“Haera Unveiled” is a video that shows the life of a young Lebanese woman who has decided to unveil. She is also uses theater and art as a form of activism, which she began during the Arab uprisings.

“American Muslim women discuss their choice to unveil; many now wear the headscarf only for prayers.”

A 2009 report by Pew Research, “Modest Rise in Concern about Islamic Extremism,” found that “more than half (52 percent) of Americans say they are very concerned about the possible rise of Islamic extremism in the United States. That is up from 46 percent in April 2007. The percentage that says they are somewhat worried dropped […]

Read this August 30, 2005, article by Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

Read this column by Terry Mattingly published on September 1, 2005, on GetReligion.org.

Read this September 2005 Beliefnet.com article detailing apocalyptic theories about what Hurricane Katrina could have meant for society.

Patrick McCormick is a professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University, in Spokane, Wash., where he teaches about Christian ethics, medical ethics and Catholic social teachings. He is author of Sin as Addiction (Paulist Press, 1989) and Character, Choices & Community: The Three Faces of Christian Ethics (Paulist Press, 1998). He has served as a consultant on various hospital […]

Barbara A. Koenig is a profesor with the Institute for Health and Aging at the University of California, San Francisco.

Jennifer M. Shaw is a regional ethicist for California with the Office of Ethics and Theology for Providence Health System, which has facilities in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana and California.