In this paper, the need for interfaith dialogue in the contemporary world has been emphasized in the light of the rise of ISIS and other takfiri movements. This necessity has been understood both by political and religious authorities in the Shiite world and by Christian religious authorities. It will be shown that the central message of all Abrahamic religions is theism; that is, the ...

The Andalusian jurist Ab? Bakr al-?ur??sh? (d. 1126) was once asked whether or not it was permissible to eat cheese imported into Alexandria from the Christian territories along the northern coastline of the Mediterranean. The question clearly intrigued al-?ur??sh?, since he went to considerable lengths to research the subject before issuing his final response. Naturally, he checked the princip...

The paper indicates the diagnosis Christian-Muslim dialogue conducted by Catholic Church, especially taking into account indications of Second Vatican Council. question arises whether mutual discourse representatives two religions is currently giving rise to a perspective peace, or rather fear for future? There no denying that militant Islam accentuates escalation violence. These behaviors can ...

We document a divergence in the duration of rule for monarchs in Western Europe and the Islamic world beginning in the medieval period. While leadership tenures in the two regions were similar in the 8th century, Christian kings became increasingly long lived compared to Muslim sultans. We argue that forms of executive constraint that emerged under feudal institutions in Western Europe were ass...

Abstract Africanist scholars continue to debate how best frame Christian-Muslim encounters. Examining literary fiction that portrays interreligious conflict and dialogue in northern Nigeria, Suhr-Sytsma opens up an exchange between social scientists Nigerian writers including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Uwem Akpan, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, E. Sule. argues that, as thinkers, explore solidarity throu...

Pietro Rossano was an important protagonist of interreligious dialogue in the 20th century, serving for more than twenty years Vatican office charge this field. His experience and writings show how has many anthropological theological dimensions and, because we are talking about event between religious people, also a mystical dimension. very involved with Muslims, both theoretical study some me...

Priming with race-typed names and religious concepts have been shown to activate stereotypes and increase prejudice towards out-groups. We examined the effects of name and religious word priming on views of a specific and well-known person, President Barack Obama. We predicted that politically conservative participants primed with President Obama's middle name (Hussein) would rate him more nega...