Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Interfaith relations

Sept. 13 issue

• Free to build a place of peace

  The proposed Islamic center in New York City, known as Park51, is meant to increase harmony, peace and well-being, says Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the project. But, as so often happens today, those who spread fear and prejudice are distorting such intentions.

Sept. 6 issue

• Guests in a Jewish house

  SAN FRANCISCO — My wife and I walk down Dolores Street to the address listed

• Ramadan in a time of fear

  As I drove to an evening meeting at my church — made up of many Indonesian Christians who have fled their homeland due to tensions between Christians and Muslims — an electronic billboard reminded me it was the beginning of Ramadan.

Aug. 23 issue

• Muslim hospitality

  “Opposition to Mosques Grows” (from Christian Science Monitor News Service) dramatically describes a tremendous problem and opportunity. If we are serious about practicing what the Bible teaches, we will welcome the strangers rather than alienating them in the name of maintaining some imagined standard of purity or safety.

Aug. 2 issue

• The woman in the red coat

  I will never forget my first day at the Mennonite Central Committee United Nations Office. At the airport all of my luggage was opened and the contents examined piece by piece. My laptop was held for two weeks, and my family and I were interrogated for almost seven hours.
  

July 19 issue

• New friends in peace

  Interchurch relationships can lead in surprising directions. Here’s one: Mennonites and a denomination with Mormon roots have found a common identity as peace churches.

• EMU peace camp grows

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Two years after it started as a brief pilot program, an interreligious summer camp continues to grow dramatically.

June 21 issue

• EMU hosts Iranian scholar at forum

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — A scholar from Iran was the featured speaker at a forum June 10 sponsored by Abraham’s Tent, Eastern Mennonite University’s new Center for Interfaith Engagement.
  

June 14 issue

• Interfaith summit will back development goals

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonites will be represented at a World Religions Summit that will emphasize goals for the developing world.

March 8 issue

• A bridge with Islam

  KURSK, Russia — Whenever he teaches a course on Islam, David W. Shenk imagines his Muslim friend Badru D. Kateregga is in class with him.

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