By Rachel Bergen When Anick Ht sees images of churches burning on the news, he knows what viewers will think. The culprits: probably Muslim. Muslims: probably dangerous. Islam: obviously promotes violence. But this isn’t the Islam Anick grew up with. While it may seem as though radical Islam is taking over the world, he believes…
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A Time for Compassion and Interfaith Dialogue
By Rachel Bergen Following the brutal attacks in Paris, my Facebook and Twitter feeds exploded with news articles, haunting pictures and videos, and calls for action. These calls included pleas for rational thought and understanding for the 99.997 per cent of Muslims who do not condone this violence. People continue to send out appeals on social media to…