theology & Law, Dialogue, Education & Society, Dialogue, Radicalism, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, Middle East, Refugees, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith
Since Muslims have spent considerable time and energy thinking about future things, it behooves us to look carefully at what they do believe. This article will first of all examine the prominence of Last Things in Islam, a doctrine Kenneth…
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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East, Eschatology, Faith & Practice, Quran & Hadith, Theology & Law, Dialogue, Education & Society, Dialogue, Radicalism, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, Middle East, Refugees, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith
While Muslims are not in complete agreement regarding the exact number, most agree that the Day of Judgement will be preceded by signs prophesied by Muhammad. See for example the article “50 Signs of the Day of Judgment from the…
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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East, Eschatology, Faith & Practice, Quran & Hadith, Theology & Law, Dialogue, Education & Society, Dialogue, Radicalism, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, Middle East, Refugees, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, History & Politics, Quran & Hadith
For well over a millennium Muslims have revered Mecca as the site of their holiest shrine, the Kaaba. And until recently Western scholarship always accepted the traditional Muslim origins narrative, which says that was where Muhammad began, in Arabia. But…
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For well over a millennium Muslims have revered Mecca as the site of their holiest shrine, the Kaaba. And until recently Western scholarship always accepted the traditional Muslim origins narrative, which says that was where Muhammad began, in Arabia. But…
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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East, Eschatology, Faith & Practice, Quran & Hadith, Theology & Law, Dialogue, Education & Society, Dialogue, Radicalism, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, Middle East, Refugees, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, History & Politics, Quran & Hadith, Uncategorized
“No one through all the centuries of Christian missions to Moslems has deserved better than Samuel Zwemer the designation of Apostle to Islam.” So wrote the great mission historian, Kenneth Scott Latourette, in the introduction to J. Christy Wilson’s biography…
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Topic: History & Politics, Middle East, Eschatology, Faith & Practice, Quran & Hadith, Theology & Law, Dialogue, Education & Society, Dialogue, Radicalism, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, Middle East, Refugees, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, Eschatology, Quran & Hadith, History & Politics, Quran & Hadith, Uncategorized, Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism
The speaker at a large Bible conference, advocating for adherence to the fundamentals of faith and seeking to stir controversy, commented that there were missionaries who actually used “Allah,” the Muslim name for God, in their Christian witness. The statement…
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The Unseen Reality: A Panoramic View of Spiritual Warfare
