Don’t all three faiths claim exclusivity based on their Scriptures, and won’t that create some logical contradictions?
There are a variety of beliefs regarding exclusivity in each of the traditions, and not all Christians, Jews, and Muslims believe that their way is the only way.* Some of our students and professors may hold those beliefs and others may not, and there is scholarship in each of our scriptures to support both views. We are not asking anyone to “check their beliefs at the door”; rather, we are simply asking them to show respect, honor, and love to each other in spite of their differences, in order to learn how to work together to solve the world’s problems. This fits in well with each group’s faith traditions of loving ones neighbor and practicing the Golden Rule. * For example, Imam Jihad Turk, who is helping to establish the Islamic center, is the American-born son of a Muslim father and a United Methodist mother, who was happy to find that Islam allowed him to accept his Christian heritage too, as well as the faith of his Jewish brothers and sisters (he points out that the Qur’an says
