So What If Obama Were a Muslim?
The tone in the press makes it sound like Obama possibly being a Muslim would be on par with screwing around behind his wife's back, or being a pedophile.
The tone in the press makes it sound like Obama possibly being a Muslim would be on par with screwing around behind his wife's back, or being a pedophile.
Tom D'Antoni | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics
On Sunday's 60 Minutes, when asked if she believed Obama was a Muslim, Hillary Clinton crossed an unforgivable line.
Jim Wallis | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics
Like his politics or not, don't disparage Barack Obama's faith, his church, his minister, or his credibility as an eloquent Christian layman who feels a vocation in politics.
Linda Hansen | Posted 02.28.2008 | Home
There have long been Mormons and Muslims and Things That Go Bump on the Right. Scary politics. The fear doctrine has worked so well conservatives have refined it.
Steve Clemons | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics
I fear that we are seeing only the tip of the iceberg of what those who want to push "high-fear buttons" will try and do to slime Barack Obama.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics
Memo to the next president: from Morocco to Indonesia, if we (and they) don't blow the opportunity, there is a chance to make the "long war" a far shorter war.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.16.2008 | Politics
In the land that hosts Al Jazeera, it is with some irony that the Summit commences against a backdrop of increasing efforts by Arab governments to restrict press freedom.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media
How can we protect ourselves in and from the Information Age?
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.17.2008 | Media
The more people receive positive images and see inspiring role models of Muslims, the better chance for peaceful relations, mutual understanding and self respect.
Elham Gheytanchi | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics
Any gross violations of human rights by the Iranian regime prepare the grounds for an increase in violation of women's rights.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics
After a couple of years of political transition that have seen Europe's own warmongers/Bush poodles and corrupt leaders retiring or getting kicked out of office, there is eager anticipation for the departure of Bush.
Ari Melber | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics
Kerrey's comments are distinct because he is the highest level Clinton supporter to publicly push the Muslim smears against Obama, and he is also ratcheting up the rhetoric.
Miami Herald | BETH REINHARD | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics
Max Holtzman, a Miami lawyer and fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was in a downtown office building when he ran into a h...
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics
Much ink was spilled over Mitt Romney's speech last week about his Mormon faith. Very little attention was paid to America's dark history of anti-Mormonism.
Omid Memarian | Posted 12.10.2007 | Living
I called my Mom on Thanksgiving, 9:00 p.m. Tehran time. Her first question -- per usual -- was whether I had any information about a U.S. attack against Iran.
Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.24.2007 | Living
I used to think that people make decisions logically. Jantzi understood better. Jantzi understood the power of tears.
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.20.2007 | Home
Christianity and Islam comprise the world's largest communities of faith - 2.1 billion Christians and 1.5 billion Muslims. If these two religious trad...
Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.09.2007 | Living
The mind needs freedom to question, which is impossible if constrained by the black and white mindset of fundamentalism. In any religion, excessive control clamps down the pipeline of creativity that feeds the soul.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics
I am a Muslim who has renounced Islam. If an Islamic theocracy were to take over, I would be the first one strung up. Nonetheless, here are three reasons why I am not scared of the Islamofascists.
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Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics