Professional Wrestling Doc, Team Taliban, Looks at the ‘Muslim Bad Guy’
He doesn’t mention Islam or Allah, but he doesn’t have to.
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What Does the Muslim World Really Want?
Depends which of the 1.6 billion Muslims you ask. A new film seeks to give depth to Western perceptions of Islam. Too bad they didn’t make it to Asia.
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Massacre in Mindanao: The Irresistible Urge to Blame Religion
While most reports focus on the brutal massacre of over fifty Philippine citizens and the religious tensions that appear to be at work, beneath the surface it looks a lot more like a good old-fashioned power struggle.
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Immigration Reform: A Country Divided, Or a Richer Society?
With the Obama administration’s renewed support for immigration reform, and new support from conservative Christian leaders, immigrants’ rights activists are looking toward real progress—and their vision is supported by recent scholarship in the intersection of religion and immigration.
Read MoreAre Muslims Really Given a Pass By “Elite Opinion Makers”?
A letter to the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg from a scholar of religious extremism.
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Spinning Ft. Hood
RD associate editor Hussein Rashid scrutinizes a cross-section of reactions to the Ft. Hood massacre, from those eager to blame Islam to a number of Muslim-Americans.
Read MoreFaith or Trauma: Questioning the Motivation of the Fort Hood Shooter
The picture of Major Nidal Hasan grows murkier—but it is a mistake to assume that we understand the role of his faith in the massacre at Fort Hood.
Read MoreIn Wake of Ft. Hood Tragedy, Few Recall Good Muslim-American Soldiers
Those who denigrate the service of Muslims in the US military only compound the tragedy.
Read MoreLetter to the Editor From the Author of Dying for Heaven
Bruce Lawrence’s unflattering review of Ariel Glucklich’s new book on suicide bombers elicited a spirited response from the author.
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Suicide Bombers and the Prozac God: A Review of Dying for Heaven
A new work advancing a radical theory of the motivation behind suicide bombers is almost bizarrely off the mark. Stitching together thought and observation from disparate and often dissonant sources, Georgetown theology professor Ariel Glucklich’s book would be laughable were he not a consultant to the defense community.
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