• Jun 26th, 2011

    Jiden Ewing

    I first got to know some Muslims when I started studying at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. About a year into my program, I switched to the department that encompasses studies of religious traditions other than Christianity (the GTU is made up of predominantly Christian institutions).

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  • Jun 21st, 2011

    Bryan

    I had casually known Muslims in high school and college; as a gay, Jewish man, I largely avoided discussions of religion with them and held many of my stereotypes about Arabs, as well as Islamic faith and culture.

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  • Jun 14th, 2011

    Carson Boyd

    My story is that religion is here to serve people. People are not here to serve religion. This is not to invalidate anyone's religion, it is to validate the person who embraces the religion. As for myself, I became confused by what I was told by Christians, as a young man.

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  • Jun 13th, 2011

    Cynthia Wilson

    Although Fatma Ferdjani is not an American, she has taught me much about Islam just by being the warm-hearted, kind, generous person she is. I met her in Benin West Africa and again at Purdue when she was visiting her son, but we keep in daily contact on Facebook.

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