New Study: Islamophobia Common in Catholic Media
With Catholic commentators writing about the “threat” of Islam, it’s no surprise many U.S. Catholics have negative views of Muslims
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Conservative Mag: Glenn Greenwald Hates America
But not for the reason you might think.
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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.
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Jihad of Islamophobes
What are we to make of Robert Spencer’s admission?
Read MoreNew Spencer Book Denies Existence of Muhammad
Why you can’t trust a guy writing about religion who doesn’t understand religion.
Read MoreConservative Republican Muslim Condemns Fox Report on Congressional Staffers as “Anti-Muslim Bigotry”
The tradition of prayer events for Muslim staffers on the Hill dates back to Newt Gingrich’s days as Speaker.
Read MoreI Ate A Bowl of Soup, and Now I’m Muslim
Can eating a cookie really convert you?
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Park51 and the Ground Liberals Are Forced to
Fight On
In “getting religion,” how should they talk about the sacred and profane?
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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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