It Is About the Hijab: Wheaton College and the Narrowing Criteria for Evangelical Belonging
Larycia Hawkins, a tenured political science professor at the evangelical stalwart Wheaton College, was placed…
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A Portrait of Islamophobia?
On December 5th the New York Times published an editorial on its front page for the…
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If Muslims Stop Drinking Will They Become Violent?
A recent article in the Washington Post recycles well-worn myths about religiosity and Islam. Is this the best we can do?
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What’s Islamophobia, and Do I Have It?
I’m not arguing that Islamophobia is racist, or that Islamophobes are racists, because that’s not quite what’s happening. For one thing, Islamophobes embrace ex-Muslims like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and racists wouldn’t (indeed couldn’t) do the same. But consider the similarities: the Islamophobe must assume Muslims suffer some sort of pre-Islamic inferiority, sufficient to explain how some (largely non-white) people—actually, a lot of people—not only fell for Islam in the first place, but then stayed down. How long do enforced ideologies last? Nazism: twelve years. Communism: some decades. Islam: Fourteen centuries and counting.
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Austrian Court Okays Head-Colander in Driver’s License: Is Pastafarianism Becoming a Religion?
After three years of waiting, an Austrian atheist has won the right to wear a colander on his head for a driver’s license photo. But are Flying Spaghetti Monster communities themselves religious?
Read MoreNew Law Asks Citizens to Remove Their Brains when Listening to Elected Officials
Australia’s largest state passed a new law that would allow police to demand the removal of any head covering.
Read MoreEuthanasia Billboards, Post-Rapture Pet Care, Can You Tell a Burqa from a Hijab?
The week in religion, poetically.
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In praise of religious wardrobe choices.
Read MoreMartyr of the Hijab: Marwa Sherbini, a Walking Veil?
Why did coverage of the murder of a pregnant Muslim woman merely record the outrage “in the Muslim world”?
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A Square Yard of Fabric Makes a Boring, Foreign SAHM*
MediaCurves conducted a study to examine popular perceptions of women who wear hijab…
[*SAHM = Stay at Home Mom.]
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