The West Has Islam Dangerously Wrong

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 18, 2019 University of Michigan professor and author Juan Cole explores our biggest misconceptions about the world's second-largest religion. (Pictured: author Sam Harris.) Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

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The Manifesto and New Morality of the 9/11 Mastermind

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2014 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, known as the mastermind of 9/11, has released a new manifesto and allegedly come into a new way of thinking and believing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Qurans Didn’t Burn, but Maybe the First Amendment Did

BLANK Sep 13, 2013 Florida minister Terry Jones was arrested Wednesday before he could torch thousands of kerosene-soaked Qurans as an anti-Islamist protest. And civil libertarians should be concerned. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Top Ten Ways Islamic Law Forbids Terrorism

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 17, 2013 Erik Rush and others who hastened to scapegoat Muslims for the Boston Marathon bombings are ignorant of the religion. I can’t understand why people who have never so much as read a book about a subject appoint themselves experts on it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Quran-Burning Pastor Stirs Up Dearborn

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2011 Pastor Terry Jones, whose supervision of a Quran burning touched off deadly riots in Afghanistan early this month, has set his sights on a mosque in Dearborn, Mich. A judge has barred Jones from the mosque's property, and he now plans to protest in front of it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Florida Pastor Has a Few New Enemies

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2011 Oh good, the nutty Rev Terry Jones is near our HQ here in Los Angeles The Florida pastor, who drew widespread ire earlier this month with his Quran-burning and Prophet Muhammad mock trial publicity stunts . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Staffers Killed in Afghan Protest

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2011 The threatened, and now fulfilled, Quran-burning gesture by Florida pastor Terry Jones (pictured) sparked fatal consequences in Afghanistan on Friday, when protesters in the northern city of Mazir-e-Sharif stormed a United Nations compound and killed at least 20 employees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dispatches From Cairo: Victory Celebration

Lauren Unger-Geoffroy / Truthdig Feb 19, 2011 It looked like the most gigantic football victory crowd, with children on their parents' shoulders, Egyptian colors -- black, red, white stripes -- painted on faces, Egyptian flags being waved. Hope and prayers and pride for the New Egypt. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Life Sentence for Times Square Bomb Plotter

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2010 The fate of Faisal Shahzad, who attempted to set off a bomb in Times Square on May 1, was decided in a Manhattan court Tuesday The 31-year-old Pakistani-American, who pleaded guilty to 10 charges in June, was sentenced to life in prison (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Quran-Burning Controversy Still Sparking Unrest in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2010 With an eye on Saturday's parliamentary elections, the Taliban is evidently making sure that Afghans don't forget the recent Quran-burning hubbub in the US (thanks a lot, Pastor Jones), as some 800 people gathered in Kabul for (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Islamophobiapalooza

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2010 Several of Bill O'Reilly's colleagues at Fox News clearly don't subscribe to his patented "No Spin Zone" formula, as the spinnage happening on the Murdochian channel about the Islamic cultural center near Manhattan's Ground Zero is enough to power a generously proportioned dynamo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )