Hospitality that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) showed in welcoming the Christian is one of deep dialogue & true freedom”, said Dr. Craig Considine, a Christian Scholar.
“I enjoyed speaking last night during an “interfaith Iftar” at the Sema Foundation in Phoenix. I talked about the hospitality that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) showed in welcoming the Christians of Najran to Medina. It is an inspiring & timeless story, one of deep dialogue & true freedom”, Considine wrote in his Twitter account. He pinned a tweet to the top of his Twitter page. The tweet is timestamped Aug 23, 2021.
The tweet reads:
“WHAT CAN PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S ENCOUNTERS W/ CHRISTIANS TEACH US ABOUT TODAY’S RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY & ISLAM? MORE THAN YOU MAY THINK, AS I EXPLAIN IN MY NEW BOOK, “PEOPLE OF THE BOOK – PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S ENCOUNTERS WITH CHRISTIANS.”
Dr. Craig Considine is a Catholic American and native of Massachusetts. He is a scholar, global speaker, media contributor, & public intellectual at Rice University. As a sociologist, he focuses on religion, Islam, Christianity, interfaith, race and ethnicity, identity as well as comparative research and ethnography. He is the Author of many books and articles on Christian-Muslim relations.
source:shafaqna
