Islam
Philosophy professor shares his conversion from Islam
By Grace Ostuni Staff Writer Students and professors filled the International Lounge to hear about a Franciscan University professor’s conversion from Islam to Catholicism on March 20 at 5 p.m. Rashad Rehman, who holds a doctorate in philosophy and serves as an assistant professor of philosophy at Franciscan, opened with the following remark: “This story […]
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National US tops 6 million COVID-19 cases Amid a return to school for much of the country, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States surpassed 6 million, with 183,000 deaths, on Aug. 31. By Sept. 6, these numbers had already increased to 6.26 million cases and 188,000 deaths. This coincides with new information […]
Convert from Islam shares insight about Islam perspective of God
KENDAL HUNTSMAN STAFF WRITER A visiting scholar gave a comparative talk on the Bible and the Quran Thursday night in the Gallery at 6 p.m., sharing personal experience of how Catholicism and Islam view God. Jacob Imam, a Marshal Scholar of the University of Oxford, converted to Catholicism from Islam three years ago. His talk, […]
Author of books on Islam provides insight into Islamic theological basis for jihad
BY KAREN BISGES STAFF WRITER Revelations behind Islamic theology from the Koran and insights into jihad were given by the director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center on Oct. 14 in the International Lounge in the J.C. Williams Center. Robert Spencer, the author of several books on Islam, including two […]