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Muslims and modernity
By
Aziz Poonawalla
At Talk Islam, a great discussion has ensured (as tends to happen over there) about analogizing between Islam and other religions, especially when talking about “reformations” or about labels. Abu Noor points out, those both within and without Islam that call for “reformation” are not really calling at all for anything like the Protestant reformation…
Listen Islam: podcasts
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Aziz Poonawalla
Over at Talk Islam there is a new feature called Listen Islam, which features podcasts between bloggers in the Islamsphere (and beyond) about various topics related to Islam. There are already two great podcasts posted, the first by myself and Razib Khan (who runs the GNXP website and is an avowed atheist) about the validity…
Can you be a muslim and a christian?
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is unusual, to say the least: A Seattle Episcopal priest who claims to be both Christian and Muslim has been restricted from public ministry and will be defrocked unless she “reclaims” Christianity by next April, the Episcopal Church announced.…Redding, who teaches at a Jesuit seminary in Seattle, according to Episcopal News Service, told ENS…
Brian McLaren endorses Obama
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Aziz Poonawalla
Brian McLaren is a Christian pastor who approaches faith and politics from within the compassionate tradition of Christianity, focusing on the Prophet Jesus’ AS example of charity and taking care of the poor, etc for his inspiration rather than judgment and brimstone. As such his politics take him leftward in opposition to the conservative Religious…
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