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Heaven On Earth: A Non-Hysterical History of Shari’ah

By Haroon Moghul

…akistan, my experience was frequently disappointing. Although teachers and students acknowledged the importance of open-mindedness, their attitude toward the wider world was characterized by suspicion; and though they spoke with pride of Islam’s past, their familiarity with Muslim scholarship typically did not extend beyond a handful of well-known religious works. It was a long way from the ninth-century heyday of Islamic power, when Baghdad schol…

Another “Hot Text” For the War on Women: Rosemary’s Baby

By Mary Valle

…ance company man than career-genetic-satanist. That’s the genius of it. My students always note that the satanists are not in black robes, they are well-off, and “respectable.” Well, they do live in the Bram, which is played by the Dakota. It reinforces the feeling, to me, that this could happen to any woman, anywhere—even one living in a sophisticate’s paradise. I find myself envying Rosemary’s lifestyle, and clothes, even though her kiddie-chic…

A New Goal for Anti-Choice Activists: Targeting “Sex-Selective” Abortion

By Andy Kopsa

…mony about PRENDA as an anti-woman wolf in pro-woman sheep’s clothing by a number of advocates. This from Miriam W. Yeung, Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: PRENDA pretends to speak the language of women’s equality, but, unfortunately, the voting records of its supporters do not strengthen civil rights, women’s rights, or the rights of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. For example, this year alone, spons…

Church Controversy is in Georgetown’s DNA

By Peter Manseau

…ample in John Carroll’s Georgetown. Created at a time when Protestants outnumbered Catholics 20 to 1 in the U.S., Georgetown was from the outset not a site of challenge to religious liberty, but a testament to it—as it continues to be today. The religious liberty Georgetown represents, however, is not simply a matter of the right of each religious group to have its way. It is instead, like both the Church and the nation of which the university is…

Dan Savage to Debate with National Org for Marriage President?

By Peter Montgomery

…arriage’s Brian Brown after a highly publicized event at which Savage told students at a high school assembly that they could ignore some of the “bullshit” in the Bible. Savage later apologized for snarky comments he directed toward some students who walked out. Brown publicly pledged to debate Savage, declaring “I’m here, you name the time and the place and let’s see what a big man you are in a debate with someone who can talk back.” Savage annou…

The Book David Barton Doesn’t Want You To Read

By Michael Coulter

…ess you understand the historical context. Coulter: In the past few years students have come to me with claims made by Barton, many of which seemed wrong, but since Barton isn’t taken seriously in the academy, I didn’t take him seriously. But as there were more and more students and others who were reading Barton, it seemed that he needed to be taken seriously and carefully critiqued. What sealed the deal for wanting to offer a lengthy critique o…

With Christian Schools At Risk In Israel, Crickets from American Christian Conservatives

By Sarah Posner

…tion: The ministry provides 100 percent funding for 200,000 ultra-Orthodox students in religious, nonpublic schools. Israeli Christians believe this is unfair treatment since Israeli national law prohibits discrimination in education. “In a challenging time like this for Christians in the whole Middle East, we expect Israel to deal with this identity matter of Christians in a sensitive way,” said Botrus Mansour, director of Nazareth Baptist, a K-1…

“If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local

By Frederick Clarkson

…l training events this year at the small Charis Bible College (which urges students to “take your mountain.” The Pike’s Peak Courier reported that Wommack told attendees, during a “Citizen’s Academy” in April, “Man, as many people as we have in this school here [Charis Bible College] we ought to take over Woodland Park.” Sunday before Tuesday As per the Christian Right modus operandi, political resources promoted by the Coalition include voter too…

25 Things You Can Blame Muslims For

By Haroon Moghul

…o (and 1-9, too), spread to Europe. This is why, in the Arab world, Arabic numbers are called ‘Indian numbers,’ and why, in the West, ‘Indian numbers’ are called ‘Arabic numbers.’ In India they’re just known as numbers. No matter what they’re called, I think we can all agree they make life a lot easier. 2. Coffee Muslims invented coffee, and coffee is a good thing, and no good thing ever dies. At best it goes cold. In fact, one of the reasons coff…

The Uses and Abuses of the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…o political enfranchisement. As such King is often cited as supporting any number of causes such as reparations and guaranteed basic income, as part and parcel of his Dream. King’s legacy seems so malleable in the hands of American politicians and others, as his speeches and writing are cherry-picked for snippets to advance one’s cause. Perhaps, King is second only to Jesus in being so often cited by people with such varying social and political a…