Eid ul-Isa Mubarak. Happy Hanukah. Merry Christmas. Khushiali Mubarak. Eid Mubarak. Happy Kwanzaa
What does a Muslim from a predominantly Jewish-American neighborhood think about during the Christmas holiday?
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Is Rick Warren Gay?
Doth the inaugural pastor protest too much? (With pages on lesbians and gays “scrubbed” from Saddleback Church Web site)
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Rick Warren’s Purpose-Driven Libido
If Warren is correct to conflate promiscuity with homosexuality how does he explain the gay community’s desire for marriage equality?
Read MorePope Says No To In Vitro
The Vatican condemns assisted reproductive technology, everything from surrogacy to in vitro pregnancy, but says nothing about the thousands of children who have been born as a result of it.
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Missing the Anger for the Shoes
In the wake of the Bush/Shoe incident, much has been said about the shoe in the Muslim world. The important thing is that a man sought to express anger.
Read MoreThe Pope’s Interfaith Issues
Perhaps the Holy Father’s questions highlight the most critical issue.
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Rev. Ella Pearson Mitchell (1917-2008)
She was the dean of black women preachers, but she was also much more than that. Our lives are blessed by her memory.
Read MoreNot so Religulous After All: Praying for Jennifer Hudson
Incidents like the tragedy that befell American Idol Jennifer Hudson make us realize not only why we sing, but why we pray.
Read MoreUSA “Uniquely Blessed?” Depends on Your Definition
With Jesus as a guide the USA does not appear to be uniquely blessed. Fortunately, that’s never been much of an issue.
Read MoreSwiftboating Obama: The Brown Blob of Black Radicalism
Obama supporters should “chill out” in the face of this swiftboating via the conflation of Obama and Wright into an undifferentiated brown blob of black radicalism broadcast together in a twenty-four hour news cycle.
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