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Does It Matter If Islam Is A Religion? An American Ahmadi Explains The Effects Of Religious Discrimination

By Daniel Schultz

…a religion and what doesn’t. The tax code makes implicit judgments about religious legitimacy in parceling out breaks to some groups and not others. Those rules, however, are fairly broad, and they don’t target certain religions as enemies of American society. Throughout the 2016 campaign, Trump made repeated promises to curb Muslim immigration to the United States and institute a registry of Muslims in the country. In the opening days of his adm…

Is Michelle Obama Out of Line?

By Tamura Lomax

…s of Obama as “angry” or “sassy” speak not only to certain ideas about Michelle, but Barack as well. They suggest that we should be concerned about Barack, not for any political reason, but because he has an emasculating, very opinionated and militant black wife. In the words of O’Reilly, “this is a big deal—this is not going away” and thus, “the Obama camp should take note.” Read: You have been forewarned. The wrath of white supremacy is coming y…

Holey Holey Holey: The Problem with a New Study Valuing Religion at $1.2 Trillion Per Year

By Michael Schulson

…not include Ebay, whose founder Pierre Omidyar is a Buddhist, or any of Sheldon Adelson’s businesses? Trying to draw a line between “business with religious roots” and “everything else in global capitalism” is, quite simply, an absurd exercise. So why bother with this kind of research, anyway? Do these numbers tell us anything useful? For one thing, a big economic impact number might jibe with the goals of the elder Grim’s Religious Freedom and B…

What’s Huntsman’s Game Plan?

By Joanna Brooks

…gy answer to the question of his religious affiliation, declaring that he believed in God, that he considered himself a “good Christian,” and that he was “very proud” of his “Mormon heritage.” He also reminded the world that Mormonism today is a “diverse” faith tradition and, intriguingly, that he “adds to that diversity,” which is probably code for a less-than-orthodox approach to the faith. Huntsman is helped also by the fact that whereas Mormon…

HHS Issues Proposed Rule Expanding Religious Exemption for Contraception Coverage

By Sarah Posner

…efs; and is a non-profit organization as described in the Internal Revenue Code. Religious organizations protested that this four-pronged test would only exempt houses of worship, but not, say, a church that served people of different faiths through a soup kitchen. Under the new proposed rule (which is still subject to a public comment period), an employer seeking an exemption would only have to meet the forth prong of the test, thus widely expand…

Israeli Right Demonizes Israeli Left, With American Money

By Diane Winston

…groups that receive funding form NIF.) Chazan said there is no direct correlation between the NIF’s political positions and those of the groups that have received grants from the NIF. “We really don’t support every single thing these organizations say, but we support their right to say it,” she told Ha’aretz. “The only thing that unites them is a demand for an independent investigation, and this is totally mainstream.” But NIF, a progressive phil…

Justice v. Revenge: The Question Beneath the Question of Prison Reform

By Xarissa Holdaway

…s to give criminals their just desserts. The endorsement of punishment is relatively uniform across all groups. More than three-quarters of the public see punishment as the primary justification for sentencing. More than 70 percent believe that incapacitation is the only sure way to prevent future crimes, and more than three-quarters believe that the courts are too easy on criminals. This appears to be true not just for capital-C crimes like murde…

Glenn Beck Hijacks It’s a Wonderful Life

By Lauri Lebo

…. For real? Either Beck has never watched the movie, or he’s so conservatively deluded that he thinks Mr. Potter is the hero. Check out Jimmy Stewart’s take down of Potter here: And, what was Pottersville, this place that Beck thinks Wilmington would become if they accepted government aid? The clips are long, but gosh darn it, they’re so worth watching—again. And at homes around the country during the holidays, it was always so nice knowing that w…

Benny Hinn Can’t Heal His Marriage

By Anthea Butler

…ivorce proceedings. The announcement from the ministry raises eyebrows as well. Hinn’s web page has a link to the February 17 statement which simply reads “Press Release: Hinn Family News Reports confirmed by Ministry Executive.” The big D is nowhere to be found on the front page, but is on a subsequent page. The statement itself points out that “Pastor Benny Hinn and his immediate family were shocked and saddened to learn of this news on February…

Why Belief in the Primacy of Language Leads to a Misunderstanding of Richard Dawkins, Islamophobia, and Politics

By Andrew Aghapour and Michael Schulson

…nd, would be interested in the economy of sights, smells, and sounds that help to produce the feeling. How do the sensations and emotions condition thoughts? How do they alter the grounds on which experiences are formed and ideas exchanged? Donovan Schaefer’s Religious Affects is the first book dedicated to applying affect theory to the study of religion. The implications are significant. For centuries, Schaefer argues, thinkers have understood re…