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We cannot trust the police, we cannot trust people on the subway, and Mayor Bloomberg fiddles.

“The Taliban and the Islamophobes have a very similar reading of Islam, and their political fates are in part dependent on this shared understanding of the religion. Those of us in the vast middle between these two extremes can take very concrete steps to end the divide between the West and Islam that exists nowhere more strongly than in the minds of these extremists. I offer three concrete recommendations at the end of Crusade 2.0.”

Time magazine’s religion top ten list had Mormonism in the spotlight. The Religion Newswriters Association voted Osama bin Laden’s death (and the faith response to it) their number one story in a list that included Harold Camping, Rob Bell, and Mississippi ’ s Personhood initiative. Oh, and the top religion author of 2011? Tim Tebow, whose life story is a runaway bestseller for our friends at HarperOne. But what about the stories that shoulda been, but weren ’t ? We ’ re thinking this list, drawn up Peter Laarman, might provide a template for 2012 coverage. — The Eds.

Lower Manhattan has long been a proving ground for American ideals.

Islamphobic activist rages against the “über-left, Islamic media machine.”

Feisal Abdul-Rauf is again muddying the waters of the Park51 discourse.

Abdallah Adhami criticized for his views on apostasy and homosexuality.

A single document and a discredited prosecution tactic have fueled the Islamophobia industry, now spreading falsehoods about the Muslim Brotherhood.

If RD were 21 it would identify as Bisexual too.

RD would like to see a tallit on the basketball court.