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Islamophobia and terror in Norway
At openDemocracy, Sindre Bangstad writes on the domestic conditions in which Anders Behring Breivik concocted and attempted to justify his…
What federal agents are reading about Islam
Spencer Ackerman, at Wired's Danger Room blog, reports on the recommended reading on Islam provided to incoming FBI agents, as…
Breivik and “Christianism”
Andrew Sullivan discusses the difference between Christianity and "Chritianism" in light of the recent terrorist attack in Norway.
Have the jihadis lost the moral high ground to the rebels?
It has been a season of earthquakes, and the political ones in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, and elsewhere in the Middle…
Brigitte Gabriel, Peter King, and the scrutiny of American Muslims
New York Times national religion correspondent Laurie Goodstein has written a bio/exposé piece on Brigitte Gabriel: "Through her books, media…
Holy ground zero?
More than nine years (and a few weeks) have now passed since the events of 9/11, and as Religion in…
Fuel on the fire
As Dina Temple-Rastin of NPR reports, controversy over Park51 has reached a new zenith in way of irony. Far from helping…
The UK’s first “anti-terror” summer camp
Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri has founded the United Kingdom's first anti-terrorism camp, reports Dominic Casciani for the BBC.
Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism
John Calvert, Professor of History at Creighton University and a specialist in political Islam, in hisforthcoming biography of Sayyid Qutb,…