Tag Archives: freedom of religion

Radicalized online

Posted on August 14, 2017 by askanislamicist

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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Abrahamic Monotheism: Do they all worship the same God?

Posted on January 18, 2016 by askanislamicist

First off, thanks to my mother for flagging these articles for me – I was off sleeping late and playing video games over the winter intercession, and completely missed big news in the world of teaching theology! So as some … Continue reading →

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Six Things to Know about Mass Conversion

Posted on December 17, 2015 by askanislamicist

Last week, I had the pleasure of driving out to Rhode Island and back with some of my coworkers for a meeting, and on the way back, they asked to hear a bit more about my research.  Nearly everyone I’m … Continue reading →

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Imaginary Islamophobic strawmen: Islamic extremism

Posted on October 26, 2015 by askanislamicist

Welcome back to conversations with an imaginary Islamophobic strawman, in which I address some of the common underlying assumptions I see arising in how we as Westerns talk about Islam.  I call these strawman arguments because I am essentially claiming … Continue reading →

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Religion, science, and nonbelief

Posted on October 4, 2015 by askanislamicist

So you know that thing?  That thing when you see a link and you know reading it is going to infuriate you, but you click on it anyways and end up even more frustrated and angry than you expected? Well, … Continue reading →

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Sacred spaces: on converting churches to mosques

Posted on August 25, 2015 by askanislamicist

Okay, this story is from last month, but I’ve wanted to write about it since it first popped up and just had other things in the queue. So apparently there’s a petition in France to stop the conversion of unused … Continue reading →

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Please don’t draw the Prophet (pbuh)

Posted on January 18, 2015 by askanislamicist

So I still haven’t submitted my thesis, but I have received an extension.  And since procrastination and completion are nearly the same thing, I am breaking my hiatus.  Partly because I have more free time now, but mostly because many … Continue reading →

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Pay no attention to the women behind the veil? (Actually, no, don’t do that.)

Posted on October 15, 2014 by askanislamicist

So in the on-going saga of Western countries being horrible to women who wear burqas or niqabs, Australia announced that it was going to require anyone wearing “facial coverings” to sit behind a glass partition when viewing Parliamentary procedures. A … Continue reading →

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Can a company have a religion?

Posted on July 28, 2014 by askanislamicist

ETA (5:45pm, 7/28/14): Edited to clarify the claimed religious affiliation of Hobby Lobby. So in the wake of the Supreme Court’s rather sweeping decision in favor of Hobby Lobby last week, there have been a range of responses, but perhaps the … Continue reading →

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Culturism and Religious Re-branding

Posted on November 25, 2012 by askanislamicist

So the British ‘newspaper’ The Sun featured an op-ed this morning in which Trevor Kavanagh defended the criticism of British Muslim communities by Clarissa Dickson Wright, who said she was terrified walking through urban parts of Leicester, because she got … Continue reading →

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