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Surprise: Local Press Does Good Job Covering Anti-Islam Campaigning…

By Hussein Rashid

…s in America, something interesting happened in Calgary, Canada. I believe CNN was the only national news outlet to recognize that Canada’s most conservative city elected a Muslim mayor, in a campaign where his faith was of little importance. The situation is instructive as to how fear, or lack of understanding, does not have to be the defining characteristic of a group of people. The election was about substance, not vitriol. When the question of…

‘Hello, Trump Warriors!’ Little-Known Preachers and Rabble Rousers are the Unregulated Id of the Felon’s First Rally

By Jeff Sharlet

…low the horse race, noting Trump’s endorsement of a senate candidate. Both CNN and the New York Times will add wonkiness, highlighting a Trump pledge to end taxes on tips for hospitality workers, as if policy had brought the thousands out screaming for Trump in triple degree sun. The proper political press rarely pays much attention to Trump’s warm-up acts. But the openers are the unregulated id of a Trump rally, messier expressions of the main ev…

Why ISIS War Would Make Paris Attacks a Success

By Mark Juergensmeyer

Update: According to CNN, “the French air force carried out bombing missions on ISIS targets in Raqqa, Syria, for a second day in a row. France is retaliating against Islamist extremist terror attacks that killed at least 129 people in Paris.” When I heard that the French government had identified ISIS as the group behind the horrible multiple attacks on Paris that have left over 120 dead and hundreds wounded, I wondered why. Why would this attac…

Atheist Asked By Wolf Blitzer If She Thanked the Lord After OK Tornado Honored

By Becky Garrison

…young mother living in Moore, Oklahoma who became a viral sensation after CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked her if she thanked the Lord for saving her life during a deadly tornado, to which she responded, “I’m an atheist.” The AAA chose to reward Vitsmun for her courage in coming out to her family and the nation by awarding her a “Grace Under Pressure” award, as well as giving her son a toy microphone. In her talk and subsequent interview, she debunked Ti…

Memo To Kathleen Parker on ‘Father Sky’ Reference in Tucson Memorial

By Daniel Schultz

…ur beat. Besides, New Mexico and Arizona are exactly alike. How is a major CNN contributor like you to know what they do out in the sticks? And sure, “Father Sky and Mother Earth” isn’t exactly “In the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” It’s downright weird, isn’t it? It’s almost as bad as “Brother Sun” or “Sister Moon,” or “Brothers Wind and Air.” Really? How about “Sister Water”? C’mon. Really? Really? No no, I can top that: “…

RDGenerations: Religion in the Academy

By Lucia Hulsether

…st” and turned up quite a bit. Glen Beck even asked John Hagee about it on CNN. LH: Let’s come back to this after we finish talking about classroom dynamics. Your “greatest hits” Bible assignment reminds me of exercises we did in New Testament class to clarify differences in students’ religious traditions and interpretive styles. These reflections helped us articulate our positions, but they also intensified preexisting divides within the class. A…

‘Jesus is my Vaccine’ Has a Millennium-Long History Rooted in Antisemitism

By Chance Bonar

…estroyed forever, and you’ll never be back.” On April 20, a video taken by CNN reporter Miguel Marquez from an anti-lockdown protest in Harrisburg, Virginia, spread around Twitter. In front of the Pennsylvania State Capitol was a green truck with “JESUS IS MY VACCINE” written on the side, “FREEDOM IS NOT FOR SALE” on the hood, and sporting three different types of flags: the Stars and Stripes, the Gadsden flag (AKA “Don’t Tread On Me”), and a depi…

Who’s Afraid of Sacred Soccer?

By Gary Laderman

…, is that God really is irrelevant in the religious equation for a growing number of people. An atheist soccer fan can be religious, just as an evangelical Protestant soccer fan can be religious in more ways than one. Religion is damn elusive, it isn’t for the faint of heart, and it is definitely not all it’s cracked up to be. All the yammering about “spiritual not religious” begs the question of whether the sacred is really real (as one of my tea…

Kuwait “Morals Committee” Announced Deportation of 76 Gay Men; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Germany, Lithuania, and another country “which wants to remain anonymous.” CNN reports that Ali Feruz, a gay journalist who works at the independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper, has sought refugee status to avoid being exported to Uzbekistan. Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International spokesperson, said: Ali Feruz is openly gay, a human rights activist and a correspondent for the independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper. This is a near-lethal combination for…

Anthony Weiner’s Achilles Penis

By Donna Schaper

…eady fairly popular in the world of the ordinary.) But I so long for a megaphone, like Spitzer had last night, where he opened his show with a one sentence “confession,” saying “I’ve been there,” only to host three men to talk about Congressman Weiner’s Achilles penis. I couldn’t believe he couldn’t find a woman—but apparently only men know about sex. Plus CNN loves his ratings. 2) Maybe he wanted to bump Dominique Strauss Kahn off prime time. The…