Today marks the eightieth entry in Frequencies. In the ten most recent entries, Luís León lights a spliff, Wendy Cadge provides spiritual care, Varun Soni talks to college students, SherAli Tareen questions Park51, Erin Martineau moves to the farm, Andrew Ventimiglia takes a course in miracles, Nathan Schneider searches for proof, Rocco Gangle draws a diagram, Ludger Viefhues-Bailey reads German ladies magazines, and Laura Marris contemplates loss.
Posts Tagged ‘Park51’
September 11th, 2010
Against Judaist-Christianism
posted by Arjun AppaduraiI do not have much to add to the debate surrounding the Islamic Cultural Center that will surely be built near Ground Zero. But I do have a strangely delayed reaction to the word “Islamism”, whose short and pernicious history deserves more attention than it has been given. The suffix “ism” in this case is clearly not intended as a compliment. If you consult any word list on Google, it becomes clear that Islamism is a label for any variety of Islamic thought or action that can be judged to be inappropriately politicized, with the exemplary case being political violence.
September 7th, 2010
“9/11 Christian Center” Pastor provokes ire on all sides
posted by Sam HanThe Florida televangelist Bill Keller, who has spearheaded a plan to build a “Christian center” as a counterpoint to the so-called “Ground Zero mosque,” has managed to anger both sides of the Park51 debate.
August 24th, 2010
Fuel on the fire
posted by Aaron WeinsteinAs Dina Temple-Rastin of NPR reports, controversy over Park51 has reached a new zenith in way of irony. Far from helping to win the “War on Terror,” the Right Wing’s open and vociferous hostility has seemingly done the exact opposite.
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.
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