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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
We Don’t Doubt, We Don’t Take Direction: Whiteness, Religion, and the 2012 US Election
By Donovan Schaefer The 2012 election campaign made an open contest of religion much less than anyone would have predicted in 2008. Aside from the occasional outburst during the Republican primaries, Governor Mitt Romney’s Mormonism was nearly a non-issue, even … Continue reading →
Is Islamophobia Racism?
Short answer: Yes. The long answer: So you remember Don Imus? The sports commentator who called the teenage girls of the Rutgers basketball team “nappy-headed hoes” and was dropped from NBC? How about Michael Richards—the guy who played Kramer on … Continue reading →
Posted in Donovan Schaefer, Politics and Religion, Religion in the News
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Tagged 2010 midterm elections, affect theory, Barack Obama, Christiane Amanpour Town Hall, civil rights, Daisy Khan, English Defence League, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Geert Wilders, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslims in America, Nicholas Kristof, Pamela Geller, Park51, racism, religion and media, religion in America, religious studies, Robert Spencer, Tea Party, unconscious beliefs
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Robert Fisk on the Secular Popular Revolts (backed by secret Islamists? Er, no)
Robert Fisk’s op-ed in the Independent (Sunday, 20 February 2011) confronts the dominant Western government and media stereotype of the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, and Libya (and national socialist China?). They are not religiously inspired uprisings - and Fisk requests that we please … Continue reading →
Posted in Deane Galbraith, Politics and Religion, Religion in the News
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Tagged Al Qaeda, And now Obama wants to be on our side?, Bahrain, Barack Obama, China, democracy, Egypt, Hillary Clinton, Hizbollah, Independent, King Abdullah, Libya, Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, Robert Fisk, Tahrir Square, These are secular popular revolts – yet everyone is blaming religion, Tunisia
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Tolerating Muslims at Ground Zero: No thanks!
In recent weeks I have observed U.S. liberals protesting against Terry Jones’ proposal to burn the Qur’an, and countering the pastor’s none-too-subtle violent posture towards Muslims. I’ve also witnessed other liberal-minded folk defending the decision to build an Islamic centre somewhere in the vicinity of the destroyed … Continue reading →
The Cardinal Newman Society and Unintentional Irony
The Cardinal Newman Society has certainly set a new standard for unintentional irony. Let me explain how… The mission of The Cardinal Newman Society, according to its website, “is to help renew and strengthen Catholic identity in Catholic higher education.” On the surface, … Continue reading →