Tag: Islam
Silicon Valley’s latest fad is dopamine fasting – and that may...
A. Trevor Sutton, Concordia Seminary
Silicon Valley’s newest fad is dopamine fasting, or temporarily abstaining from “addictive” activities such as social media, music, internet gaming...
Killing of Soleimani evokes dark history of political assassinations in the...
Deina Abdelkader, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who promoted the religious and political influence of the Iranian regime across the Middle East with...
A new solution for America’s empty churches: A change of faith
Ashima Krishna, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Over the past few decades, vacant and underutilized churches have become a familiar sight...
The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima...
Kayla Renée Wheeler, Grand Valley State University
Media reports have celebrated Halima Aden becoming the first woman to be featured in the Sports Illustrated...
Why do Muslim women wear a hijab?
Caitlin Killian, Drew University
Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh at age 11, faced years of shaming over wearing a headscarf...
Yes, there is a war between science and religion
Jerry Coyne, University of Chicago
As the West becomes more and more secular, and the discoveries of evolutionary biology and cosmology shrink the boundaries of...
Freddie Mercury’s family faith: The ancient religion of Zoroastrianism
Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida
In the Freddie Mercury biopic, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” there’s a scene in which a family member scolds Mercury.
“So now the family...
What is behind the turkey pardoning ritual?
Tobin Miller Shearer, The University of Montana
President Donald Trump presided over presidential turkey pardoning, a ritual that has been in place since 1989, when...
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Will more dead actors be coming to a theater near you?
Peter Krapp, University of California, Irvine
On November 30 2013, actor Paul Walker died in a car crash before filming of Furious 7 was complete....
