Tag: Islam
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...
Three things we can learn from contemporary Muslim women’s fashion
Liz Bucar, Northeastern University
Major art museums have realized there is much to learn from clothing that is both religiously coded and fashion forward.
Earlier this...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
