The Peace Catalyst Columbus team often holds storytelling nights, forums for Muslims or refugees to share their stories with the community. This is the story of Ahmed, as told at a recent event with the topic of 'The American Dream.'
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This is the question one couple asked Peace Catalyst's Kelly Perry before a recent Peace Feast in San Diego. It may be a question this particular couple asked, but it's definitely a sentiment that many people have when attending Peace Feasts or other Peace Catalyst events that involve meeting or interacting with Muslims for the first time.
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Mark Galli, Editor and Chief of Christianity Today, has done the world a great favor by writing Beautiful Orthodoxy: The Goodness, Truth, and Beauty of Life in Christ. This book is a breath of fresh air in a polluted, polarized world.
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On Monday (June 26th), the Supreme Court issued a decision regarding President Trump's "travel ban," which went into effect yesterday evening. Here's what you need to know and what you can do.
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Here at Peace Catalyst we say, “Friendship is the fruit of peacemaking.”Here are a few pairs of friends who represent just the kind of friendship we work toward. Enjoy their stories and keep your eyes open in your own life for friendship opportunities like these!
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It’s that time of the year! The time when people express immense curiosity in my eating habits. I get asked questions like, “Why aren’t you eating or drinking? Don’t you even drink water? No water at all? Do you get enough nutrients?” In this blog I want to answer some of these questions and cover some of the important facts and practices of the holy month. My name is Afnan, and as a recent graduate of Ohio State University, this will be my fourth Ramadan in the United States.
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There’s been an anti-Sharia movement afoot in a good twenty US state legislatures starting in the late 2000s. The idea is to ban any reference to Sharia in US courts, because allegedly Islamic law is the toxic spearhead of Islam’s totalitarian ideology that aims to take over the world. According to this view, Sharia represents the greatest threat to the United States since the Cold War.
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Peace Catalyst exists to ignite local movements of Christians and Muslims (and others!) living together in peace and working together towards peace. To this end, our Muslim friends have graciously invited us to join them in fasting, praying, and eating together during one of their most holy times - Ramadan.
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has lasted for 60+ years and has included eight wars, a series of armed conflicts, and a military occupation of Palestinians. And yet, peacemaking is happening in the very midst of it. Here's what's going on in Bethlehem.
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