“God in the midst of the Typhoon: Suffering, Compassion, and Action Now”
Omid Safi raises ethical and faith-based points to consider in this Nov. 11, 2013, post on his Religion News Service blog, “What Would Muhammad Do?”
Faith: Islam
“Theology School Becomes 1st Accredited US Seminary to Train Muslim & Jewish Theologians”
Read a June 9, 2010, IslamToday article about Claremont School of Theology’s decision to add clerical training for Muslims and Jews, making the Methodist-affiliated institution “the first truly multi-faith American seminary.”
“Muslims Become Integral to American Seminaries”
Read a Dec. 12, 2010, Huffington Post blog item about a desire for Islamic seminaries in the United States and about non-Muslim seminaries reaching out to Muslims.
Shoulder to Shoulder
Shoulder to Shoulder is a national, interfaith campaign “dedicated to ending anti-Muslim sentiment.” More than two dozen faith-based groups have joined the coalition, which has denounced North Carolina’s anti-Shariah law. Christina Warner is campaign director; she can be reached through publicist Samantha Friedman.
“N.C. governor allows anti-Shariah bill to become law”
Read an Aug. 26, 2013, Religion News Service story about North Carolina becoming the seventh state to prohibit courts from considering Islamic law. The North Carolina restriction applies only to family-law cases.
“Building Mosques, Importing Jihad”
Read an interview at BeliefNet with Brian Glynn Williams, a historian of Islam, who says that “Islam is not the driving machine behind the Chechen resistance.”
“What to Read Now on Chechnya: The best background info on the Boston suspects”
The New Republic has a site with links to key background resources on Chechnya and the role it may have played in the lives of the Tsarnaev brothers.
“FRC Blames ‘Sexual Liberalism’ and ‘Family Breakdown’ for Mass Murders”
The Family Research Council, a leading advocacy group for social conservativism, drew fire for an email that seemed to blame liberal values for tragedies like the Boston Marathon bombing and gun attacks.