Crossposted with TomDispatch.com. There is a distinct creepiness to the controversy now raging around a proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan. The angry “debate” over whether...
Washington (CNN) — President Obama threw his support behind a controversial proposal to build an Islamic center and mosque near New York’s ground zero, saying Friday...
By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer – Fri Aug 13, 6:12 am ET NEW YORK – The lunar calendar that Muslims follow for religious holidays is creating a potential for misunderstandings...
Some of the world’s most prominent Muslim leaders are joining a series of webcasts highlighting the life of Prophet Mohammed during the fasting month of Ramadan, which...
By Alison Lake This essay is the first in a series about religious conversion. If you’d like to submit your story of religious conversion, email onfaith@washingtonpost.com....
JUDAISM AND Islam developed with only marginal reference to Christianity, but Christianity’s evolution has been entangled with the two other monotheisms — as essential foils. That...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4axp5V_j6E[/youtube] Very surprised to see Danny Glover in there. Seems to be a legit Hollywood film about Muslims and Islam in America.
TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press Writer – Sun Aug 8, 4:16 pm ET MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Muslims trying to build houses of worship in the nation’s heartland,...
by Daisy Cutter The recent nontroversy over the not-actually-“at”-Ground-Zero not-actually-a-mosque is sure to heat up now that the first piece of red tape was shredded away. One...
CHARSADDA, Pakistan — As public anger rises over the government’s slow and chaotic response to Pakistan‘s worst flooding in 80 years, hard-line Islamic charities have stepped into...
