Islam Archives

Middle East’s well-kept secret revealed when Jihad met the Virgin
- News Analysis
- October 15, 2017
It’s a well-kept secret of societies where Christians and Muslims rub shoulders that conversions from one faith to the other happen with sometimes surprising frequency. Muslims who embrace Christianity face special challenges, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, as a story from Lebanon about the time Jihad met the Virgin illustrates.
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Nigeria: Catholic group casts NGO bill as attempt to promote Islam
- Global Church
- September 28, 2017
A proposed new law in Nigeria would allow the government to exercise control over projects implemented by NGOs. The leader of Caritas Nigeria has raised an alarm, noting that under Nigerian law, religious groups are incorporated as NGOs. The debate is happening during heightening religious tension in the country, which is almost evenly divided between Muslims and Christians.
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Nabeel Qureshi, who shared conversion from Islam to Christianity, dies at 34
- Church in the US, Obituary, Religion News Service
- September 18, 2017
Nabeel Qureshi was raised an Ahmadi Muslim by his parents, who immigrated to the United States from Pakistan. When he was an adult, a Christian friend challenged him to study Islam with a critical eye, the same way he had studied Christianity. After several years of investigation, and what he described as dreams and visions, he became a Christian.
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Barcelona cardinal visits hospital after tragedy: “No more attacks in the name of God”

“God is the God of life and love in all religions, especially in ours, in the Catholic world, where God dies to save man. The path of destruction is not religion nor does it come from God and can never be tolerated,” said Cardinal Juan José Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona, after visiting wounded in the hospital after the terror attacks.

Amid hardships, Christians in Pakistan and India mark 70 years of independence

From the beginning of their independence from Britain, both Pakistan and India have promised to respect the rights of religious minorities, and recognize the equal citizenship of the believers of all faiths. After 70 years, both countries have struggled to fulfill that promise, but Christians living on the subcontinent are proud of their contributions to their societies.

U.S. Muslims see friendly neighbors, but a foe in White House

In a new Pew survey, nearly half of U.S. Muslims say they have faced some discrimination in the last year, such as being treated with distrust, threatened or called an offensive name. The Pew survey is its third on American Muslims since 2007, and its first since Trump took office in January.