A Higher Education
by R. R. RenoFirst Things reflects on sacred things out of a shared commitment to the authority of God's revelation. Continue Reading »
First Things reflects on sacred things out of a shared commitment to the authority of God's revelation. Continue Reading »
In the 1970s, the radical Islamist organization al-Gamāʿah al-Islāmiyah (Islamic Group) stormed onto the scene in Egypt, calling for Egyptians to return to the correct form of Islam by waging jihad and applying Shari’a. However, on July 5, 1997, the Gamāʿah did something extraordinary in the history of radical Islam. It issued “Initiative to Stop the Violence,” a formal statement declaring its renunciation of all violence. Continue Reading »
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