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By Hussein Wario | Article
Muslims’ month long fast enters the second week. I wrote last week to show how God Almighty did not institute it. You can read my article, which utilizes the Qur’an…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Muslims have started their annual fast during the Islamic month of Ramadhan as of dawn this morning. One of them asked me yesterday, “Have you spotted the new moon yet?”…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
A Salafi—a Muslim who adheres to the version of Islam of Prophet Muhammad’s time—wrote to me, “Speak out against the Oslo attacks, you terrorist!” I have had discussions with this…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Blog
Muslim fast during the Islamic month of Ramadhan is projected to start at dawn on August 1 this year, after the sighting of the new crescent at dusk on July…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
There are conflicting reports over Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s apostasy case, Mission Network News reports. The AFP reported over the weekend Pastor Youcef was no longer on death row. Now…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani who has been sentenced to death for apostasy faces execution any moment. Now that the Iranian Supreme Court has upheld his death sentence, he could be…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
A Muslim on Facebook asks, “hussein is this good treatmen [sic] of wojman [sic]” after quoting Deuteronomy 22:28-29. He quotes a rendering of these verses which is off literal translation.…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Sunday, June 26, 2011 is a day Muslims, Christians and Jews will gather together in worship services to read passages from the Qur’an, Torah and the Gospel. Interfaith Alliance and…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Muslims know what is at stake in interfaith dialogues. They participate in them knowing Islam has a battered image around the world that desperately needs improvement. Sadly, some Christians who…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Islam has faced a debilitating public relations hemorrhage since September 11, 2001. That dreadful day brought to the fore some manifestations of Islamic teachings, which led ordinary Muslims, Muslim civil…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Blog
One of my Muslim Facebook friends asks: If the father and Jesus are one, then if Jesus died, the father [sic] died. If they are separate and only Jesus died,…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Have you ever encountered a Muslim who dismisses the authority of the Hadith, claiming to follow only the Qur’an? If so, you are not alone. I have met a lot…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
The term islamophobia isn’t in the dictionary yet. In a matter of time, it will find its place. Even though this term should exclusively deal with an irrational dread, fear…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
What started out as a simple tweet of what I was doing, turned it into a conversation. Thanks to a Qur’an advocacy group. I was texting back and forth with…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Today’s Reuters news article on “Alcoholic drinks market booming in Muslim Gulf” might be a surprise to many because it is widely known Islam prohibits the use of alcohol. Do…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
It was the week before Christmas 1988. One of my former teachers, Mr. Buya, invited me to go to his home for Christmas. Even though I was a Muslim and…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
I recently participated in a panel discussion at Wheaton College. The panelists—seven in total—were Christians of Muslim background who are natives of various countries with minority and majority Muslim populations.…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Christians, whether of Muslim background or not, keep on suffering at the hands of Muslims in Muslim majority countries. Here are a few cases: Two brothers, Rahid Emmanuel and Sajjid…
By Joe Bates | Blog
I have read many of the conversations concerning pluralism, atheism, apologetics, unity, evangelism, etc and I am having trouble getting past the division among Christians much less the attacks from…
By S. Basumatary | Article
Ethnic Identity Vs Christian Identity in North East India My ethnic Blood is stronger than the Blood of Jesus Christ. The Water of Baptism is too thin to clean my…
