Articles on Islam, the Qur'an and other Islamic sacred texts, and Muslim faith, theology, customs and traditions.
This article examines the Catholic response to the growth of Islam in the West in light of the Church’s vision for interreligious dialogue and evangelization. Does the Catholic Church have a coherent strategy in respect to Islam? Is this strategy working? Is it realistic? Is it biblical?
Are we witnessing today a phenomenon of nameless "religious extremists"—whether Christians, Jews or Muslims—spreading violence in the name of "religion"? Or is reality quite different?
Weiterlesen: Islam, Religious Extremism and Religious Relativism
Although Islam and Christianity seem to have certain points of doctrine in common, there is an enormous difference between them, not only in beliefs about salvation and Christ but in many other areas affecting daily life, human behavior and attitudes.
Weiterlesen: Christianity and Islam: Doctrines and Beliefs Compared
Auf Grundlage zahlloser Koranverse und Mohammed zugeschriebener mündlicher Traditionen die gelehrten offiziellen Vertreter des Islam, die Scheiks, Muftis und Imame durch alle Zeitalter hindurch einen Konsens erzielt haben – der für die gesamte muslimische Gemeinde bindend ist – dass der Islam sich in immerwährendem Krieg mit der nicht muslimischen Welt befindet, bis erstere sich letztere untergeordnet hat.
Weiterlesen: Sind Judentum und Christentum so gewalttätig wie der Islam?
In "Evangelii Gaudium," Pope Francis dictates the rules for the relationship with Muslims. The Jesuit Islamologist Samir Khalil Samir examines them one by one. And he criticizes their limitations.
Weiterlesen: Islam and Christianity: Where Dialogue Stumbles
Jesus and Muhammad could hardly have been more different in how they lived or in what they taught others. Why should we not expect starkly contrasting legacies - from the conduct of their closest companions to the livability of modern-day countries influenced by the predominance of one founder's teachings over the other?
The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule. Unlike nearly all of the Old Testament verses of violence, the verses of violence in the Quran are mostly open-ended, meaning that they are not restrained by the historical context of the surrounding text. They are part of the eternal, unchanging word of Allah, and just as relevant or subjective as anything else in the Quran.
For dyed-in-the-wool jihadi warriors, an asymmetrical approach to warfare with Israel - one which results in many Gazan civilian casualties - is actually a gateway to religious merit and reward. This is not a cycle of violence, or simply a deep animosity between Isaac and Ishmael. It is a fight between (on one hand) Islamist kamikazes who don't surrender, a group of post-Hiroshima-like zombies, and (on the other hand) the Jewish people returning to their Promised Land in fulfilment of ancient Hebrew prophecies.