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Tag Archives: Islam

A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Ground: Imagining a Humanist Approach to Prayer

May 16, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 2 Comments

By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer “There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground”- Rumi To some extent I envy religious people. A careful reading of a Braver […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Religion & Secularism

Humanism as a Way of Life: Lalon Fakir & the Baul Tradition of Bengal

February 10, 2016by Guest Contributor 8 Comments

By Milly Sil At Rutgers University India is a country possessing rich cultural heritage and folk music has been an integral part of her culture. However, the folk singers of […]

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Art & Literature, Religion & Secularism

If I Were a Braver American

February 5, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 3 Comments

By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer As a child, I was taught bravery had a gun next to it, at times decked out in army fatigue like GI Joe. An invitation […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Politics & Culture

Who Are You Fighting For: Navigating Cross-Cultural Feminism

December 22, 2015by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer Feminism is essentially the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie famously said and Beyoncé quoted. While […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Politics & Culture

Television to the Rescue: Secularism, Islam, and TV in Modern Bangladesh

November 3, 2015by Guest Contributor 4 Comments

By Tarikul Islam (New York University) I love watching movies – I know, a shocker, right? Recently, I found out that a Bangladeshi film closed at the prestigious Busan International […]

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Book & Movie Reviews, Religion & Secularism

The Only Thing We Have to Fear

March 24, 2015by Guest Contributor Leave a comment

By Alex Abbott American University The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Three Muslim students murdered in Chapel Hill. Activist Raif Badawi imprisoned […]

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Politics & Culture

The Left’s New Islamophilic Homophobia: Book Review of “Terrorist Assemblages”

August 23, 2013by James Carroll Leave a comment

If there’s one thing that leftists of all stripes like, it’s “solidarity”. This is when people from different communities come together for the purpose of defeating a common oppressor, whether […]

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Book & Movie Reviews, Politics & Culture

An Ideological Turing Test, or How to Responsibly Think about Religion & Politics

June 29, 2013by Paul Chiariello 4 Comments

Ideal Investigations; Competing Explanations How do we ‘go about’ learning?  Well one of the ways we can answer this is relatively straightforward.  There are tons of methods we can use.  […]

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Politics & Culture, Religion & Secularism, Science & Nature

“Muslims Want to Chop Your Head Off!” Ambiguities and Verses from the Bible & Koran

May 14, 2013by Paul Chiariello 3 Comments

A while ago I had a little debate with an old friend of mine over e-mail.  He said, I simply can not accept the notion that Islam is a religion […]

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Religion & Secularism

Democracy in Islam & Possibilities for Interfaith Relations

April 5, 2013by Paul Chiariello 1 Comment

Everyone’s eyes are watching the Arab world, and rightly so.  The story is in not any way over yet! In my opinion, the Arab Spring could possibly be the biggest […]

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Politics & Culture, Religion & Secularism

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