ISLAMOPHOBIA

The entire premise of our nation’s founding is eliminating tyranny from people’s lives. Prime amongst tyrannies to avoid, and one of the main reasons for the settling of the original American colonies, is religious persecution. Freedom of religion—the very fabric of our country.

Utah Technician Fired After Converting to Islam

He began hearing his coworkers make insulting remarks about non-whites and non-Christians, Muslims in particular. Goodson, a Christian himself, decided to research Islam. He told a local TV station that he prides himself on investigating things as thoroughly as possible before making decisions about them.

Is Intolerance on the Rise?

Then there have been a slew of high-profile tragedies including the New Zealand mosque attacks, the Easter Sunday bombing of Christian churches in Sri Lanka and several synagogue shootings in the United States and Europe. We seem to be living in a time of increased bigotry and even violence against people who are “different” whether of the “wrong” religion, skin color, gender or whatever.

Is This Who We Really Are?

I, for one, don’t believe it. Don’t get me wrong. I believe the statistics, the surveys and the opinions. I believe the anger and the hostility. What I don’t believe is that this is who we really are.

Islamophobia 101

Pope Urban II set the tone for a millennium-long identification of Muslims as direct enemies of Western values, culture and morals. Western culture was good, pure, logical, virtuous, orderly. Islam was bad, polluted, senseless and violent.

Media Ethics: Read It and Weep

Left, Right, or Center, the editorial boards all have an agenda. They’re all preaching to their own choir, which also happens to be their financial base.

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