I want to share some very exciting news about my book, Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization. Some friends have organized a book launch at the National Cathedral and the Brookings Institution, both in Washington DC. I believe the book’s message of hope, friendship and dialogue should be widely shared. This message is based on my travels last year to the Muslim world with a group of remarkable young Americans to the Middle East, South Asia, and Far East Asia. We interviewed a whole range of people from presidents and prime ministers to imams, sheiks and students. We visited mosques, churches, synagogues, and temples. The book that is being launched is an outcome of the journey.

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The position of women in Islam is a controversial subject. For most people in the West, Muslim women are a subjugated section of society. They have no rights and no voice. Commentators agree that Islam has been particularly brutal to women.

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The concept of Jesus Christ as the Son of God has been a very contentious theological issue between Muslims and Jews on one side and Christians on the other. However, I personally see Jesus as a great potential source of unity between the Abrahamic faiths.

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Culturally, sociologically and emotionally, the vast majority of the U.S. identifies itself with Christianity and in that sense America can be called a “Christian Nation”. However, the clear-cut division between religion and politics ensures the rights of those who are not Christian and therefore provides protection to them.

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Most people who have faith in their religious tradition believe that they have a monopoly on the best way to understand the divine. Religious truth presupposes certainty otherwise worshippers believe that they compromise the integrity of their belief.

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