This spirit? “Ramadan is not a month of laziness but rather a month of activity, of effort, and of hard work, and as it also was in the life of the Prophet, a month of jihad, conquest, and victory.” — Palestinian Authority Supreme Sharia Judge Mahmoud Al-Habbash “Ramadan is a month of holy war and death […]
UK: Anglican cathedral to host Ramadan iftar during Easter season
Once again, do these Christians really think that this will change what the Qur’an teaches about Christ and Christianity? Qur’an 98:4-6: “Nor were the people of the book divided until after the clear proof came to them. And they are not ordered to do anything else but serve Allah, keeping religion pure for him, as […]
What Are They Smoking? Vatican Says Ramadan Is Important for Christians, Too
New in PJ Media: Christians of all traditions were likely surprised on Friday when the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue issued a message to Muslims for Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting by day and gorging by night. The fact that such a message was sent was not a surprise, as interreligious dialogue has for many years […]
Catholic Cardinal Opens ‘Abrahamic Family House’ With Muslims Praying Prayers Denouncing Jews and Christians
New in PJ Media: Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald, the Roman Catholic Church’s apostolic nuncio emeritus to Egypt and apostolic delegate emeritus to the Arab League, as well as a past president of the Pontifical Council for Irreligious, er, that is, Interreligious Dialogue, on Sunday represented Pope Francis at the first prayer service in St. Francis of Assisi Church in […]
Catholic cardinal opens ‘Abrahamic Family House’ with Muslims praying prayers denouncing Jews and Christians
Lord, what fools these infidels be. “Cardinal Opens Francis’ Abu Dhabi Interfaith Shrine,” by Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, February 22, 2023: SAADIYAT ISLAND, Abu Dhabi (ChurchMilitant.com) – Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald hosted the first Catholic service at the Abrahamic Family House — an interfaith shrine born of Pope Francis’ Abu Dhabi concordat with Sunni leader Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb. Speaking on behalf […]
Pope Praises Muslim Group for ‘Dispelling Erroneous Interpretations’ of Islam
My latest in PJ Media is a VIP article. I am happy to be able to offer you a 5% discount on becoming a VIP member at PJ Media. Just enter the code SPENCER when you sign up here. As I noted here Friday, a big interfaith dialogue session just took place in Bahrain, with Pope Francis, the Grand Imam […]
Philippines: Muslims murder one, injure 11 in jihad attack on bus, Christians and Muslims condemn attack
The condemnation is good to see, but what are the Muslim groups who have condemned this attack doing to change the minds of their coreligionists and prevent something like this from happening again? “Christians, Muslims condemn bombing in the Philippines,” by Joseph Peter Calleja, UCA News, November 7, 2022: Christians and Muslims have deplored the […]
Pope praises Muslim Council of Elders, claims it is ‘committed to dispelling erroneous interpretations’ of Islam
The naive Francis twice said: “As-salamu alaikum!,” not realizing that in Islamic law, only Muslims may use that greeting, when greeting fellow Muslims. It means “Peace be upon you,” and to unbelievers, a Muslim is supposed to say “Peace be upon those who are rightly guided.” He also said: “I offer you cordial greetings and […]
Interfaith Dialogue: Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Plays the Pope Like a Cheap Fiddle
New in PJ Media: Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, who as grand imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar is the foremost cleric in Sunni Islam, met up again with his pal Pope Francis in Bahrain on Friday and gave us one of the best episodes yet of their ongoing buddy-movie series. Whenever these two get together, they always serve […]
Grand Imam of al-Azhar to Pope Francis: ‘Islam is a religion of peace and equality’
“The Prophet said, ‘War is deceit.’” (Bukhari 4.52.269) “Grand Imam Lectures Francis On ‘True’ Islam,” by Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, November 4, 2022: MANAMA, Bahrain (ChurchMilitant.com) – The grand imam of Al-Azhar offered a robust defense of “true” Islam before Pope Francis at the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue on the first day of the pontiff’s apostolic journey to […]