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		<title>Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just begun reading Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.  While I have read several books on Islam before, I have yet to read one by a Muslim.  How can I suggest that Muslims should read Christian writers rather than their own in order to understand Christianity if I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joels.wordpress.com&blog=38906&post=29&subd=joels&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think (Gallup Press; March 2008) by Georgetown University Professor John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed sheds new light into what majorities of the world’s Muslims really think and feel.&#8221;
Read the full story on the Georgetown University website. The article highlights the following findings:

Muslims and Americans are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joels.wordpress.com&blog=38906&post=28&subd=joels&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Miroslav Volf Lectures on “A Common Word”</title>
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This past week, the RTS Orlando community was privileged to hear 4 lectures given by Dr. Miroslav Volf of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.  His topic, broadly speaking, was the relationship of Christianity and Islam.  More specifically, he discussed the issues surrounding the recent document drafted by 138 Muslim scholars called [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joels.wordpress.com&blog=38906&post=27&subd=joels&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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