Articles by Gregory Khalil
Faith or Fanaticism?: A Dialogue on the Problem and Promise of Faith in the Middle East
Michael Gerson, Michael Ostrolenk, Gregory Khalil, Suhail Khan Thursday, 16 September 2010
Religion can reinforce tribal loyalties that lead to hatred and violence, but it also happens to be one of the oldest, deepest, most universal needs of the human soul. The best kind of religious witness is being willing to break a cycle of retribution and to try to establish something different. [FREE]
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Cries for Justice: A Dialogue on Social Justice in the Middle East
E.J. Dionne, Jr., Michael Ostrolenk, Gregory Khalil, Suhail Khan Thursday, 16 September 2010
There are forms of empathy toward Israel and toward the Palestinians. Our challenge as Christians is to find ways of bringing these two forms together. Peacemakers need to begin with the idea that the solution is available and that the task is to find practical remedies.
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How Faith is Realpolitik in the Holy Land
Gregory Khalil Thursday, 16 September 2010
By actively keeping religion on the sidelines, secular leaders have unwittingly ceded authority over religious discourse in the public square to hard-line ideologues. They have also violated a core principle of realpolitik: We must see the world as it is, not as one might like it to be.
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A Welcome Shock: A Christian Palestinian Perspective
Gregory Khalil Saturday, 1 December 2007
The open letter came as a shock. Perhaps ironically, the last group from whom the Holy Land's Christians had come to expect any support was Evangelicals in America.
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