How proud can we be of this delightful young Australian?

In his book 'People Like Us' he writes:
 

“No two civilisations have spoken so many words to and about each other in recent years as those of Islam and the West. And no two seem to have communicated less".

Waleed is a glowing example of a person who is so …
 

“… firmly rooted in his own spiritual tradition that he can stand firm to grow in peace with, and gift his insights to, those from another.”

 
It is saddening that young people from the Christian spiritual tradition have been ‘hooked’ by either religious fundamentalists on the one hand, or those who scoff at faith in reaction to them.

The appallingly superficial “Imaginary friend in the sky” set.
 
We hope that people like Waleed Aly can gift those of us from the western spiritual tradition with the desire to once again honour (not uncritically) the ‘womb’ of our own civilisation.

There is a lot of humanity in this young man, and I feel that I could trust him to value my exploration for truth as being equal to  his own.