{"id":30127,"date":"2016-08-26T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=30127"},"modified":"2016-08-26T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T16:02:46","slug":"christians-countering-anti-muslim-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/08\/26\/christians-countering-anti-muslim-rhetoric\/30127\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians Countering Anti-Muslim Rhetoric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s been a lot of negative campaign language about Islam this election season\u2014calls for banning Muslims from entering the US and for patrolling Muslim neighborhoods. But there are also serious attempts to oppose anti-Muslims rhetoric. Correspondent Kim Lawton reports on efforts in Nashville, Tennessee to counter hateful speech by building personal relationships between Christians and Muslims. She talks with Rev. Josh Graves, pastor of an evangelical megachurch and author of How Not to Kill a Muslim: A Manifesto of Hope for Christianity and Islam in North America, along with Muslim community leaders who are participating in the bridge-building efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cStereotypes lose their power because they\u2019re replaced by true, authentic relationships,\u201d says Rev. Josh Graves, pastor of the Nashville megachurch Otter Creek Church of Christ, describing his project of engagement between Christians and Muslims. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard for people to care about people they don\u2019t know. 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