Im a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provi….

Bill Maher is right to condemn religious practices that violate fundamental human rights. Religious communities must do more to counter extremist int….

In the history of the prophetic biblical canon that starts with Genesis, the Koran is by far the most tolerant of the views of other religions..

But perhaps the most important innovation in the doctrine of jihad was its outright prohibition of all but strictly defensive wars. “Fight in the way….

The best way to constrain Iran's potential movement towards nuclear capability is to have peace in the Middle East, peace between the Israeli and the….

The key to recognizing who Jesus was is to recognize this fundamental truth: He was a Jew..

Indonesia, women are absolutely 100 percent equal to men.

I've taught the Bible all my life and I believe in the rights of Jews to have a place in the Holy Land, and so I have a natural affinity for that rig….

Why? Why not? Why not you? Why not now?.

It's politically impossible, as you know, for any member of Congress to make a public statement condemning or criticizing the policies of Israel. It ….

I'm interested in the origins of the religious experience, how the history of religion has evolved over the last umpteen thousand years, and where re….

Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology..

The west is very concerned and actually afraid because the media is not informing them. There are too many moderate Muslims who are trying to whitewa….

Trump is not presidential: this is not normal, it cannot be treated as normal. We have to fight with our last breath to make sure that the vision for….

When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it..

My advice for Obama concerning Iran is just to do what you already promised you would do, open up communications with Iran. Which is what I did after….

The Islamic Reformation is already here. We are all living in it..

When I was in the US, I felt that the discourse there surrounding Muslims as the other, problematising Muslims and Islam as the other was very simila….

Many of the prophets of Jesus's time were thought to just be mad men, just sort of crazy people who were claiming to channel the divine. Perhaps that….

Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith..

[Islam] is the dynamic conviction that a person's spiritual and worldly responsibilities are one and the same, that an individuals duty to the commun….