It’s Not Raining Eligible Muslim Men
Given the strictures of Muslim dating, what are all the eligible Muslim women to do in the face of the dearth of eligible Muslim men? Sex? Online dating? Marry outside the faith?
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Ahmadinejad’s Call For “Compassion” is a Cynical Display, Critics Say
As the Iranian president makes a public show of Islamic virtue, it is instructive to look through the eyes of Iran’s most prominent theologians and dissenters, and to recall what actual compassion looks like.
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Interview with Karen Armstrong
The best-selling scholar says that the Bible is more violent than the Qur’an, that religious fundamentalism is political, and more.
Read MoreFrom Demonization to Objectification: Killing the Burqa
The hijab has gone from symbol to object, and the people associated with it are that object. Alex W. attacked and killed a piece of cloth.
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Muslims Are Not the Only Group Endangered By Hate
The recent murder in Germany, and the ensuing silence, reveal a shocking level of tolerance for Islamophobia. But hate is seldom focused nor easily sated.
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Who’s Smearing Obama?
Two Op-Eds in two weeks make the same unsupportable charge about Barack Obama: why?
Read MoreBloomberg is Right to Say No to Muslim School Holidays
Though it sounds good just on its face, NYC Mayor Bloomberg has made the right decision by threatening to veto the proposal to add two Muslim holidays to the school calendar. And no, it’s not a pander to Jewish voters.
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Michael Jackson, Perfect “God” for the Media Age
Was Michael Jackson a supernatural magician or an icon of self-immolation? Both? The physical body is gone, the musical productivity has ceased, the capacity to speak for himself is no more, so now MJ is a wonderfully ambiguous figment of our imagination. Three religion scholars discuss the life, legend, meaning, and myth of one of the world’s most talented, successful, and perhaps tortured performers.
Read MoreBanning the Burqa Isn’t the Answer
French President Sarkozy declared recently that the burqa “will not be welcome on our territory,” as it is a symbol of the enslavement of women. If the president is trying to foster equality of women, is this the best way to go about it?
Read MoreUpdated: Response to the New York Times on Islam
In a recent Times Op-Ed neoconservative Edward Luttwak labeled Barack Obama “an apostate from Islam,” and that “would cause… complications in our dealings with the Islamic world,”
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