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Mayor Tonya Hoeffel’s Act Of Intolerance Towards The Sikh Community
Re-published with permission from the authors. Original Source: Huffington Post. Co-Author: Savneet Singh Less than one month after of the massacre of Sikhs in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Mayor Tonya Hoeff... Read More
Was the deadly Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin a mistake?
Re-published with permission from the author. Original Source: Washington Post. It has been one month since the deadly shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., caught the attention of our entire ... Read More
Encountering the Painful Past in the Present: A “Cloudy Water” Spirituality of Remembering the US-Dakota War of 1862
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Dakota-U.S. war which resulted in the execution of 38 Dakota men in Mankato (MN) on December 26,1862. It remains the largest mass hanging in U.S. history. ... Read More
The Hiker and the Climber – The Allegory of the Mountain
Fellow SoF Scholar Tom Peteet wrote about his encounter with a Muslim boy upon visiting a mosque in the Blue Mountains of Southern India. A question elicited an answer and a back and forth ensued betw... Read More
What is Holy to Others
I do not pretend to understand how an asinine video like “The Innocence of Muslims” can drive crowds to violent and even murderous anger. Many commentators insist that the ultimate cause... Read More
Let there be light
The disturbing recent news about the bloody protests in the Arab world incited by a video defaming the Prophet Muhammad remind me of a story associated with Rosh Hashanah, which begins on Sunday at su... Read More
Wait–You Aren’t TOO Mormon, Are You?
At the risk of stating the obvious, it has occurred to me that some of us leading our own little interfaith efforts actually have no idea what it is we’re doing or what it is we’re hoping to accom... Read More
Job Fair: Remembering You Are Not Just A Number
I remember the excitement of getting into college. I was going to attend one of the best public universities in North Carolina. I heard great things about the school, but I also heard that I would jus... Read More