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September 2012

September 11, 2012

Righteous Religious Indignation in Cairo

There are conflicting reports coming out of Egypt and Libya tonight on the attacks on...

September 11, 2012

Shaving Nidal Hasan’s irreligious religious beard

I hope you're having a day that enables some thoughtful reflection on this anniversary of...

September 10, 2012

Peaceful, conservative, moderate, Islamist clerics killed

Mali has been full of interesting, if tragic, religion news recently and this most recent...

September 09, 2012

Pod people: Civil (religion) wars

On this week's Crossroads podcast, host Todd Wilken and I discuss coverage of some of...

September 07, 2012

God purged from … major story in Washington Post

Obviously, the Divine Mrs. M.Z. Hemingway was all over the political conventions this week. I...

September 06, 2012

Via CNN: cutout characters, conjecture and CAIR

Islamophobia is back in the news, this time courtesy of CNN. Just in time for...

September 05, 2012

Is it race or religion at issue in Burma?

What is driving the violence in Burma? Race or religion? And can the two be...

September 04, 2012

Specifics scarce for Muslim Jumah at the DNC

The Democratic National Convention has started in Charlotte and we're seeing some early religion reports...

September 03, 2012

Surprising twist in Pakistani Christian child’s blasphemy case

A few weeks ago, we looked at coverage of the arrest of an 11-year-old Christian...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Dots in Muslim camp feature don’t connect

A Los Angeles Times story this week on a Muslim youth camp starts out as...

August 29, 2012

Questions about American Taliban and group prayer

Earlier this week, the Associated Press had a nice long story on a Taliban fighter's...

August 28, 2012

Are there Muslim evangelists?

How far should the press go to acculturate their overseas news stories -- to make...

August 24, 2012

BBC bias? Sharia Law and Egypt

Above all – Allah is our goal... The shari'a, then the shari'a, and finally, the...

August 20, 2012

Pakistan’s blasphemy law targets 11-year-old Christian

It is a common critique that residents of one country are disinterested in the goings...