Impolite Conversation #10: Islamophobia and What to Do About It
In this month’s episode, Tim Hill and Dan Clanton speak with Todd Green of Luther College about his new book, The Fear of Islam: An
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MRBlog | Donald Trump’s Dangerous Nativism
By Thomas J. Whitley Cue the outrage. Donald Trump has once again said something offensive and indefensible regarding Islam. The man who called
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The Beauty of Blighted Bodies? – By Taraneh Wilkinson
Taraneh Wilkinson on Kristina Richardson’s Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World The current disability justice movement encourages us as members of
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Scripture in the Age of Non-mechanical Reproduction – By Mira Balberg
Mira Balberg on Robert Gregg’s Shared Stories, Rival Tellings In 1996, when DreamWorks Pictures decided to produce an animated musical about the life
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Contemporary Islam Considered: Students Encountering Islam in the Classroom
What happens when nine regular American students do nothing but study Islam and the Middle East for four months? Listen in for this
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The Enemies of our Enemies: Islam in Nazi Germany – By Mehnaz M. Afridi
Mehnaz Afridi on Motadel’s Islam and Nazi Germany’s War The study of Muslims during World War II, Muslims and their role in the
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MRBlog | Why Rick Santorum Thinks a Muslim Ban is Constitutional and Why It Matters
By Thomas J. Whitley During the “undercard” GOP Debate Tuesday night, Rick Santorum made a comment about Islam that seems to have been
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MRBlog | Muslims and Republican Mythmaking
By Thomas J. Whitley Move out of the way, Red Scare, we’re on to a new enemy. Communism is no longer a
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First Impressions #56: Zackery Heern
Kristian Petersen talks with Zackery Heern, Assistant Professor of History at Idaho State University, about his new book The Emergence of Modern Shiʿism:
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Directions in the Study of Religion: Rose Muravchick
Kristian Petersen talks with Rose Muravchick, Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow at Vassar College, about Textiles, Talismans, and Islam.
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