Yahya Michot
Yahya Michot is Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut.
Faith: Islam
“Islam and the West: How Great a Divide?”
Read the transcript of a July 10, 2006, Pew Forum panel exploring the results of an international survey “focusing on Muslim and Western perceptions of each other and on the Muslim experience in Europe.” The panel, titled “Islam and the West: How Great a Divide?” featured Amaney Jamal, assistant professor in the department of politics at Princeton […]
“Islam and the West: A Conversation with Bernard Lewis”
Read the transcript of an April 27, 2006, Pew panel titled “Islam and the West: A Conversation with Bernard Lewis,” an interview with one of the leading scholars and critics of Islam.
“2006 Report on International Religious Freedom”
See the 2006 International Religious Freedom Report from the U.S. State Department.
“LA Muslims see hope for interfaith relations in the new Catholic Pope Francis”
Read a Southern California Public Radio story about how Los Angeles Muslims see potential for stronger interfaith relations with the Catholic Pope Francis.
“Pope reaches out to Islam”
Read a March 29, 2001, BBC report about Pope John Paul II becoming the first pope to visit a mosque.
“New Pope Approaches Islam with Caution”
Listen to an April 7, 2005, Morning Edition report from National Public Radio about how Pope Benedict takes a less conciliatory approach to Islam than did his predecessor.
“Islam and the West”
The BBC posts a page on the relationship of Islam and the West.
Secular media and religion
Why should the secular media cover religion? By Gayle White The Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Why should the secular media cover politics? Or science? Or sports? Because they are part of human life and contribute to the order of society. Often, religion provides the “why” in the equation of a story. Faith motivates people, groups and, at […]