Articles on Islam

• Helping Mend Shattered Lives in the Middle East

  By Open Doors

  Living and working in the Middle East means living and working in the midst of wreckage. Wherever you travel in the region you find the traces of conflict.

  Jul 02, 2009 | Comments 0

• Egyptian Court Grants Custody of Sons to Christian Mother

  By Michael Larson

  A Christian mother in Egypt has won custody of her twin sons from her estranged husband, who had converted to Islam and claimed them according to Islamic legal precepts.

  Jul 02, 2009 | Comments 2

• Egypt Rejects 2nd Convert's Request to be Legally Christian

  By Ethan Cole

  A judge in Cairo recently rejected a request by a Muslim background believer in Egypt to legally change his religious status, marking the second time such a request was turned down in the predominantly Muslim country.

  Jun 19, 2009 | Comments 1
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  West-Islam Clash 'Not Inevitable', Says Catholic Leader

  By Aaron J. Leichman

  A clash of civilizations between the West and Islam is not inevitable, asserts the head of the U.S. Catholic community's official international humanitarian agency.

  Jun 08, 2009 | Comments 58
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  Obama Speech Gets Mixed Reaction from Christians, Muslims

  By Michelle A. Vu

  Although President Obama's speech was generally hailed as successful in placing the U.S. and the Muslim world on better terms, some Christians and Muslims found fault with what he chose not to say.

  Jun 05, 2009 | Comments 143
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  Radical Islam in Prisons

  By Mark Earley

  Officials should crack down on the purveyors of radical Islam in our prisons.

  Jun 05, 2009 | Comments 4

• Prison Bible Outreach Expands to 50 States Amid 'Prison Islam' Trend

  By Michelle A. Vu

  A used book ministry, as of this month, is sending Christian books and Bibles to prisons in all 50 U.S. states, according to an announcement Tuesday.

  Jun 03, 2009 | Comments 1

• Iranian Authorities Arrest 5 New Christian Converts

  By Ethan Cole

  Security officers in Iran recently arrested five newly converted Christians and the leader of the house church they were meeting in, reported a Farsi Christian news agency. The arrested Christians were gathering in the house church for worship and Bible study during the raid.

  May 28, 2009 | Comments 3

• Islam Experts Wary of Plan for U.S. Muslim College

  By Michelle A. Vu

  Two experts, one a Christian the other a devout Muslim, are both wary of a plan in progress to establish the first four year accredited Islamic college in the United States.

  May 25, 2009 | Comments 16

• Film Warns of Rising 'Homegrown Jihad' Threat in U.S.

  By Michelle A. Vu

  The face of radical Islam is no longer limited to gun-toting, bomb-strapping, plane-hijacking terrorists. Now it takes on more subtle forms, warns a new documentary.

  May 15, 2009 | Comments 0