Ashama ibn Abjar was a 7th-century Christian king of Axum (part of modern-day Ethiopia) who provided refuge to Arab Muslims fleeing religious persecution.
Category: Biographical Stories
Bruce Feiler (b. 1964)
Bruce Feiler is a freelance journalist and writer of spiritual travelogues. He has written two books drawing connections between the three Abrahamic faiths.
Christian De Chergé (1937-1996)
Christian de Chergé was a Trappist monk and martyr who prayed alongside Muslim friends and neighbors in Algeria, and was originally inspired to spirituality by a Muslim friend who saved his life.
Tom Fox (1951—2006)
Tom Fox was a Quaker peace activist and Christian Peace Teams member who was held hostage and executed by a jihadist group during a CPT delegation to Iraq.
Holmes Rolston III (b. 1932)
Holmes Rolston III is an internationally acclaimed philosopher whose main body of work has been connecting the values of religion with those of science.