Tag: islam

President Obama said Thursday (Feb. 19) that he doesn’t use terms like Islamic extremism because doing so would promote the false idea of a Western war with Islam, which would help extremists recruit more terrorists.

A man has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting three people near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus on Tuesday, the school said.

A downtown Los Angeles interfaith center that once served as a synagogue was the site of a historic worship service last week, as dozens of women gathered for Friday Muslim prayers in what is being dubbed the first women’s-only mosque in the United States.

A horrific attack on a satirical magazine that mocked Islam left 12 people dead Wednesday (Jan. 7) and put the Muslim community on edge.

Shannon Dunn, assistant professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University, will be a panelist at the Nov. 1 Coffee Talk, which will focus on "Religion and Politics."

Among the so-called "New" Atheists, few topics have seen so much ink spilled, and so many words spoken, as the supposed threat of Islam. Since 9/11, the religion has become a favorite whipping post for atheist authors, speakers and thinkers to argue the harm that comes with religious belief.

I’ve been horrified by the news and sights of ISIS beheading innocent people for their terrorist reasons, and I’ve been despairing over our western response. All the time I’ve been rereading Karen Armstrong’s Islam: A Short History.