Jordan Denari Duffner
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Catholic theologian studying Muslim-Christian relations; PhD @Georgetown . Books: #FindingJesusAmongMuslims #Islamophobia . Substack: Digging Our Well.
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Pope Francis: You can’t defend Christianity by being ‘against refugees and other religions’
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Prayers for all who are celebrating the birthday of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib! (Image from the mosque dedicated to him in Najaf, Iraq.)
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Many U.S. Christians will see these images and — because of stereotypes and bad media coverage — will think they're Muslim. But these are our fellow Christians — Palestinians who also suffer from the unjust situation in Israel/Palestine.
Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem burn images of Trump ahead of his promise to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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Friends, I’m currently working on the section of my new book about liberal Islamophobia, and curious what you think are the most illustrative and important examples of Islamophobia on the left? I will cite you if I include your contribution. Thanks!
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I'm not Muslim, but I know Islam means kindness & compassion, not terrorism.
#PHxMosque
#notmyamerica
http://t.co/kR7HgxQUDe
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Yesterday, I brought two Muslim friends to Mass, since we’ve been discussing the Eucharist in our Christian theology class. I teared up when the responsorial psalm happened to be, “the Lord is gracious and merciful,” which is also the opening of the Qur’an and of Islamic prayer.
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Christian Arabic Bible Translations
Below is a page from the book of Psalms, presented in the style also used for Mamluk Qur'ans 😍:
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Last Friday, I successfully defended my dissertation and completed my PhD in Theology and Religious Studies from Georgetown! Grateful to all those, esp. my committee, who supported me along the way. And excited to share more about the project here in the future. Hoya Saxa!
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@atrupar
Thank you
@VanJones68
for reminding Americans about the increased Islamophobia that Muslims faced under this administration. Many, including journalists and commentators, have forgotten about it in recent years so thank you for speaking to it.
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It’s publication day for my book,
#Islamophobia_WhatChristiansShouldKnow
I hope it can help us breakdown Islamophobia and build up a better world defined by hospitality, justice, and fierce love.
My immense gratitude to those who shared their experiences + expertise with me.
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Fr. Drew Christiansen, who was buried today at
@Georgetown
, was one of few US priests to publicly call out Islamophobia and speak up about Palestinian rights. And he followed up those words with tangible action. May his memory be a blessing to us all.
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Some very happy personal news: My husband and I welcomed our son, Adam Robert Duffner, in January. Thank you for your prayers in the lead-up to his delivery—both Adam and I are doing very well. A thread on the significance of his name:
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Thank you
@omarsuleiman504
for introducing me to this prayer of the Prophet Muhammad, so relevant for these times:
"Oh Ever Living and Ever Sustaining One,
In your Mercy, I seek relief.
Set all my affairs right, and do not leave me to myself
even for the blink of an eye."
I am finding so much solace in Imam Omar’s words & companionship through this time, masha’Allah 💛
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I really enjoyed our two week unit on the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in
#IntroToIslamGU
. This thread covers what we did.
“What I find truly challenging is to communicate, and to understand myself, what Muhammad has meant to Muslims over the centuries.” -
@JonathanACBrown
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Today is the fourth anniversary of the murder of Deah, Yusor, and Razan, three young Muslims from North Carolina.
Their sister's
@TEDTalks
calls us to action to combat Islamophobia and all forms of bigotry.
#OurThreeWinners
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Wishing a blessed Mawlid (birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) to Muslims who celebrate!
I love the stories of his cheerfulness, generosity, compassion, patience, and humility: a model for us all.
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Gosh, I really hope Pope Francis will get to see the Shrine of Imam 'Ali when he visits the city of Najaf. (It's so sparkly😍✨) I read that his meeting with the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani will take place at the Shi'a leader's home, which is not far from there.
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This weekend I received the advance copy of my new book on Islamophobia, which releases next week. It looks GREAT!
A lot of thought went into the cover. It features an Islamic geometric pattern of interlocking stars & crosses, an artistic motif that Christians also adopted.
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Some exciting news to share: My husband and I are expecting our first child in just a couple of weeks! If you pray, please offer one up for our growing family. We can’t wait to meet this little one very soon. 🥰👶🏼👨👩👦
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Today is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, a beloved saint for Catholics. Many aren’t aware of his encounter with a Muslim sultan, Malik al-Kamil, which scholars believe influenced his spirituality deeply.
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Manuscript submitted!!! Look out for my new book on Islamophobia, written for Christians, coming spring 2021 from
@OrbisBooks
!
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Qur'an 41:34: "Repel evil with good, and he who was your enemy will become an intimate friend."
I invite you not to build walls but bridges, to conquer evil with good, offence with forgiveness, to live in peace with everyone.
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One of my new favorite chapters of the Qur’an: Sura 107, “Small Kindnesses”
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My new book is up for pre-order! Look for it spring 2021 from
@OrbisBooks
.
Islamophobia: What Christians Should Know (and Do) about Anti-Muslim Discrimination
#Islamophobia_WhatChristiansShouldKnow
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Excited to share that I've been appointed to serve on the National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops!
Background on the dialogue, from 2017:
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Islamophobia is not just a 'Western' problem; Islam and Muslims are treated as a threat by many governments around the world.
One million Muslims are reportedly being held in Chinese internment camps. China says they're "hospitals" meant to cure an "ideological illness."
@SigalSamuel
reports:
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A new study has found that Trump's Muslim ban harmed the health Muslim Americans.
Another reminder of the ways that religious and racial discrimination are public health issues.
#Islamophobia_WhatChristiansShouldKnow
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Across the country, Muslims run free health clinics as an expression of their faith. Another one just opened in FL:
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Listening to a
@nytimes
ISIS podcast trailer, I'm reminded how journalists have (often unintentionally) contributed to the public's negative views of Arabs and Muslims by juxtaposing talk of violent grps with benign things like the Islamic call to prayer, Arabic, & oud music.
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Today is the first birthday of my book, Finding Jesus among Muslims! To celebrate, two giveaways:
1) A free, signed copy for a Catholic high school or public library.
2) A free, signed copy for an individual.
Like this Tweet to be entered!
#FJAMBook
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.
@BishopBarron
asked if France would ever dare to mock Islam. Well, they are not allowing French athletes to wear the hijab at the games. Policies like this are a gross affront to religious belief and practice, and seem more worthy of our attention and outrage. 1/2
Friends, my thoughts on the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
#Olimpiadas2024
#OlympicGames
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Mawlid Mubarak, Muslim friends! Know of my prayers and good wishes as you remember the Prophet Muhammad's birth.
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Wishing my Muslim friends a blessed Ramadan! I pray that you feel God's closeness this month.
This work of art features the poetry of Hafez and was part of an exhibit I saw at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto back in 2019. Artist: Ala Ebtekar
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For
#ArtInRamadan
today, two beautiful, iconic mosque entryways. First is at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. Second is at the Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque in Esfahan, Iran.
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I can see why Muslims are encouraged to read Surat al-Kahf on Fridays. Lovely passages on trust in God.
@safikaskas
#Quran
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Hey
@NPR
, re your 7pm news summary:
#MarchAgainstSharia
is not against "traditional Islamic customs." That's not what sharia is.
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A beautiful prayer at Congress by
@omarsuleiman504
. Full video below. "Let us be the light we seek from You." Amen.
Love. Peace. Justice. Light. Equality. Friendship. Reconciliation. Honor. These are the words that stuck out to me & so many others in
@omarsuleiman504
’s beautiful prayer on the House floor. It’s a call to our humanity. Let’s turn his words into actions.
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Next week I start teaching an
#IntroToIslamGU
course to undergrads at
@Georgetown
! Whether you're a student or not, you can follow along with the hashtag to see what we're up to.
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As a Catholic whose faith has been enriched by Islam & Muslims, I am convinced we can
#BMoreTogether
. Glad
@POTUS
making
#MosqueVisit
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Ramadan Mubarak to my Muslim friends! Last year during Ramadan I tweeted daily quotes from the Qur'an (
#QuranInRamadan
). This year, I'll share images of Islamic art, ranging from calligraphy to textiles to architecture. You can follow along and share pictures using
#ArtInRamadan
.
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Working on the final edit of my forthcoming book before it goes to print in the spring. A big thank you to all who have helped get it to this point.
#Islamophobia_WhatChristiansShouldKnow
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So this made my day... my book in a storefront window in Rome, just a few blocks from the Vatican. Thanks to my publisher
@BarryHudock
from
@litpress
for spotting it and sending me a pic.
#FJAMBook
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Here's a piece I wrote back in 2014 about a Jordanian Catholic priest who spoke of 'Ali as his "beloved friend."
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Here's a photo of a Vatican delegation touring the shrine while planning for Pope Francis' visit to the city!
#CatholicMuslimBridge
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Wishing a very blessed Ramadan to my Muslims friends! May it be a time of increased closeness to God and neighbor. I'm grateful for your companionship on the journey of faith.
#RamadanMubarak
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Below is the Arabic phrase, "there is no god but God"—the first part of the Muslim profession of faith. It sounds like this: "La ilaha illa Allah." When I first heard it recited by a friend, I was very struck by its beauty. May our lives be a testament to that truth.
The most beautiful refrain a pair of lips could ever utter
لا إله إلا الله
Rolls off the tongue like butter
لا إله إلا الله
Clearing away the soul’s clutter
لا إله إلا الله
A spiritual, lyrical, umbilical miracle
لا إله إلا الله
لا إله إلا الله
لا إله إلا الله
🤲🏼
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We’re just a few months away from publication of my new book,
#Islamophobia_WhatChristiansShouldKnow
.
Here’s a thread to give you a chapter-by-chapter preview.
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"We are either all saved together or no one is saved." Pope Francis in
#FratelliTutti
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Image: St. Francis and Sultan al-Kamil, whose encounter the Pope invokes in his encyclical, which was released a year ago today.
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The introduction to my book
#Islamophobia_WhatChristiansShouldKnow
is available in full on
@OrbisBooks
's website. Click the link and you'll find the intro under the 'Contents' tab.
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Today is publication day for my new book, Finding Jesus among Muslims! I’ll be on Facebook live at 3:30 EST to read an excerpt from the intro. Can’t wait to share it with you!
#FJAMBook
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Islamophobia is not just about negative political rhetoric and hate crimes. It also about government spying on Muslims and law enforcement attempts to goad Muslims into criminal activity. This is an awful story, and a must-read.
My traumatizing experience in 2018 with a spy, government surveillance, and attempted entrapment (THREAD)
This is the first time I share this story publicly, because I need this documented and I am no longer afraid.
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Thrilled to learn that my book
#Islamophobia_WhatChristiansShouldKnow
won a
@CM_Association
Book Award last night! Third place in the 'Ecumenism or Interreligious Relations' category.
A big thank you to
@CM_Association
and my publisher
@OrbisBooks
@RobertEllsberg
.
#CMCPortland
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I'm excited to share that my book on Muslim-Christian dialogue is available for pre-order!
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Eid Mubarak to my Muslim friends near and far! I’m grateful for your companionship and all I’ve learned from you. Thank you for witnessing to the peace that comes from loving God, for embodying God’s rahmah in our world.
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Mary is beloved by Muslims around the world.
I wrote this article on Mary in Islam for the Catholic outlet
@OSV
. (Thread below: more pics and articles.)
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Five years ago, when Pope Francis was elected, I could not have imagined the extent or depth of his outreach to our Muslim brothers and sisters.
I am so grateful for his example of what it means to be a Christian in dialogue with those of others faiths.
#PopeFrancis
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Someone asked the Prophet Muhammad, "What is Islam?"
He replied: "Patience and magnanimity."
Then the person asked, "Then what is iman, belief?"
He replied, "Goodness in speech and offering others food."
—Recounted in Tafsir al-Tustari
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One of the biggest misunderstandings between Christians and Muslims relates to their respective views of the Prophet Muhammad and his character.
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Wishing Muslim friends everywhere a blessed Ramadan. How special that Ramadan and Lent—our seasons of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—overlap. This year, we hold in our hearts those in Gaza and everywhere who are being starved, and all who yearn for freedom and justice.
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The word ‘terrorism’ has lost any useful meaning in public discourse. In news media, it is almost solely used to describe violence committed by people who are Muslim, and is rarely used in other cases. Re-upping Prof
@toddhgreen
’s related, must-read piece:
UPDATE: Austin bombings show no link to terrorism: White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders
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I briefly discuss Islamophobia as a public health issue, along with other ways Islamophobia impacts the daily lives of Muslims, in Chapter 2 of my book
#Islamophobia_WhatChristiansShouldKnow
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The study "found that a significant number of people in the Muslim community in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area skipped their primary care appointments after the ban, and there was also an increase in their visits to the emergency department."
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"When Muslims make statements critical of policies of the Israeli state, or in support of Palestinians, they are deemed to have violated the allegedly apolitical nature of interfaith cooperation, and are eliminated in favor of Muslims who remain silent..."
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So rewarding and surreal to find my book in a DC bookstore this weekend. A big thank you to friends and colleagues who have asked their local brick-and-mortar shops to carry it.
#FJAMBook
#FindingJesusAmongMuslims
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One month until publication day of my book,
#Islamophobia_WhatChristiansShouoldKnow
. You can pre-order now, and stay tuned for more details on the virtual book tour. Visit
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Confused about the “Muslim Brotherhood” part of
#RosanneBarr
’s tweet? Last year, I did a video with
@bridgeinit
about how the label has long been used by anti-Muslim groups to smear American Muslims.
#Islamophobia
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The FBI’s hate crimes stats for 2017 were just released. Anti-Muslim incidents remain at high levels, and anti-Jewish incidents spiked. These concerning numbers should compel us to do much more to address Antisemitism and Islamophobia at both an interpersonal and systemic level.
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#EidMubarak
to my Muslim friends near & far. Your friendship and kindness reveal God's rahmah (loving mercy). Thank you.
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Bomber was prevented from entering by a
#Muslim
security guard. A story you won't hear in coming days
#ParisAttacks
Paris attacker with explosive vest was blocked from entering Stade de France:
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I'm so excited to finally share my book with you. Join us at
@Georgetown
for the book launch a week from today! Details:
#FJAMBook
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.
@POTUS
, I implore you, as a fellow Catholic, to push the Israelis to stop the bombing and invasion in Gaza, to end the blockade and provide aid, to stop this horror! Our faith compels us to preserve the life and dignity of all. You have the power to make the difference!
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Pope Francis recounts an Islamic saying to remind all of us that God resides in everyone, especially the Muslim Rohingya of Myanmar/Burma.
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Today, as I was writing about the depressing history of Muslim-Christian conflict and Turkish-Greek populations swaps, my pal
@AlexCTaliadoros
happened to send me this uplifting and adorable pic of two friends in Cyprus, a priest and an imam, taken in the 1940s. ❤️
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These anti-Muslim comments from Cardinal Burke are absolutely unacceptable but (sadly) unsurprising. Too many Catholics share his views, but our Muslim siblings in faith should know that they don't represent the highest values of our tradition nor our official teaching.
Cardinal Burke: “to be opposed to large scale Muslim immigration is a responsible exercise of one’s patriotism.” He says “true refugees” must be helped “but this is not the case when you have large scale immigration.”
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Eid Mubarak to my Muslim friends near and far! It's a lovely coincidence that as Muslims celebrate and remember the family of Abraham today, we Catholics around the world hear about them, too, at Mass.
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Christians, Jews, non-religious & others across USA, Don't let fear win. Stand against prejudice. Muslims, we're with you.
#SanBernadino
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I'm really enjoying 'The Christian Encounter with Muhammad: How Theologians have Interpreted the Prophet.' Thanks to
@charlestieszen
for graciously gifting me a copy and some others of his books. Folks should request that their library order copies!
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Thank you
@MartinOMalley
for speaking out against
#Islamophobia
. As a fellow Catholic, I appreciate your outspokenness on this issue.
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The story is also preserved in the Islamic tradition. Muslims read Sura 18 of the Qur’an as referencing the sleepers. Numerous accounts that are extra-biblical for Christians are mentioned in the Qur’an (including the story of Anne and Joachim, who we celebrated yesterday!)
The ancient legend of the 7 Sleepers of Ephesus: 7 young Christians who escaped persecution by hiding in a cave. The cave was sealed whereupon they fell into a miraculous sleep lasting 200 yrs. They were astonished to find that Xty, a persecuted sect, was now the state religion.
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#MappingIslamophobia
is an invaluable resource for journalists and educators. Thanks to
@elfenchi
and his students at Grinnell for putting it together.
#interfaithchat
(Left: Islamophobic incidents in 2013; right: incidents in 2017)
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Anti-Muslim Protest Outside White House Drowned Out by Counter Protestors
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My visit to the
@AgaKhanMuseum
in Toronto was amazing! I’ll share many more pics on Facebook in the coming days. It’s mind-boggling to consider how much love and time went into creating these masterpieces of Islamic art. 📿🧿🕌🕋🎨
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For his feast day, a thread on Pope Saint John Paul II and Islam. He was instrumental in putting the Catholic Church’s teaching on Muslims into practice.
#CatholicMuslimBridge
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What are the most common anti-Muslim tropes & Islamophobic stereotypes?
@bridgeinit
's new factsheet breaks them down
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Ahead of Pope Francis' visit to Najaf, Iraq, treat yourself to Google's 360 view of the mosque/shrine dedicated to Imam 'Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad who is a central figure for Shi'a Muslims and is also important to Sunnis.
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@usccbp
When I'm called a heretic (and worse) for my work promoting Muslim-Christian understanding, that deeply hurts. When I see the ways some Catholics, including some in the hierarchy, demonize Muslims, it's hard to feel at home.
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BOOK GIVEAWAY! For the holiday season, I'm sending signed copies of my books to one lucky person. If you live in the US and want to enter, reply to this tweet with your name (or someone else's). I'm also running this giveaway on Instagram and Facebook.
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Eid mubarak! For those who don’t know, the hajj rituals don’t just commemorate Abraham and Ishmael’s faith, but Hagar’s, too.
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"Religious deformations are used to justify [war],” but they have nothing to do “with the essence of what is religious." ~
@Pontifex
Pope Francis reiterates that "terrorism, war, are not related to religion."
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Despite the Catholic Church's positive teaching on Muslims, many Catholics only hear the message that Islam is a threat. My op-ed in
@RNS
about a priest's anti-Muslim comments and the discrepancy between official teaching and popular Islamophobia:
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A big thank you to
@JeremyMcLellan
for having me on his
@HolyWarsPodcast
. I really enjoyed our conversation, and I’m totally stealing (and giving him credit for) his line, “the last five pounds of Islamophobia are the hardest to lose.”
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Among many US Catholics, there is a feeling (sometimes unstated and perhaps unconscious) that what goes on in Israel-Palestine is not ‘our’ issue. It’s framed as a Jewish-Muslim conflict that we can observe from a distance but that doesn’t really affect us.
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Back to Islamophobia, his bread-and-butter.
My Administration has suspended the entry of refugees from terror-compromised nations such as Syria, Somalia and Yemen. Biden’s plan surges refugees 700% into Minnesota, Michigan & Pennsylvania—burdening schools & hospitals while opening the floodgates to Radical Islamic Terror.
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My friend Simran is Sikh. A sad, frightening reminder that Islamophobia impacts people who aren't Muslim, too.
Walking out of a big Spurs win and feeling great. Then some guy called my dad and me "fucking muslims" as we walked to our car.
#ReportHate
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