The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ramadan
Musandam is Arabic for ‘the Hamptons.’
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Enlightenment’s Islam: A “Necessary Fiction”
When we read of Enlightenment efforts to rehabilitate the image of Islam alongside the fact that outgoing Rep. Michele Bachmann raised more than $1 million in 25 days from a Muslim-themed witch hunt, it’s easy to ask how such openness could curdle into such paranoia. But that would be too simple.
Read MoreMuhammad’s Doubt
Is there any there there without it?
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Palin on Syria: Let “Allah” Sort it Out
Was the former governor simply seeking a laugh or unwittingly invoking the Crusades?
Read MoreFreedom Through the Eyes of Bishops and Filmmakers
Bishops launch ‘fortnight’ of prayer and p.r. as San Francisco’s LGBT Film Festival opens.
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Forget History Channel’s The Bible, Meet Omar
In the US half the books on Islam are devoted to telling you what’s wrong with it. Where is the serious literature by thoughtful Muslims engaging their faith? That may take some time, but for now, take a gander at a 30-part series on the Prophet Muhammad’s father-in-law.
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Suspicion of the Modern Age: The Pope Regresses
Called to the carpet for the decision to reinstall controversial bishops, the Vatican has taken to doing what it does best: issuing public statements, coupled with obfuscation and outright denial.
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Inventing “Jihad”
Last week, in the wake of Russian-led investigation, it was reported that when Tamerlan Tsarnaev was in Russia he was, in fact, more eager to wage war than the Islamist contacts he had traveled to find. Accounts reveal that he arrived in Russia with “an avid interest in waging jihad.”
Read MoreVideo: What the Western World Can Learn from the Prophet Muhammad
RD on TEDx.
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Free Arabs: Satire, Disobedience, and Disclaimers
Free Arabs describes its work as “a unique combination of investigative journalism, trendy reporting, arty activism and impertinent satire”—all enshrined in the site’s slogan: “Democracy, Secularism, Fun.”
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