What Is 'Good Theology'?
Moez Masoud, the 29-year-old Muslim televangelist, had a powerful message for the 1,500 people who poured into a hall in Alexandria, the ancient Mediterranean city on Egypt's north coast. " 'We will be responsible to God on Judgment Day,' he said, arguing that violence against non-Muslims violates God's will. 'He will ask: Did you represent our religion correctly? If you feel happy that non- Muslims are being killed, this is wrong. They are our brothers.' "
Mr. Masoud and others "promote 'a sweet orthodoxy, which stresses the humane and compassionate' as an alternative to 'unthinking rage,' said Abdallah Schleifer, a specialist in Islam and electronic media at the …
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Article title: What Is 'Good Theology'?.
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Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor.
Publication date: February 29, 2008.
Page number: 18.
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