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4 Christian Responses to Supremacist Ideology

April 18, 2019July 8, 2020 Wissam al-Saliby

The recent massacre of Muslim worshipers in New Zealand was the manifestation of a growing global phenomenon which has been described as nationalist populism, white nationalism, extreme supremacist ideology, xenophobia, […]

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Overcoming Fear of Terrorist Attacks

February 21, 2019February 20, 2019 Jessica Udall

I still remember the exact feeling in my stomach when I watched those planes crash into the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001. I watched the TV in horror and […]

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“Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear”

March 15, 2018July 8, 2020 James K.A. Smith

This article originally appeared on the EerdWord blog on March 6, 2018. A cab ride on a recent trip to Ottawa, the Canadian capital, turned into a theological adventure. A little bleary-eyed at […]

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Hospitality in an Age of Terror

August 3, 2017July 8, 2020 Suzie Lahoud

“By the exercise of hospitality we come to the knowledge of Christ.” – Augustine[1] The week that the controversial US travel and immigration ban was first issued, I sat in my […]

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Can you Trust Muslim Kindness?

June 8, 2017December 23, 2020 Martin Accad

This post first appeared as “Can You Trust Muslim Kindness this Ramadan?” which was posted on the IMES blog on June 1, 2017. In post 9/11 anti-Muslim discourse, taqiyya has been redefined as a […]

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The US Immigration Ban: A View from the Kingdom

February 23, 2017July 8, 2020 Mike Kuhn

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” (Engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty from “The New Colossus” […]

 Current Events  fear, love, Refugee Crisis, United States  Leave a comment

We Will Come to You: Christian Help for Refugees

February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 Scott Gustafson

John Piper recently preached at the Bethlehem 2017 Conference for Pastors + Church Leaders. In his message he says the gospel believing church “marches to a different drum” and in […]

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Politically Correct or Polarizing Language – The Roots of Violence

October 25, 2016November 25, 2016 Ashley al-Saliby

Where does it begin, the hatred that wants to hear women and children scream in terror? What kind of narrative makes one willing to cause their suffering? If America is […]

 Random Reflections  fear, forgiveness, love, Muslim, peace  Leave a comment

When Liability Trumps Love

August 30, 2016November 25, 2016 Michael Wittmer

My family waited out Saturday’s tornado with other customers and employees in the basement of the Rockford Shoe Depot. When the tornado was a few minutes away, my brother went […]

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Sowing Peace: How God’s Mercy to Us Changes our Perspective of Muslims.

April 26, 2016May 25, 2018 Ashley al-Saliby

Western fears about Islam and Muslims seem to be surging again, and there are political and religious leaders quick to point to anecdotes or news clips that only further incite […]

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During the current change and reconciliation momentum unfolding in the United States, is it acceptable, or even possible, that large numbers of American white churchgoers change their attitudes towards African Americans but keep the same attitudes towards Palestinians? And what victory for the Gospel could that be?

The sin of racism does not distinguish between “others;” therefore, advocacy for racial justice and reconciliation should cast the net as wide as possible – Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, Native Americans, Latin Americans, and other “others.”

Today, I challenge Evangelical pastors and leaders in the United States to listen to Palestinians just as they are listening now to their African American brothers and sisters.
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Can the American Church Also Engage with the Racism Against Palestinians? - The Acts 2:11 Project

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Amid the protests to the killing of George Floyd, many Evangelical pastors and leaders are speaking up and supporting racial justice, reconciliation, and public institution reform in the United States [...]
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