Juan Cole: How not to talk about Muslims after a Fringe Terrorist Group attacks
1. Stop calling Daesh “the Islamic State.” They are manipulating you. They aren’t a state and they aren’t Islamic. If some fringe cult took over some villages in Mexico and called itself “The Vatican,” then committed terrorism, would journalists blithely say on air “Today, the Vatican killed 39 and injured 200 with a bomb belt”? […]
Vince Hatt: Do our Muslim neighbors hate us?
“I think Islam hates us,” Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump confidently asserted. I have many images in my head that say it’s true. Here are two: Muslims praising Allah as they pilot airplanes into the Twin Towers and, secondly, Muslims shouting “death to America” as they burn our flags in the streets of the Middle […]
Who is Frank Gaffney?
Once a respectable Washington insider, Frank Gaffney Jr. is now one of America’s most notorious Islamophobes. About Frank Gaffney Jr. Once a respectable Washington insider, Frank Gaffney Jr. is now one of America’s most notorious Islamophobes. Gripped by paranoid fantasies about Muslims destroying the West from within, Gaffney believes that “creeping Shariah,” or Islamic religious […]
Why Muslims Should Never Have To Apologize for Terrorism
Picture this: You wake up in the morning to hear your wife screaming at you because it’s pouring rain outside. She hates the rain and now her day is ruined because of you. You go downstairs only to hear your children yell at you because they broke the toaster. They can’t have waffles now and […]
You’ll Be Surprised What Your Body Can Do During a Fast!
Philip Weeks discusses the potential health benefits of fasting. Not only can it help you lose weight, but it can have many other health benefits as well. Find out how the body changes when calories are restricted and how it can shift into a different, yet healthy mode. Transcript Scott: I want to talk about […]