More than nine years (and a few weeks) have now passed since the events of 9/11, and as Religion in America blogger Paul Matzko noted on the attacks’ ninth anniversary earlier this month, the religious overtones of how Americans remember that day are palpable.
Posts Tagged ‘9/11’
September 2nd, 2010
Standing shoulder to shoulder
posted by Amanda KaplanRabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali discuss the coincidence this year of Rosh Hashanah and Eid al-Fitr, with regard to the ongoing controversy around the planned Islamic community center in lower Manhattan.
August 23rd, 2010
Half-truth stirs Park51 controversy pot
posted by Amanda KaplanAt The Huffington Post, Jeffrey Feldman reports that Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer’s claims regarding the Carmelite convent controversy are false.
August 4th, 2010
Jewish community responds to ADL statement on the Cordoba Initiative
posted by Jake AlterThis past week, adding to the controversy surrounding the Cordoba Initiative, the Anti-Defemation League (ADL) voiced its opposition to the project, prompting critical reactions from a number of Jewish leaders.
July 21st, 2010
Six degrees of separation not enough?
posted by Charles GelmanRobert Wright, in The New York Times, on the Cordoba House—now Park51—controversy.
June 10th, 2010
Conceptions of Islam and American (in)tolerance
posted by Amanda KaplanOn June 6th, in response to plans to construct a Muslim cultural center near Ground Zero, outrage ensued in the name of insensitivity. The socialist blog, The People’s Cube presents a series of striking images from the ‘No Mosque at Ground Zero’ protest.
May 29th, 2010
Plans for Muslim cultural center spark outlash
posted by Charles GelmanAt Talking Points Memo, Zachary Roth runs down some of the screeds that have flared up lately over plans to construct a Muslim cultural center in the environs of the World Trade Center site.
September 11th, 2008
September 11 and the struggle for Islam
posted by Jonathan VanAntwerpenIn his contribution to a web forum organized by the SSRC immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Robert W. Hefner wrote.
September 11th, 2008
A religious war?
posted by Jonathan VanAntwerpenToday at The Daily Dish, Andrew Sullivan writes: 9/11 was a call, in my mind, to defend the Enlightenment from the nihilistic forces of murderous theocratic fanaticism.
September 11th, 2008
The religious undercurrents of Muslim economic grievances
posted by Ruth BraunsteinIn his contribution to a web forum organized by the SSRC immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Timur Kuran wrote.
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