Tag: islam

Here’s Something Not Terrible

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 13, 2020

To distract us from all the horrible things in the world, here’s a great story on how a Catholic library in Cairo began collecting street-level Islamic religious texts in the 1950s and have compiled an invaluable collection of material that would have otherwise been lost. This is the by the scholar, as Islamic woman herself, […]

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Facing Freedom

By Melissa Byrnes

On May 16, 2020

France’s insistence on requiring masks while banning burqas mirrors the fetishization of bare faces among the anti-lockdown crowd.

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This Hour’s Idiotic Republican Presidential Candidate Argument

By Erik Loomis

On October 7, 2015

Carly Fiorina claims that her B.A. in medieval history she received nearly 40 years ago gives her qualifications to fight ISIS. Yeah, no. Medieval historian David Perry with the smackdown: As a mediev

Islam at Duke

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 16, 2015

While I appreciate Duke University’s initial agreement to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer once a week, its quickly succumbing to the racist blatherings of Franklin Graham and the anti-Islam fanatics that dominate the American right show both that the acceptance of Islam anywhere in American society is tenuous at best and that college and […]

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More Cultural Heritage Destroyed

By Erik Loomis

On October 26, 2012

If there’s one thing we can say about the Saudi government, it’s that their commitment to subtlety is unmatched except by the Russians. At least when Mexico decided to build that monstrosi

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Diplomatic Recognition

By Robert Farley

On January 26, 2008

Charli at Duck has an interesting notion: One of the articles I read as I prepped for this trip suggested that either the Holy See should lose this status or, to be fair, other religions should be rep