As most of us know, in all believers of faith there are liberal, moderate, and conservative in each faith. Most tolerate each other out of love and respect. There is one other group that most have problems with: the extremists.
There are 3 MAJOR FAITHS that developed from Abraham Jewish, Christian, and Islam. Last year several teenagers from these each of these faiths got together believing that if people get to know those of other faiths, conflicts would ease. over time a conference was formed called: “Children of Abraham: Building Interfaith Peace and Community.” It was organized by the Interfaith Center for Peace, a nonprofit group housed at Indianola Presbyterian Church (click #2 below). The following article reports on Islam with the same belief that if people get to know those of other faiths, conflicts would ease, and there will be less chance of war. -mackie
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It’s Ramadan — the holiest month for the world’s estimated 1.5 billion Muslims. We won’t discuss Ramadan so much as experience something of its meaning — its delights and its gravity — through the memories and musings of Muslims from far-flung perspectives.
The “Multiplicity in Singularity” That Is Islam
We’re thrilled to put this program back on the air a year after we created it. It is really more an experience than a show — one that was as full of discovery to produce as to hear.
In fact, we were surprised to find ourselves creating it. At the beginning of the summer of 2009, we
extended an invitation to Muslims to reflect on their lived experience of Islam, of what it means — in a daily, particular way — to be part of what is often referred to in the abstract as “the Muslim world.” Responses were slow at first but began to pick up in number and intensity as our query was circulated in networks far beyond the public radio universe.For much more click on: http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/
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SEARCHING FOR RELIABLE SOURCES,
not hearsay, rumors, or falsehoods.
