The Crusades Were a Bad Idea: Let’s Not Do It Again
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Books, Daily Grind, God, Church & Stuff, Music, Politics, Society, Technology | 1 Comment »Update: I've been Snoped. Ouch. It appears the stats in this video are of questionable accuracy. They're not denied outright, but there are significant questions. Despite all the rhetoric (my own included), perhaps the real question this post should raise ...
More Islamic Witch Hunts from Katherine Kersten
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Society | No Comments »Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten is at it again. In the spring she claimed the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA) charter school was violating separations of church and state by teaching Islam (the state disagreed, with two minor exceptions). Now ...
Muslim Americans
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, War | 1 Comment »A couple weeks ago I wrote about how Barack Obama isn't a Muslim—but what if he was? Who cares? Sometimes it's nice to be backed up. In this case former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell has my back: "I'm also ...
Is Barack Obama a Muslim? Who Cares?
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Society | 1 Comment »The question of Barack Obama's faith and background keeps coming up. Despite his long-held Christian faith, the rumors that he is a Muslim persist. An April poll showed that 1 in 10 Americans thought Obama was a Muslim (one would ...
Minnesota: The Muslim Frontline
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Society, World News | 3 Comments »Is it me, or is Minnesota some kind of flashpoint for Muslim conflict? There were the Muslim taxi drivers refusing to carry alcohol, there were the six Muslim imams booted off a U.S. Airways flight, there was the charter school ...
Islamic Charter School Flap is Ridiculous
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Society | No Comments »A little more than a month ago I wrote about a local Twin Cities columnist up in arms about a charter school. Katherine Kersten claimed the school, Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA), illegally blurred the lines of church and state ...
Why Not Blame Koran Rioters?
Friday, June 10th, 2005 Posted in Society | 3 Comments »I should start by admitting I've hardly followed the story of U.S. military Koran abuse in Afghanistan that didn't really happen as Newsweek reported, but still touched off riots in the Muslim world that killed several people. I know enough ...
Spanking Franklin
Monday, November 17th, 2003 Posted in Politics | 4 Comments »Interesting article from The Guardian about Franklin Graham's Operation Christmas Child: The evangelicals who like to giftwrap Islamophobia (link via jordoncooper) Having been laid-off by Franklin's plans to relocate the BGEA, I am a bit biased, but this story is a ...
