"We [Christians and Muslims] all share the same God, the same principles of loving one another, of peace and justice" [incl. John Esposito]

“We [Christians and Muslims] all share the same God, the same principles of loving one another, of peace and justice” [incl. John Esposito]

“How we do that, the difference is in the details, and that’s one of the things this class is going to address.” At least that’s how First Methodist church Rev. Susan Boegli sees it. “Details,” indeed -- such as those “minor details” of jihad, martyrdom, sharia, dhimmitude, etc. But not to worry: John Esposito -- Islamic apologist extraordinaire -- will set the record straight.

“Islam class set for January at church,” by Jillian Daley for the Statesman Journal, December 29:

Salem — A 13-week class about Islam will be available at First United Methodist Church starting in January.

The weekly class will feature the Islam section of the Great World Religions DVD series taught by John L. Esposito, professor of religion and international affairs and professor of Islam at Georgetown University.[...]

First United Methodist Church’s the Rev. Susan Boegli said having an Islam class at a Christian church makes sense.

“We all share the same God, the same principles of loving one another, of peace and justice,” Boegli said. “How we do that, the difference is in the details, and that’s one of the things this class is going to address.”

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Raymond Ibrahim

Raymond Ibrahim, a specialist in Islamic history and doctrine, is the author of Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam (2022); Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West (2018); Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians (2013); and The Al Qaeda Reader (2007). He has appeared on C-SPAN, Al-Jazeera, CNN, NPR, and PBS and has been published by the New York Times Syndicate, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Weekly Standard, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst. Formerly an Arabic linguist at the Library of Congress, Ibrahim guest lectures at universities, briefs governmental agencies, and testifies before Congress. He has been a visiting fellow/scholar at a variety of Institutes—from the Hoover Institution to the National Intelligence University—and is the Judith Friedman Rosen Fellow at the Middle East Forum and the Distinguished Senior Shillman Fellow at the Gatestone Institute.