Christian-Muslim Understanding

The highlight of my week was the Global Leadership Forum, sponsored by IGE and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. This year’s forum was titled “Evangelicals and Muslims: Perspectives on Mission and Partnership.” It was hosted at Georgetown University. The expert panels discussed identity, missions, theology, partnership, and peace within the contexts of Christianity and Islam. I believe a forum like this is crucial within the global complexion of our society today. Muslims and Christians make up about two-thirds of the world’s population and need to learn how to live peacefully with each other. This forum emphasized the importance of acknowledging the differences, while learning to respect and understand the other. Through this experience I gained a greater compassion and love for Muslims. Just because I disagree with some of their views about God, does not give me the freedom to hate, fear, or disrespect fellow human beings made in the image of God. I hope this forum will continue to open up honest conversations between Christians and Muslims.