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July 2012

July 16, 2012

Are you doing your part to support the few media that support us?

If you didn't catch it, the leading progressive political magazine in America, The Nation, recently...

March 2011

March 14, 2011

Rabbis speaking out against Islamophobia

These public statements are really inspiring. If you're Muslim, please spread the word about this,...

March 03, 2011

Who’s the Fifth Column again?

This clip of bigoted vitriol from a protest against a Muslim fundraiser in California is...

July 2009

July 24, 2009

Thoughts on why Mr. Spencer doesn’t deserve to be debated

I had an exchange with with a fan of Robert Spencer that touches on some...

July 22, 2009

Newsweek on the myth of “Eurabia”

There's an incisve analysis in the current issue of Newsweek of the flawed assumptions that go...

July 17, 2009

May 2009

May 06, 2009

Imam Zaid Shakir’s critique of “Obsession” in Tikkun

Imam Zaid Shakir has an insightful piece in the current issue of the progressive Jewish...

August 2008

August 17, 2008

Some thoughts on Tony Campolo, Jim Wallis and hijab

Thought I'd share this naughty but deeply inspired and profound quip from progressive evangelical pastor...

March 2008

March 12, 2008

Zbigniew Brzezinski on the GWOT idiocy

A snippet from a great op-ed by Zbigniew Brzezinski, whose name I need to learn...

March 10, 2008

Hank Hanegraaff on “Misconceptions about Muslims”

Came across some refreshingly evenhanded and principled comments on Islam from an evangelical Christian perspective ...

January 2008

January 24, 2008

If the FBI could conceal evidence in order to paint MLK as dangerous…

A few months ago I blogged about a disturbing case in the 1960s that has...

January 18, 2008

Juan Cole on ‘Combatting Muslim Extremism’

While I'm at it, a month earlier Juan Cole had wrote an astute assessment of...

January 18, 2008

The menace of ‘Islamofascism” in Europe, small potatoes beside the resurgence of real Fascism

There's an insightful article in the January 7, 2008 issue of The Nation by Gary...

August 2007

August 12, 2007

Food for thought on domestic terror cases

Consider the case of Peter Limone, Joseph Salvati, Henry Tameleo, and Louis Greco as you...

August 04, 2007

The latest gem from Schizopher Hitchens on Islam

Got into a "What's wrong with the 'What's wrong with Islam'-discussion"-discussion over on Jewcy, a...

June 2007

June 30, 2007

Using the Wikipedia model to fight Islamophobia

I posted a query on Eteraz.org. Eteraz.org || An "Answering Islamophobia" Wiki? I know there...

June 01, 2007

What about the threat from Christians in our midst?

Thought I'd share this inspired quip from Freedom Rider (emphasis added): The right wing are...

May 2007

May 18, 2007

The resurrection of Willie Horton in the age of Islamophobia (repost)

[I'm reposting this because of a technical problem that I think prevented it from getting...

May 16, 2007

Speaking of nonviolence and the MSM

A few days ago, I argued that nonviolent resistance is not always an effective option...

May 14, 2007

Silly machinations against Muslim women in Scotland

The latest stupid Western overreaction to hijab. A Scottish bus company recently went to the...

May 14, 2007

FBI: Muslim neighbors pose growing threat

The latest alarmist report from the MSM about the threat supposedly posed by American Muslims....

May 14, 2007

The resurrection of Willie Horton in the service of Islamophobia

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March 2007

March 07, 2007

“The quackery of Dr. Wafa Sultan on Muslim church burnings” (Eteraz.org)

Just posted something on Eteraz.org on an example of Wafa Sultan's palpable ignorance. Eteraz.org ||...

March 03, 2007

New from Monty Python: the Ministry of Silly Islamic Activists

Ever wonder how Monty Python would've discussed Islam and Muslims? Wonder no more. Behold the...

January 2007

January 31, 2007

L.A. Eight vindicated

I just posted over at Eteraz.org on the "L.A. Eight" case. Eteraz.org || LA Eight's...