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Idaho says no to religious books in the classroom
Opinion L.A.I don't know what the religious right spends on public relations, but some school officials are doing their work for them -- by earnestly overinterpreting legal restrictions against official prayer in public schools. The latest example is a battle... -
On Faith: Extremism, intolerance exists all over
Osama bin Laden is dead, but his brand of religious extremism lives on. This is not to say that such religious extremism is exclusive to Islam and Muslims. Extremism infiltrates the minds of religious zealots, nationalists, racists, environmentalists,...Tags: Islam, Spain, Science, Interreligious Dialogue, Osama bin Laden
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Osama bin Laden, born to privilege, dies a pariah
Osama bin Laden, a scion of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families, became the grim apostle of a strain of Islamic radicalism that exalted violence against non-believers, and the leader of a terrorist network that launched repeated attacks in the West,...Tags: Medina (Saudi Arabia), Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Bill Clinton, Kabul (Afghanistan), Osama bin Laden
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From the Back Pew: Study before you burn
When I first heard about the Rev. Terry Jones' planned Koran-burning, I half-hoped he'd do it.
I wanted to be witness to the wrath he'd incur upon himself for doing such a thing.
You know you're ruffling some feathers when even the highest levels of...Tags: Islam, Poetry, Santa Clarita (Los Angeles, California), Religious Texts, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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A Balcony View: Finding the drive to be the worst
I'd like to thank the people of Glendale for not caring at all. And for not protesting a bit. And for not threatening to burn so much as one copy of the Koran. We managed to peacefully allow members of the Islamic Center of Glendale to publicly...Tags: Washington, DC, Islam, Leonard Nimoy, Sarah Palin, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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In Theory: Can Islam and democracy coexist?
Q. The pro-democracy uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have resonated around the world, with even the Wall Street Journal going so far as to headline one column, “The Arab World's 1989?” Hosni Mubarak's resignation from his position as...Tags: Ethics, Medina (Saudi Arabia), Iraq, England, National Government
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Tim Rutten: Florida pastor Terry Jones and the far reach of free speech
In this digital age, speech has been globalized just as surely as commerce. That's one of the lessons to be taken from the troubling sequence of events in which a tiny Florida church's distasteful publicity stunt of burning a Koran triggered five days of...Tags: Gainesville, Islam, David Petraeus, Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Supreme Court
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On Faith: Anti-Semitic behavior is all over
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks' apostle of transparency, "exposed" a cabal of international Jewish conspiracists, whom he charged with making common cause to smear him and attack his website. He was piqued over personal e-mails being published by some...Tags: Islam, WikiLeaks, Cairo (Egypt), Saudi Arabia, Julian Assange
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New freedom fighter
South Florida Sun-SentinelUpdate I did this profile on Sujay, as she likes to be called, last October. Well, the U.S. State Department announced that she was sworn in today (May 16) as its Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. "Ambassador Johnson Cook will...Tags: Islam, U.S. Senate, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Diplomacy
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LEBANON: Iranian director's Jesus film pulled
Babylon & BeyondThe Iranian director of a controversial show depicting the story of Jesus has criticized Lebanese Christian groups who protested the airing of the serial, which was pulled from the air by two local Muslim-owned stations last week. "The film was...... -
Scott, Sink, ask Gainesville pastor not to burn Korans
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Who says Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott isn't weighing in on Florida issues? Alright. It isn't exactly transportation concurrency, but Scott has issued a release calling on Gainesville pastor Terry Jones to scrap his Koran... -
Scott: Cancel Koran-burning
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelIt seems like only yesterday that Rick Scott was taking to the airways to proclaim that, “Mr. President, Ground Zero is the wrong place for a mosque.” But now that he's the Republican nominee for governor, Scott has apparently decided that...
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