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RD talks with journalist Amy Waldman whose first novel, The Submission, presciently imagines a controversy, set in post-9/11 New York City, in which the design of a Muslim-American wins a contest to build a 9/11 memorial.

The Center for American Progress follows the money in a groundbreaking new report.

While many books will no doubt be written about the momentous events that are unfolding in the Middle East, many of them will doubtless leave out the prehistory. By exploring the rich tradition of nonviolent resistance in the Muslim world—from Palestine and Pakistan, to Kosovo and the Maldives—Amitabh Pal dispels the oft-repeated misconception that what we are witnessing in the Arab Spring is without precedent.

A roundup of religion headlines.

Joe Nocera’s casual use of the Tea Party’s “jihad.”

Part five of the travelogue, from what was once Europe’s Jerusalem.

Let’s just face the facts and not kid ourselves anymore. It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee… er, tea. The Republican Party is not a political party but is now a full-fledged religious movement.

If Egypt’s democracy takes hold it will, along with Turkey, help elbow out the Islamist movements we’re used to hearing about.

So the FJP says to the FEP: hey, you’ve insulted Islam.

Australia’s largest state passed a new law that would allow police to demand the removal of any head covering.