On 23 December 2023, Reverend Dr Munther Isaac delivered the Christmas eve sermon at the pulpit of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, West Bank[1];. In his stirring address, he said “If Jesus were born today, he would be born under the rubble in Gaza. […] Born among the occupied and marginalised. He is in solidarity with us in our pain and brokenness.” Representing the Palestinian Christian community, Rev. Munther expressed his unwavering solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, regardless of faith. He criticised how leaders around the world had […]
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The Problem with the Discourse of ‘Arabisation’
There has been a concern about a “fundamental transformation” taking place within Muslim communities all over the world. In a 2016 The Straits Times article1, Prof Ghoshal stated that such “Muslim identity” is formed based on a worldview taken from early Quranic precepts, which resulted in the external manifestations of piety that resemble the way of life in the medieval Arab world during the formative stage of Islam.
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