Interfaith Dialogue Issues - article collection
Posted Jan 13, 2003

INTERFAITH DIALOGUE ISSUES

updated 1-19-2008

Interfaith dialogue is a critical imperative in order to heal the world.  This collection of articles is an attempt to give an overview of dialogue, encouraging signs, and also a section at the end on difficulties or incidents that discourage or shut down dialogue.

A Common Word
- Update on “A Common Word Between Us and You” An Appeal From Muslim Scholars For Dialogue and Peace, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/update_on_a_common_word_between_us_and_you_an_appeal_from_muslim_scholars_f/ 
- Muslim scholars send Christmas greetings, accept dialogue invitation, John Thavis http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0707338.htm 
- Light on horizon for interfaith peace Muslim-Christian dialogue offers hope, Douglas Roche http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/light_on_horizon_for_interfaith_peace_muslim_christian_dialogue_offers_hope/

A Dialogue of the Cultures Instead of the Clash of Civilisations,  Naika Foroutan http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_dialogue_of_the_cultures_instead_of_the_clash_of_civilisations/

A Call to Bridge the Abrahamic Faiths, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=183_0_16_0_C

A Contemporary Christian Response to Islam, John Renard, http://www.spiritualitytoday.org/spir2day/823432renard.html

A Key to Shaping the Political Agenda: Part 1 Peaceful Engagement Through Interfaith Action, By Dr. Robert Dickson Crane, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002aug_comments.php?id=35_0_13_0_C

“…a land of olive oil, and honey”, Rabbi Baruch (Barry) Leff http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_land_of_olive_oil_and_honey/

A Pax on Both Their Houses - Interfaith Peace Effort Ignored By Mainstream Media,  Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_pax_on_both_their_houses/ , A Pax on both our houses campaign still necessary, Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_pax_on_both_our_houses_campaign_still_necessary/

A Small Step Toward Interfaith Dialogue, Akbar S. Ahmed, http://www.danielpearl.org/news_and_press/articles/a_small_step_toward_interfaith_dialog.html 

A Time for Healing, Imam Ghayth Nur (Lonnie) Kashif http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_time_for_healing/

Abrahamic Gatherings For Global Healing, Len Traubman http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/abrahamic_gatherings_for_global_healing/

Abrahamic Heritage and Interreligious Dialogue, Tarek Mitri, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=142_0_16_0_C

Abrahamic Heritage and Interreligious Dialogue, Tarik Mitri, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=142_0_16_0_C

Absolute truth manifests itself in diverse ways, Muhammad Khatami http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/mohammad_khatami/2006/11/absolute_truth_manifests_itsel_1.html

Address at the 40th Anniversary Commemoration of Nostra Aetate, Dr. Abdul Cader Asmal http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/address_at_the_40th_anniversary_commemoration_of_nostra_aetate/

Agree or disagree, let’s try to understand, Sherman Jackson http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/sherman_jackson/2007/07/agree_or_disagree_lets_try_to.html

American Jewish Community urges dialogue with ‘moderate’ Muslims http://www.forward.com/main/article.php?ref=greenberg20040901946

AMERICAN MUSLIMS AND ‘INTEGRATION’, Parvez Ahmed http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/american_muslims_and_integration/

An Assessment of Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Walid Saif http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/interreligious/cd36-07.html

ANDALUSIA: Finally remembering centuries of Muslims, Jews, Christians thriving together, Len Traubman http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/andalusia_finally_remembering_centuries_of_muslims_jews_christians_thriving/

Anglican Bishops multi-faith book prompts some protests http://www.anglicanjournal.com/124/04/canada10.html

Archbishop of Canterbury’s Speech at al-Azhar http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interfaith_archbishop_of_canterburys_speech_at_al_azhar/

Are Islam and Christianity on a Collision Course, Interview with Seyyed Hossein Nasr and John Esposito, http://www.beliefnet.com/story/16/story_1631_1.html

Assessing the Myths of Interfaith Dialogue, David Shasha http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/assessing_the_myths_of_interfaith_dialogue/

At the crossroad of Islam, the West, Tariq Ramadan http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/at_the_crossroad_of_islam_the_west/

Bases and Boundaries of Jewish, Muslim, Christian Dialogue, Zalman N. Schachter, http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Schachter.pdf

Basis for Hindu-Muslim Dialogue, Riffat Hassan http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Hassan.pdf

Benedict XVI and Islam: In Search of Balance, John Renard http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/benedict_xvi_and_islam_in_search_of_balance/

Benedict XVI and Islam: the first year, Abdal Hakim Murad http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/benedict_xvi_and_islam_the_first_year/

Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Dara Shikohs Quest for Spiritual Unity, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/beyond_hindu_and_muslim_dara_shikohs_quest_for_spiritual_unity/

Beyond The Tower of Babel: A Linguistic Approach to Clarifying Key Concepts in Islamic Pluralism, Jeremy Henzell-Thomas http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/beyond_the_tower_of_babel_a_linguistic_approach_to_clarifying_key_concepts/

The Bridge with Islam, Rabbi Haim Ovadia http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_bridge_with_islam/

British and Muslim, Abdul Hakim Murad http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/british_and_muslim/

British Muslims, Europe and the Holocaust, Yahya Birt http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/british_muslims_europe_and_the_holocaust/

Building Bridges and Interfaith Harmony - India-Pakistan Trip Report, Iftekhar Hai http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/building_bridges_and_interfaith_harmony_india_pakistan_trip_report/

Building Bridges Between Sikhs and Muslims, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/building_bridges_between_sikhs_and_muslims/

Building Interreligious Trust in a Climate of Fear, USIP, http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr99.html

Can We Get Along?, Sheila Musaji, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002jan_comments.php?id=165_0_7_0_C 

The Challenge of Respect: Celebrating Interfaith Commonality, Exploring Religious Differences, Kay Lindahl http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_challenge_of_respect_celebrating_interfaith_commonality_exploring_relig/

Challenging Stereotypes, Tony Klug http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/challenging_stereotypes/

Children of Abraham, Godfrey Chesire, http://www.indyweek.com/durham/2001-10-10/ae4.html

Christian-Muslim Relations, Tarek Mitri, http://www.ncccusa.org/news/02news96a.html

Christian-Muslim Dialogue, John Renard, http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Renard.pdf

Christian-Muslim Dialogue: Good News Is No News,  Melanie Miehl http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/christian_muslim_dialogue_good_news_is_no_news/

Christians and Muslims in Europe, M. Fitzgerald,  http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Fitzgerald.pdf

Church Statements On Islam, http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/behindthenews/us135.html

Civilizational Dialogue and the Islamic World, Seyyed Hossein Nasr http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/civilizational_dialogue_and_the_islamic_world/

Common Ground Between Islam and Christianity, Charles Nelson, http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Nelson.pdf

Continuities and Discontinuities in Islamic Perspectives on Cultural Diversity, Sulayman S. Nyang http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/continuities_and_discontinuities_in_islamic_perspectives_on_cultural_divers/0015424

Daring to be European Muslims, H. A. Hellyer http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/daring_to_be_european_muslims_2/

The Death of Aqsa Parvez Should Be an Interfaith Call to Action, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_death_of_aqsa_parvez_should_be_an_interfaith_call_to_action/

Dialogue, a necessary conversation, Ebrahim Rasool http://www.libertymagazine.org/article/articleview/644/1/99/

Dialogigical Relationship Between Christianity and Islam, Hasan Askari, http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Askarieh.pdf

Dialogue is a Necessity, Jeremy Rifkin, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=139_0_16_0_C

Dialogue of Civilizations & The Globalization of Spirit, Kabir Helminski http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/dialogue_of_civilizations_the_globalization_of_spirit/

Dialogue To What End?, Farish A. Noor http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/dialogue_to_what_end/

Dialogue With Islam, Hans Kung http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Kung.pdf

The Divine Spark Within That Unites Us All, Jacob Bender, http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2003%20Opinion%20Editorials/May/23%20o/The%20divine%20spark%20within%20that%20unites%20us%20all,%20Jacob%20Bender.htm

Domestic Interfaith Summit Conference, Chicago 4/2003, http://theamericanmuslim.org/2003may_comments.php?id=325_0_20_0_C

Don’t Know Much About Islam?, Scott Alexander http://www.uscatholic.org/2003/08/featb0308.htm

Election of New Pope http://theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=698_0_38_0_C  and Election of Pope Benedict XVI http://theamericanmuslim.org/2005apr_comments.php?id=703_0_38_0_C

Exploring the Possibility of Hindu-Muslim Dialogue, Kana Mitra, http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Mitra.pdf

Evil and God’s Chosen, Dr. Nazir Khaja and Rabbi Steven Jacob http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/evil_and_gods_chosen/

The Faith of George W. Bush: Christian Supremacy, American Imperialism and Global Disaster, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_faith_of_george_w_bush_christian_supremacy_american_imperialism_and_glo/

Faith in the future: Islam after the Enlightenment, Abdal-Hakim Murad http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/faith_in_the_future_islam_after_the_enlightenment/

First-Ever Interfaith Series to Air on Bridges Television Network ─ American Muslim TV http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/first_ever_interfaith_series_to_air_on_bridges_television_network_american_/

For God and Our Father Abraham: Towards a More Inclusive Witness for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, D. Jason Berggren http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/for_god_and_our_father_abraham_towards_a_more_inclusive_witness_for_jews_ch/

Forecasting the Future of Islam in Europe and in America, Dr. Robert D. Crane http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/forecasting_the_future_of_islam_in_europe_and_in_america/

Freedom of Religion in Christian, Buddhist, Sunni, and Shi’a Jurisprudence: The Role of ‘ ‘Ilm al ‘Adl, Dr. Robert D. Crane http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/freedom_of_religion_in_christian_buddhist_sunni_and_shia_jurisprudence_the_/

Getting To Know One Another, Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/getting_to_know_one_another/

God as Our Judge - Rosh Hashanah Essay, David Shasha http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/god_as_our_judge_rosh_hashanah_essay/

God of Abraham: A Mathematicians View http://www.meru.org/GodofAbe/onegdpix.html

Great Rabbis of the Muslim Empire, Dr. Ezra Chwat http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/great_rabbis_of_the_muslim_empire/

Guide to Interfaith Dialogue, AIC, http://www.aicongress.org/tolerance/interfaith-guide.htm

Historic Interfaith Meeting: First World Conference of Imams and Rabbis for Peace http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/historic_interfaith_meeting_first_world_conference_of_imams_and_rabbis_for

Hospice:  An Interfaith Perspective on its Past, Present, and Future,  Dr. Robert Dickson Crane http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/hospice_an_interfaith_perspective_on_its_past_present_and_future/


INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: ARAB-JEWISH FORUM, Dr. Tony Klug http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interfaith_dialogue_arab_jewish_forum/

Interfaith Dialogue: Not Just for the Abrahamic Faiths, Iftekhar Hai http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interfaith_dialogue_not_just_for_the_abrahamic_faiths/

Interfaith group takes on ‘Islamophobia’  http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/02/25/news/californian/20_34_472_24_07.txt

Interfaith Group Takes New Approach to Domestic Abuse, Rebecca Rosen Lum http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interfaith_group_takes_new_approach_to_domestic_abuse/

Interfaith group, St. Louis Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls Response to Baptist Convention Statements http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/st_louis_interfaith_partnership_faith_beyond_walls_response_to_baptist_conv/

Interfaith groups URGENT ACTION: INTERFAITH OPEN LETTER ON CHRISTIAN PEACE TEAM BEING HELD IN IRAQ http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/urgent_interfaith_open_letter_on_christian_peace_team_being_held_in_iraq/

Interfaith Guidelines on Human Rights, Pluralism, Democracy, and Authority, Dr. Robert D. Crane http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interfaith_guidelines_on_human_rights_pluralism_democracy_and_authority

Interfaith Relations With Muslims, Nostra Aetate #3, Pope John Paul II, http://www.columban.org.au/Christian-Muslim/Bridges_Oct00_4.htm

Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue Guidelines, Lucien Cosijns http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Cosijns_1.pdf

Interview with Dr. Hans Küng on interfaith dialogue http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1196786179259&pagename=Zone-English-Muslim_Affairs%2FMAELayout

Interview with Lawrence Pintak:  “We Must Be Capable of Dialogue”, Bernhard Hillencamp http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interview_with_lawrence_pintak_we_must_be_capable_of_dialogue/

Interview With Reverend Jack Cory, Christian-Muslim Dialogue Group,  Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interview_with_reverend_jack_cory_christian_muslim_dialogue_group_part_i_ii/

Is the Catholic Church Changing Its Position Re. Islam? http://middleeastinfo.org/article3617.html

Islam, Father Theodore Pucini, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=194_0_16_0_C

Islam and Coexistence: What I Didn’t Say and Missionary Myopia, Dr. Habib Siddiqui http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islam_and_coexistence_what_i_didnt_say_and_missionary_myopia

Islam and Christianity: Diatribe or Dialogue? Ismail al Faruqi, http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Al-Faruqi.pdf

Islam and Judaism, Akbar S. Ahmed http://www.islamfortoday.com/akbar01.htm

Islam and Other Religions, Ismail al Faruqi http://saif_w.tripod.com/interfaith/general/islam_and_other_religions.htm

Islam and the Trialogue of Abrahamic Faiths, Leonard Swidler http://christianity.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.crosscurrents.org/swidler.htm

Islam in the West, Dr. Murad Hoffman http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islam_in_the_west/

Islam, Nonviolence, and Interfaith Relations, M. Mazzahim Mohideen http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islam_nonviolence_and_interfaith_relations

Islamic-Buddhist Dialogue, Dr. Alexander Berzin http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islamic_buddhist_dialogue/

Islamic-Christian Dialogue: Approaches to the Obstacles, Jacques Lanfry http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Lanfry.pdf

Islamic Spirituality: The Forgotten Revolution, Abdal Hakim Murad http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islamic_spirituality_the_forgotten_revolution/

Islam’s Forsaken Renaissance, Mahathir bin Mohamad http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islams_forsaken_renaissance/0015426

ISNA’s Ninth Inter-Religious Unity Banquet:  Pros and Cons, by Dr. Robert D. Crane http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/isnas_ninth_inter_religious_unity_banquet_pros_and_cons/

It’s Time to Pitch Our Tents Together, Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Rabbi Phyllis Berman http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/its_time_to_pitch_our_tents_together/

Jesus in the Qur’an: an Akbari Perspective, Reza Shah-Kazemi, http://theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=234_0_17_0_C

Jesus, Islamic and Christian Views, http://www.soundvision.com/info/jesus/inislam.asp

Jewish-Muslim Dialogue and the Value of Peace, Jacob Bender http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/jewish_muslim_dialogue_and_the_value_of_peace/

Jewish-Muslim dialogue deeper than it seems, Aaron Greenblatt http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/jewish_muslim_dialogue_deeper_than_it_seems/

Jewish sages on “lesser jihad” and “greater jihad”, Svend White http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/jewish_sages_on_lesser_jihad_and_greater_jihad/

Jews, Christians & Muslims: From A Conflicting Past to a Future of Tolerance, Mushfiqur Rahman, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=193_0_16_0_C

Jihad of Tears, Edward Miller, Esq.  http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/jihad_of_tears/

Judaism and Islam: Beyond Tolerance, His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/judaism_and_islam_beyond_tolerance/

Key to Effective Religious Dialogue, Jason Barker, http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Baker_2.pdf

Lack of Knowledge About “the Other”, Akbar S. Ahmed, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03313/237958.stm

Languages of the Heart, Linda Malas, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002april_comments.php?id=92_0_4_0_C

Legacy of Abraham, Sheila Musaji, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=200_0_16_0_C

Let Muslims, Christians unite behind Jesus’ mission, Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/let_muslims_christians_unite_behind_jesus_mission/

LOVE FOR JESUS CAN BRING CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS TOGETHER, Ibrahim Hooper http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/love_for_jesus_can_bring_christians_muslims_together/

Matzoh, Moses and Muslims, Hesham Hassaballa, http://www.mediamonitors.net/heshamahassaballa11.html

Metaphysics of Interfaith Dialogue, Reza Shah-Kazemi, Part I - http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002aug_comments.php?id=31_0_13_0_C
Part II - http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002aug_comments.php?id=32_0_13_0_C

Medieval Philosophical Discourse and Muslim Christian Dialogue, Mehdi Aminrazavi http://www.islamonline.net/iol-english/qadaya/islamic-1/islamic1.asp

Misunderstanding Islam, John Alden Williams http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interfaith_dialogue_misunderstanding_islam/

Muslim-Christian Dialogue, Jamal Badawi http://www.messageonline.org/2002febmarch/cover5.htm

Muslim-Christian Relations, Sound Vision, http://soundvision.com/Info/jesus/MuslimChristianRelations.asp 

Muslim-Christian Ties in Europe, hans Koechler http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2004/03/Article01.shtml

The Muslim-Hindu-Christian-Jewish Peace Plan, William Glick http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_muslim_hindu_christian_jewish_peace_plan/

The Muslim Expulsion from Spain:  An Early Example of Religious and Ethnic Cleansing, Roger Boase http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_muslim_expulsion_from_spain_an_early_example_of_religious_and_ethnic_cl/0015437

Muslim Minorities in Europe, H.A. Hellyer http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/muslim_minorities_in_europe/

Muslim Violence, Christian Non-Violence:  People in Glass Houses Should Not Throw Words, Sheila Musaji http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/muslim_violence_christian_non_violence_people_in_glass_houses_should_not_th/0015352

Muslims and Jews, Sound Vision, http://soundvision.com/info/politics/tipsjewish.asp

Muslims and European Integration, Farish A Noor http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/muslims_and_european_integration/

Muslims and Buddhists in Asia, Chandra Muzaffar, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=237_0_17_0_C

Muslims & Buddhists in Asia, Chandra Muzaffar, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003jan_comments.php?id=237_0_17_0_C

Muslims & Jews, A Historical Perspective That Yields Surprises, http://soundvision.com/Info/politics/jewhistory.asp

Muslims and Jews: Common Ground, Robert Eisen http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/08/AR2006050801388.html

Muslims and Jews: Let us coexist, Azzam Tamimi http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/muslims_and_jews_let_us_coexist/

Muslims and Non-Muslims: Can We Work Together for the Good of All? http://soundvision.com/info/million/cooperation.asp

Muslims and the European Right, Sheikh Abdal-Hakim Murad http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/muslims_and_the_european_right/

Muslims Deserve the Same Respect as Christians or Jews, Edgar M. Bronfman http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/muslims_deserve_the_same_respect_as_christians_or_jews/

Muslims Engaging the Other and the Humanum, Farid Esack, Part I - http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003may_comments.php?id=301_0_20_0_C
Part II - http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003may_comments.php?id=315_0_20_0_C

Nature and Authority of Scripture: Implications for Hindu-Muslim Dialogue, Anantanand Rambachan http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Rambachan.pdf

Necessity of Dialogue, Mike Letterfield, http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Leterfield.pdf

Necessity of Interfaith Dialogue, Fethullah Gulen http://www.fethullahgulen.org/articles/interfaith.html

NETWORK OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESSIVES:  A Review Of The “Conference on Spiritual Activism” , Shaikh Kabir Helminski http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/network_of_spiritual_progressives_a_review_of_the_conference_on_spiritual_a/  - The Religious Left Fights Back
Van Jones http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/network_of_spiritual_progressives_the_religious_left_fights_back/  -  Progressives of spirit, moving toward working together, Doug King http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/network_of_spiritual_progressives_progressives_of_spirit_moving_toward_work/  -  When the Right Breaks the Barrier, How Should a Spiritual Left Respond, Rabbi Michael Lerner http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/network_of_spiritual_progressives_when_the_right_breaks_the_barrier_how_sho/

New Perspectives for Jewish-Muslim-Christian Dialogue, Mohammed Arkoun, http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Arkoun.pdf

On the Essence of Respect, Rabbi Yossi Ives http://www.ccj.org.uk/Downloads/Respect.doc

On the Use of the Term “Arab Jew”, David Shasha http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/on_the_use_of_the_term_arab_jew/

One God, Many Names, Umar Faruq Abd-Allah http://www.nawawi.org/downloads/article2.pdf

One God to Bind Them All, Ira Rifkin http://www.beliefnet.com/story/145/story_14520_1.html

One River, Many Wells, Larry Reimer & Zeeshan Bhatti, http://www.ucgainesville.org/pages/sermons/010930.htm

Oneness of Allah and the Oneness of His Community, Shaikh Ahmed Abdur Rashid, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=185_0_16_0_C

Opening our minds may make us open our hearts http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/featuresopinon/display.var.1924536.0.Opening_our_minds_may_make_us_open_our_hearts.php

Our common Abrahamic heritage, Javeed Akhter http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/our_common_abrahamic_heritage/

Our Shared Present and Future, Tariq Ramadan, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=138_0_16_0_C

The Pathologisation of Muslims in Europe, Farish A. Noor http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_pathologisation_of_muslims_in_europe/

Peace Between Religions, Syed Hashim Ali, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002april_comments.php?id=91_0_4_0_C

The Peace of Abraham, Hagar, & Sarah: Sharing Sacred Seasons This Fall, Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_peace_of_abraham_hagar_sarah_sharing_sacred_seasons_this_fall/

People of the Book & the Muslims, Harun Yahya, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003may_comments.php?id=302_0_20_0_C

The Possibility of Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue, Dr. Tony Klug http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_possibility_of_jewish_palestinian_dialogue/

Principles of Interfaith Dialogue, http://arc.episcopalchurch.org/ecumenism/interfaith/princip.html

Principles for Starting an Interfiath Dialogue, Martin Landau, http://www.interfaithdialog.org/Articles/Landau.pdf

Prophet Muhammad’s Charter to the Monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/prophet_muhammads_charter_to_the_monks_of_st_catherines_monastery/

Professor Muriel Walker: An Interfaith Hero, by Sheharyar Shaikh http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/professor_muriel_walker_an_interfaith_hero/

Progress in Inter-religious Dialogue, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=195_0_16_0_C

Putting Christian-Muslim Dialogue to the Test, Aiman Mazyek http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/putting_christian_muslim_dialogue_to_the_test/

Rabbi and the Imam http://www.islamfortoday.com/skapinker01.htm

Rabbi, Bishop and Islamic scholar honored for work in Interfaith Dialogue,  Jonathan Hayden, Washington, D.C. http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/rabbi_bishop_and_islamic_scholar_honored_for_work_in_interfaith_dialogue

Re-Imagining Sikh-Muslim Relations in the Light of the Life of Baba Nanak, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/re_imagining_sikh_muslim_relations_in_the_light_of_the_life_of_baba_nanak/

Religion, Identity and Mideast Peace, Rabbi David Rosen http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/religion_identity_and_mideast_peace/

Religion, Peace Dialogue: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan’s Search for a Relevant Islamic Theology, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/religion_peace_dialogue_maulana_wahiduddin_khans_search_for_a_relevant_isla

Remarks of Head of NCC Interfaith Relations to ISNA Convention, Rev. Dr. Shanta Premawardhana http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/remarks_of_head_of_interfaith_relations_to_isna_convention/

Remarks of President of the Union for Reform Judaism to ISNA Convention, Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/remarks_of_president_of_the_union_for_reform_judaism_to_isna_convention/

Sacrifice of Abraham, Tariq Ramadan, http://max211.free.fr/articles/anglais/articles-abraham.htm

Saying “Amen”, Rev. Emmett Barnes, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=189_0_16_0_C 

Setting the Agenda of Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Tarek Mitri http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2002/05/Article5.shtml

SH’MA: AT EVERY BOUNDARY, THE WORLD IS ONE, Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/shma_at_every_boundary_the_world_is_one/

“So That You May Know One Another”: The Role of People of Faith in the 21st Century, Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/so_that_you_may_know_one_another_the_role_of_people_of_faith_in_the_21st_ce/

Spirituality, Not Religion is the Key http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/25/BAGMH6R5LI1.DTL

Striving Together in Dialogue, World Council of Churches http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/striving_together_in_dialogue/

Terrorism or Dialogue and Justice?,  Kamran Mofid http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/terrorism_or_dialogue_and_justice/

That Muslims and Jews Coexist Is Not an Option - It Is An Imperative, Dr. Abdul Cader Asmal http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/that_muslims_and_jews_coexist_is_not_an_option_it_is_an_imperative/

Three Faiths - One Message, Jonathan Freedland, http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/07/1049567619825.html

To Whom Shall We Give Access To Our Waterholes?, Farid Esack http://www.crosscurrents.org/Esack.htm

Toward a Global Code of Ethics, Dr. Robert D. Crane, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=198_0_16_0_C

Theology and the Clash of Civilizations, Jack Miles http://www.crosscurrents.org/Mileswinter2002.htm 

TOUGH TRUTHS FOR JEWS, CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS: A STATEMENT OF SHARED VALUES http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/tough_truths_for_jews_christians_and_muslims_a_statement_of_shared_values/

Tracing Abraham: Patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam may be key to peace http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660198213,00.html

Treating Christmas With Respect, Abdul Malik Mujahid, http://www.soundvision.com/info/christmas/ctreat.asp

Trinity - a Muslim Perspective, Abdal-Hakim Murad, http://www.islamfortoday.com/murad03.htm

The Truth About Islam: An Alternate View, Andrew Morris http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_truth_about_islam_an_alternate_view/

Truths Jews, Christians and Muslims Hold in Common, Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Apr2002/Feature2.asp

Turning Our Anguish Into Solidarity, Imam A. Rashied Omar, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=199_0_16_0_C

Turning Jews into Muslims: The Untold Saga of the Muselmänner, S. Parvez Manzoor http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/turning_jews_into_muslims_the_untold_saga_of_the_muselmnner/

The Voice of Fear and the Voice of Hope, Rabbi Michael Lerner http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_voice_of_fear_and_the_voice_of_hope/

‘War on Terror’ Rhetoric Sounds Like War on Islam, Parvez Ahmed http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/war_on_terror_rhetoric_sounds_like_war_on_islam/0015500

Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?, By Michael D. Greaney http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/was_america_founded_as_a_christian_nation/0015467

What Are Dialogue and Deliberation?, National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation http://www.thataway.org/resources/understand/what.html

What Is the Catholic View of Islam?, Scott Alexander, http://www.uscatholic.org/2002/01/gya0201.htm 

What is Dialogue?, Prof. Leonard Swidler, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=120_0_16_0_C

When Israel is an Issue, Speaking Out to Christian Ears: My Speech at Old South Church in Boston, Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/when_israel_is_an_issue_speaking_out_to_christian_ears/

Where Is the Muslim Voice In The Terrorism Discourse?, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/where_is_the_muslim_voice_in_the_terrorism_discourse/

Will Blunders Never Cease?  Vatican Lumps Cultural Relativism with Religious Pluralism, Dr. Robert D. Crane http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/will_blunders_never_cease_vatican_lumps_cultural_relativism_with_religious/

Will dialogue survive the death of Pope John Paul II http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=P1427_0_24_0

 

INTERFAITH RESOURCES

Asma Society, www.asmasociety.org

Beliefnet, http://www.beliefnet.com/

Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions

Ecumene, http://ecumene.org/

Faith and Values, www.faithandvalues.com

Fellowship of Reconciliation, http://www.forusa.org

Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism, http://www.fairuk.org/

Interfaith Calendar, http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/

Interfaith Voices for Peace and Justice, http://interfaithvoices.org/ifv.cfm

ISNA Office for Interfaith and Community Alliances (IOICA)

National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation http://www.thataway.org/resources/understand/what.html

Pluralism Project at Harvzard, http://www.pluralism.org/

Religious Tolerance Organization, www.religioustolerance.org

A Sourcebook for Earth’s Community of Religions, http://www.silcom.com/~origin/csb2.html

Virtual Religion Index at Rutgers University, http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/index.html 

World Prayer Collection http://www.worldprayers.org/

INTERFAITH DIFFICULTIES:
A Dialogue in Hell,  Farish A. Noor http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_dialogue_in_hell/
A Judaeo Christian Tradition? http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9706/public.html#tradition
A Christian jihad?, Khaled Diab http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_christian_jihad/0015425
A Tsunami of Confusion - Antisemitism and the Arab-Israeli conflict, Tony Klug http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_tsunami_of_confusion_antisemitism_and_the_arab_israeli_conflict/
American Christian Fundamentalist Leader Calls for Global War, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/through_the_looking_glass_american_christian_fundamentalist_leader_calls_fo/
Are We the New Jews of Silence?, Gidon Remba http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=641
Ashamed of American Christian abandonment of their faith, Ray Hanania http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/ashamed_of_american_christian_the_abandonment_of_their_faith/0015299
Authoritarian Impulse Darkens Abrahamic Creeds, Anne Pettifer http://natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2000a/022500/022500n.htm
Barriers to Dialogue, Ruquaiyyah Waris Maqsood, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=136_0_16_0_C
Bigotry is an ugly word, Rabbi Jack Moline http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/bigotry_is_an_ugly_word/
Block thinking threatens dialogue between Islam and the West http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-693/i.html
Christian Brotherly Love Difficult For Some To Attain, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/christian_brotherly_love_difficult_to_attain/
Christian Clergyman Calls For Internment Camps for Muslims?, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/through_the_looking_glass_christian_clergyman_calls_for_internment_camps_fo/
Christian Extremism, Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/christian_extremism/
Christian Missionary Work Among Muslims, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/christian_muslim_relations_part_3_christian_missionary_work_among_muslims/
Christian Zionism: Terror in Jesus’ Name, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/christian_zionism_terror_in_jesus_name1/
‘Crusading’ Do-Gooders: Who and What They Are, and Why They Should Leave Us Alone, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/christian_muslim_relations_part_1_crusading_do_gooders_who_and_what_they_ar/
Dove World Outreach Christian Center Christmas Message “Hate to the World”, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/dove_world_outreach_christian_center_christmas_message_hate_to_the_world/
Egyptian Christians: Strangers in their Native Land!, Aladdin Elaasar http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/egyptian_christians_strangers_in_their_native_land
Europe’s Muslims Worry Bishops http://natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/1999d/102299/102299a.htm
European Muslims are now getting the same treatment Jews had a century ago, Maleiha Malik http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/muslims_are_now_getting_the_same_treatment_jews_had_a_century_ago/0015501
Evangelicals on the War Path, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/christian_muslim_relations_part_2_evangelicals_on_the_war_path/
The Evangelical Challenge: A New Face of Western Imperialism, Yoginder Sikand http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/christian_muslim_relations_part_4_the_evangelical_challenge_a_new_face_of_w/
Have We All Been Hijacked, Karen Armstrong http://www.beliefnet.com/story/90/story_9000_1.html
Imams, Airplanes, and my Grandmom, Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/imams_airplanes_and_my_grandmom/
Impact of 9/11 on Muslim-Jewish Relations, http://www.mpac.org/popa_article_display.aspx?ITEM=73
Interfaith dialogue an antidote to poison of religious intolerance http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/faithvalues/2003598476_junejo03m.html
Interfaith, not infidel, By Iftekhar Hai http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interfaith_not_infidel/
Is Islam the Enemy?, Charles Kimball, http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj9811&article=981110
Is Peace Possible Between Muslims and Jews?, Shahed Athar http://www.islam-usa.com/Jews.htm
Is Religion Bad For The World?, Hesham Hassaballa http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/is_religion_bad_for_the_world/
Islamic Sharia and Jewish Halakha Arbitration Courts, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islamic_sharia_and_jewish_halakha_arbitration_courts/
Jewish “Ahavah shel achvah” Brotherly Love is Difficult for Some to Attain , Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/jewish_ahavah_shel_achvah_brotherly_love_is_difficult_for_some_to_atta/
Jews, beware of Islamophobes bearing gifts http://opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110009491
Judeo-Christo-Fascism Awareness Week Comes to American Campuses!, Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/judeo_christo_fascism_awareness_week_comes_to_american_campuses/
LEFT BEHIND BOOK SERIES -Armageddon Fiction Grips the U.S. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2670591.stm  - Bad Fiction, Bad Faith http://christianity.about.com/cs/adultchristianity/a/leftbehind.htm  - Christian Bookstore Won’t Stock Latest Left Behind Book http://www.beliefnet.com/story/144/story_14412_1.html - Fundamentally Unsound http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/07/29/left_behind/ - Jesus and Jihad http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/4/5291 -Left Your Brain Behind? http://www.ship-of-fools.com/Features/frameit.htm?0703/left_behind.html  -Lights, Camera, Christians http://www.thedailypage.com/going-out/movies/reviews/movieReview.php?intReviewID=276  - The 12th Coming of Less Than Glorious Fiction http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.asp?ref=/comment/olson200404020904.asp  -Turner Diaries Lite http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/cohen_21_2.html  -Rise of the Righteous Army http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/05/60minutes/main598218.shtml
Not so fast Christian soldiers by Michael L. Weinstein and Reza Aslan http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-aslan22aug22,0,4674900.story
Obsession:  Radical Judaism’s War With Islam, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/obsession_radical_judaisms_war_with_islam/
On Holocaust exploiters, deniers, and heroes, Mas’ood Cajee http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/on_holocaust_exploiters_deniers_and_heroes/
PASSION OF THE CHRIST FILM - ADL & Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ” http://www.adl.org/interfaith/gibson_qa.asp  - Evangelical Coalition Promotes Mel Gibson’s Film http://www.mcjonline.com/news/04a/20040109e.shtml -  Mel Gibson and the Gospel of Anti-Semitism, Charles Patterson http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/anti-semitism/gibson.html  - Could Gibson Film Spark Anti-Semitism? http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/Entertainment/CSM_gibson030712.html
The public face of Christian Evangelical bigotry, Muqtedar Khan, Ph.D.  http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_public_face_of_christian_evangelical_bigotry/
Risks in Religious Dialogue, Rabbi Jonathan Magonet, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2002nov_comments.php?id=135_0_16_0_C
Roots of Misconception: From the Middle Ages through the Modern Period: The European Discovery of Islam, Ibrahim Kalin http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/roots_of_misconception_from_the_middle_ages_through_the_modern_period_the_e/
Them and us,  Martin E. Marty http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/them_and_us/
The Use and Abuse of Scriptures, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_use_and_abuse_of_scriptures/
Vatican Discourages Marriages With Muslims http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70613FF3D5B0C768DDDAC0894DC404482
Vatican Statement Reveals Growing Unease With Islam http://www.altmuslim.com/news_comments.php?id=1230_0_26_0_C