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Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things

Posted in Fear, Muslims on November 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things is a very creative (and humorous) site that seeks to break down stereotypes of Muslims and what many think of as “Muslim garb”. Here is an example: Nadia Firozvi. Muslim, friend, lawyer, snuggie lover. HT: Muslimah Media Watch

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Video on Mosque Controversy

Posted in Christians, Contentious Issues, Fear, Muslims on September 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

In this short video Hussein Rashid and Joseph Cumming share their thoughts on the Ground Zero mosque controversy. I found Joseph’s comments to be very helpful in thinking about how Christians should respond. How does loving our neighbor as we love ourselves (Matthew 22:39) impact our view on this? How does Jesus’ command to do [...]

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A Little Perspective

Posted in Fear on September 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Image viaMark Shea: It’s easy as pie to generalize to millions of people the crimes of a few. We Catholics have had it done to us. And we can have it done to us again. So we should be bloody cautious about insane schemes to do it to 18 million fellow citizens. The grotesque excuse “But [...]

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‘Are You Muslim?’ Question Leads to Cabbie Stabbing, Hate Crime Charge

Posted in Fear, Muslims on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From ABC News: A New York City cab driver was attacked Tuesday evening just after 6 p.m. by a passenger who asked him if he was Muslim, says the NYPD. A spokesman for a New York City cabbie group blamed the attack on the proposed construction of an Islamic center near Ground Zero, the site [...]

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Is America Islamophobic?

Posted in Fear, Islam on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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What if the Holiday Marking the End of Ramadan Is on 9/11?

Posted in Fear, Jews, Muslims, Terrorism on August 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »

It is Ramadan. Muslims all over the world are fasting from sunrise to sunset. At the end of the month they will celebrate with one of the two most important holidays in Islam: Eid Al Fitr. Because the Islamic calendar is lunar it is possible that this holiday will land on September 11. No one [...]

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Spain’s Senate Votes to Ban Burqa

Posted in Fear, Muslims on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

With this law no one will be allowed to wear clothing that covers their faces. Of course, this is geared specifically for Muslim women who wear a burqa. It is an attempt to curb Islamic extremists in the name of equal rights for women. I don’t doubt that there are Muslim women who wear the [...]

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Fighting Fear of Man

Posted in Fear on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Justin Taylor: “The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.” Proverbs 29:25 “Fear of man is such a part of our human fabric that we should check for pulse if someone denies it.” —Ed Welch, When People Are Big and God Is Small. In order to fear God [...]

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I Hate This Too

Posted in Christians, Fear, Muslims, Understanding on April 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »

A church in St Cloud, MN recently put an ad in the paper highlighting the dangers of Islam in America (click on the ad to read the whole thing). I think they misrepresent Jesus Christ in two major ways. First, they appeal to our fears by making gross misstatements about Muslims. They say, “How do [...]

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Christian Fear and Healthcare Reform

Posted in Contentious Issues, Fear on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This is exactly the kind of perspective we all need. From Justin Taylor: A timely word from Russell Moore, who asks: Is it a problem that some of us who are tranquil as still water about biblical doctrine and ecclesial mission are red-faced about Nancy Pelosi and the talking heads on MSNBC? Is it a [...]

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