|
By Larry Swaim
|
|
This nation is engaged in a great debate about the future of immigration. What shall we do about the 11 to 12 million immigrants in our midst who have no documentation? The longer this is left unresolved, the more the hate-mongers will demagogue the issue, using it to promote their vision of a closed society that marginalizes religious minorities and creates an illegal underclass forced to accept slave wages. The immigration debate is really about what we want America to be. Will our children inherit an America of liberty and social justice, or will they reap the whirlwind of hate and oppression?
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
By Jill Carroll
|
|
An answer to what has become a ubiquitous question
I have given hundreds of talks and lectures throughout the Houston area in the past few years on issues of world religion and religion in public life. The question that always comes in the Q&A no matter what the topic, no matter if the audience is liberal or conservative, is "Where are all the moderate Muslims?"
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
By George Bisharat
|
|
One day in 1981, my late father, Maurice Hanna Bisharat, returned from a long day at his Sacramento, Calif., medical office with an extra bounce in his step, his eyes dancing with excitement. His friend, Michael Himovitz, the young owner of a local art gallery had called, offering to hold a one-person show of my father’s paintings — mostly California landscapes.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
By A. Mohamed
|
|
There is in the Qur’an a unique story about Prophet Musa, Moses, which is not found in the Old Testament. It is about a wise man that taught Musa a valuable lesson about divine wisdom. It is said that once Musa unintentionally claimed to be the wisest of all men. God then revealed to Musa that there was a man far superior to him in wisdom and that he should learn from him.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
