For Allah’s Sake, Islam Isn’t Evil
By Jessica Hillyard - Oct 15th, 2008 at 10:21 amMatthew Yglesias salutes CNN’s Campbell Brown for consistently calling out some of the idiocies of this election year. A few weeks ago, Brown challenged the…
Posts Tagged ‘Islam’
Realities of Ramadan
By Jessica Hillyard - Sep 29th, 2008 at 9:19 amYesterday The Washington Post featured a story on the unique challenges faced by overweight Muslims during the spiritual fasting month of Ramadan. During Ramadan, practicing…
Here’s Hoping For Her Happy Ending
By L. Russell Allen - Aug 18th, 2008 at 1:17 pmMalaysia is often in the news for its restrictions on performers who want to have concerts within its borders. There was much kerfuffle when Gwen…
Why We Need to Be Able to Bash Religion
By Jesse Singal - Aug 18th, 2008 at 12:09 pmI meant to blog about this last week but didn’t have a chance. Everyone should read Johann Hari’s piece in last Thursday’s Independent. Hari starts…
Appeasement
By L. Russell Allen - Aug 8th, 2008 at 4:56 pmA few days ago I wrote about the Shelbyville, Tennessee Tyson Foods plant that would start offering a Muslim holiday as a paid day off…
Cultural Understanding Through Comic Books?
By Lisha Arino - Aug 8th, 2008 at 12:35 pmTime magazine reports on an Islamic comic book series called The 99, in which the superheroes are “endowed with Muslim traits and virtues.” Each of…
A Union Approves a New Contract for a Tyson Plant, and Anti-Muslim Conservatives Freak Out
By L. Russell Allen - Aug 5th, 2008 at 1:17 pmYou know Tyson Foods, right? Whenever my parents were working later than expected, I’d get a Tyson chicken for dinner. My dad always called it…
Lıve From Istanbul
By Matt Zeitlin - Jul 18th, 2008 at 10:03 amDespite alleged attempted coups and the prospect of the very popular ruling party being declared illegal, Turkey, and specifically Istanbul, is a wonderful place to…
The Long History of Politicians Shunning American Arabs and Muslims
By Erik Love - Jul 16th, 2008 at 5:47 pmRecently, you’ve probably seen several headlines similar to this one from The New York Times: “Muslim Voters Detect a Snub From Obama.”
But this is…
Abortion in the Middle East
By Kay Steiger - Jun 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pmOver the weekend, the the Los Angeles Times reported that there is an “apparent increase” in the number of abortions in the Middle East. (It…
A Jihad for Love Opens in Select Cities Across the Country
By Rashi Kesarwani - Jun 25th, 2008 at 9:46 amA Jihad for Love is a groundbreaking documentary that unveils the lives of gay and lesbian Muslims residing in countries across the globe, from Iran…
More on the Obama Campaign and Identity Politics at Rallies
By Haley Swenson - Jun 20th, 2008 at 11:46 amOn Wednesday, Masoud wrote about two Muslim women who were asked by Barack Obama campaign volunteers to move from their seats behind a podium where…
Obama and the Muslims
By Masoud Shafaee - Jun 18th, 2008 at 3:35 pmPolitico is reporting that two Muslim women were barred from sitting behind the podium at a Barack Obama campaign rally in Detroit, an area with…
Muslim-American Women Speak Out About the Hymenoplasty Panic
By Diana Jou - Jun 13th, 2008 at 3:00 pm(Courtesy www.revirgination.net)
There have been a lot of morally panicked responses to the New York Times article about those crazy rich Muslim women getting revirginified.…
