Guest blog from a Curate in West London
Change of Attitude
toward Muslims: From Fear to Love
The life of the late Nelson Mandela reminds us that we have
a choice in reacting to those different to ourselves with either fear or love;
and yet sadly many Christians follow the Western media’s lead in associating
Muslims with fear. However at the centre of the Christian faith is not fear but
the love of Jesus (1 John 4:18) and the wonderful privilege of sharing that
love of Jesus with all peoples including our Muslim neighbours (Matt 28:18-20).
Mahabba means ‘love’ in Arabic and fittingly is the name used
by a national network of Churches working to share the love of Jesus specifically
with their Muslim neighbours. Through training courses such as ‘Friendship
First’ and regular prayer meetings many Christians are learning to transform
their fear into love and form deep friendships with their Muslim neighbours.
Through these deep and loving friendships we have found that many Muslims are
keen to discuss who Jesus is and furthermore when offered, some who wish to experience
the love of Jesus for themselves and to follow Jesus.
For those who would be interested in getting involved, or coming
to visit a Mahabba group in your area, or simply would like to find out more please
do visit http://www.mahabba.co.uk/ or
contact directly info@mahabba.co.uk
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