Hisham Mahmoud began his lecture yesterday with a long incantation in Arabic.
“You guys are all under my enchanted spell,” Mahmoud, a lecturer in Near Eastern studies, then said to the audience in McCormick 101.
Rather than a spell, what he ...(back to the article)
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A great idea, and a delightful and informative way to counter the Islamophobic hatemongers who sometimes invade the campus. Those of us who cherish religious liberty have to learn how to turn a positive into a negative. This is a great example of how to do this. It's particularly important because Islamophobia is the anti-Semitism of our time, and is being used by powerful forces in the current Presidential election. This toxic form of hatred is similarly used to justify torture, religious war, exploitation of Muslim-majority countries and hatred of immigrants. Like anti-Semitism of other days, it is being stirred up by neo-fascist types on AM Hate Radio to distract people from finding solutions to our current economic woes. Besides being religious bigotry, Islamophobia is also continuation of racism by other means. If it ever gets into our popular political discourse, it will be very difficult to get it out. Lawrence Swaim Interfaith Freedom Foundation
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This preaches peace, not only between Islam and Christianity, but to all other spiritual kinsmen. I hope that more Muslim scholars will learn about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and that Christians will study the Qu'ran before they attempt to criticize it. Thanks!
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