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Zeyneb Sayılgan

Zeyneb Sayılgan, Ph.D., is the Muslim Scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies in Baltimore. Her research centers mainly around Islamic theology and spirituality as articulated in the writings of Muslim scholar Bediüzzaman Said Nursi (1876-1960). Her other areas of interest are Christian-Muslim relations and the intersection of religion and migration. Sayılgan's personal experience of growing up in Germany as the daughter of Muslim immigrants from Turkey informs her academic work and engagement in Christian-Muslim relations. Her articles have been published in The Guardian, Religion News Service, U.S. Catholic, The Living Church and German and Turkish outlets. To read her work and listen to her podcast, visit her blog.

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How Pope Leo XIV's visit to Nicaea recalls centuries of Muslim-Christian respect

The stories of holy encounter in İznik and across Türkiye need to be told more often.

Pope Francis blesses a sculpture during a brief stop at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia Sept. 27, 2015. The sculpture commemorates the 50th anniversary of "Nostra Aetate," the Second Vatican Council Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

A Muslim reflects on 'Nostra Aetate' and its enduring call to mutual understanding

We live in a world of polarization, but Nostra Aetate reminds us that Christian-Muslim collaboration is not naive, but necessary, writes Zeyneb Sayılgan.

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