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Author Archives: askanislamicist
Social norms are part of free speech
This is going to be a bit different from my normal posts, but it’s been bothering me, and I want to write about it, and, you know, it’s my blog, so there. Trigger warnings for a bunch of discussions about … Continue reading
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Radicalized online
In the wake of the terrible events in Charlottesville, there seem to be a lot of people who are still amazed by such a brazen, public display by white nationalism, and by an act of terrorism by a white nationalist … Continue reading
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Tagged america, Charlottesville, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, islamophobia, terrorism, white supremacy
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Curriculum on early Islam
Kim asked: Dear Jessica, I hope you are still taking questions on this site. I am an aspiring Religion teacher (high school level) who want to ask about early Muslim history. To summarize, there is a lot of fear, hate … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, book recommendations, education, history, history of islam, history of religion, Islam, islamic history, qur'an
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AAR-SBL 2016
Just a quick post to say that I’ll be at the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting in San Antonio this Friday through Tuesday. If anyone would like to meet up there, let me know!
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On bringing both sides together.
In news that I’m sure will come as a surprise to no one, I’m really disappointing and terrified by the outcome of this election. At the moment, I’m mostly just a twisted knot of emotion and Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, so … Continue reading
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Tagged america, election 2016, extreme far right, islamophobia, personal, religion, terrorism
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There is no such thing as a protest vote.
Naturally, I say I have a bunch of ideas for posts, and then I get really busy and go AWOL. Sorry about that! I’m also not going to write today about any of the things I talked about from RNA. … Continue reading
RNA 2016
The Religion News Association annual meeting was fantastic – I’m very glad I got the opportunity to participate. I have a whole bunch of things I want to talk about, but to start with, I figured I’d just do a … Continue reading
