“Shariah: The Threat to America”
In September 2010 the Center for Security Policy released this report that called Islamic law “the preeminent totalitarian threat of our time.”
Category: Beliefs & practices
“America’s Anti-Islam Hysteria”
Read an Oct. 12, 2010, column by Reza Aslan at The Daily Beast about the push to ban Shariah.
“Fears of Sharia Law in America Grow Among Conservatives”
Read the Oct. 13, 2010, story by CBS News.
Susan B. Hansen
Susan B. Hansen is a political science professor at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of Religion and Reaction: The Secular Political Challenge to the Religious Right (2011).
“Special Report: The Price of Fear”
The Tennessean published a package of stories on Oct. 24, 2010, related to mistrust of Muslims in the state. Shariah law plays a part in that concern and is an issue in a lawsuit to block construction of a mosque in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
“The Making of Mitt Romney”
Watch a 2007 Boston Globe video about Romney’s Mormonism.
“The Religion Gap Abides”
Read an article from the spring 2011 issue of the scholarly journal Religion in the News about how religious practices predict political beliefs.
“What beliefs predict a Tea Partier?”
Read an Aug. 17, 2011, Washington Post blog post about how religion can be used to predict Tea Partiers.
“American Politics More Religious Than American Voters”
Read an Aug. 22, 2011, Religion News Service story (posted by the Huffington Post) about a disconnect between current trends on religiosity in the U.S. and the injection of religion into politics.