secularism Archive

  • Maureen Dowd

    A Wakeup Call – This Time For Maureen Dowd

    Posted on March 19, 2010 | 5 Comments
    I have written two articles [1 and 2] on the phenomenon of Muslim pundits. To be more precise, the articles were about Muslim Muslim pundits, those few self-elected personalities that have made careers out of irresponsible critiques against Muslims and Islam, especially when Muslim do not...

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  • henderson_solution

    If You’re Not Part of the Solution, You’re Part of the Problem

    Posted on February 13, 2010 | 2 Comments
    There has been, in my mind, a growing trend in Black America for the last 40-odd years: the rise in secularism amongst Blackamericans. By this I refer to the increasing tendency for Blackamericans to make religion, be it Islam or Christianity, irrelevant to their daily...

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  • Robert Bellah

    Religion and Secularism: A Conversation with Robert Bellah

    Posted on January 20, 2010 | 2 Comments
    The following are a series of Youtube videos which feature famed sociologist Robert Bellah in conversation with Mark Juergensmeyer, professor of global and international studies as well as sociology and religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In it, professor Bellah provides an...

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  • The Sinister Secret of Secularism

    The Sinister Secret of Secularism

    Posted on May 15, 2009 | 4 Comments
    One of the most bemusing, humoring, and concerning tendencies amongst many Muslims, especially in the West, is the tendency towards a form of secret secularism.  To proceed, I will need to define what I mean by “secret” and “secular”.  For the former, I am referring...

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