Militant Islam

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Ben Affleck Confronts Bill Maher’s Muslim Problem

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 7, 2014 Bravo to Ben Affleck and Nicholas Kristof for telling Bill Maher off about his chronic case of Muslim-hating bigotry. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Ben Affleck Calls Out Bill Maher and Sam Harris on Their Islamaphobia: ‘It’s Gross and Racist’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 4, 2014 Just days after religious scholar Reza Aslan criticized him on CNN for his views on Islam, comedian Bill Maher decided to defend them, this time with actor Ben Affleck. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Despite Being Barred From Jerusalem During the Holiday, Palestinians See Easter as a Symbol of Hope

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 21, 2014 Palestinian Christians in the West Bank say that they have been denied permits to visit Jerusalem in record numbers this year, despite their living just over the green line not far from the holy city. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Walker’s Secret Weapon

Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons Mar 24, 2014 Dig deeper

Crimean Muslims Wary of Referendum to Join Russia

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2014 Victims of Stalin's mass deportations in 1944, Crimea's Tatar Muslim minority look warily on next week's referendum on joining Russia, which could well bring the crisis on the tense peninsula to new heights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Creation of Adam

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Massive Protest by Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Against Conscription

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 3, 2014 Israel’s Haredim, an Eastern European branch of Judaism emphasizing strict religious adherence, were a tiny minority at Israel’s founding in 1948 and were given an exemption from conscription. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Serpent Handling

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Religion Challenges Left and Right

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 5, 2013 Here's the challenge: Americans who are left-of-center are far more religiously diverse than their opponents on the conservative side. When it comes to matters of faith, liberals and Democrats have a far more complicated task of coalition management -- although religion also raises some serious difficulties for the right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Who Owns Jesus?

Tasbeeh Herwees / Truthdig Aug 1, 2013 What’s really revealing about Lauren Green’s infamous Fox News interview with religion scholar Reza Aslan is what it exposed about how Jesus exists in the popular Christian imagination Green overlooked the fact that Jesus appears in Islamic theology as one of the great prophets of God, one of the few prophets mentioned by name in the Quran. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mind Rape and the Christian Right

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 22, 2013 A former professional skier who sought help for alcoholism from a rehabilitation program became locked in a cultish life that destroyed her self-esteem and independence in the name of Jesus. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )