Muslim Anti-Radicalization Efforts, Starbucks Anti-Christian?, Cost Of Native American Pride

June 4, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Muslim Americans Amp Up Anti-Radicalization Efforts WASHINGTON -- Muslims in the United States have grappled with the consequences of extremism since Sept. 11, 2001, when the actions of 19 men affiliated with al Qaeda ushered in a new era, when fingers are invariably pointed at followers of Islam whenever a terrorist attack takes place. Since then, Muslim activists have spearheaded efforts to eradicate the perception that Islam is a violent or extreme religion -- often laboring to disseminate the simple message that the vast majority of Islam's 1.6 billion followers worldwide denounce terrorism. The Boston Marathon bombings in April posed not only a major setback to more than a decade of work, but also a new challenge: how to counter online radicalization, a known recruitment tool used by terrorist networks overseas, which appeared to have a significant impact on the suspected perpetrators of the attacks that left three dead and hundreds injured. Continue reading... Drinking Starbucks Is Anti-Christian, Evangelical Says What Her Eagle Feather Cost Her Fox Host: First Ever Atheist Monument Will Be Vandalized LOOK: The Eucharist In Medieval Art Catholic Church's Influence On Gay Marriage Waning Pope Francis: Release The Hostages Religious Fundamentalism Treated As A Curable Mental Illness? Pope Francis Says All Who Do Good Are Redeemed - Atheists Included Religious Fundamentalism Treated As A Curable Mental Illness? Overcoming My Archie Bunker Prejudice Pope Francis Says All Who Do Good Are Redeemed - Atheists Included JOHN GEHRING The Boy Scouts, Gay Youth and Catholic Teaching It's hard to preach "Good News" when you're making news for fighting the wrong battles. At a time when Pope Francis is breathing new life into the church with his humility and inclusive posture, U.S. bishops should take a cue from Rome. Continue reading... ANAV SILVERMAN Muslims Combating Anti-Semitism "Anti-Semitism is everyone's problem. The moderate Muslims don't understand that after the radical Muslims finish with the Christians, Bahai, and Jews, they will come after them. The minute we stop fighting for each other, we lose our humanity." Continue reading... TOM CARPENTER How to Fundraise Using Half Truths and Lies: Lessons From the Family Research Council Apparently, the biblical admonition that "you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free" has been cast aside by the FRC. As a Christian, I am indignant and embarrassed. Continue reading... RABBI GIL STEINLAUF A Rabbi on the Economy & The Great Gatsby I have long appreciated Fitzgerald's novel as a commentary on the limits of the American Dream that we all hold sacred. Dreams and fantasies, the pursuit of wealth and fame and success--these vanities have been lifted to the highest levels of respect and hope and yearning over the past century. Continue reading... JAMES D. TABOR Mary: Mother of God or Jewish Mother of Seven? Christian dogma and devotion, as sincere as it might be, robs the mother who bore Jesus of her humanity. The very concept of an asexual "mother of God" is alien and foreign to Jewish culture and to the Hebrew Bible. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003