Religion Dispatches
…in Islam or the Qur’an. Federer, who has a bachelor’s degree in accounting/business administration from Saint Louis University and an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from American Christian College, also calls himself a “best-selling author,” though the books available for sale consisted exclusively of self-published materials (indeed Federer’s own company, Amerisearch, published What Every American Needs To Know About the Qur’an, the book on whi…
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…kinds of obstacles in his way—everything from traffic accidents to rigged business deals—and threaten Norris with death if he reveals their existence to anyone. One angel, nicknamed “The Hammer,” (played beautifully by Terence Stamp) warns that if he follows his heart, not only his dreams but Elise’s too will be ruined; he issues this warning in the form of an injury during her performance. So Norris faces a dilemma: Will he resign himself to fat…
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…s received his $1000, plus legal fees. The media promoted his victory as a classic David and Goliath story and CNN dubbed Rodgers “a folk hero.” But there’s another element to the story: Rodgers openly identifies as a vampire. The media’s celebration of a vampire “folk hero” is an important historical moment for this emerging community and may be a curious statement about tolerance in a time when trust is in scarce supply. A music and events prom…
Read More…identify a Muslim “extremist” during a car check, a pedestrian check, or a business or residence check. Despite near-unanimity about the difficulty of identifying signs of radicalization, it seems a Kansas City cop would be able to do so in the course of a writing a ticket. According to the Brennan Center study, 40% of the terror plots that have been thwarted by law enforcement have been discovered, at least in part, thanks to tips from Muslims. Y…
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…s he saw it, there was no time. Still more, making exceptions is a messy business. There are many court cases in which a defendant is clearly guilty, and yet we must throw out the case due to a violation of the rules of evidence. In individual instances, this creates injustices—we wish the judge could act with more discretion. But that discretion itself causes the greater danger; hence the wisdom of our political system. Because, in the aggregat…
Read More…its planes were being used to support Robertson’s personal diamond mining business instead of relief work in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). Robertson had befriended Zairian strongman Mobutu Sese Seku and pled on the 700 Club for the United States to lift sanctions on his murderous regime. Today, Robertson took to the airwaves, as the situation in Cote d’Ivoire spirals into chaos, forces loyal to Ouattara have reportedly seized cont…
Read More…called Oklahoma’s passage of a shari’ah ban last year “just the opening round in the growing struggle between shari’ah law and the American political, legal, cultural and religious environment.” Lamborn called shari’ah’s impact “very sweeping, affecting our legal system, financial institutions, business decisions, schools, marriage and family relations, law and order, and our neighborhoods,” adding “the U.S. Constitution is the law of the land,…
Read More…in Naples, Italy. A Dallas, Texas megachurch pastor is compiling a list of business that fail to recognize Christmas and instead settle for ‘Happy Holidays.’ Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma is taking a stand in the war on Christmas by trying to keep the “Christ” in “Christmas parade.” And the three wise men may have been from China. Always striving to sink to ever lower levels of human decency, the Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket Eliz…
Read More…i Americans over 50 do that was so special? They seem to just go about the business of worshiping Allah in loving fellowship— and triviality is set aside, on the back burner or completely out of the picture. For example, we prayed two different salah times together: once led by a woman and once led by a man. Nobody had to make a big deal about either. We just stand, make prayer, sit, make dhikr, and discuss in large and small communion. It was thi…
Read More…is open for processing hajj visas. It has reported that it will take 10-12 business days. My trip is too soon to get my visa processed even if they still had it before the Berlin dates, and too late to process if I go to Berlin and try to get it done after I return. In other words, as the guy put it, either take your trip or get your hajj visa. Not much of a choice really. I mean, it’s not like comparing apples and oranges. So, today when the post…
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