It’s easy believing that Islam is a religion of peace. After all, our Muslim friends and neighbors share a similar way of life, and share our values. Imams visit our churches (and vice versa) to share common bonds of humanity.

In follow-up to my Gateways post on September 25th, Scholar Karen Armstrong is leading the call for a “Charter for Compassion” to be created by people all over the world. As every religion has a history of intolerance, so each religion has principles for overcoming intolerance. The Charter aims to shift religious conceptions and relieve