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June 2014

June 25, 2014

At play in China: repression of Muslims or Islamic terrorism?

One side points to a series of brazen attacks attributed to Islamic extremists. The other...

June 06, 2014

American suicide bomber: WPost flounders on his beliefs

Yet another horrific facet was added to the civil war in Syria with the recent...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

WSJ profiles Nigerian terrorist with no mention of ‘Christians’

Is there a religion angle on the heartbreaking story of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls? Of...

May 07, 2014

Boko Haram leader’s profile: chilling but incomplete

"His name is Abubakar Shekau. He is the leader of Boko Haram. And he has...

March 2014

March 09, 2014

Carry on and Keep quiet when reporting on religion in China

"Why does the press soft pedal links between terrorism and Islam?" was the question under...

March 05, 2014

Silence about terrorism and Islam in the Kunming attack

What was it about the murder of 29 men, women and children on Saturday at...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Sausage making and news reporting on Zanzibar

Otto von Bismark's reputed maxim: "Laws are like sausages — it is best not to...

February 23, 2014

Breivik the liar

The news that Anders Behring Breivik has written a letter to the Norwegian media stating...

September 2013

September 21, 2013

Religious facts in the slaughter in upscale Nairobi mall

Based on the mainstream media reports pouring out of Kenya, it's clear that the terrorist...

May 2013

May 25, 2013

Reporting on Islam and lone-wolf terror attacks

Details are continuing to emerge on Wednesday's murder of British soldier Lee Rigby near the...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

Yes, we know two Orthodox bishops are missing in Syria

Editor's note: This happens now and then, every two or three years. Two GetReligion writers...

April 25, 2013

Kidnapped Syrian bishops still missing, despite reports

Horrible news out of Syria, where two Orthodox bishops were kidnapped. There hasn't been enough...

March 2013

March 18, 2013

Telling the ‘truth’ in Hamas-Israeli conflict

Here's another story that I wanted to cover last week before I got injured and...

October 2012

October 19, 2012

Benghazi terrorist hiding in plain sight

I know readers prefer us to harsh on stories rather than praise them, but I...