By Elizabeth McCreless As we approach the Jewish High Holidays and the Muslim holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Jewish and Islamic months of Elul and Ramadan are coming to a close. Elul and Ramadan are both times of self-reflection and penitence for Jewish and Muslim communities, during which Muslims fast every day during Ramadan as a [...]
One Chicago, One Nation Online Film Contest featured in The New York Times. To read the article “Anti-Hate-Crime Video Offers Unsettling Lesson” By James Warren, read below: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/us/20cncwarren.html Tweet
1. Irvine Responds to Heckling Incident, Inside Higher Ed – http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/15/irvine. Tensions between Jews and Muslims at UC Irvine have been heightened since several pro-Palestinian students interrupted Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren’s speech in February. Now the university has decided to suspend the Muslim Student Union for one year. Muslim students protest that they [...]
Thanks for Supporting Our Online Film Contest! By Mark Crain Now that voting and commenting has come to a close, we want to thank you all for your support of the One Chicago, One Nation Online Film Contest. In just three short months, nearly 150 films were submitted to the contest and 80 were accepted. [...]
Religion in the News: 2009, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: http://pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Religion-in-the-News-2009.aspx After the Fort Hood shootings, a Muslim American soldier battles on friendly ground, The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032303766.html?sid=ST2010032304524 Lost in the Shorthand, The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/opinion/14pubed.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y Tweet
Islam, Meet Maureen Dowd, Religion Dispatches: http://www.religiondispatches.org/blog/mediaculture/2348/islam%2C_meet_maureen_dowd. Outraged by Glenn Beck’s Salvo, Christians Fire Back, New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/us/12justice.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y. Stop Watching Glenn Beck: Preaching to the Choir, Religion Dispatches: http://www.religiondispatches.org/blog/2355/stop_watching_glenn_beck%3A_preaching_to_the_choir/ Pagan Chaplain Appointed at Syracuse University, ABC News: http://blogs.abcnews.com/campuschatter/2010/03/pagan-chaplain-arrives-at-syracuse-university.html. A Christian Overture to Muslims Has its Critics, New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/us/13beliefs.html?emc=eta1. Evidence of Tolerance – [...]
Muslims vs. terrorism: The vast majority of Muslim-Americans reject extremists and help to expose them, The Pittsburg Post-Gazette: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10022/1030132-109.stm#ixzz0dMYBQUcC A Flight Is Diverted by a Prayer Seen as Ominous, The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/nyregion/22airplane.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y Two interesting pieces on attempts to ban the Burqa in France: France Fails to Talk About the Real Issue, The New [...]
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