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Coming to the end of the Qur’an reading is also melancholy, and I forget why I felt I should rush just a few days ago.

I don’t know how the importance of the prophet gets lost in the zealousness of certain defenders, but trust me, this is not about freedom of speech.

Let me be honest. I am not big on this idea of God as the fulfiller of our requisition lists.

Leonard Knight started Salvation Mountain, an adobe mountain covered in bright paint and topped with a white cross.

The word ummah comes from the same root as the word for mother, umm, in Arabic… It’s about intimate connections. But it is never used for family nor even for extended family. It is only used for a collective.

Goodbye flasks in hidden pockets and hello little energy drinks. Have we come a long way, baby?

Religion scholars gather to talk about crossing boundaries, breaking taboos, and finding the courage to do so.

The word ummah (community) comes from the same root as the word for mother, umm, in Arabic.

Can we talk? I mean, can we talk about something that actually affects people’s lives?

Alright evangelical and/or fundamentalist pundits* opposed to the Ground Zero mosque, whom art thou? Are thee the faithful praying/hoping/waiting for the imminent return of Christ or are thee like the believers in Ephesus who forsook their first love in the name of zealotry (Revelation…