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Monotheism in Interfaith Exchange – Part 1 | Linda Thayer

If you have ever attended a Muslim-Christian interfaith presentation or had an interfaith conversation with an acquaintance, you may have wondered why your Christian colleague could be so adamant about Jesus being more than a human being—somehow “God”—even though no one can argue…

Monotheism in Interfaith Exchange – 5 | Linda Thayer

Monotheism in the Hands of 4th Century Churchmen THE CREED OF CONSTANTINOPLE: “Like Father, Like Son”? We continue our series recounting the monumental struggle within the Christian Church regarding the ‘correct’ understanding of how Jesus was ‘divine,’ since his ‘divinity’ was something…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 25 | Linda Thayer

In Parts 8-24 of this series, we have dug into the history of how the Church has become inextricably entangled with degrading their understanding of the One God, how they fell into shirk through being forced to explain the supposed ‘divinity’ of…

Rectifying Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 24 | Linda Thayer

We continue our series on the story of how Christianity veered off the monotheistic path adhered to by Jesus. Instead of remaining faithful to the teaching of Jesus hiimself, Church officials defended the teachings of Paul. Accordingly, they built their doctrine preferring…

The Signs Granted to Prophet Isa (A.S)

The very essence of an Islamic mindset is ‘submission in peace,’ as it exemplifies a life of compliance and obedience to the will of Almighty Allah. To elucidate the tenets of the religion and to represent the ideal way of living, Allah…

Priorities of Dawah (1)

“It is imperative that we Muslims adopt a scientific, proof-based, and rational daʿwah discourse… It is the weakness of our daʿwah discourse that turns people away from Islam.” NOW THERE’S A claim I’ve heard countless times. And I confess to having no…

What Does it Mean to Become Muslim? (1)

MANY CONVERT STORIES are to be found in cyberspace, giving testimony to how and why a growing number of persons are discovering Islam and committing themselves to its Guidance. Endless media headlines in the West feature “Islam” or “Muslim”–usually together with “terrorist”…

Lessons in Patience from the Life of Musa

We human beings naturally love to receive prompt appreciation for the good things we do for others—and such is the right of the good doer. In the da'wah world of reform, however, this appreciation is, most of the time, hard to come…

Rectifying Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – Part 23 | Linda Thayer

The Christian’s Gospel according to John is prefaced with a Greek philosophy-oriented ‘Prologue’ (John. 1:1-18), which we have referenced repeatedly in this series. According to this passage, a supposed, one-time embodiment of God in human history—what is said to have become God’s…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 22 | Linda Thayer

We continue discoursing the resolution of the fine print in the Church’s doctrine of the ‘divinity’ of Jesus. The ‘Greek Fathers’ weigh in with their contributions to the development of doctrine and Greek philosophy is back, center stage. The Cappadocian ‘Fathers’ Legitimize…