Religion Dispatches
Sadakat Kadri’s Heaven on Earth is the kind of book that can appeal to the curious, as well as the intellectually serious—that strange product which actually leaves you knowing more about Islam than you did before you started.
Read MoreThe inverse of the argument that Islam ‘causes’ terrorism is the idea that Islam could solve the problem. Either way, it’s undue focus on the religion.
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Ferguson always manages to discover himself at the head of the next great cause; how convenient for him, and for whole countries.
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The outspoken ex-Muslim author has taken some liberties with the truth to cobble together a story that paints Islam as a religion of extremism and violence.
Read MoreTime to get a grip.
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After Lowe’s bowed to pressure from a regional conservative Christian group and pulled its advertising from TLC’s All American Muslim, a satirical video began to circulate. RD interviews the masterminds behind it all.
Can a single reality TV show represent all Muslims? Should it?
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Even with all its imperfections “All-American Muslim” will open a conversation. The question is: what kind of conversation and where will it take us?
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RD talks with journalist Amy Waldman whose first novel, The Submission, presciently imagines a controversy, set in post-9/11 New York City, in which the design of a Muslim-American wins a contest to build a 9/11 memorial.
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Let’s just face the facts and not kid ourselves anymore. It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee… er, tea. The Republican Party is not a political party but is now a full-fledged religious movement.
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