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Omar Suleiman and Munther Isaac: A Conversation More Revealing Than Intended

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16.12.2025
Western Christianity is in the middle of a shift it has not fully named. The change is often described politically, about Israel, Palestine, or culture wars, but at a deeper level it is theological and civilizational. Christianity is losing faith in its own moral code. It believes that people are inherently bad, that no cause is pure, and that judgment applies to everyone, even oneself. In this vacuum, many Christians turn to moral frameworks that promise clarity, certainty, and authority. Therefore, the borrowing from other truths feels necessary. This is not a change of faith but an adjustment. Christian language remains, but it is filled with ideas drawn from elsewhere. The result is a faith that sounds prophetic while quietly surrendering its ability to judge on its own terms. You need to listen the interview between Omar Suleiman and Munther Isaac in this way. This is not a neutral conversation, but a carefully planned moral performance. From the start, the roles are set: Suleiman is the guide and moral authority, and Isaac is the witness against Western Christianity and Christian Zionism. That framing sets the tone for the whole conversation, deciding ahead of time which questions are okay to ask and which ones are not. Interviews, like sermons, do theology not only through what is said but through how they are structured. What took place was a structure that produces a Christianity that confesses and an Islam that instructs. The imbalance is not an accident; it is the result of the form itself in theology. The most revealing part is when Suleiman asks Isaac to confirm that Palestinian Muslims do not treat Palestinian Christians badly. This looks like a gentle and corrective way to get rid of Western ignorance on the surface. Structurally, this question functions as a confirmatory test because it allows only one morally acceptable answer. Any hesitation is immediately read as Islamophobia or a failure of solidarity. Before Isaac even responds, the burden of proof has already shifted. The Christian minority is required to publicly vindicate the dominant religious system, which itself is never subjected to comparable scrutiny. This is not mutual inquiry. It is better described as........

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