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How to Make a Bomb in 7 Easy Steps

Mark Olmsted | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics
Mark Olmsted

In the end, the only reason you need to not build a bomb is what is does to you. It is soul-killing to be a murderer. You want to do something with your feelings of alienation? Go out and practice random acts of kindness. Raise money for refugees. Fight for justice.

Blasphemy Case Against Christian Teen Dismissed

Reuters | Posted 01.19.2013 | Religion

ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A Pakistani court dismissed on Tuesday a blasphemy case against a Christian girl which had drawn international condemn...

I'm No Movie Critic, But Innocence of Muslims is SOOO Bad!

Edward Falzon | Posted 11.21.2012 | Entertainment
Edward Falzon

Innocence of Muslims by nobody-knows-who, going by the 14 minutes that have been released in trailer form, might well be the worst movie ever made on this or any other planet. Perhaps that's the reason everyone's rioting. They want their 14 minutes back.

French Magazine Publishes Mohammad Cartoons

Reuters | Nicholas Vinocur | Posted 11.18.2012 | Media

* Cartoons portray Prophet naked, mock furore over film * French government criticises publication, boosts security * Ar...

French Newspaper To Publish Mohammad Cartoons

Reuters | Brian Love | Posted 11.18.2012 | Media

PARIS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The French government has called for restraint after learning that a satirical weekly plans to publish cartoons of the Pr...

The Problem With the Middle East Is the Middle East

Ben Barber | Posted 11.17.2012 | World
Ben Barber

Americans of every political stripe must accept that what we do or don't do will not change the way of life in countries from Morocco to Pakistan.

Indiana Congressman: US Schools Should Be Modeled After Quran-Founded Islamic Schools

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 07.06.2012 | Home

AndrƩ Carson, the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 7th Congressional District, created controversy when he told an Islamic Circle of North America c...

Merkel Ally Says Islam Not Part Of Germany

Reuters | Posted 06.19.2012 | Religion

* Remarks start controversy at conference on Islam * Row already brewing over Salafists handing out Koran * Germany home...

Religious Texts, Dissected

Posted 04.09.2012 | Arts

Meg Hitchcock's paper works are poignant meditations on language, religion and the mutability of the divine word. Hitchcock dissects holy texts, cuts ...

A Hero From Providence

Anthony Amore | Posted 05.29.2012 | World
Anthony Amore

Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't a large number of Americans already paid -- with their lives -- to bring freedom from zealous theocracy to the oppressed people of Afghanistan? Allow me to introduce just one.

Qur'an Burnings Indicate Need for Mission Overhaul

Lisa Schirch | Posted 04.29.2012 | World
Lisa Schirch

International forces need to make cultural sensitivity a priority in a mission focused on protecting civilians and addressing root causes through supporting governance and diplomacy, not waging war.

Can U.S.-Afghan Partnership Work?

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 05.16.2012 | World
Jayshree Bajoria

Violence against NATO troops by Afghan security forces in reponse to burning of the Quran at the Bagram Air Base has reignited doubts over the U.S. endgame in Afghanistan.

America's Image Problem in Afghanistan

John Feffer | Posted 04.29.2012 | World
John Feffer

How is it that the Pentagon and the Islamophobe, with their opposite views on Islam and intervention, end up generating a similar response in the Muslim world?

Calling It Quits in Afghanistan

Malou Innocent | Posted 04.28.2012 | World
Malou Innocent

How many more American soldiers and innocent Afghan civilians have to die before the Obama administration withdraws from Afghanistan?

Newt Gingrich Criticizes U.S. Apology For Quran Burning

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 02.24.2012 | Politics

SPOKANE, Wash. -- GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday a U.S. apology to Afghan authorities for burned Qurans on a military base was...

Dozens Wounded In Afghan Demonstrations Over Quran-Burning

Reuters | Posted 04.22.2012 | World

By Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi KABUL, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanista...

Demonstrators Torch Foreign Compound In Kabul

Reuters | Posted 04.22.2012 | World

KABUL, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Demonstrators in the Afghan capital Kabul set fire on Wednesday to part of a housing compound used by foreign contract wor...

How The Placebo Effect Proves That God Exists

Richard Schiffman | Posted 04.01.2012 | Religion
Richard Schiffman

We can't find God, because, paradoxically, we are already the God that we are seeking.

Teach Us How To Pray

Wilfredo Amr Ruiz | Posted 03.27.2012 | Religion
Wilfredo Amr Ruiz

Our aspiration shall be to imitate the prophets and messengers of God.

The Fifth Step Against Terror: Enlightenment

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 11.27.2011 | Religion
Terry Kelhawk

America hasn't always found peaceful alternatives to stop aggression. Since 9//11 we've taken four steps along the path to end terrorism, but haven't yet taken step 5 -- the one with perhaps the greatest potential to de-claw terrorism, and to do it peacefully.

How the Arab Spring Sprung From a Nonviolent Source

Michael Shank | Posted 11.22.2011 | World
Michael Shank

The propensity in the U.S. to conflate Islam with violence precludes the possibility of nonviolent Muslim protest motivated by an internal incentive, be it secular or religious. However, the concept of nonviolence is not foreign or new to Muslims.

Quran By Heart

Wajahat Ali | Posted 11.05.2011 | Religion
Wajahat Ali

But, mostly, I've felt distance from the Quran -- yes, it is the Holy Book, but if I cannot understand all the words in the language its meant to be recited in then how can it truly penetrate my heart and enlighten my soul?

Muslims, Not Islam, Need Reform

Qasim Rashid | Posted 07.12.2011 | Religion
Qasim Rashid

Irshad Manji claims that not just Muslims, but the Quran and Islam itself need reformation. In doing so, Manji ignores the possibility that the owner's manual might be fine, while the issues lie with the owner.

A Moment Of Opportunity For Muslims

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 07.09.2011 | Religion
Clay Farris Naff

As an agnostic outsider, it's not for me to tell a billion plus Muslims just how to rekindle the progressive, rationalist tradition of Islam into a beacon of hope. But I can and must point out the need to do so.

Koran By Heart on Easter Sunday

Hoda Osman | Posted 06.25.2011 | Entertainment
Hoda Osman

As a Muslim and an Arab I was by default attracted to Koran By Heart's subject matter. A film about an annual competition in reciting the Muslim holy book that takes place in my original hometown of Cairo.