Shared Prayer Spaces

A few years ago I was amazed to be sat in a UK cathedral at a service for students led jointly by an Muslim Imam and Christian Bishop. It was one of those moment that led me to believe that Islam might be open to me. Yet the more I explore the more examples IContinue reading “Shared Prayer Spaces”

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD” (A reminder of the monotheistic faith of Christians, Jews and Muslims)

There is often confusion around the shared beliefs of Jews, Christians and Muslims. This is frequently fuelled by those who wish to find differences in order to make one or another branch of our shared faith better than another. Those who do this step away from Gods own words in the Quran. Although God clearlyContinue reading ““Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD” (A reminder of the monotheistic faith of Christians, Jews and Muslims)”

“You don’t need to find an alternative scripture for what has already been given to you.”

This post is written in response to someone who had a passage from Christian scripture that spoke to him so clearly and yet as a new Muslim he felt the need to find the equivalent from the Quran and to leave that Christian scripture behind. As a Christian I was drawn to Islam over someContinue reading ““You don’t need to find an alternative scripture for what has already been given to you.””

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