Religion
Faith, politics, policy
CP Progressive Partner Meets President Obama at Cleveland Youth Engagement Roundtable
Power Network Ohio Executive Director Gigi Traore—a Campus Progress Progressive Partner—met President Obama when he made a surprise drop-by at a roundtable conversation with young Americans at Cleveland State University two weeks ago.
Posted Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in Staff Blaahg by Tobin Van Ostern
Pope Benedict’s Totally Comprehensive Course on Exorcism
Crisis Averted: The Advance of Shariah Law in Oklahoma Blocked by Constitutional Amendment
Oklahoma has passed a constitutional amendment that would block shariah law in its state, but Muslims only make up .08 percent of Oklahoma’s population.
Posted Wednesday, November 17, 2010 by Kayvan Farchadi
Conservative Liberty U Gets a Rap Anthem
A former senior at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University wrote a rap to give the conservative Christian school more street cred.
Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2010 in Video / Multimedia by Matt Comer
Juan Williams Gets Fired from NPR for Stoking Religious Tensions
The controversy over erstwhile NPR correspondent reveals that the common theme of stoking fears over Muslims in America results in financial rewards.
Posted Friday, October 22, 2010 by Kayvan Farchadi
Texas Uses Its Purchasing Power to Downgrade Islam in Textbooks
The Texas Board of Education is considering a resolution that would ban textbooks that portray Islam “too favorably” from its classrooms.
Posted Monday, September 27, 2010 by Braden Goyette
Are Anti-Gay Religious Groups Wading Into Dangerous Political Territory?
New investigative pieces reveal that religiously affiliated groups are funding anti-marriage equality initiatives and even possibly using federal funds to do so.
Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 by Matt Comer
How Muslim Americans Are Making Their Place in America
While the media pundits and political opportunists argue about the status of Muslims in the United States, conversations among American Muslims regarding their unique position have proliferated.
Posted Wednesday, September 15, 2010 by Kayvan Farchadi
Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Laura Schlessinger may have been shamed into giving up her radio show after using the ‘n-word’ on the air recently, but anyone who looks at her past shouldn’t be the least bit surprised by her bigotry.
Posted Thursday, September 9, 2010 in Know Your Right Wingers by Byard Duncan
Anti-Muslim Sentiment Becomes Uncomfortably Popular
There’s increasing outrage over the very existence of Islam — from the so-called “mosque” two blocks from the Ground Zero site to “Burn a Quran Day.”
Posted Thursday, September 9, 2010 by Byard Duncan
Quran Burning: Endangering Americans at Home and Abroad
Pastor Terry Jones, of the incongruously named Dove World Outreach Center, has organized a Quran burning at the group’s Gainesville, Fla., church. The White House, NATO, the U.S. embassy in Kabul, and General David Petraeus have all either expressed concern about this event or condemned it outright.
Posted Wednesday, September 8, 2010 by Kayvan Farchadi
Young People Support Construction of ‘Ground Zero Mosque’
Although 63 percent of those aged 65 and over oppose the construction of the Cordoba House, roughly the same number of young people support the center’s construction, according to the Pew Research Center.
Posted Wednesday, August 25, 2010 by Kay Steiger
Why ‘Tolerance’ in the Abortion Debate Sounds Good But Isn’t
One younger writer is optimistic about tolerance between pro-choice and pro-life, but his optimism might be a tad too naive.
Posted Tuesday, August 17, 2010 by Kay Steiger
How One Muslim American Uses Hip-Hop to Heal Wounds
When Cyrus McGoldrick takes the stage, he’s not himself. McGoldrick raps as The Raskol Khan, often with the Freddy Fuego Sextet, an evolving group of musicians based in Harlem.
Posted Monday, August 2, 2010 in Reporting by Madeleine Dubus
San Francisco Church Welcomes Openly Gay Clergy
A San Francisco Evangelical church held its first ceremony Sunday welcoming seven openly non-celibate, gay pastors who had been previously barred.
Posted Thursday, July 29, 2010 by Lisa Gillespie
Weekly Diaspora: Evangelicals Unexpected Allies for Immigration Reform
With only a week remaining before Arizona’s contentious Senate Bill 1070 becomes law, Arizona human and immigrant rights groups have found unlikely allies among the religious community.
Posted Thursday, July 22, 2010 in Reprints
