Nov 08 2010
By Sumbul Ali-Karamali, posted at HuffingtonPost.com September 3, 2010. … Hasn’t the whole notion of shariah in America gotten a bit out of control? No, it hasn’t — it’s gotten hugely, obscenely, ignorantly out of control. How many of those anti-Islam protesters holding “NO SHARIA LAW” signs (as if anyone were advocating shariah law in the …
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Nov 07 2010
Well, dear friends, it’s a lot worse than we thought… I was blissfully ignorant about the threat to America until today, when an angry reader of my recent “Gristle” post challenged anyone who is not fearful of Muslims to read (cue drumroll) “Shariah, The Threat to America, Report of Team B II.” Apparently, we too can share in the paranoia that is sweeping …
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Oct 27 2010
This darling piece, another in the ongoing saga of “reasons to hate Muslims” (Sentinel Record, October 27, 2010, page 25), was a jewel of illogical brevity: Attacked by Muslims Dear editor: On Sept. 11, 2001, America was attacked by Muslims. Muslim extremists, to be sure, but they were not Catholic extremists or Jewish extremists or Hindu …
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Oct 10 2010
Test Your Savvy on Religion By Nicholas D. Kristof October 9, 2010 … Time for a pop quiz. The New York Times reported recently on a Pew Research Center poll in which religious people turned out to be remarkably uninformed about religion. Almost half of Catholics didn’t understand Communion. Most Protestants didn’t know that Martin …
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Oct 07 2010
This was sent to me today by Ilene Cohen, Executive Editor of World Politics, journal of Princeton’s Institute for International and Regional Studies. October 7, 2010 Here I am sitting in an office at Princeton University and I missed this incredible opinion column (following). Thanks to my friend Asli, sitting in her office at UCLA, …
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Sep 28 2010
… From “Junkets for Jesus” by Jeff Sharlet, Mother Jones, Monday Sep. 27, 2010 3:00 AM PDT … THE OLDEST AND MOST politically influential Christian conservative organization in Washington is known to the public, if at all, for one thing: adultery. In particular, that of three Republican politicians, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), Gov. Mark Sanford …
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Sep 24 2010
This little gem, titled “Islam a legal system,” appeared on page 8 of the opinion section of the September 23, 2010 Sentinel Record… Dear editor: Regarding Mr. Vogt’s defense of Islam in America, I have two websites for him to check if he is seriously interested in the subject of religious freedom and Sharia Law: …
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