Saudis: No Girls Allowed in Mecca
Clerics exploit religion for political power.
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Washington Post Critic’s Coded Racial Comments On New ABC Host Christiane Amanpour
The newspaper’s right wing TV critic charges that Amanpour, an Iranian-born journalist, can’t be objective on Israel.
Read MoreDowd Misses the Muslim World In Her Backyard
She didn’t need to go to Mecca to learn about Islam.
Read MoreIf Corporations Are People, Why Shouldn’t They Get the Responsibilities, Too?
A meditation on the Citizens United case.
Read MoreTalking Religion in the Military
We can’t talk about radical Islamism without addressing fundamentalist Christianity in the armed forces.
Read MoreT-Shirts and Minarets: The Rending of the Social Contract
Two current cases involving religious (in this case Islamic) symbolism show the perilous relationship between religion and politics in civil society.
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Spinning Ft. Hood
RD associate editor Hussein Rashid scrutinizes a cross-section of reactions to the Ft. Hood massacre, from those eager to blame Islam to a number of Muslim-Americans.
Read MoreIn Wake of Ft. Hood Tragedy, Few Recall Good Muslim-American Soldiers
Those who denigrate the service of Muslims in the US military only compound the tragedy.
Read MoreMarxism Meets Al-Azhar: Can You Listen to the Qur’an on Tape?
A religious scholar in Egypt recently warned against listening to broadcasts of the Qur’an, as the mediating influence is disrespectful to the text. But what of disregard for human agency?
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Islamophobia, Rachel Ray, and Dunkin’ Donuts
Rachel Ray is wearing a black and white scarf in a recent ad campaign for Dunkin Donuts and Michelle Malkin screams “kufiyah!” Apparently, black and white scarves mean that you support violent jihad.
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