A year ago my husband and I did a 4-part series on Islam at a large church in the greater Boston area. We had been asked to do the series for a couple of reasons, one being my husband's position as an Administrative officer for an Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University. The second, more important reason was our background of living in the Middle East and Pakistan and our work and friendships with Muslims for many years.

We knew before beginning the series that we could be walking into difficult territory. The misconceptions and media misinformation on Islam since 9/11 is prolific and we have found few who have traveled, lived and worked in Muslim countries willing to speak into the issue with truth and grace.