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A Muslim Reflects on Christian Theologian (and UCLA Coach) John Wooden

By Amir Hussain

…; the mortar was patience and faith (“through prayer,” as he wrote). Family, faith, and friends were the three most important things to him. He never imposed his Christian faith on anyone, only insisting that his players “have a religion and believe in it.” Coach was a pluralist long before many of us had heard of the term. Of his own faith, one of his favorite maxims was “If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enou…

DeMint Uses Christian Reconstructionist Mailing List To Raise Money For Angle

By Julie Ingersoll

…under Gary DeMar, as well as those of one of its most well-known associates, Gary North, the son-in-law of Christian Reconstructionist founder R.J. Rushdoony, and a supporter of Ron Paul whose economic writings have also influenced Rand Paul. The goal is to return America to its Biblical foundations “from Genesis to Revelation” (a postmillennial reading of Revelation, which holds that the Second Coming will occur after an era of Christian dominanc…

Cross-Burning Hearing Ends, Trial Set to Begin

By Lauri Lebo

…old me in a January phone interview, “That is not the arm of Zachary Dennis, or if it is, it was not a mark left by John Freshwater.” When asked to clarify, Daubenmire at first denied he was accusing the Dennis family of lying. Then he accused them of being in it for money. Then he wanted to know if I was a Christian. In short, Freshwater and his supporters have done everything but accept personal responsibility for his actions. I have not spoken…

Soldier Hot Line Draws Calls Over DADT Repeal

By Lauri Lebo

…along with black soldiers following military desegregation, heterosexuals are going to have to learn to get along with gay men and women in the military, who, they shouldn’t need to be reminded, are already serving alongside them….

Mel Gibson’s ‘To-Do’ List

By Becky Garrison

…Polish tinfoil hat so can wear it to Restoring Honor Rally 7. Find E.T. 8. Phone home Sarah Palin 1. Conference call with Smokey the Bear to map out guerrilla grizzly action plan 2. Primp for photo shoot with Today’s Christian Woman 3. Order camouflage Bible 4. Call Pat Robertson for spiritual guidance 5. Put hubbie on short leash 6. See if can find any prayer warriors willing to go all biblical on Levi 7. Send Rush a belated wedding gift Mel Gibs…

Eid on 9/11 Anniversary?

By Haroon Moghul

…end of a month of fasting.) This year, Eid ul-Fitr may be on September 9th, 10th, or 11th. Strangers in Our Own Lands It was worrying enough to think about how some people might misinterpret such a convergence, and that was before the rise in Islamophobic rhetoric. Every other day, I’m greeted with someone arguing that Muslims are all evil, that we shouldn’t have any more mosques in America, that we are a dastardly fifth column. The assumption he…

Shukr: Gratitude

By Amina Wadud

…h and joke, an incredible man; my eldest brother, Sammuel; my first husband, Dawud, the father of my oldest two children; a dear, dear friend and colleague from my former University, Njeri; Nasr Abu Zayd, also a man of intellect and humor, my only friend and neighbor when I first came to California, sister Nicole. The one whose loss still hits me the most and almost every day was my youngest sibling: my only sister, Carol. Because Carol made me a…

Playing God in the Wild Kingdom

By Lauri Lebo

…re with the cruelties of the wild—no matter how brutal—and that having the power to play God doesn’t mean we should. Jeff’s response is that most people would have done what he did and, anyway, I’m just a cold-hearted harlot. So readers, I’d be interested to hear from others with similar stories. How did you choose to react?…

Forgiveness

By Amina Wadud

…any of these, and I thought to myself how could I be so far off? I thought, hmm, well I better adjust my clock. I am getting up too early to coordinate between suhur, fajr and my personal Qur’an reading before a nap. Now in all my attempts at staying some what tech-literate, I am not quite tech savvy. I have this really neat alarm that plays a CD of my choice. I think I mentioned it, because I have this really awesome adhan by Shaykh Ahmad al-Tij…

ACLU and Thomas More Law Center Rush to Terry Jones Defense

By Lauri Lebo

…sponse to this fool. Arguing him down outside the center would’ve been fine, too, for the more passionate among us. But throwing the man in jail truly risks turning a gasbag into a poster boy for the fight against governmental assaults on free speech. What’s more, it’ll only make it easier for Jones to further fuel misperceptions of Muslims as intolerant of criticism, misperceptions that lead too many Americans to conflate all Muslims with violen…