I’m not necessarily against religious syncretism per se (I kind of practice a syncretic blend of two faiths myself, so maybe I shouldn’t be talking here), but I think some religions are easier to mesh together than others. Out of the three Abrahamic faiths, Christianity is definitely “the odd man out” because of its belief in the Divinity of Jesus. Because of the special place it affords Jesus, I think it’s difficult to mix Christianity with other religions. Not impossible, mind you, but difficult.

But ultimately I think this is more of a message of solidarity then a theological statement. The main point here seems to be a shared love and devotion for God. And that I think is universal to all religion.

Besides, I like this mixture. Its good publicity

i still call myself a muslim because my interpretation of qur’an and muhammad’s life, and just general common sense, lead me to think that the book and the book exemplified (not to be followed literally), show a wisdom of fighting for the equality and respect of everyone and trying to live a good life (in what you take and give back). to me, anything one does to [thoughtfully] respect allah’s creations is worshipping allah. i have a long way to go to really studying the qur’an, but i want to know other religions texts as well.

it doesn’t make sense to me that she could be muslim and christian in the traditional views (being jewish and muslim is more logical), but again, there are ideals that go beyond a single belief. anyone that can grasp those and strive to live that life doesn’t need religion in that sense. it’s a convenient label. so yeah, it’s possible to consider yourself part of more than one religion.

conversely, the qur’an says that making haram anything allah didn’t explicitly make haram is wrong: how many muslims live with restrictions that they believe or are taught are haram, in the name of islam? same goes for any faith. if people will be so misguided or hypocritical but so devoutly [insert a religion here] at the same time, without question, it’s just as well that another person would call himself a satanist and a christan.

people need to take an honest assessment of what it means to be human, and what allah is, because people seem to view god as a petty person and not as creator of the universe.

Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !…