He is one of my favourite people in the world, and I pray for him every day – Dr Ahmad Badr al-Din Hassoun, the Grand Mufti of Syria. I don’t know any other religious leader in the world whose first words to me when he sees me are “I love you!” Even I don’t greet …
Christians and Muslims can be friends – Father Dave & the Grand Mufti of Syria Read More »
It was my privilege to be asked to pay tribute to the noble Sheikh Nimr at the Islamic Centre in Banksia (Sydney) on January 9th, 2016, following his brutal (and largely unanticipated) beheading by the Saudis. I was then asked to repeat my speech at a rally in Martin Place (in the centre of Sydney) …
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I hear this question asked a lot – not only by Christians but by Muslim friends as well: “Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?” The question made headlines late in 2015 when Wheaton College in Chicago suspended a professor of political science for publicly answering the question in the affirmative! The academic was …
Christianity and Islam are not at war by Father Dave Christianity and Islam are not at war – they never have been and they never will be! I don’t mean anything particularly profound by this. I merely mean to state the obvious. Christianity and Islam are not at war and cannot go to war with …
The article reprinted in part below is one that should be read by every Christian who believes in evangelizing the Muslim world. Evangelical church-leader and scholar, Nabeeh Abbassi, is evidently a great believer in evangelism. Even so, he does not believe that this is a matter of turning Muslims into Christians. Abbassi makes a distinction between religious affiliation …
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Why I love the Grand Mufti of Syria by Father Dave There are only two people who have ever brought me to tears the first time I’ve met them. The first was Dom Helder Camara, the late great Archbishop of Recife in Brazil – the man who said “when I give food to the poor …