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For Buddhism, Science is Not a Killer of Religion

…re in this universe was Mount Meru? On the surface of a sphere there is no central or special point for it to rest. Of course, the modern scientific idea finally took hold, but, due to the remoteness of Tibet, it was not until the 20th century that it made its way fully to that land. The Dalai Lama has been in power since 1960, so cosmology has been a live issue for him. How does he handle the mount Mount Meru question? Very simply. On Monday he l…

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Election Update: Oklahoma Bans Shari’ah Law

…of Shari’ah which are never fully conclusive, because Islam recognizes no central authority to define those readings once and for all. Thus Islam’s decentralization, its many competing discourses, all pushing and pulling around a body of texts that are nearly universally agreed upon—but over whose interpretations most debates never end. What most Americans don’t realize is that we already have interpretations of Shari’ah law in our country; or, a…

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Controversial Mary Statue Weeps Because ‘We’re Killing This World’

…ty can also serve as an outlet for end-time prophecies. While Jesus is the central figure of Protestant millennialism, when lay Catholics suspect the world might be ending they turn to Mary. Ibrahim has never preached of a coming catastrophe, but pilgrims agree that Mary’s arrival in Windsor signifies dark times. One visitor commented, “Seeing is believing, and definitely we do see her weeping—weeping for the world, weeping because there’s no love…

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Margaret Thatcher: A Muslim’s Perspective

…might have perhaps questioned the “Us vs. Them” narrative. According to the blogger writing under the pen name of Archbishop Cramner, Thatcher was a devout Christian with a mission of political reform. Thatcher’s Christian faith was, Cramner suggests, central to her politics. Perhaps if Thatcher had been more sympathetic toward Muslim issues, not only would she have found a socially-conservative group within her electorate, but she might have also…

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