Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders screened his short film "Fitna" at the Capitol in late February. Muslimah Media Watch commented on the fact that Muslim feminists Irshad Manji and Daisy Khan spoke on this issue on CNN.
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Evangelicals predict evangelicalism’s future
by Daniel VacaLast week in the Christian Science Monitor, the "postevangelical" blogger Mark Spencer described the "coming evangelical collapse," predicting that "Evangelicalism doesn't need a bailout. Much of it needs a funeral." Since then, other evangelicals have begun articulating their own visions for the future of evangelical Christianity. Senior managing editor of Christianity Today Mark Galli, for instance, both agrees and disagrees with Spencer's assessment.
Scandinavia’s “cultural religion”
by Daniel VacaAt the New York Times, Peter Steinfels reviews Phil Zuckerman's Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment.
Big Love and a secret ceremony
by Laura DuaneAt his blog Tuned In, James Poniewozik writes about an episode of HBO's Big Love that shows an endowment ceremony inside of a Mormon temple---a place that only Mormons in good standing are allowed to be---and the controversy surrounding it.
The “new face” of Hindu nationalism
by Daniel VacaIn this month's Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan profiles Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, who has overseen the state's rise not only as an economic powerhouse but also as a hotbed of Hindu-on-Muslim violence.
The new Calvinism
by Daniel VacaTime magazine ranks new Calvinism at number three among its "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now."
The ambivalence of a toothbrush
by Ruth BraunsteinAt altmuslimah, Mona Sheikh discusses religion, authority and domestic violence.
Zionism or peace
by Laura DuaneBen Ehrenreich writes in the Los Angeles Times that Zionism is what stands between Israelis and Palestinians in search of peace.
Whose conscience: Providers vs. patients
by Ruth BraunsteinAt Progressive Revival, Sally Steenland cuts through the "media hype" surrounding President Obama's plan to rescind President Bush's "conscience" regulation governing health care providers.
Indonesia, Islam and democracy: Comparative perspectives
by Laura DuaneOn April 2-3, Columbia University will play host to a conference, "Indonesia, Islam and Democracy: Comparative Perspectives."