Category: Islam

A moral pollution that follows

Fear of Islam: a study By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Aug 30, 2011 11:13 AM … The Center for American Progress has just released an extensive report, Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America, detailing the “funders, organizations, and individuals who have contributed to the discourse on Islamophobia in this country. ” As …

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Politics of hate

Who funds Muslim-baiting in the US? By MJ Rosenberg, 27 Aug 2011 13:21 … It has been just about a decade since Islamophobia exploded in this country. That was of moment that the World Trade Center and Pentagon were hit by al Qaeda terrorists. It existed prior to 9/11, but the losses that day and …

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On a hill far away

…stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame. (from a hymn by George Bennard, 1873-1958) … For at least the last two thousand years, Jerusalem (Yerushaláyim or al-Quds) has been in the business of building tourist attractions for religious pilgrims.  Shiny, hi-tech Davidson Center, not far from the spot Constantine’s mother pegged as Golgotha, …

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Tipping point

Norway’s terror, the world’s problem By Gerald Caplan, Saturday, August 13, 2011 12:32PM EDT … There are several things we must grasp if we’re ever going to understand what motivated Anders Breivik’s murderous rampage in Norway. As is well known now, Mr. Breivik was a devotee of those many strident voices on the web who …

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Grounded glory

Praying with the Earth: A Prayerbook for Peace By John Philip Newell, 8/13/11 08:03 AM ET … I do not know how many Christians have read the Quran. And I do not know how many Muslims have read the Christian Scriptures. But I do know that until we come back into relationship, until we begin …

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A larger vision

Matthew 15:21-28: Teaching Jesus By Barbara Kay Lundblad, 8/9/11 11:25 PM ET … This story in Matthew 15 is very troubling. A Canaanite woman cries out to Jesus to heal her daughter. By the end of the story, her daughter has been healed — but between the crying and the healing, Jesus says some terrible …

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Post-fundamentalism

Let America be America again By Paul Rosenberg, 05 Aug 2011 12:01 … “America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath – America will be!” – Langston Hughes … As I wrote last week, there are a number of troubling facets of the New Apostolic Reformation [NAR] that cry out for …

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