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August 2014

August 23, 2014

Latino Muslims: Growing!

Here's a fascinating clip form PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly about the conversion of Latinos...

August 21, 2014

Sharia Law in Indonesia Province

Banda Ache in Indonesia instituted Sharia law after the tsunami in 2004. The religious police...

August 20, 2014

The Poetry of Simin Behbahani

Introduce your students to the poetry of Simin Behbahani, Iran's national poet who died this...

August 19, 2014

World Muslim Population

Here's the distribution of the 1.6 billion Muslims from the Pew Research Center. That number...

August 18, 2014

ISIS & The Kurds Explained

Here are two very short and engaging summaries of events in the Middle East ideal...

August 17, 2014

Wow! The Hijab Gets Fashionable

Young Muslim women are starting to add color and style to their headscarves, called hijabs....

August 13, 2014

Understanding the Rise of ISIS

Here's a brief but terrific visual guide and timeline explaining the rise of ISIS from...

August 04, 2014

World’s Largest Mosques

It should be no surprise that the largest mosque in the world is in Mecca...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

Sociology of Islam

What does a sociological reading of Islam tell us? Reza Aslan, the author of No god...

July 05, 2014

Shocker! Muslims Hate Terrorism Too

According to The Pew Global Attitudes Project, concern about Islamic extremism is growing in Muslim...

July 03, 2014

What is a Caliphate?

Studying Islam? The Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates that developed after Muhammad's death in 632 are...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think: Documentary

"Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think" explores issues in Islam on gender, justice,...

May 2014

May 17, 2014

Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist

Here's an interesting clip in which Reza Aslan discusses Jesus and notes that he was...

April 2014

April 17, 2014

Guide to Islamic Veils: Great Visual

Visual.ly has a great visual guide to Islamic veils. I just snagged a few for...