This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with Professor Amir Hussain, a theology professor at Loyola Marymount University, about life and teaching as a Muslim at a Catholic university.
Islam
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
I’m a Catholic priest who fasts for Ramadan. Here’s what it taught me about Lent.
Observing Ramadan, a sacred time of fasting in the Islamic world, heightens my awareness of the afflictions that so many are forced to endure and the ways our world still needs healing.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
This battle over sex education isn’t being led by white conservatives—but by Muslim parents
In Montgomery County, Md., Muslim parents have been protesting a sex-ed curriculum they say is insensitive to religious belief. Is this local battle a warning sign for Democrats nationally?
Posted inFaith, Short Take
How the Catholic health care system can serve our Muslim sisters and brothers
Catholic health care providers aim to heal the whole human person—body, mind and spirit. That means providing accommodations for to meet the needs of Muslim patients.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
5 lessons from Pope Francis’ commitment to Muslim-Catholic dialogue
Pope Francis set a goal early in his pontificate to have dialogue with various religions, especially Islam, and from his many gestures and encounters with Muslims, some profound lessons emerge.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis slams ‘childlike’ whims of powerful that start wars as Putin’s invasion of Ukraine rages on
Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders on Friday in calling for the great religions to work together for peace.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis in Bahrain: What to know and expect
The pope will meet with the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, at the interreligious meeting “Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
How does a book reading turn into an attempted murder? The threat against Salman Rushdie has been decades in the making
A violent assault on a famous author revives an ugly history: the fatwa against Salman Rushdie.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Archbishop Wester condemns killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico
During a Mass for peace, Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe decried the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico since last November.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
For Nigerian Christians, allegations of blasphemy against Islam can be a death sentence
The killing of Deborah Yakubu for alleged blasphemy and the reaction to it offer a stark depiction of the volatile divisions between Nigeria’s Muslim and Christian communities.