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Allen S. Maller

Oct 24, 2026, 9:03 AM

Ancient Religious Art Pre Prophets

The first fossils recognized as Denisovan were discovered in 2008 in Russia’s Denisova Cave, and DNA results from 2010 indicated that the remains belonged to an “entirely unknown species of ancient human,” according to a blog post by the...

Oct 21, 2026, 8:14 PM

From Coexistence to Co-Elevation: Jewish–Muslim Fraternity in Faith

signing the declaration. Courtesy: sharif

Last week, at the opening session of the G20 Interfaith Forum in Salt Lake City, Utah, Imam Talib Shareef and I signed the Jewish–Muslim Declaration of Fraternity in Faith. The signing marked a milestone in a journey of many...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 19, 2026, 4:12 AM

The Costs of War Pre-Qiyamah

According to Brown University's 'Costs of War' research, 4.5 million people have been killed since 2001, most of them in Muslim countries. Over the past quarter-century, 320,405 people have been murdered in Islamic terrorist attacks. Jihadist branches are spreading...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 18, 2026, 12:45 AM

Why Abraham Was God’s Super Friend

The Qur’an points out to us that “Abraham was not a Jew (Yahuudiyyan) nor a Christian (Nasraaniyyan), but rather a Haniifan. Since Prophet Abraham lived before the Torah was revealed to Israel at Mount Sinai, he could not have...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 16, 2026, 6:45 PM

Does Qur’an State: Abraham Was A Nation Dutiful To God

A central pillar of my work (including my book, Judaism and Islam as Synergistic Monotheisms) is that the various names and understandings of the God of Abraham across different scriptures are meant to foster humility and mutual respect among...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 14, 2026, 11:17 PM

Tahrif and the Number of Prophet Jacob’s Descendants

Tahrif is an Arabic term meaning "distortion" or "alteration" as a concept spanning interfaith relations, textual history, and religious pluralism across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. While commonly understood in polemical contexts as the intentional physical falsification of scripture (such...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 11, 2026, 4:30 PM

Palestinian Statehood Threatens Arab Stability

Arab governments must reverse their long-standing support for a Palestinian state. Historically, this so-called “statehood project” has fractured regional sovereignty from within, presenting a direct national security threat to the wider Levant and the Gulf. Palestinian political and military...

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Oct 11, 2026, 10:44 AM

Jerusalem’s Old City: Never the same place twice

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There are real tensions here. Real grievances, fears, and injustices. Moments of kindness don’t erase them, but the sunshine and rainbows and kumbaya are real too

Jonathan Shavit

Oct 9, 2026, 6:21 PM

Children of Abraham: A review

Published this year, its author Marc David Baer attempts to apply much-needed nuance to a topic, Jewish-Muslim relations, that usually veers into myths of interfaith utopia or perennial antagonism. Spanning the period from Islamic rule to the present, Baer...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 3, 2026, 10:36 AM

A Jewish View Of Choosing To Be Chosen

Christianity and Islam are religious communities. Judaism (Hebrews Genesis 14:13) however is more than just a religious community. The Hebrew Bible is filled with secular national Jewish history and political desire to make future Jews into ongoing independence and...

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